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London, England, 1819-04-21 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY SU VERSEDED.

Beni min Smith, of Birmingham, steel toy-maker.
BANKRUPTS.
Samuel Bentley, of Horton, Bradford, York, wersteil-mann-
facturee, to surrender, April 30, at four, May I, at ten, and
22, at eleven, at the Old Cock Inn, Halifax. Attorneys,
Mr. Nettlefuld, Norfolk street, Slratid, Louduu ; and Mcurs.
L and E. N. Alexander, Halifax.
William Farmer, of Masai, Stafford, iiinhulder, to sur-
render, May 25, at 6.e, and June 1, at eleven, at the
Littleam Arms fun, Pesikrolge. Attorneys, Messrs. Towner
sud Holmes, Bluomsbury.aquare, London; and Mr. Becky,
Willeal. . .

William Turner, of Llangollen, Denbigh, and Andrew
Camber, of Manchester, cuttuu•spoiners, to surrender, May
17, 19, and June 1, at two, at the Star Inn, Manchester.
Attorneys, Messrs. Duckworth, Chipiiinclall, and Denison,
:Manchester; and Mr. Ellie, Chancery-lane, London.
Brown Fletcher, uf Burnley, County-Paleutine of Unesa-
ter, plumber, to surrender. May It, at six, 13, and June 1,
Al eleven, at the Theism Inn, Burnley. Atturntys, M - .
Pliorker, Dawson, and Hcrringliam, New Buswell-court,
London; and Messrs. Alcuck and Hall, Skiptou.
Job,' Dixon, of Wellington, Salop, inciter, to surrender,
May 10, 11, and June 1, at eleven, at the Pheasant Inn,
Wellington. Attorneys, Meru*. Mater and Hawker, Gray's.
lun.place, London; and Mr. ACIOII, Wellington.
Thomas Booth, of Newark upon Trent, Nottingham, and
Abraham Booth, of Nottingham, tallow-chandlers, to wryest..
der, Aped ?9,30, and June 1, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl,
Nottingham. Attorneys, Mr. Hurst, Nuttingliain ; and
1010 w le% New•lun, London.
1l illiam Jarisoi,j u it. of Knightsbridge, Middlesex, paper.

DI VI DEN US.
May 42. W. Hardisty and J !Are, of Netherton, York,
merchants. at the Ohl Cock I. Halifax.
May 13. S R Wilmot, of Bristol, hi ewer. at hider., at the:
Commercial Rooms, Moot,
May 11. T. Foster and E. S Foster, of Yalding, Kent, mall.
•tere, at one, at Guildhall. London.
May 11. J. Fluid. of Newcastle upos-Tyrie,saddler,
at Ike George Inn, New-ea:4le.
May 1. W. Furth r, of Wisingstoke, Haute, stage-coach-pro-
prietor, at twelve, at Guildhall, Lusiduis.
May 14. T. 0. Warwick and 1. Ah'r.d, of Rotherham, YU/
chemists, at twelve, at the Tnnt•ne Inn. sh..m.q.i,
May 15. E. Swollen, of Fox-aitil-Kuutlerd, Snow-hill, Lon •
don, dealer, at ten, at Guildhall.
May 18. G. Fawcett, of Genrge•yaril. Lombard-street. Lot.-
paper.hanzer, at ten, at Gudolt ill•
May 11. S. P. tower, of Maidatuue, Kent, desire. at one.
at Guildhall. London.
May II W. Eiar, of Maidstone, Kent, grocer, at one, at
Guildhall, Londou.
CERTIFICATES—MAY 11.
H. Hudson and G. Hudson. of Liverpool, slopaellers..—
T. Foster, late of Yalding, Kent, nultster.—J Venus, or
Lower Shadwell, x, vintner.—J. W. Atkinson, of
!Norden, and late of tliteham, Surrey, farmer—S, Star.
ley„ of Woolwich, Kent, miller.—J. Wadley, ut Coveallr).
street, Haymarket, Westminster, eltessertiouarr.—t,. Gray.
of Hammersmith, Middlesex, carpeuter.—l) CA Womol, .t
Newton, York. merchent.--J. Brunoer, ois
pollen-mauttlacturt

