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ahle is reelect of such quarter in Gee all °See or depart-
uses', over aid shove the aggregate aniessiteref the said re-
epective sums by Ibis Act made applicable is such quarter
ee the perinea thereof; sad every such draft shall be drawn'
is each Ness as Gee Camensissionen of his Majesty's Trea.
$Ol7, or any or mere of them for the lime belief,
shall from mese to time direct or approve, and shill be made
poyshle to such penes or persons as shall be specially 'p.
;minted fur the purpose he such office or department, in the
• 'seer sad Abe 41
etßi eTT ce-t-aWirsibtollrei- OfCiabelrmlttirrer:l-- for
the redaelinerof We Midas' debt or his assistant in Englaod;
adtdinth latzifilabealleit meltysvzoisteel for the" per.
puttelie As' Mel Trinmerer iihiffiiir•Eil f
m lettio •• ' dVise iftelei Hof "Wki/ikeit iiiiiiiio .are 1..
respeetively, etidebee tbeverepiab-ate 'orate rit4r hit' bread',
add in seek forms as ishallitislaf &Obi' 'GO ter' tine. Si. di-
betted by the 01VilliikiteisOh. fa Ai ' redieti#ie. of We Oa-
"wool debt is ihislabll, nlkil 'lllse Vlte-Trenaehrla !rebut
redpeethety, Milt doe bppestbskloi • it tbe'Cishinpitiele'esniiif
his Msjesty's Teeintuit,-oblinf.' or More of tbi,6
fur the -payment of OM ilifil ilitatiesed is Gin' Sid *4'
every
and eve order fur the leilibient of any.
tw
seeledish, Via
4
laidohall Ike corearetitgeolibitbi pein9palseuntenVit "
cheque department I. Obi OW of the 'laid' Ciansailiwieeneve
fur the reductioa of the *aquae, debt or his chief 'c1erk...444
He Ireland by sect liffieleir °Niers neilisti be appointed lids
the COINS resiiisets OW Ifiejesty'e Treasure, or any sr
neereof shoe, fediblit peirpobe, whole and are hereby reepep.
lively regenerate; Mike lifeutry of every eueliaraft,ent err
theurder thereopme,hilmoin to be kept M the sail' respenrdll'„
oiler* of the Geousissiweers for the reduce ion'of the ilatioeitit
debt in theme; and of the Vice-Treasurer in Irrlated 1.;'"
that purpose ; sled such orders respeciiinly 'dwell be
dressed to the cashiers of the Governor and Company 41%1'1
Bank of Eugland, or of the Bast of Ireland, as the ease 61411
~quire, nod sorb cashiers or tees of Mem shall, upon' the
prustisetton ()reach drafts and orders, pay the seism speeified
and directed therein respectively to the person or scions named
Iterate, whose receipt Or receipts shill be a sistleleil dierbarge
to the mapiotive turn-ants sad Companies; it the' Breaks yr
Elegised mid Ireland, and also to the tesiershisloners fe'r she
✓eshetio• of the Salinas! debt and thVlce-Yreimiirer offrilleaill '
respectively; and all and every Ma sad suns of nieWei
which shall be leech, d in pursnance of any such drafie acid
orders as sfueesield, shall be paid sad spline., i• disCheikkel
of the tape anneratiou allowances, in the office or 'deriarit.
melee is respect whereof sOeh drafts acid orders shall he •',
drawn.
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And be it farther tweeted, That before any such eleseAss.
&fort a iiri shall be drawn hyper head officers or bead officer
(ai the case nay be) of any office or depsrtmres, upon the
Commissioners fur the: reduction of the national debt is
Fogland, or eitne'the Vice-Treasurer in Ireland, for say sera
of some of mosey required few the parakeet of any supn-
nnoatism sllowssseru wider the peivisious of this Act, such
head officers or bated officer (where there 0811 he only our)
of every such dere/toilet, shall,, by some Alerd or insure'.
"lent, "der lfif itaidi ad scaly of two or more of them
(gloom Moe ;earl or M,iOOT 11.4. head and seal of such
head cillitift•OiSes titre shill be only oat) and attest.
eif-by . . credible witnesses, nominate and
oripoint 'Mimi pima or persons, who shall be then
saving asti erutlerid'iWierile department, to receive such sum
orguesetefaiooeyies stall or may from time In time he payable
it the Banks of England or Ireland respectively, ender say
orders of tee Cempllroikr:General, or other chief officer M the
office of the CoMmissioners for the reduction of Me imMoikki 'i
debt la 'Elegised or his assistant, or of the person aspoitilled
foi slat pOrpose is the office of the Vice T r is irelaa4j
and every suet deed or instrument shall in England be
prbehiced and depillted in the office of the said last.
enentioesed Cossisisilmers, sad is Ireland at sad in the
office of the Viee-Treasurer there, days
, .
at skald before any order shall be issued from the
said offices respectiiely fur the peyeseet, to she person or
persona Geniis seemed, of any sum or muss of esemey on' it-
cousit'ea'sucb department: Provided always, that it shall h
lawful for the heed officers, or head officer fur the time babe
of soy office or department wherein such appointment shelf
hilve been made, from time to time as often as they or lab r
shall think fit and circumetaaces may requite, by any deed tft.
