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into the minds of all who act with him ; aided as he is by
Members, that, like the Chancellor of the Exchequer and
Mr. Hos a risos, are sincerely disposed to give effect to all
those principles of politicpl and commercial policy which
lead to the true greatness of a nation. Their influence will
be supreme; originating here, these principles will make
the tour of the Continent, in spite of every attempt to stop
their way. The Continental Cabinets intik act in the
came spirit, or, placing themselves In a state of degrading
arid dangerous comparison, they will excite a popular re-
sentment, which it is quite impossible they can long with-
stand. They may struggle against the introduction of
representative 'governments; 'thew may combine to crush
every movement tending that way ; but the example it
consecrated,.and, sooner or later, they mint follow it. No
lesson of superstitious servility—no doctrine of passive
obedience which the Austria* Cliilethism can inculcate, will
..tie of 'any avail towards deseroying that fellorship of
knowledge with freedom, which God and Nature has or.
dained should exist, and which, therefac,;no buinacfpoiver
can put asunder. Their Majesties of the Holy League
would do well to pause over the reriark of a celebrated'
French writer, which contains' a single truth more instruc-
tive than the whole contents of all their political cate-
chisms put together—" 11 est aster. aisi• deiripeeleer la
raison de maitre; mail, caned sine Ibis elle est née, a h•est
pa, as pouvoir humain de fa f. re .
Mr. BROUGHAM last night gave notice of his intention
to move the commitment of the Iloman Catholic Relief
Bill before the Orders this evening, if Sir E. BuRDETT
should not be in his place to perform that duty. The
Learned Gentleman complained, and we think justly, of
the unexpected and extraordinary manner in which the
commitment of the Bill was postponed on Monday even-
ing. It is certainly desirable that the question should be
settled with all becoming despatch ; and if the Hon.
Baronet by whom it was introduced be really too indo-
lent to watch over its progress, the business should be
taken out of his hands. The welfare of the State, and the
dignity of the Parliament, ought no longer to be trifled
with.

Mr. Nlastatv afterwards brought forward his motion
for the repeal of the Beer duty. The chief argument on
which he relied was, the inequality of the duty in its pres-
sure on the higher and lower classes. But as the
CV LOA of the ExenEQUICII observed in reply, it would be
difficult to point out any duty which is not liable to many
objections, and attended with partial grievances that it
would, if possible, be desirable to remove. A proposition.
to strike off 3,000/.100/. at once from the revenue was, how-
ever, more than the public were prepared to see gravely
under discussion. How nas so large a deficit to have
been supplied ? By a proportionate increase of the
Malt Tax ? That would cnly have been increasing
the charges of those who brewed their own beer, and
extending the trade of the public brewbouies. The
CHANCELLOR of the Exert terra woull not commit
himself to any imprudent pledge which may not be
able to redeem, but lie intimated, that if the zystem on
which he is proceeding should work as well as he believes
it will, he intends to direct his attention to the subject,
with the view of affording all the relief in his power. But
he wished it to be understood that he prefers giving relief
by the reduction of the duty on beer, instead of repealing
the whole and substituting in its stead an increased duty
on malt. The commutation of 6e Aiefir duty for a malt
duty would indeed be no relief to the consumers of beer
generally ; it would operate only to the advantage of the
public brewer. We think the public will approve the course
the Right llon. Gentleman purposes to follow. Every tax
of heavy preseure cannot be repealed immediately; and as
to the project of lightening the load by shifting the bur-
dens, we are quite sure the public will laugh at so absurd
a method of relieving them. The House negatived the
motion by a majority of almost four to one. The numbers
were—Against the Motion, 68—For it, 23.

