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London, England, 1825-06-11 00:00:00

NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-HOUSE.

Jamaica Papers to the 29th of April arrived
this morning, from which we extract the follow-
ing articles :
(From the Courant of the 28th.)

The Republic of Hayti applied some time since to the Co-
lombianßepublic to'obtain a Treaty offensive and defensive.—
The latter Government declined the proposal. We are now
furnished by the .Royal Gazette with the grounds on which Abe
refusal was made. The answer of the Government of Colombia
states,

1. That as the GoTernrnent of Hayti had allowed only 20
days for its _Minister to obtain the Treaty, the time was too
short to discuss, much less to decide; a queition of so much im-

portancc.

• 2. That a Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defensive, might
expose the Republic of Colombia to q contest with France, with
which Power no controversy existed.
3. That .the Government of Colombia could not enter into
such a Treaty without consulting the Republic of Rio de la
Plata, Chili, and Peru. That a Congress, consisting of Dele-
gates from those..rOwers, would assrtible at Panama in Oc-
tober next, when the overtures from the Haytian Government
would be made, and that there was little doubt of a favourable
answer.

Charleston Papers to the 10th May have arrived
this morning. Letters received at Boston from the Sandwich
Islands states, that the yottnk man from the United States, who
had revolted, had submitted, with his adherents, to the New
Sovereign, and sent in their adhesion.

It was reported o►► 'Change this morninz, that
the Spanish nun of war, Asia, has been sold to
the Colombian Government for 36,000 dollars.

• In another part of our Paper will be found the
" Resolutions adopted at the Meeting of the .Pro-
testant Peers, which took place on the 28th ult.
at the Duke of BUCKINGHIM'i residence in Lon-
don, to consider the state-of Ireland." They
were proposed by the Marquis of LONDON•
PERRY, and unanimously adopted and signed
by thirty Peers, • possessing estates in Ireland.
Twenty ' other Noblemen have since been
added to the list. We were in hopes that the
rejection of the Bill for. the Emancipation
of the Catholics - by the House . of Lords
would have left 4s in- peace on this ques-
tion until near -upon the commencemeet of
the next Session, hot it seems our expec-
tations have been disappointed, and we are
likely to be kept in a constant ferment
int pe;tale. polo s m 'The leesati! ons
above referred to pledge- the parties to them to
a firm support of of the Catholic Question,
and recommend to the Catholics firmness,
temperance, and union. If there is any sin-
cerity in these Resolutions, these thirty Ca-
tholic Peers are hound henceforward and under
all views of the question to support the claims
of the Catholics in the House of Lords.—
This, in the eyes of themselves and of their
! friends, and especially of the Leaders of the
Catholic Party, is termed praiseworthy and
manly conduct, and no doubt the Resolutions
are characterized as liberal and sensible.—We
presume, however, we shall not be opposed
when we. say that this conduct to be praise-
worthy and manly must be shewn to be correct
and proper, and these resolutions, in order to-be .
sensible, must tend to effect a great, a good and a
desirable purpose. ft is not our intention to.'
deny, but that all these -qualities do attach both
to the conduct and resolutions aforesaid, accord-
ing to the judgments and notions of . those
who have thus formed themselves into a junta
for the protection and defence of the Catholic
subjects of the .KING, but-it is.just possible that
a difference of opinion _may exist on this point,
it is just possible that people may be fousid
equally as sensible, and equally
equally as honest,
as manly as the several signers of the foregoing
resolutions themselves, who do not hold such con-
duet to be praiseworthy, or consider that such re-
Solutions tend to effect a great, a good, and desir-
able purpose. If such
.people are to be found,
it would thence follow, that such conduct - in
their eyes would be highly improper, and en-
tirely unbecoming in Peers of the United King-
dom•; and furthermore than that, although they
might acquiesce so far as to grant that, the reso-
lutions were liberal, (for all acts that tend to re-
move restraints whether wisely or unwisely -im-
posed are liberal), they would not hesitate to
say, they were not only not sensible but alto-
gether vicious and unconstitutional. These Noble
Lords will therefore observe that their con-
duct and resolutions upon this matter are good or
bad, exactly in proportion to the opinion every
individual may entertain on the expediency or
non-expediency of the measure they thus bind
themselves to support ; and that in as much as
a very large portion of the inhabitants of the
United Kingdom have opinions on the subject of
the Catholic Claims diametrically opposed to
theirs, it thence follows that just so many people
would condemn both the one and the other.
It is not our place to judge between these two
opinions, but we make: these observations in
order to point •OUL the inconsistency of the
supporters of the Catholic Question. For
after all the abuse, and all the virulence of
that Party has been exhausted in vituperating
the Duke of YORK for his Speech and conduct
in the House of Lords, in reference to this sub-I
ject ; after all the charges of bigotry,and a thou-I