;inhume-et to be executed and attested as bereiebefunt.h.
directed, to revoke any such nomination or appoiatineat MI
aforesaid, which shall have been made either by thesuselsop
or himself, or by say of their or his predecessors or prudes
crown. in the office, Oad by she same deed or instrinneel te;
make any new appointweeut for the purposes and in the erg,
ner ketriabefore directed; and every such new sppointme
shall from she slime to be specified therein, supersede ibe
polotaiest them in force, and shall from lime so time, as
✓oe may require, he produced at nod deposited in the re-
•phetive uteri of she Commissioners for the reduction of the
national deht in England, and of the Vice.Treaserer is
Ireland, is the manier bereiubrfure directed.
Aid be it further moaned, That after satisfying the
&aims Its which the said general superannuation, feed shall
or may, under the provisions of this Act, be seibjeet at the
end of every linter it a year, the siti plus (if 057) whit
shall be reassigns, of the said fund et the Bask of Eisend
or Bask of Ireland, shell' be talvested by or under the Ms
',rheas of the said Comentesineen for the reduction of llak
kinkiest Debt in Eagieed, and by she' ender she dim eitesib'
of the ViroTreutreer isi Ireland, in some of the public Air
Deities payable at the Bank of England or Ireland reepedg
t vele, or in Exchequer billy as the said Commissioner* 1/9
Vaw-Trrosiirer respectively shall deem most expedient ; mild
toe divide's!' or tatters. arising therefrom, shall be carried'
to sad form part of the said general superaunuatiou fine,
steadies is the names it the Chneneirsioners for the rettipe.
ties of the erstional debt at the &ink of England, or in We
SWIM of the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland et the Bank of Die
land; seed so much of she said dividends or juiciest Is
shell mot be required in be issued in doecharge of any such
drafts as aforesaid,' wader the prdvisions Of this Aes, shall
frost time to time be hid out sod invested, by or solider as
directirin of eke said Commissioners and Vice-Tr are he.'
ispeetirMy, its 'tike public OODOilirS or Exchequer Intl;
fur 'the .1/11e111111411tiell 'aid Intense of the said 'lreeirell '
feed, in the same warmer ad 'nth surplus Moe% We
herein directed to be laid out aid invested ; and le !Est '
there 'ballet any time he a deficiency of uninvested Sisain
resanietesisi the mimes or noise sad to the credit of tilde- '
velvets ref the said Coirmissicniers or Vsce-Treasortt, tie ih: •
boobs of the Governors sedrompasies of the banks of Ede:
land or Ireland respectively, to answer the drafts drift '
upon the said Commiarimers or Vice-The nspeetively,'
under the proeisloss Otitis Aes, then and is every such ease '
it shall be lawful fur ihe sill Coiewhissioliers sad Vice-Treks:
serer respectively. to nese so leech of the respettliepsibllg
ant:mimes er lorbrepter belts strierfieg in 'heir salon OS disP'
cower of the general super lion fund as any he siren ••
*am to-be sold out and disposed of, and to apply the medley
to arise and be produced by seek sate or sales, for the pur-
pose oinsakiag good such deficiency.
Aid Sr it further enacted, Thad the Vice-Treasurer of
Ireland shall ?rein time to time, whenever required so to do
by the Cusernissiesiers of his Majeist's Treasury, er say
Or more of them, transmit &grouses of the execs.
tae of this Aet, and of all metiers Sad 'Moss telaltits
thereto, is his execution of the powers thereof, is such
asenner Intl form, sad containing such particulars, as shall
frost time to thin be srcilled iu that behalf, by the Com-
sfistattieers Of Ins Majesty's Treasury, or any or
irk* of diem.
