The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-01 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

• This evening the general question, of Catholic
,tmaticipation will be taken up _ by-Sir Francis
Burdett. The lion. Baronet, with great candour,
*Lid very honourable feelings, eXpressed•his re-
'gret„, in. the ,debate of last Tuesday Se'imight, that
the Petition entrusted to his. hands had not been
gotnmitted to those of. Mr. Plunkett ; and we
eonfess we coincide entirely .in that sentiment:
No doubt, . Sir Francis :will devote to the
-Ostliotic cause his most zealous exertions, and
will exhibit in its support very brilliant ta-
.}e
nts—but, alas! his .natne.is-.o:miuous of failure.
The country at large. look . upon him as a man of
.extravagant principles, of liberty, Itti Ultra on the
side of dernOcracry, w hos,e view are' incompatible
with any. sound theory of-the CiinStittitiOn. Ac-
cordingly, though his speeches are admired by
both sides of the llouse; his triPtions are sup-
ported by neither ; and.out of;Parliament he is
the oracle of none but the mere-Radicals, a faction
. fast dwindling in to pt ter insignicayce. Unpopular
as the. cause of the Catholics-1445-:been for some
time past in England, they have aeted very inju-
diciously in burthening theroselves-with.theaddi-
4ional unpopularity of Sir ,Francis's name ; but'
Aiwa Deus.vult perdere prius.cleznentist—the Ca-
tholics have successively: put their
_affairs into the
bands ' of Mr._ o'_Conpell, cobbett,-aitd Sir Fran
s Burdett. Can .it he expected that these
guides should be followed by such men as Mr.
tanning, the Chancellor of the titchequer, and
Mr. Plunkett ? That would indeed be; in matter
of intellect, " the world turned upside down."

[THE TIIIES.]
,! • In France, a dynasty de.voteci to the Church
of Rome, reigns once inore predominant and so-
verb. Look at the
.4e,suAtsand,.their
fi,e.o.4ike for the punisitmont of sacrilege,
as it most irreligiously nicktvanted. Look at
the wiles- and -barbarous trAcs pf the Clergy, to
Yost from - fgmilies of :dying penitents the
means
.of their subsistence,for,t-he " good _of the
-Church." LOok at the trauit,nelsin which the priest-
hood have found ways to ensnare the Civil Govern-
ment, of which.the,chief.Miaster hardly ventures
to`move but at their -bidditi-.4. Ilowever silent its
_coarse may be, we are dis.p. osed to think that a crisis
of rmore• thati ordinary interest' is preparing; in
toihe eini4ratitsfis worm-
France:' 1:41e
;wcrOci; to the bulk of the French nation t the law
9f:Siter'ileze has given the-popularity of the Tfouse
4f`, onyhon a fearful styciek7. AnOther law is
speculated upon, as evep now under:prisid.era-
and'tO be' passed in
tioti'of the -Kirri's-eallfesiar
aifother year_yii. a supplement to tlipact against
pf one ,a4ainSt.hlasplienly !
iiCiilete, in the' shape
-Ir4? the effect of which, as regat4s
.the Vice
rest which it-is- nominally provide i
blasphimy an ipdpigenceOnstea.d cif an.
iiiaffilst • next, to gpreachnore widely

