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The BatTlan PnEa3 commenced putdiohing yesterday morzdag
nt tire o'clock.

LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1824.

We are happy to ace that the Irish Government has
superseded the necessity of Sir John Newport's motion
respecting the rights of burial by the Catholics in Ireland ;
and that Mr. Plunkett, the Irish Attorney-General, on
Thursday night, stated /is intention to introduce a Bill,
which would meet the views of the Catholics and their
friends. The Right Honourable Genrleman stated his in-
tention to move for the repeal of the Act of the 9th of
William, which precludes the Catholic people of Ireland
from rendering the last religious rights to the departed, or
, their clergy performing the funeral service within Pro-
testant church-yards. This question, within the last veer,
has created alarming discontents in Ireland,—it has called
up the bitterest feelings. The rights of sepulture arc ge-
nerally respected among all nations, and by no people more
strongly than by the warm-hearted Irish. The recent inter-
ruptions given to their clergy, when offiring up the prayer
for mercy over the grave of the departed, were at once un-
charitable, nnehristian, and unholy. The Act of William
WAX one of those proscriptive statutes, enacted in defiance
of the Treaty of Limerick, and in violation of all faith.
The Legislature of that aay, sought to heap proscription
and degradation on the Irmo Catholics, In every possible
way : not satisfied with depriving them of all rights of
property, and all civil possessions, they endeavoured to
exclude them from even the peaceful refuge of the grave.
We could cite one or two most unjustiiiable instances of
the uncharitable interference of the Protestant clergy, oc-
curring some time since, in the south of Ireland. In
I one instance, we remember the present Roman Catholic
Dean of Cork, Dr. Collins, a most exemplary cler-
gyman, in the church-yard of St. Finbar's, that city,
was rudely interrupted during the. funeral service by the
then dean of the diocese, or by his orders. Dr. Magee has
since risen, through the patronage of Mr. Plunkett, to the
arcbi-episcopal mitre of Dublin, and has exhibited since
his elevation more than the supercilious pride of the haughty
Beckett. The Catholics, since his rise, have had to com-
plain of the deepest insults, received over the graves of
their friends. Dr. Mageea advocates have denied that
they occurred with his sanction ; but would his name have
been used unless he authorised it? Would any Rector
or Curate within the proud Prelate's archdiocese, have
dared to offer these insulting interruptions to the funeral
ceremonies of respectable Catholics, unless they hail
the mandate of the Archbishop to support them in the un-
christian deed? It is nonsense to argue that they would;
and Dr. Magee, or his agents, only repeated, •in Kevin's
church-yard, in Dublin, to Mr. D'Arcy, the insult
previously offered to Dr. Collins in Cork. That all
this was most foreign to the feelings of the illustrious
nobleman at the head of the government of Ireland, and
equally repugnant to the sentimerts of Mt. Plunket, we
never could have doubted ; and we have now the best
I •
proof: both have taken the earliest opportueidpito come
I forward, and by a legislative enactment prevent the repe-,
tition of these unhallowed outrages; and it is to their
I high honour (however imperative the act of justice), that I
they have done so. In fact, the policy of Marquie
Wellesley, since he was deputed to his high but diffi-
cult office, has been to conciliate all parties, and to remedy
all real evils that it lay within his power to amend. Let
bigots on both sides, Orange and Catholic, declaim as they
may : his secession from the Government of -Ireland would :
be the greatest misfortune that country could now exrc-
rience.
There has hose DA Viceroy MP popular or conci-
liating since the recall 'of the venerable Lord Fitzwilliam
and toe %Ike sir ITedfore: -Let us contrast Lord Welles-
ley's Government with the administration of those thst
preceded him—with that of the Duke of Itlehenond, for'
instance, or with that part of Lord Talbot's adminis-
tration when Mr. Grant was absent from office. Let
the acts and policy of bolt be compared, and the
verdict of public opinion be returned on a calm review:
what a refutation would Lord Weileiley's acts then
present, of the calumnies eternally thrown out fet:hist '
hint ! V* ho can deny that justice is now meet imp ir-
dolly administered in that country? Can air' man of
any religion complain of the prejudices cr partiality of the
Bench? Has nor the Mae:stracy been purged, and all
their tees watched with a jealous eye? A vigilant
necessary to check crime and arrest the perpetrators, exist.;
all through the South. It' a remnant of that foul penal
code which proecribed the Irish and pis; aced the Stitute •
fleck of bolt countries still exists, its eleuses are scarcely
fait in the mildness of the governineet. Lord Welleeley,
as we have Olen aai.l befere, does not form the Legisia-
lure ; he =not repeal existing laws ; he can neitli r cutlet ,
not-alter: his is only an administeative poN els And where is'
the iiiii•artiel or honest man that can say he has a1m5...1, for •
one moment, the sacred trust coiniuittc d to his hands? Ws re
he recalled to-morrow, and a successor appointed, elthrr
through the cabals of a party here, or the vituperation of ad-
verse factious at the other side, his loss would soon he deeply
felt eed regretted ; the peaceful days of I ie mild and
tolerant administration would be recalled with poignant
50100 W ; a few bigots of either party might exult in the
calamity, but the great majority Uf all that is reFketable
and well disposed in Irelaud, would behold his departtire
from their shores with deep end uniningled reset. His'
period of office has yet been hut slier:; but were it to close
to-morrow, it would be long remembered in the altered
policy it has brought with it, and the important benefits it
has even new conferred on Ireland.