Ailed is 4 • der to allow a reasonable time for the accuses. ..,'
lemon of eke said imperaweeatioe fund is the reepectiee•l
Lakes( lisgissid nod helm* he it further castled, net 1
rawdlift *twin Ash be desiummilder the premien*, of this
Ant spree the said oliperaensudielfeed, or Soy payment of
soy imperamraties adowestmatisde from the same, soli/ '
fast gad after the rl
sad !ell sepersessation sllotrasees *bide shall become dab.'
before theist& sod en" excess of there es sew!
sweet of asy esperomeatim alleisdeses which shall arise to '
my often bosmod the mess costribstod therein, under the
yerevisioin of Mee illet, besot the seM • shill he
podia Ike molter, had oar of the lame funds as ess pent.
stemermollowassees bete bemrtherbtofure Void, is the 4.600

Lol4llWis
WEDNESDAY. MARCH to, 18U.

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When the union of parties lately took place •
which seated some of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM'S .
friends in the Cabinet, an impression very generally ,
prevailed that a principal condition of the union
was the removal of the disabilities which affect the
Roman Catholics. Whether this impression were
well or ill.founded it is as yet impossible to tracer.
min, but doubts may well be entertained of its
correctness, in consequence of the avowed opinion
of Mr. PLuneeer, that it would not be advisable
to submit the claims of the Roman Catholics tOthst.
wisdom of Parliament during the present Session.
This opinion, we are wdrranted in saying. has
thrown dismay over the great body of the Roman
Catholics of this country. They cannot discern
any circumstances of a public nature which could
render the present Session of Parliament less
auspicious to their hopes than any other Session
which could be selected, and nippy of them, on
the contrary, think that the accession of a con-
siderable number of their avowed advocates to the
Cabinet was calculated to remove many of the
difficulties in the adjustment of their claims which
have hitherto been found insurmountable.
.Mr. PLinsoorr gained a great triumph in the
last Session of Parliament. A spirit of national
conciliation, under the influence of his wisdom and
eloquence, dispelled the heavy cloud of political
jealousy or religious prejudice which, fur the inter-
est's of the empire, had too long mantfed over the
House of Commons. The proverbial caution of
ill House of Lords, strengthened in this parti-
cular instance by the force of ecclesiastical prejs•

dkr,' rejected his scheme for removing the prolific
sources of discard, and fur soothing the angry
feelings of men who may writhe under the painful
sense of undeserved depression ; but in this rejec-
tion there was nothing to discourage the hope of
future success. The ►ery triumphant progress of
the Bill through the House of Commons argued
most satisfactorily the advance in the public mind
of the opinions upon which the principle of the
measure was founded. The petitions that were
presented against the Roman Catholics from various
parts of the country were extremely few, anal
were, for the most part, from the clergymen of
the established church, whose opinions upon this
particular subject may probably not have beets
wholly exempt from the bias which a sense—we be-
lieve—a mistaken sense of their own peculiar inter-
ests might be calculated to give to their judgments.
We hope that in the expression of this opinion we
shall not be considered as speaking uncharitably of
a class of gentlemen whom we highly reverence
and esteem. It is difficult then to conceive why
Mr. PLutilurn. should be unwilling to press the
measure again in the present Session. We cannot
believe that the unhappy disturbances in the coun-
ties of Limerick and Cork can exercise any info..
euce upon his judgment in reference to this sub.
jest. Whet connexion, indeed, with any sect of
the Christian religion can those monsters have who
now distract their unhappy country, and perpetrate
crimes at which humanity sickens ? Religion hos
nothing in common with them, nor do they
affect to make it in any sense an excuse or i
cover for their offences. Nothing can be more
impartial than their brutality and cruelty. Their
nocturnal visits, their robberies and murders, respect
the Roman Catholic and the Protestant equally;
and even the sanctity of the slier, and the venera-
tion with which the lower orders of the people of
Ireland have been generally supposed to regard
their p►iests, have iu some instances been scarcely
sufficient to protect the minister of their religion
from personal violence, when he has sought to dis-
suade his parishione►s front pursuing their career of
guilt. Throughout the disturbed districts no class
of persons brie exerted themselves more energeti-
cally or more serviceably in preventing crimes or in
suppressing the spirit of disturbance than the Ror
man Catholic priesthood. The Roman Catholic
gentlemen unite with their Protestant neighbours
in patrolling the roads, in seizing rioters, and in
dispersing tumultuous assemblies. Thete is no
distinction of religion between them when they take
counsel together, or when they expose their lives in
couiniou to the muskets or pikes of the infatuated
rubble.

Is this picture true, or is it not? If its general
character be not correct—if the outrages that stain
Ate character of the Irish peasantry have assumed
the gloomy colouring of religious fanaticism, and
toe pwre &pelt df Heaven be invokedsto justify
kbe viele4iep of their best sad noblest precept., why
ilieli-4141•41110iatera in Parliament,- why have the
lrieh Government pledged them.
selves thrift the disturbances in the south hal