the intermedd ling power of the Priests; and lastly,
to make the Priests, and the Monarch who is their
instrument,equallyand generally odious. A censor-
' ship on journals, and another on books, are spoken
of as likely to be proposed after the coronation,in
' furtherance of the Charter ! which declares that
the press shall be free, though punishable by
law after an offence committed—not extinguisha-
ble, lest it should offend. Whether suct► measures
-are contemplated' by the Government, we know
not, but the apprehension of their circulating among
well-informed men marks the unfriendly spirit
which the existing policy has provoked, and the
tendencies and dispositions by which the public
suspect Charles and his Ministers of being biassed.
It seems rather inauspicious that the portion of
English history which records and describes the
dow•nfal of the Stuarts should be now a more fa-
vourite study with political circles beyond the
limits of the Tuileries and of the Fauxburg St.
Germain, than at any former era. We wish the
house of Bourbon joy of its alliance with Alex-
ander and with the Jesuits.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Bill for the Suppression of the Catholic
Association was read a first time last night in the
Lords. The second reading was fixed for Thurs-
day next, for which day their Lordships are to
be summoned. When the Bill was before the
other House, we were not aware that there was a
striking precedent in favour of hearing Counsel
against a public Bill, of which no notice Was.
taken-. We mean that of the famous Quebecr
vernment Bill, in the discussion of which :Jr.
Burke-and Mr. Fox first exhibited their diversity-
of opinion, in political matters, in a marked mari
ner. No Bill could be more public than the one in
question, which opened a door to the discussion
of the relative merits and demerits of all sorts of
Constitutions and all sorts of GovernMenta,and all
sorts of Churches. Against this Bill, 'a. Petition
was presented, from several Merchants, Ware-
housemen, and Manufacturers, concerned in the
trade to Quebec, praying that the Bill might not
pass into a Law, inasmuch as,. after having duly
weighed the consequences of it, they con-
iceived it would be attended with great injury
to the said Province. Counsel. were heard at
the Bar of both Houses in support of this Peti-
tion, and one of the Counsel: was Mr. fon-
blanque. In the Parliamentary History, vol.
29, p. 65:5, we find the following passage:—
" May 30 (1791).—The House having. resolved
itself into a Committee on the Quebec-Govern-
ment Bill, Counsel were heard in support of
the Petitioners against the Bill 1" Now we
should be glad to be informed of any one. argu-
thent in favour of hearing Counsel against the
Quebec Government Bill—a Bill which even
went to confer valuable constitutional privileges
On the population of a large part of the empire,
which does not apply with equal. force to a Bill
for depriving the population of a neighbouring
island _of their constitutional privileges. We
appeal therefore to the principle which governs
the "proceedings of the Legislature, and we
say, be the 'precedent good or bad, it has been
set, and acted on, without .opposition, during a
period when the House of Lords contained in-
dividuals who take a distinguished part in
its proceedings (Lord Grenville introduced the
Bill to the House). If • then their Lordships
refuse to hear Counsel against the Bill, they will
be flying in the face of their own precedent. The
doctrine always advanced by those who take the
lead in both Houses is, that if the occasion were
toarise for the first time, there might be room
for discussing the course which ought to be
adopted ; but . a precedent having been set, it
must .not be departed from. It would be very
singular indeed, if it should be.contended that a
precedent ought never to be considered binding,
when the object wished for is to deprive the
people of their rights—to add an additional link
to the chain of oppression.

Frig E PUBLIC LEDGER.]
A variety of rumours, which we suspect to
have emanated from Mincing-lane, were put yes-
terday into circulation ; but of toa gross a tex-
ture to-create any deep sensation. The Ameri-
cans, it was said, had effected a landing in the
Havannah ; the Burmese had penetrated almost
to the gates of Calcutta, having first defeated the
British army; and, lastly, Canterac had made his
peace with Bolivar—the only rumour, that
bore even the faintest semblance of probability.
With respect to the landing in the Havan-
nah, the Bill, authorizing the pursuit of
Pirates into the territory of another Power,.
was not introduced into the American Legisla-
ture, at the time when such a proceeding could
have taken place. As to the success of the Bur-
mese, no one could state how the intelligence was
received. That it did not arrive by sea, is cer-
tain ; and no overland dispatch was received at
the India House. Respecting Canterac, what•
ever may have been his difficulties at the date
of the last advises, and we believe them to
have been insurmountable, he would, in all
probability, face them like a brave man. Though
they threatened to overwhelm him and his
cause, we do not think that he would aban-
don it in its last struggles, to purchase exemp-
tion
,from ruin for himself. Olaneta, the servile
Olaneta, has abandoned it ; and though he was
in the habit of vaunting of his honour and un-
Auken fidelity with more than ultra flippancy,
yet he had no scruples about quitting it, when
he saw that victory was fixed to the other side.
Bat Valdez, Canterac, and La Serna, belong to
another school, where at least selfishness is not
inculcated ; and thousands of wandering, desti-
We Constitutionalists, attest the disinterested-
ness and inflexibility which they have shewn in
*npport of their principles. But servilism is
not the hotbed of enthusiasm ; but, with
its vapourinc, pretensions, it produces only
cold-blooded and calculating. egotists. How
they conducted themselves in France, whilst le-
gitimacy was out of vogue, is well known ; and
'particularly their conduct during the hundred
days was the climax of business. During this
period they watched from their lurking places to
see how the balanc'e would incline ; whilst the
grossly calumniated Constitutionalists of Spain
Pawned life.and property on their cause. Can.

