The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-24 00:00:00

PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAY.

NINES.
Share. Paid. Premium Per Share.
Angla-Meaican f 1441 20 65 674
t Admin. lOO 6 4 5
General Alining Aamiciation ... 100 5 IS
liabeivian
Para* Peruvian lOO 6 24 1
Potosi. La Pea, sod Peruvian 40 6 43. 4

40 20
40 10 :0
' AIISURANCE COUP/011ES•
Alliance &Walt and Foreign lOO 10 G
Protector Fire 2O 2 a die
GA3 LIGHT AND COLE COILTANILS.
Cited Genteel 2O 12 21
atiscetvancore.
P. 'it.) Iron Comy kilt 3 1
Britten Ruck and pan Patent Salt 2,0 2 par
Cloud time Engine tole 1 6 a
I.:gypsum
fletid Off& .....
Impenal Plate Glass. lOO 2
7,'•••el Fishery (V, -. 23 • 2 21
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4 !Nos)
Prusincial Bask of Iceland loll
Peruvian I NO
SW de la Plata A pic. Compan y iW
Rayal Stan naty

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5 '43 t:
3 1 WI die
5 4.

Elle liirittott alreO,C.

DIJURF-LANE 7'll EAJ'ItE.
This Treuang. TUTS PAY, May 24, will be performed
FA UgTi7S.
, The Principal Characters by Melars.Wallack,Terry, 11,rley, Browne
A,
reeher, Redford. fitswillatu, and Peuley; Mesdames Stephens. L
Pedou. and Poway.
After which, AEON ?I ARRAN.
The tiallyb, Mr. Redford; A bou Hassan. Mr. Horn; Zaboun, Mr.
Harley. Zullma, Miss Greddon.
To-morrow, William Tell, and raud-Papa.

COVENT'-(JARDEA' 7'11E.47'11F.
This Evening. TUESDAY. May 24. will l.e performed
THE WAY TO KELP HIM.
gir Bashful Constant, Mr. W. Farren; Sir Brilliant Fashion. Mr.
Jones; L.vemore. Mr: C. Remade. Mrs. Loveniort, Mrs. Lhatterley;
the lAsd..w Belniour, Miss Chester.
Alter which.
AI.kDDIN; or. THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
Aladdin. Mrs.Yluine; Lazlm Azaek. Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abansaar, Mr.
Farley; Kuria:, Mr.J.S.(;rimal4ll.

HAYMARKET IHEATRE.
Tbis Evening. TUEID May 34, will be performed
THE PROVOKED HUSBAND.
Lord Townly, Mr. Nude: Sir Francis Wronghead, Mr. Millbrae
Squire Richard. Mr. W. Wert; John Moody. Mr. J. Russell. Lady
Townly. Mrs. Davison; Miss Jenny, Mrs. Hurnby.
After which.
THE LADY AND lIE DEVIL.
Wildlore, Mr. P. Farms; Zephyrina, Mrs. Wayiett.
To conclude with
YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY.
Baron de Brianeourt. Mr.M illlaiusi Louis de Unveil, Mr. Melrose;
im,)-..nond, Mr. Vining; Antoine. Mr. Wilkinson. Art:Jett*, Mrs.
Munsby, Rona, Mrs. T. Hill.
lo.morron, As You Like It, and No Sorg no Supper.

Paitmetantnen- yaterday toorniag
at five o'clock.

LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1823.

The Paris Papers of Saturday devote a considerable
portion of their columns to the debate in the liouse of
Lords on the Catholic Question. They rightly ascribe the
failure of the Relief.mat in great measure to the active and
growing intolerance of the Roman Catholic Clergy on tl:e
Gontinent. and the dangerous intrigues of the Jesuits. The
Cobrrier Francais begins an article on the internal condi.

Lion of France, by remarking, that " the pretensions of the

clergy increase continually, and threaten every branch of
the State. If those who have the charge of the public ad-
ministration do not sometimes assume what is due to the

defence of their rights and their stations, the ecclesiastical

power will soon swallow up all other powers." In the sub-
joined extract from the Conslitutionnel, we are promised a
disclosure of some " interesting letters, which unveil the
attempts of a certain fanatical party to establish its sway in
Ireiantl." We shall look for this publication with some
a:ixiety.
In another place we have given a singular account of a

frustrated trick of the Spanish General O'DoNNEr. to get
possession of the persov of the Constitutionalists who
lately escaped from Tangiers. The benevolent conduct of
Lord CHATtt•M in protecting these unfortunate men, re-
dounds highly to his honour. The Spanish Government
will find, perhaps, that this artifice will draw after it con-
uctlces more troublesome than they originally anticipated.
Their entire destitution of all pecuniary resources was

Fever more clearly illustrated than by the fact, that the
messenger who brought the intelligence of the final over-
threw of the Royal Authority in Peru, was detained at
Cadiz till the pittance meessary to defray his expenses to
Madrid could be collected !
[From the Constitutiattirel of Sn'unlety

PARIS. MAY 20.