The Court of Common Council yesterday unanimously
agreed to petition Parliament for the repeal of the house
and window duties. This is another proof of the strong

6,41ng which exists throughout the country against these
obnoxious taxes ; and we have no doubt that, before the
close of the present Session, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer will give the same attention to public opinion
which has hitherto distinguished his ministry, and repeal
a tax which is certainly more generally and directly felt
than any ether.

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The King is expected in town next week, to hold a
Coancil, at which the Recorder will present his report to
his Majesty.
Their Royal Ilighnee.,es the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester attentkd ,iivine service. at the Rev. Mr. Irving's
Owe', Hatton-garden, on Sunday morning last.
MARQUIS WELLESLEV.—We think it necessary to state,
that the rumoun propagated by two of the factious prints
of this city, with :mad to the intrndrd removal of his Ex-
cellency from the Viceroyalty of this country, are utterl7l
ilestibdte r./'truth. As to the other fabrications of these
notorious and shameless journals, they are equally un-
worthy of ctedence. The Attorney-General has proceeded
to attend his parliamentary duties. Mr. Johnstone holds
an official situation in London, which sufficiently accounts
for his departure.—DuMin
The following bulletin was lamed yesterday at the Duke
of Portland's, in S:. James's-square:—
" The Marquis of Titchtield still continuos in &dangerous
state."

In the course of Ft Way night, the 27th ult. M. do Cam-
baceres had an attack of apepli.xy. There is little hope
of his recovery.—Emile.
We have great pleasure in stating, that the measure of
concerting the Four per Cants. into a Three and a gait*
per Cent. Stork, has ken so well received by the holders,
that assents to a large amount have been already intimated
at the Bank of England. Mr. Samuel Gurney, the
banker, of Norwich,exchanges nearly 400,0001., and Mr
Rothschild 360,0001.—5/dr.

We learn that one of the capitalists in the city. on
Thurs•lay signified his assent at the Bank, to the reduction
of four per cent. stock, to stock bearing 34 per cent, inte-
rest, to the amount of 390,0001.