terac, who belongs to this party, will not leave
the ship in which he has embarked, as long ag a
plank of it remains ; and we are only sorry that
his duty, as a Spaniard and a soldier, has thrown
him into so rotten a one.

[MORNING HERALD.]
According to the last accounts from Dublin,
some of the Members of the Catholic Associa-
tion
have, in the plenitude of their deliberative
wisdom, declared that " it is not the interest
of the Irish, especially of the Roman Catho-
lics, to wish for a Reform in the British Par-
liament." However doubtful the policy of such
an avowal may be, we do not at all ques-
tion its sincerity. The present state of Spain,
to say nothing of that of other Roman Catho-
lic countries, affords a tolerable specimen of the
degree of civil liberty and constitutional Re-
form which is to be expected under a Roman Ca-
tholic ascendancy. The Roman Catholic religion
is, in fact, the religion of ignorance, of intoler-
ance, of priestcraft, and of despotism; and if we
could persuade ourselves that to grant what is
called Catholic Emancipation would be adding
one jot to the political influence of that religion,
either in Great Britain or Ireland, we would
make our stand at once against any further
concessions,' and would declare, with the Barons
of old, Nolinnus leges Anglice mutari. But tit*
consequence, we believe, would be directly
otherwise ; and that it is to the system of exclu-
sion towards the Catholics, added to the bad use
which has been made of the Protestant Esta-
blishment in Ireland, that 'the former religion
avresi if not its existence, at least, its extensive
existence, in that country. We look upon the
exclusion of Catholics from civil rights in the
same light as.we should view an aitempt to dam
up the current of a river ; which, so treated, is
ever overflowing its banks and threatening inun-
dation, while, on. the contrary, if left to itself, it
soon joins some larger stream; or is lost in the
boundlesS waters of the: ocean. The Catholics,
' in asking to be -admitted to their share of civil
rights, are, in fact, asking, for that which only
a Protestant Government has to give ; and
therefore, though it may be a boon, which a
Catholic Government would neither give, nor
perhaps have to give, yet that is no reason why
it should be withheld. To be sure, it is not very
politic in the Catholics to announce their op-po-
sition to popular rights, at a time when they are
seeking the enjoyment of them ; yet we have no
doubt but, when noxious restraints are taken
away, and the irresistible light of knowledge has
burst in upon the mass of the Catholic- popula-
tion, they will become as good citizens, if not, in
time, as zeakins Protestants, as heart can wish.
As to the re-establishment of the Catholic Reli-
gion in this country, that were as hopeless as the
return of ignorance. Knowledge, like the me-
ridian sun, has dissolved the fetters of supersti-
tion, which, while the Presi exists, can never
more be re-united.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
If we were inclined to glorify the patriotism
of our Parliamentary ancestors, we should cer-
tainly not speak above our breath when we came
to the subject of the Game Laws. Not that these
are the only written laws which bear no very
luminous traces of their wisdom, but that "they
have been more prolific of misery and mischief
than any other portion of that inheritance which
their statute books have bequeathed to us. If
our statutes were periodically revised, they
might, by the occasional infusion of those fun-
damental truths which are unfolded in the
progress of moral and political freedom, be
made partakers of its benefit. The Bill just
now brought in to amend the- laws for the
preservation of game, afforded. *all excellent
opportunity of exercising tbiS-W'llolesome juris-
diction, and of regulating tlarklits'of property
by a more legitimate and improYed'itanclard.
But we regret to perceive, that th`6-ivorthy Mem-
ber by whom the Bill is brotight in has not ex-
pended much intellectual effort towards thiS de-
sirable end. The practice of the Athenian
Le-
gislature, when they proceed to make laws,
is full of useful suggestions to the lawgivers
of modern times. Before any Bill was per-
mitted to pass into a law, it was necessary
that it should first be transcribed and sus-
pended before the statues of the ten Neroes se-
veral days previously to its being debated in the
Assembly. Demosthenes moreover tells us—and
in the case of amended Bills it is written for our
learning—c, that no law could be proposed, un-
til the law which it was to amend or supersede
was examined." And the Grecian orator pro-
pounds to us the reason for this precaution—
that the " laws might not he contradictory, and
that they might be all equally intelligible, as well
as to the simple as to the learned." Had oar sys-
tem of statutory law been thus matured and per-
fected, it would certainly,by this time, have exhi-
bited a much more valuable code than it does at
present. Now, however, that a more liberal
and enlightened policy prevails, we may look
forward to the future with livelier hopes. In
the mean time we shall proceed to offer—in the
way of suggestion—such observations as occur
to us, in going over this proposed Bill for the
amendment of the Game Laws. No licence
to buy or sell game is to be granted to any
Inn-keeper or Tavern-keeper, or to any
Higher or Carrier. We take it
fo
the former description of persons buying grantedbuy ig Ia
fame
ti t
of licensed dealers, may
next clause restricts the
thebuory
it for any dinner, be permitted to dress
his or her own use, eprritvoatthe t,
e;
hbouyioags tine
r
the removal of
it would seem necessary for
doubt, to introduce an excepting
clause. With respect to the refusal of a license
to buy or sell
policy of this exclusion, to say the least of it, is
game to any higler or carrier, the
not very obvious. Why, if game is to be bought
and sold, should it not, as well as domestic
poultry, or any other marketable commoditYs be
sold by this description of dealers ? How many
towns are there in which there are no poulterers,
and in which game will therefore not be sold as
an article of trade ? In such cases how is it to be
procured ?
The hi leg is, in fact, for all such
purposes, an itiner heoes his
g
y theant shopkeeper ;
circuit to supply want of those who have no
•