DUBLIIV. Aran. 17.
ROW IN THE THEATRE.
[From 'nu Frawissist's Jou raid 1,
The West /tedium was announced reevevenra.
tion at Crow-street last night, but alunrt onote-
dlately on the drawing up of the cm tint' -toot;
marks of dissatisfaction were tinparent, awl hetnt.t
the end of the first act a tumult rem iwileed, which
continued throughout the whole of list evet:me.
completely overpowering all attempt., to pest...its.
the play. There were frequent cries of 't‘ Jlya
Byrne and en opera," and repeated calls for the
Manager, which Mr. Moutgottlery cOustatitiv obey-
ed; he professed the utmost anxiety to every
explanation and satisfaction in his power, but as hr
would not state that Miss Byrne was a member of
the Crow-street Company, every
thing
he saki wa•
unavailing. The seats iu the galleries were 4-eddy
torn up and flung into the pit, whips was e1t,11.-ii
of its occupants in a moment. The valve'. cotet• .1
hand-rails of several of the upper ill,Xto 41011 Let lit
were alto torn off and thrown into the pit 41;i1 tilwo
the stage. Nl,' henever there was any apprat-Atic
a partial calm, the performers enti)lt
voured to go through their parts. Litt were
quickly axsailed,and compelled to ret,re. Mt-sdel
of the most dangerous description tlew a:i tut ; 4
large sharp stone, we are informed, v.. 1, atuicrl
at
Mrs. Broad, who, in all plobibtlity. v acid titre
lota her life had it struck her. Sheriff Wend, who
was in attendance, made several &tot* In restate
peace—but proving iinsucces.ful, he revrtr.ied the
"ertlerY' laid of the audience to retire, and about
eleven o'clock the liau.e was cleared.

NVe cainiot too strongly deprecate such scenes as
those which took place at Crow-strett hest night.--
They must be discreditable to the character of the
country, and cannot be serviceable to soy interests.
The following has been scut to us front a quarter
oil which we MI rely, and we insert it, because it
contains some additional particulars:
At the cominraiceinerii of the tirtt act there was
very evident marks of opposition to the oei to malice.
but the second act could not proves-1i for the eim..
finned uproar. Mr. Montgomery theii c-ite for.
ward, and after some time ebtautrd sllcuir. Ile
spoke to the following effect :-
0 Ladies and 60.1illetnen are reque,teil t.i ...No mot their
judgment mud a roamer-stair's...or, which it. p t 01,A toe
140-1111kfrankr'S publication, in matter to that of Mini
of this day.'
The reply from the different parts of the histi.e
was, " nu." Mr. Montgomery. after ati
less struggle to be (heard, then retired.
PLACA It 11,
" Miss Byrne. engrgesneut is open to her upon the to ins
or her agreement."
Sheriff Wood then came forward—
" I came hese for its. piirpose of iu keepint;
peace. I leave viewed, with astuni.hilient, the cual.luct of a
Dublin audience w drstrovitog the plop-11y of an
which it was nay duly, and the duty ul every p.num brae, a..
protect. 1 Arcot tutu the and collnied a nisi w the
act of breaking the peace, nod destsu)int the p. up. aay of
the proprietor of this themie. lam suisy to stale that
audience iii 11141 rot of the house eereural hint froiel nie.—
(In reply to the. ilie plea of the police beau( i,laaa aak
dU-
parts of the bowie oar halal out.)-1 assure you ills r 0
were no police in tin' bursae at the tunic. 1 lataW reaiticat AY:
orderly part of the •tohiliee will .suer."
Previorni to the :Aires. of the Sheriff, sortie dr. ,
approbation war rwitletst. ist coos, quener of boo
having his sword drawl,. fie immediately threw it
down, sod further slated Ids-former retpie.t.
We are positively assured. that Mr. Man intends
to leave 1)olilin for Lund on, the is at his scho-
lars, of which he has many, leave town