A meeting was yesterday afternoon held at the City of
London Tavern, for the purpose of raising a fund for the
Relief of the Distressed Settlers at the Cape of Good Hope,
Alderman Thompson, in the Chair. After some preliminary
business. a Committee was appointed, and several Resolu-
tions wt re passed, which were ordered to be made public.
A communication from Earl Bathurst was read to the
Meeting, stating his Lordship's readiness to aid the good
work which the Meeting had in contemplation. His Lord-
ship also enclosed a liberal donation.
On Wednesday last Wm. Manley, Esq. Barrister-at.
law, was elected Recorder of the Borough of Wallingford,
in the county of Wrks.
A private letter from Buenos Ayres, dated the 29th of
November, states that the Indians in great force, were
menacing that place, which had excited general consterna-
tion, as they could only muster about 2,000 or 2,500 troops,
which would not be sufficient successfully to resist them.
Trade Was, in consequence, entirely at a stand.

DEATH OF MR. hoWDICH, THE AFRICAN TRAVEL-
LEY.—It is with feelinTi of the deepest that we have to an-
nounce the death of tins enterprising travr= lie had been em-
ployed in surveying the river Gambia, and after exposing himself
to the heat of the sit:: during the dssy, he became excessively chilled
by the land breezes in the evening, whilst making astronomical
observations, and caught the fever of the country. His youth and
temperate habits were so much in his favour, that he revived two
or three times in a surprising manner; but his extreme impatience
under :he intemtption of his pursuits constantly threw him back
again, and lie expired. after great sefferings, on the 10th of Ja-
nuary, a victim to the cause of African discovery. His widow and
three young children are left entirely unprovided for; she accompa.
, need him to .Ifriza, and entered with the utmost zeal and enthusiasm
into all his views and pursuits, which she was eminently. qualified
to promote by in•r fine talents as an anise, and her extensive know.
ledge of several branches of natural history. Mr. Howdich was
well knows to the public by his interesting account of the Mission
to Ashantee, and by sesetal other publications: he had devoted
himself, during the interval between his two journeys to Africa, to
a most laborious course of preparatory studies in natural history,
gmlogy, and astronomy : and few travellers in modem times have
left their country equally qualified with himself, to make observe-
lions of such extent and accuracy, and consequently so important
fur the interests of science.—Cantbridge Chronicle.
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MU HD E I.—At the High Court-of Justiciary, Edinburgh,
on the Ist instant, Robert Macleod, alias John APhrtyre, with
three others/Lars, was arraigned on the chargeof murdering a poor
woman, who went by she none of Elizabeth Money, or soma other
name to the nro.ecutor unknown. The prisoner represented him-
self, in his declarations, to be a journeyman coppersmith, to have
learned his tribe in Ireland, and to have since gained his livelihood
as a travelling tinker, in which capacity he had, fora number of
years, been in the habit of visiting the principal counties of Scot-
land, England, and Wales. The deceased was a poor
woman, aged about 31, who travelled the country with a basteetiOrf
tea-cemtusters, and small articled of hardware. So far as we gathered
from the evidence, it appears that she had, for several days prier to
her death, travelled in company with the prisoner, and according to
the prisoner's own declarations, had during that dine passed for his
wife. On account of the atrocity of the case it was certified to the
High Court. It appeared from the evidence that, whilst journey-
ing with the womac, he barbarously murdered her with a small
anvil. Ifo reasan was assigned for the commission of the bloody
deed. The prisoner, in one of his declarations, stated that the de.
ceased and he had gone up the Firmonth in company with some
smugglers, who had given them whiskey, and that the woman bad
become so much intoxicated that he could not get her on, and he
had been obliged to leave her behind him. The Jun', after a very
few minutes' conference, returned an unanimous verdict of Guilty.
When the verdict was recorded, the prisoner addressed the Court,
and said that he should die innocent of the murder, and that the
witnesses had perjured themselves. The Court awarded the last
punishment of the law against the prisoner ; and after a suitable
address from the Lord Justice Clerk, he ass sentenced to be ere-
cuted in that 64 on Wednesday, the'Uth of April next. The pri-
suncr heard his sentence unmoved.