'The Foxlish House of Lords has rejected the Bill for the Collin-
c %Atka of the Cathol,cs, which had parsed the Commons by a small

majority. This news causes us more psin than surprise. We per-
sist in believing th t the emancipation of the Irish Catholics would
have been at once an act of justice and of sound policy. Liberty
of conscience and worship are tights so sacred that no motive, no
state reasons, can justify the violation of them. We think that on
this occasion the House of Lords has deviated from the principles
which are the basis of the civilisation of nations and of the pros-
perky of empires.
We are not much surprised at this event, because the inconsi-
derate and even artful manoeuvres of the Ultramontsins of the
Continent tended to excite fear in the Lnglish Protestants with
respect to the emancipation of the Catholics t.f Ireland.
In our Jesuitical journsls there was a tone of arrogance, and
even of menace, which must have influenced public opinion io
Crest Britain, and of which the Irish Catholics have been the vie-
Leis. Neither must we dissemble that our law on sacrilege. and
certain speeches marked by a barbarous intolerance and alarming
fanaticism, were injurious to the Catholic cause. They Imo been
&Urged in the British Parliament as one of the strangest argun.ents
against emancipation. We had furev:en Cie thinger ; we had
warned our Jesuits, both of the long and of the short rah?, hut they
vim blinded with passion; they were seduced by the aLcccss th,c
obtain under • subjugated Ministry. Instead of thiinki-g us fit
our advice, and profiting by it, they abused us according to the an-
cleat custom ; we were prepared for this, tlir we have daily occa.
at to apply to them the fuflowing verse, which has become pro.
vorbial

•• Quoi ! Vousetes dots et vous voth emportez !"

We have received, during the debates on the cliancip.tion, very

sateresting letters, which unveil the attempts of a cersin fans.
Lad party to establish its sway in Ir Avid ; but ni we ar-
dently desired the success of the Bill, we did not titit.k pro.
per to publish them. We should have feared to be accused,
wotrary to our intention and well-known principles, of giv-
-1.4 arms to the adversities of emancipation. Now that the
illation is decided, we shall make use of our letters. If the Irish
Catholics hill believe us, and nobody desires more than we the re-
uegnitioa 01 their rights, they will shut their can against ultra.
sueoutia iiisinustions. The Jesuits and their adherents are the
midst mortal enemies of their emancipation.
Prom the Ltuile dated Sunday.]

PAnts, MAY 21.
Mr. Stanhope, belooging to the B,itish Leo,ation In Spain. set
t, tiatutday) for Madrid with despatches. Mr. Fredaic•sp.

•

Envoy Bittraordinary from bin Britannic Majesty to the

King of *pain, will set out fur Madrid to-morrow (Suoday.)
FAENCIII FUNDS.—Pasta, MAT 2l.—diet per Cents. 101 f.
50c. Three per Cents. 71f. 85e. Neapolitan Rents. W 90e.
Spanibh ditto, 171; Spanish Loan, IS. Exchang• on London :
One month 241 93e, ; three months, 211 80:.—Cours Aisthen.
tiyas, May 21, 1825.

Letters were yesterday received from the city of Mexico
to the 2d of April, containing intelligence of some interest.
Mr. and Mrs. WARD and Mr. FRANCIS BARING reached
that city on the 25th March. Mr. WARD was the bearer
of the treaty of commerce between the Government of
Mexico and this country, which was to be finally ratified
in Mexico, Mr. WARD and Mr. Moxixa being appointed
Commissioners to represent Great Britain, and Mr. ALA-
MAN, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. EITRVA,
the Minister of Finance, the Commissioners for represent-

ing the Government of Mexico in concluding the treaty.
When this is concluded, Mr. Waal) will remain in
Mexico, as the British Minister, and Mr. MORIER will
return to England. The Mines were going on very ac-
tively, and fresh engagements with the mine owners were
continually making by the different Companies. Some
bars of silver from Guanaxuato, had reached the mint at
,Mexico. The whole country appears in a state of per-
fect tranquillity. Ilia i'slajesty's ship Pyramus may be
daily looked for. Quicksilver was declining in value in'
Mexico, in consequence of the expectation of large
arrivals.
We understand that Mr. RIYADAVIA, the Minister from
Buenos Ayres, will shortly be presented at Court, in his
official capacity.