CITY, THURSDAY EvElmo.
The panic that has prevailed in the English Money Market for
these several days, was succeeded to-day by a comparative calm
and confidence. Consols for Money opened this morning at 903,
but they won advanced to 91, and afterwards to 911. The Account
bargains were 90f 4, 914 a. Towards the doer of the Market an
attempt was made to depress the Funds by a report respecting a
Congress at Milan, but the prices remained firm at the last
quotations. The option given by the King of France to the
holders of the Rentes to take the r.ew Stock ttree and four
months hence, as they think fit, has created confidence with re.
spect to the permanence of public tranquillity. The steadiness
of the price of bullion also clearly indicates that the exportation of
the precious metals cannot have been carried to such an extent as
to warrant the alarm that has been absurdly felt ; for it cannot
have escaped the attention of parties interested in Stock transac-
tions, that bullion hu not varied a shade during all the reports that
have been spread relativ.: to the excessive exportations of the circu-
lating medium.

The quotations in the Foreign Market show that a corresponding
improvement there has very generally taken place. South Ameri-
can securities may be particularly noticed u partaking in the rise.
Colombian Bonds were done at USA. and Mexican Scrip at lit ells-
count. Brazilian Scrip was at 11 i premium, and Danish Ditto at
2} 2 discount. Ohl Spanish Bonds were at 211 24, ; and the
New 131 i. The business in Greek Scrip was not extensive to-day ;
It may bra quoted at 41 to 4/. The Bonds were .511 2.

In the Share Market, the United 31exican Company was the
most buoyant. These Shares have been r good deal depressed, but
they appear now to be fast recovering, and some bargains were
done in them today at 23 24. The Pasco-Peruvian Shares were
better ; they were done at 114. The new Potosi were done
at 34 4, and Anglo-Mexican aged V 5.
In the Colonial Market Sugar maintained yesterday's prices, but
Coffee was very languid.

It is stated in letters from Paris that the new three per
cents. were to be brought into the market to-day. Sellers
are said to be very numerous, but for the price demanded,
77, it is apprehended few buyers will at present be found.
CORON•TION or CHAIII.Y9 X.—The ceremony of the
coronation of the King of France will be attended with
great military pomp. A camp is alnady marked near
Rheims, which will be occupied by chosen troops, parts of
the Royal Guard, and a numerous Staff. All the road
from Paris to Rheims will be lined with troops. Soissons
will receive a numerous garrison. In short, nothing will
be spared to give to the coronation of Charles X. all the
attractions of external magnificence, which used to hive
so much influence on the minds of the multitude.

One of the reports current is, that Austria and Russia
have formed a treaty to interfere in the war between Gr..•etie
and Turkey, and effect a pacification on certain bases,
which are represented to lie the following :—That Greece
shall enjoy an effective independence and the right of in-
ternal government, &c. ; but that she shall pay a fixed
yearly sum to the Porte as tribute or indemnity, or what-
ever else the parties may agree to call it. In the event of
all opposition to this arrangement on the part either of
Greece or Turkey, force is to be resorted to, to reduce the
disientient to terms. This project the Courts of Vienna
and St. l'etersburgh are said to have settled definitively,
and to have communicated to Great Britain and France.
The French Ministry is said to have not yet riven any an-
swer, while the British tiovernment objects decidedly to
the plan.
The last letters from Mexico give the most flattering
account of the internal condition of that State.

The King of Prussia has prohibited all lotteries of estates
in his don:inions, and even the sale ‘f tickets in fereign lot-
teries

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AUSTRIAN POLITICAL. CATECHISM.
[Concluded from Yesterday's paperl
SECTION IV.-OP Tarr MITT Of SEILVECTS TO HONOUR
THEIR SOVEREIGN'.