local means of supply. In short, he goes to his
customers instead of troubling his customers to
come to him. There seems—for aught that we
can see, at least—to be no offence in this. It
may deserve remark, that no mention is made of
hawkers. Would a person, having a hawker's
licence, be entitled to a licence to deal in game,
or would he be included in the terms higler or
carrier? It may be well to be more explanatory
upon this head, and to preclude any future ques-
tion upon it before this Bill passes into a law.

WEST INDIA DOCKS.

STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, the 26th
of February, 1825..

Delivered.

Stock on
Hand.

21,253
1,355
200
1,141
8,859.
98,00
833
21,630
1,382
341

1,467
1,042
9,534
1,919
38,765
1,364
3,489

5,593
31
1,099

603
3,270
7

185

50
145
1
37

2
63
485

2424
25,227
13,260
190

386
3,436
4
9

2,215
12,786

537
5,058
159
25
33

26}
5,7201
1,453

37. •
7,010
84
6,010
5,386
34,598

MATCH AT CHESS.
We understand the Edinburgh Chess Club have won the first
game in the match between England and Scotland. The Scotch
game was at one period of it considered desperate, but it ap-
pears that the English Club, in their eagerness to obtain a vic-
tory, which, with a little caution, might have been easily se-
cured, sacrificed a Rook. Even, after this sacrifice, they
might have forced a drawn game by giving perpetual check,
but confiding too much in their own resources, or not suffi-
ciently respecting the skill of their adversaries,-they persisted
in endeavouring to win the game. The men of the North dis-
played as much promptitude in taking advantage of the rash
confidence of their antagonists, as they had already exhibited
of passive courage during the season of adversity, and they
have ultimately won the game. Chess-players will appreciate
the merit which is due to the perseverance and skill of the
Scotch Club, when it is considered that the game was succes-
sively won and drawn in its nature for the English Club, and
that the Edinburgh players had to contend against a Committee,
which is ackowledged to comprehend the finest players in this
country. A second game has been drawn, and a third game
is still pending, the moves being transmitted as usual, by a re.
turn of post. Bets of five to two have been lost on the first
game, and bets of three to two, in favour of the English Club,
are still offered on the result of the match.