The Dublin Papers received yesterday describe the
erect produced by the rejection of the Roman Catholic
Relief Bill, according to the party and political views of
each particular journal. The papers opposed to the
Catholics, represent the decision of the House of Lords as
wise and salutary. Those devoted to the support of the
Catholic cause, predict every variety of evil and mischief.
An extreme faction of the Catholics, however, rejoices in
the failure of the Bill, and i:s organ congratulates the
Irish people, that " the country, for the present at least,
is rescued from the infamy of being made a party to a cons-
promise so base that it cannot be snatched in our put
history, fertile an that has been in baseness and din`
honesty !" The Dublin Evening Post, the ablest of these '
Papers, published an extraordinary number on Friday, in
which there it a long article on the prospects and policy of
the Irish Catholics. The tone of the writer is subdued by
disappointment and defeat, but be breathes hostility in
every sentence. The speech of the Earl of Ltvz RPOOL is
that on which he principally comments. After alluding to
an expectation, which, he says, prevailed on the other
side of the Channul, that the First Lord of the Treasury
had modified Isis opinions on the Catholic Question, the
Dublin Keening Post proceeds:—
We can yet scarcely credit our senses. It is useless, however, to
waste ourselves in exclamations of surprise. The speech was ut•
tered ; it is printed, and the reader may, if he choose, grieve, or
wonder, or execrate—Joao rat aka. The hostile weapon is cast
into our bounds ; and u we value the peace of our country—our
own well-being, perhaps our lives, we must not touch it. It is
not a spent thunderbolt. It is launched by the arm of the Minister
of the most powerful King in the world.
• • s • •

His Lordship's mind is made up—the mind of that Illustrious
Assembly in which he bears sway, has been very unequivocally
declared. It is this—That neither now, nor at any future period.
shall the Catholics of Ireland obtain the freedom for which they
have prayed so often and so fervently. This is the decision of the
House of Lords—of that House which, after all, makes the House
of Commons. To this conclusion the Hereditary Councillors of
the Crown have come; and to the conclusion, however our gorge
may rise at it, or boweverour spirit may be lacerated, we must bow.
The writer then blames Mr. STRING RICE for contenting
himself with indulging in melancholy forebodings instead
of acting, and suggests the propriety of a general meeting
of the landed proprietors of Ireland in the course of the
ensuing autumn, on the model of the proceedings in 1782.
The Established Church, he says, has declared war, "open,
undisguised, interminable war against the Catholics," and
they, in return, are bound to annoy and injure it as far
u possible. The sentiments of this Paper have some
importance at this moment, as the professed organ of the
feelings of the Irish Catholics. In this article, therefore,
and in the corresponding speech of Mr. O'CoNNeLL, we
know what those feelings are; and as the natural conse-
quences, we may expect, we fear, to a considerable extent,
a renewal of the agitation which has so recently been
allayed by the suppression of the Catholic Association. An
aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Dublin is to be
convened immediately ; and another Association is, we
are publicly told by Mr. O'CONNELL, already in contem-
plation.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

Although this day (being ►'hit-Monday) was a holiday at the
Bank, and is usually a holiday at the Stock Exchange, still, from
the near approch of the settling day, and the feverish state of the
Consols Market, the house was opened for bovines': and very ex-
tensive dealings in Consols took place for Wednesday. The price
for that day may be considered the same as the money quotation.
The earliest bargains that could be completed were for that day.
Consiueratile agitation prevailed at the opening of the market, and
the first prices quoted were 894 for money (that is for Wednesday)
and 891 for the Account. The quotations for Money afterwards
were j 4, and for the Account a 4 f.
Our readers w.ll perceiie that the leading feature of the day was
depression, accompanied by a good deal of fluctuation ; but still
no immediate cause beyond the operations of jobbers was assigned.
Rumours, as might be expected were afloat, and the principal ore
was that Mr. Canning, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Buskisson, I a
unequivocally declared their determination to resign, if something,
even in the present Session, were not done for the Catholics.

The stagnation in the Foreign Market vas very visible, and
none of the securities were held with firmness. Greek Scrip was
7 6 discount, and the Bonds 80). Spanish Securities have de-
clined from Saturday's quotations. The Old Bonds were 23, and
the New 18. Mexican Scrip was discount, and Colombian
Bonds 118}. Brazilian Scrip was 3 premium, and Danish ditto
4 3) discount.
The business in the Share Market was also very limited. The
Shares of the Pasco Peruvian Company were 9} 10. New Potosi
44, and General Mining

It appears, from the Italian Papers, that the Emperor
of Austria was proceeding through Lombardy. The King
of Naples was at Florence, on his road to Milan, where he
would have a conference with the Emperor.
Accounts from Gibraltar, dated the 31 instant, state
that licences to import cottons, and other British manu-
factures, have been obtained from the Court of Madrid :
ilia duty in Spanish vessels 20, other flags 25 per cent.
ad valorem.

137 the latest advices from Pernambuco we learn, that
the most perftct tranquillity prevailed there. These ad-
vices bring no news of a political nature.
By the Elinbetli, Brooks, from Tobago, letters are ar-
rives!, of the date of the 28th March, but they contain no
news. The Rocket, from Jamaica, has arrived at Liver-
pool; the letters brought by her are equally devoid of
news. It appears by one of them. dated the 11 A pril, that
a teasel had been seen in the offiag, supposed to be the
henry Davidson.
There is again occasion to put forth a notice of caution
and restriction with respect to dope in Manchester, on the
suspicion that canine madness exists.

THE BRITISH PRESS.