Q. What is the duty of subjects towards their Sovereign ?
A. It is the duty of sulljeds to honour their Sovereign.
Why are subjects bound to honour their Sovereign ?
Because God has commanded them to do so. -
Q. At'herc is that precept written ?
• A. That precept Is 'Written in the First Epistle of St. Pete:
rear God and honour the Kinc. (St. Peter, V. 17.)
Q. In what manner shotdd Sovereigns he honoured ?
A. Sovereigns should be honoured in the same manner as
parents.
elWhy should we hotfoot Sovereigns in the tame manner as
r our parents?
r.A. We bhoulil hon,)ur Sovereigns in the same manner re; we
labour our parents, because Sovereigns are the fathers cf their
adisets.
. Why are they called the fathers of their people?
A. They are called the fathers of their people, because they take
ears of the good of their subjects, as a good father takes care of the
good of his own children.
Q. Is it sufficient to give exterior signs of respect to the
Sovereign, bending ourselves before him, and doing other similar
acts ?
A. That is not sufficient. (Ind ard:rs us to honour the
Sovereign with out heart, respecting him, loving him, wishing hint
a long life and a happy reign, praying for him to the Lord, and
submitting ourselves obediently to his-commands.
Q. Arc subjects bound to pray for their Sovereign?
A. l'es, certainly subjects are bound to pray for their Sovereign,
because God has commanded them to (lotto.
Q. In what place has God given that command ?
A. He has given it by the utouth of Se. Paul in the First Epistle
to Timothy.
Q. What does he say in that
A. His words are time / exhort therefbre, that first of all, sup.
pin-a:ions, provers, infrreessifws. and qf' tifanks be made
rw all men :fr're Kings and fir all that are in authority. (Timothy,
cap. 2. v. 1, .n.)
Q. Why shpuld we pray for our Sovereign ?
A. We should pray ter our Sovereign, In order that we may
live a quiet and tranquil life, in piety and chastity. (Ibid.)
Q. 'What else ought we to deduce from the words of it. Paul ?
A. NVe should deduce that we are bound also to pm for the
Sovereign, though he professes a religion different from our own.
Q. In what other manner can we honour ♦ Sovereign II
A. IFe honour our Sovereign also by fearing Ills'. •
Q. Why ought we to fear our Sovereign ?
A. Because God puts the sword inte his bands. (Romans,
chap. xiii. 4.)
Q. In witat manner should good subjects far their Sovereign ?
A. Good subjects should fear their Sot ereign in the same manner
as good children fear their parents ; that is to say, by taking are
not to offend them.

Q. Why do bad subjects fear their Sovereign?
A. Dad subjects fear their Sovereign because he has the power of
punishing them.
Q. What do the Sacred Scriptures say In speaking of the power
of Sovereigns ?
A. The Sacred Scriptures, in speaking of the power of Sovereigns,
use these T ords :—For he is the Minister of God to thee for good.
But ff thou do that which is evil, he filmier; fir he beareth not the
sword its wain : for he is the Minister of God. a revenger to execute
wrath rpm Aim that &will evil. (Romans, chap. sin. 4.)
Q. How do we sin against our duty to honour the Sovereign?
A. We sin against that duty in wishing evil or mischief to our
Sovereign, in murmuring against him, or despising him.

SECTION T.-:0/ THE DCTY OTEitiitATE.
Q. How ought subjects to behave towards their Sovereign t
A. Sabjects should behave towards their Sovereign as faithful
servants towards their master.

Q. Why ought subjects to behave like servants?
A. Subjects ought.to behave like servants, because the Sovereign
is their master, and has power as well over their goota as over their

Q. In what manner ought we to be faithful to the Sovereign ?
A. We ought to he f tithful to the Sovereign in being careful not
to depart from the obedience we owe him, and to uphold and pro.
mote, as far as we can, altogether, and each individually, the ho-
nour, dignity, life, and prosperity of his sacred person.
Q. flow do subjects sin against the fidelity they owe the
Sovereign ?
A. Subjects sin against the fidelity they owe the Sovereign by
betraying hint, and by abandoning him in time of need.
Q. 'What is the duty of subjects when they know that danger im-
pends over their z...overeign and country ?
A. When such danger a impending, such subjects as have a
knowledge of it arc bound to disclose it, or to cause it to be disclosed
to their Sovereign,
Q. What should subjects do in case of the desertion of soldiers ?
A. Subjects should, when they can, prevent the desertion of sol-
diers, beesuse it may lead to serious injury to the Sovereign and

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ii. M"hat hare unfaithful aubjeets to fear ?
A. Unfaithful subjects. when their unfaithfulness is conceit'sd
from tabour have to fear temporal and eternal punishment from
God.