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hour of ilia!, and who would have spilt the last
drop of their blood to save your person from
danger, or your reputation from a stain! Your
Grace cannot deny but that the Catholics have
always fought for this country with the most unal-
terable hilt-lily and the most de►oted attachment ;
you cannot deny, hut that they have bled most
freely in their country's cause, and that it is to
them. in a great measure, you owe not only your
rank and your fortune, but (what ought to be
dearer to a soldier than either) your present glory
and exalted reputation. And what, let me a•k,
has been the return you have made for these great
and important services? You have made those
persons who have been the sources of )our grandeur
the victims of your policy—you would treat them
a. perpetual toed unalienable slaves—you would for
ever exclude them front the freedom of common
cititeas, and from the blessings or that Constitu-
tion, which they fought so bravely to defend. I
erne"! to the public candour—l appeal to the ge-
nerosity of every impartial reader, if there is not
something like ingratitude in such c luct as this,
and if it was not unworthy of the Duke of Wel-
lington to become the adversary of those very per.
sons to whom, in some measure, he owed almost
terry thing on earth. But happy would it he fur
your country if she had only to complain of
your Grace's ingratitude; but by opposing the
Catholics, you have aimed (as far as you could) a
death blow against the peace and prosperity of the
land that gave you birth. For what prosperity, let
me ask, can exist without constitutiotial liberty ? or
how can you hope that peace will ever be established
in Ireland, as long as you support those laws that are
peculiarly calculated to excite religious animosity,
to foment national distrust, and to stir up all the
fury of political faction ? How weak must your
understanding appear to every thinking man, if
you really suppose such policy as likely to heal the
wounds of a distracted country ; and how lowering
must it be to human nature, if you oppose the
Catholics from soy thing but the purest and most
uptight motives. In either case, however, your
afflicted country has but little reason to praise
your prudence as a Statesman, and still less to Ye.
aerate your name as an enlightened Patriot.
But 1 suppose your Grace has, by this time,
learut the common coot of Illiberality, and that you
justify your conduct to the Catholics, by saying
that their principles are dangerous to the Constitu-
tiou, and that therefore they ought to tie excluded
from all participation in its privileges. Good God
low, long will credulity believe, or bigotry unblush-
ingly ;pelmets., in declaring that the Catholics art
unworthy of trust, when year after year, 1111(1 day
after day, they are in the habit of giving the salmi
pledges of their attachment to the Constitution, by
the great sod important service* they render this
country! They prove this attachmeut by their ac.
time—they di-clare it in their words—they publish
it In their printed resolutions: what mute can they
do, or what stronger proofs can their enemies re-
quire, that their principlie are not dangerous to the
Constitution ?—But ►upporr, fur the sake of argu-
ment, that they are so, do you their conceive it wise
to runtish this disaffected and formidable class of
subjects with the most substautud ground of com-
plaint ? Do you conceive it prudent to irritate this
elangeroos and discontented spint by fresh iiisults,
and the most galling oppresaion ? You tell the
Catholic-, in plain terms, that you consider them
as under an irreversinle outliii4ry from the essential
}near-gee of die State—you make them feel this
inelaiieboly convlction, that no talents no merits,
no entire, can ever give them the least Mope of any
honourable advancement ; and yet you gravely
(implant, and perhaps wonder, that such subjects
ate tot attached to the Constitution ! Did your
Grace ever know. or ever hear, of a slave that was
sincerely attached to a most harsh master ? or when
was it discovered that oppression is likely to conci-
liate the affections of a discontented people, but
that kindness would be of rendering

aims!

I have the honour to he,
A I.laEitat. PaoTarraNT.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

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TO HIS GRACE polities of her laws? Is such a system there is a
lIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, te. tr. cilissitat violation of the most obvioes rates of Pr"
deoce sad of policy. " it is a system," says Mr.
Mr LORD—We are now fast approaching to lima"' " which I abhor rut is vicious Ped"";
hlt important period in parliamentary proceedings, it is replete with the mast elaborate mischief, and
'.lira the Claims of the Catholics mint become ws well fitted for the oppression. the impoverish-
lie subject of public discuss. , and when the meat, and the degradation at a people, and in them
liritish Senate most determine whether they will the debasement of human nature itself, as ever
.meiliate the aflections of so many millions of came from the perverted ingenuity of man." Yet
t this
is ts syst in that the Doke,
niii.-cts, or whether they will still aggravate their it the great Duke
..;T-rings by rejecting their Petition. To every of Welliegion, most warmly supports ! Before it Is
1,., nay, to every individual in society, this mu t I" late, think ash'. gratitude you owe the Catho-
,,• most important question ;to none is it more lies, NIA of the essential services they have con-
erevting than to your Grace. On that night you t lentil upon this country. 111 fleet that it is you
alone that cats tarnish the lustre of your glory—it
['test explain to your countrymen, why it is that
ou refuse to them that liberty which you have re. is you alone that call destroy the foundation of your
well-merited reputatior. Remember that it was
well to the w!•ale world, and why it is that you
'ere the lirvt to stand forth the champion of illi. bY mclm or Kremlin's" you rose to eminence and to
,erality, and the advocate of exclusion ? But power, and that it is by the contrary you mast fall.
ou have a more important duty yet to discharge !Live then some regard (if not to the present age)
a your own character...you must explain to disbud at least to those future judges that will pass their
oontriei., and to future ages, why it is that you inexorable sentei.ce upon your conduct many ages
hence, and whose judgment will be more impartial.
ousign to slivery and degradation those brave and
othful comrades, who have stood by you in the because it will be uninfluenced by love or by
r —.J -.1.- --..1A 1.... ....it 111. adilluallim•