IMPORTANT NAVAL INVENTION.—The Commissioners
appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty met Mr. Rotch,
the Barrister, on board his Majesty's ship Prince Regent, at
Chatham, on the 19th instant, .to witness the _effect of his in-
ogneneinouds, itnhveernitaigonin,gthtaeuLgehvterseFtidn.p,Tahned tnoopt-gaasilinagnltemmaasnts were
aloft
when Captain parry gave the order to strike topmasts and top-
gallants, and, in exactly two minutes and a half from the time
the word was given, the whole of the six masts were struck, al-
though only four men in each top, and one at each top-mast
head, went aloft to perform that sudden manoeuvre. With Mr.
Rotch's Lever Fid, ten men are sufficient, in the worst weather,
to unfid the main-topmast of the largest first-rate line-of-battle
ship in the English Navy, a manoeuvre which, fids on the or-
dinary plan, requires the united
eexitjearsmtviioit)nitiooatfi
Fox-hounds,
the
xwlailoicloceui ship's
psi' s,
company.
We are extremely sorry to state. that RALPH
asj h
omeNviLaAsAhtueTnotiNng,
with the
m
in the neighbourhood of Sedgefield,
on
last. In taking a leap his horse ieplut'eday
short,s
which occasioned a dreadful fall to the rider.
When Mr. LAMBTON was first taken up, the symp-
toms he spewed were of the most distreSsing
ila-
ture, fears being entertained
either of a concus-
sion of the brain, or that '
the
spine had been
jured, from the degree
time,b our
he e d
suon a
la: f
rl y
d .
se-
rious fears -alluded and to - '•. when the latest ac-
counts left him* Ore ha py to paralysis
i say, thatalt he
e
pe e wash
re-
ported to be doing.favourabl 1.
however, in a short
to
osl
t ia

LONDON MARKETS,

PRICE OF BREAD.

The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is t)d. for
the 41b. loaf—there are ethers who sell from a halfpenny to
three halfpence below that rate.

SEEDS, Feb. 28.
New English R. Clover, pet cwt...47s 62s Bls—fine 90s
Old Ditto
New Foreign ditto 605 69s 83s—fine 906
Old ditto ditto 28s 40s 52s—fine-68s
New Whiteditto s7s 74s 77s—fine 84s
Old ditto 33s 48s 635-fine 743
New Trefoil.. per cwt tis 173.20 s—fine 24s
Old ditto 4s 8s 14s—fine 2ls
New Ribgrass
Old ditto il s 30s 335—fine 485
English Carraway Seeds 40s 44s 48s-4ine 90s
Foreign ditto 32s 40s 44s—fine —s
Coriander do. 7s 6tl 9s 10s—fine —s
St.Foin. ... per yr. 42s 46s—fine 70s
Rye-Grass 19s 30s—fine 32s
Pacey ditto sos 53s
Linseed for feeding 42s 43s—fine 43s
Ditto, for crushing 36s 40s—fine 455
.
Canary Seed -.645 70s—fine:80s
White Mustard Seed., per bushel 7s 9s—fine I Is
Brown ditto
Turnip Secds 5s
.7s Od—fine 10s
Tares
Rape Seed —.per last -.1 —I 2il 291 Os

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Feb. 28.
I3y the Carcase.
Beef 3s Od to 4s Od i Veal 4s Od to 5s Sd
Nlutton ..... ds 4d to 4s 8d 1 Pork 3s 8,1 to Ss 8d
Lamb, 03.0 d to Os od.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET, Feb. 26.
I
Clover,O. 100 s od to nOs od Hay, Old 90s od 'to 100; Od
—1nf..... 80s Od to 95s Od —New Inf. 65s Od-to 855 ad
—New —s Od to —s od Straw .... 40s Od to ' 48; Oil
ST. JAMES'S. ' . • -
Hay 63s Od to toOs 04 i Clovt r .... 803 Od -to 105 s Od
New Ditto —s od to —s od 1 Straw ....34s 6d to • 51s 0(1
WHITECHAPEL. ' • •
Clover SO; Od to lios od I Hay ei6s Od to ' 96; 03
Straw ....40s Od to 50s ad 1 Inferior —s od to .—. od

