The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-22 00:00:00

[MORNING POST.]

After some hours again 'spent in receiving
Petitions, with but few exceptions, against the
Roman Catholic Bill, the Commons resumed last
night the debate on this important question, and
at last brought it to a close. The clear and
forcible arguments of Mr. Goulburn against the
pretended securities provided by the Bill pro-
duced a deep impression
upon the Bosse, and
the general feeling began to take a decided turn
against the measure, when Mr. Secretary Can-
ning, with recruited strength, addressed the
House in the fullness of his might. Never did
the Right Hon. Gentleman appear more anxious
for triumph, and never did he make greater
efforts to obtain it. All the varied powers
of his mind were brought into action—all
the resources of his ingenuity used, to elude
or disguise the weak points of the question—all
his reasoning faculties exerted to enforce the
strong, and all the splendobr of his oratory dis-
played to cast a spell of enchantment over the
whole, and to lead consenting souls captive.—
Mr. Peel, who succeeded his Right lion. Col-
league, checked a little the effect of his elo-
quence, but the conduct of Mr. Brougham and of
'the other friends of the Catholics, who making
the speech of Mr. Canning their rock, abstained
by any additional effort to weaken the inapreS-
sion which it had produced, ' augmented its
power, and contributed to decide the fate
of the question. To this may be added
the surprising influence which the oral contra-
dictions given by Bishop Doyle to his' written
and published opinionscontradictions which
ought to have deprived his statements of all ere,
dit—seetned to have gained 'over minds which
had not been suspected hitherto of being addict
ed to credulity. Whether it be-through want of
examination, or through a charitable disposition
to believe that the Prelate of a Christian church
would not stoop to temporary 'artifice to gain an
away important point, the Members whom Dr. Doyle
made converts to the Bill can alone-explain. But
tlilo.ais, mustttisad in time
elusi'
vanish
tidtt "•hichLefo
liker all delu-
sions, e the eye
of reason, cannot be doubted,-without impugning
the intellects of the Noble and Ifonourable
proselytes. 'lt succeeded, however, for the time,
and on a
division the second reading of the Bill
was carried by a majority of 27, the numbers
being 268 to 241. In the course of about a
month the Catholics have therefore gained four-
teen additional supporters: but even now it is
not too late. There are other stages on which
repeated stands may
be made, and in the Com-
mittee the whole nature of the measure, as it
may be changed. But
was done once before,
supposing it to pass in its present, state, there is
not only hope, but confident security in the
firmness and wisdom of the Upper House. Un-
influenced by the prospect • of any electioneer-.
ing advantage resulting from a change in the
Elective Francise, deluded by BO wily assertions

or Jesuitical concessions, the Peers of • Great
Britain have already more than once repelled
the danger which threatened Church and State,
when they remained the only rampart of a Fro-
testaut Constitution. What they have so pa-
triotically and so triumphantly done, they may
again be called upon to do, and they will do it.
Yielding in true liberality to none, they conceive
that there is a still higher virtue than liberality,
and they will practise it by. fearlessly discharging
their duty, and maintaining inviolate the civil
and religious establishment of their country. ,

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
The rumour of an approaching Congress of So-
vereigns gains every day more credit, which ac-
counts for the heaviness of the money markets,
both in Paris and London. We learn from the
Paris Papers, which arrived last night, that the
King of Naples, accompanied by the Queen and
his eldest son, was to set out for Milan on the 11th
inst. The King's brother, the Prince of Salerno,
had left Naples two days previously, for the same
destination ; and it was mentioned on a former oc-
casion, that the King of Sardinia would also visit
Milan, during the stay of the Emperor of Austria
in that city. It is true, no positive account has
appeared as yet, that it is the intention of any
other Sovereign, with the exception of those of
Italy, to proceed to the capital of Lombardy
and Venice en the same occasion ; and, what-
ever probability there may be of such an event
happening, it still rests upon indirect evidence
alone. The design of the Emperor of Russia, for
example, is inferred from his journey to Warsaw,
to open the Polish Diet in person ; for, after
the lecture on speechifying, which he addressed
to that Assembly some time since, it is not very
probable that he would travel seven or eight
hundred miles to open the Session, unless lie had
a longer journey in contemplation. The report
that the King of Prussia is going to Italy, rests as
yet upon the very vague authority of an on dit in
the German Papers not subject to the Prussian
Censorship; and if it has any claim to credit, it is
of a negative kind, it remaining uncontradicted.
It is not the custom of the Prussian Government
to allow false rumours, concerning itself, to work
upon public credulity ; and, in general, the ex-
posure of the falsehood soon follows its publica-
tion. At the same time, this is the year when
the Members of the holy Alliance, according to
one of the regulations of that, Body, should
meet, in order to ascertain what progress their
principles have made,or what new measures might
be necessary for the support or farther diffusion
of the Monarchical doctrine. With respect to one
of the most active agents of this powerful league,
we see from the French Papers, that he was to
Pave Paris on Tuesday or Wednesday evening,
for Milan, though the purpose of his long visit
to the French capital is not even glanced at, tho'
not from indifference so much as from igno-
rance of the cause. The French Government,
however, has taken no steps as yet, that could
throw the least light upon this controverted ques-
tion ; and the Papers under its immediate con-
troul, have for some time shewn a disposition to
evade the subject. This caution may arise from the
unpopular character of those meetings, as well as
from a desire that nothing should occur to throw
a damp upon the ceremony of the King's Coro-
nation. In the mean time, the state of the Rentes
chews the impression which the rumour has made
upon the public mind, both as to the degree of
faith placed in it, and the feelings it has excited.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The arrival of an Express from Paris, bringing
the price of the French Funds on Tuesday a
shade higher than on the preceding day, proba-
bly prevented a fall in the City yesterday, for
many persons, speculating upon a continued and
extensive depreciation of the French Rentes, had
prepared to make large sales of Consols. These
operations being prevented, Consols remained,
during the whole of the day, at the prices
of Wednesday, viz. 94211, alternately buyers
and sell.. The closing price was 921 buyers.
In the Foreign Market, there was little al-
teration. Danish and Greek Scrip were
rather higher, and, the former finds more
buyers, in proportion as the belief increases that
new Continental Loans, bearing a lower rate of
interest than those now in the Market, will be
created. The South American Stocks were
steady, but the report from New York, that the
Governor of the Island of Cuba has been Com-
pro-
pelted by the attempts at independence, to
claim martial law, had no immediate effect upon
them. There can be little dosuibmt,nilstiolw.Bevoenrd,sre-
main that
,
if this news should be confirmed, the advantage
to the independent cause will be sensibly felt in
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Shares of the l'ublic Companies, and in Bank ac.
tions particularly. It was rumoured at Paris that
another Agent had set out for Madrid, to treat
fora Spanish Loan, and with some hope of success.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 21.

In the Earl of Roscommon's Claim to vote in the Election
Irish Representative Peers, documentary evidence was tendered
at the Bar; and the Gentleman who was Chief Clerk in the
Parliament Office of Ireland before the Union, together with
Richard Martin, Esq, M.P. were examined by the Attorney-
General, on behalf of the Crown, in regard thereto.