aLCTTON WI. O} THE DUTY Ot 011TDIENCE.
Q. In what consists the obedience that subjects owe their Son.
reign ? •
A. The obedience t u e by subjects to their Sovereign consists in
the punctual observance of the laws of the State, and in the ready
and willing performance of the commands of the Sovereign.
Q. in disobedience a sin ?
A. Undoubtedly disobedience is a sin, and, in ease the command
was of great consequence, disobedience is a mortal sin.
Q. How can that be demonstrated ?
A. By the Sacred Scriptures.
Q. Can you show me the passage ?
A. It is in the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans : whosoever
therefore risisteth the powers, resistrth the ordinance of God ; asd
they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. (Romans,
chap. xiii. v. 2.)
9. what is meant by the words shall receive to themselves dam -
nation 9
A. It is meant that they that resist shall suffer the eternal tar.
ments of hell.
Q. Can yeti show ate any other passage ?
A. St. Paul subjoins, a little lower—wherrfbre ye mat weeds be
subject, not only for wroth bat also for co Isciewee' sake. (Ibid. v. 5.)
Q. Are subjects bound also to obey wicked Sovereigns.
A. Yes, subjects are bound to obey not only good but wicked
Sovereigns.
Q. Who has commanded them to do so ?
A. God has commanded them to do so, and the Apostle St. Peter
communicated the precept to Christians.
Q. What does St. Peter say ?
A. He says—Servants, be :abject to your masters with all fear,
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. (1 Peter,
chap... v. lib)
Q. Are subjects also bound to obey when obedience is dis.
agreeable ?
A. Yes, certainly : subjects are bound to obey though obedience
may be disagreeable to them, and though they may sutler some loss
in their goods.
Q. 's% by should subjects be obedient in such eases ?
A. In such cases subjects should be obedient, because it pro.
motes the welfare of the country.
Q. How should subjects obey their Sovereign ?
A. Subjects should obey their Sovereign in the same manner as
hildren should obey their parents.
Q. Who hare given any particular example of obedience to their
n Vary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus, gave a signal ex.
of such obedience.
Q. What, then, did the parents of Jesus do ?
A. They went to Bethlehem to have themselves inscribed in the
registers made by order of the Sovereign, though the journey was
long and disagreeable, and in the winter.
Q. Who was it that ordered that inscription ?
A. Augustus, Emperor of the Romans. (St. Luke, chap.
T. 1.)
Q. What consideration should induce us to be obedient to our
Sovereign ?
A. The consideration of the rewards that God has promiseu.
Q. How will 1;otl reward the obedience of subjects ?
A. God will reward the obedience of subjects by temporal Ides.
sings. and with eternal life in Heaven.
[The remainder of this singular Catechism relates principally to
military duties.]

So;ertign
A.' Zlr

Sir Charles Long had an audience of the King yes-
terday.
Mr. Secretary Canning is gradually recovering at Coombe
Wood from his late severe attack of the gout. Mr. Can-
nine takes an airing daily when the weather it fine.
On Thurrday night his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
gave a splendid ball and supper to the nobility and gentry,
in eelohration of his Majesty's birth-day. His Excellency
looked in excellent health and spirits. On Friday his Ex-
cellency left town for the Viceregal Lodge, Phenix Park,
where he intends to pass the summer.—Dublin Freeman's
Journal. _ _ _ _

The Dublin Erening Pr3l of Tuesday says... It is
stated to he the intention of his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant to go to England, and take his seat in the
louse e( Peers, on the second reading of the Catholic
Bill."

ft..rcral Papers of yesterday contained a statement of the
daub of Lord Rolle; we are happy to say that the report
is unfounded.

At the Beaton Mayor Elect's dinner, on Monday last,
the following toast was received with great enthusiasm :
" The Members of the House rf Commons who so nobly
and constitutionally voted against the claims of the Ro-
man Catholics."

Letters from Italy state that it is in the contemplation
of the Health Officers in that country to impose a quaran-
tine of 40 days on all votsels and inerchandize coming from
England, on account of the admission into this country.
without deputation, of goods from Egypt, and other parts
of the Levart. itifected, or what is termed suspected.