PRICE OF HOPS,' pet Cwt., Feb. 28.
Kent Pockets
Sussex Pockets
Essex Pockets ' 1265. to 1353. to 1365. per c°ct•
Farnham, fine ' 91 9s to 121 Os—Seconds, 81 Os to 91 Os
Kent Bags '115.. to 1305. to I4Os, Ver cwt
Sussex Bags ll2s. to 12ns. to Ms. per cwt.
Essex Bags llss. to 1265. to 1355. per cwt,

RAW HIDES. . .. ,
Best Heifers & Steers, per at. Ordinary .... 2s 6d; to ea scl
Ss id to 3$ 4,: Market Calf.., each., 9s 01
Middlings 2a 10d to 3i Od LaMbs.... Os Od. toms Od
SHEEP SKINS.
Polled
Downs ' 4s 6d to 6s Od j Lambs Os Od t0..0s Od

PRIQE OF LEATHER.
Butts, 50 to 561hs each per1b....,.19d 4.0 40d
Ditto, 56 to 661bs each 22(1 .10:23.1
Dressing Hides
Coach Hides , SOd to.aid
Crop Hides, 35 to 381bs for cutting .Ibid to. 17d
Ditto .... 40 to 4 Sibs ' . I7d .tu 19d
Calf Skins..3s to 401bs -
--
-21 d . to 26d
Ditto 45 to 551bs
Ditto 55.t0 75Ibs - 23 d AP"
, 2,
Small Seals (Greenland)' .... -.. 1.7 d ,:to- ,18°
Large ditto l6d ' to 18d
Tanned Horse Hides
Spanish Horse Hides • - ISd -to sid

PRICES OF TALLOW, SO
Town Tallow Os Od —s Od
Yellow Russia 'Cs Od
White ditto.. '393 Od —s
Soap ditto. -38 s Od —I Od
Melting Stuff as On —5 Od
Ditto Rough.. 241 od —s od

PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLow CHANtiLtfi'iBALL,,
Price of Candles, per dozen, 63 ad a 7$ -----Moulas,-93 6d.
6d per dozen allowed for ready money.
•

PRJCE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 811).---Feb. 48.
Price of Tallow (ns stated by the Tallow Melternl, Is. ad'

COAL MARKET, FEB. 23.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
56 Ne'wcastle - 29
14 Sunderland -12 i

MELANCHOLY ACClDENT.—(Cambridge, Feb.
27.)—0n Friday night, about half-past eight
o'clock, Mr. C., of Leicester, arrived at the Sun
Hotel in this town. When alighting from his'
gig, he requested his luggage to be carried into
the Commercial Room. The horse being taken
into the stable, a boy assisted 'Boots to unload•
In giving the cushions out, something fell on the
foot-board, which the boy took up, and discovered
it to be a pistol ; while in the act of carrying it to
Boots it went off, and, shocking to relate, the bare
maid, Mary Drane, an amiable young woman, iri
her 21st year, received the contents which en-
tered her right hip, and passed through her'body.
Mr. Oakes, Mr. Abbott, and their assistants, at'
tended within five minutes, but the wound Was
mortal: she died about half-past twelve last
night.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Friday evening a
chaise-cart, containing one man, two women, and
a carboy of vitriol, driving along the Hackney"
road at a furious rate, was upset. All were
thrown out and much hurt. One of the women
bled very much, and most likely was great'''.
burnt by the vitriol. The horse on one side
seemed, to use the language of our informant,
who witnessed the accident, to be burst; but the
sight was altogether too revolting to allow him to
ascertain with accuracy the extent of the injury
which each of the sufferers had received.