. ,
Isttiid other hard accusations- exhibited against his
Royal Highness, we find some -of those very
men, who were loudest in their T condemnation
of the Duke of YORK guilty of the same kind of
conduct they so strongly reprehended in hitn•
Their, conduct too has this additional. aggrava-
tion, that whereas his Royal Highness stood up
singly and ;alone in the Midst of his adversaries
, and opponents, in the face of his country, and
spoke his sentiments and fixed determination, these
Noblemen took the opposite course, (although Ow
same method was open to them), they met in
a private dwelling-house and discussed their re..
spective opinions, and when they found them to
agree pretty well, they issued to the . world in
writing, signed by each of them, and thus sanc-
tioned' by numbers, those sentiments and opi-
nions they dared not (for, not having done so,
fear must'be implied) individually utter in their
ti places in Parliament, unaided and unsupported by
each other. After this expoie, we.trust we shall
'rear no more of bigotry and persecution, no moro
abuse of his Royal Highness for conduct which
reflects so much the more credit upon him when
contrasted with that of the Noblemen who signed
these resolutions. As we admired the one we
_shall not condemn the other; although the circum-
stances
_by which it was attended altogether
change its nature, and give a tinge of suspicion
to the whole proceeding, enough to make that
absolutely wrong, which in the case of the Duke
of YoRK entertaining such opinionss as he did,
was correct in itself and highly honourable to
him.

binu.—We received Bombay Papers to the
20th February. They contradict a rumour which had before
reached us by way of Calcutta, that a-flag of truce had been
sent in to Sir A. CAMPBELL at Rangoon, by the Burmese, on
the 15th January, but which was ascertained by later advices
to be without foundation. These papers contain official dis-
patches from Sir A. CA7411,11E1.1.. at Rangoon, dated 14th and
15th January. The first of these contains an account of the
attack on the
,fort of Syrian), mentioned in a private letter,
already published, and which proved so disastrous to the brave
troops employed on that occasion. The following is the mate-
rial portion of Sir A. CAMPBELL's dispatch
" On the tnorning of the llth I Acitached a small force against
Svriany .17'ort, consisting of 200 men from his Majesty's 47th
Regiment, with a detachment of seamen and marines from the
Royal Navy and the Honourable Company's flotilla, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Ebrington, with orders to scour that
part of the country as far as Syri,;al Pagoda, of any enemy to
be met with. The Lieutenant-Colonel, in the course of a few
hours, came bef.)re that fort, and the bridge over the Nullab
leading to, it. Front the landing place having bee broken dmin,
much labour and sonic delay were occasion in repairing it,
dorinx which the enemy from behind the works kept up a smart
and well-directed fire on the head of the column, which caused
some loss; but no sooner were the troops able to cross than they
rushed on, and gallantly carried the place by storm. The
Licittenant-Colonel afterwards went on to the Syrian] Pagoda,
also found to be occupied by ,a -small force of the enemy, who
fled 'after the discharge of One volley, and seeing the British
troops rush on the assault."
By the return of killed and wounded which follows this
account, it appears that one officer, Ensign .1. 31.
,GEnnEs,
was killed, and three officers wounded—Captain Fottns,
severely, but not dangerously; Captain BACKHOUSE and
Ensign MAcr.Eon, The loss in men was one killed,•
and thirty-one wounded. Sir A. CAMPBELL states in his
dispatch of the 15th. of January (notwithstanding the-late
!(;) ar defeat of the Burmese) that the enemy were collecting
another army for another attack on Rangoon. - Some alarm bad
been- excited in Bombay. in consequence of information that
serious disturbances had occurred in the - neighbourhood 'of
Ouxerat. The truth, as explainedloy subsequent letters, turn,
ed out to be, that 400 or 500 Coolies had assembled in the
, ,
Pattun district, but who fled on nearing tnat a force had heed
prepared to act against them.
.They were pursued by some
of the light cavalry from Dessa, and a few of the leaders
captured.

ST. JAMr.s's PARK,—We have hal many
ap-
p}licntiona from several of the roost respectable inhabitants of
'Westminster, desiring to know if the report that a new range
of-buildings was to be erected in St. James's-park, extending
nearly -from the Barracks at Buckingham Gate to Story's Gate,
was true,' as much uneasiness had been excited by that report.
It is certain that a plan, which we have seen, had actually been
prepared on the subject. It has been generally conceived that
the Park was the property of THE PEOPLE as well as of THE
CnowN, and that it was to he solemnly secured for the Public.
There is a well-known story of the answer given by the great
Earl of CHESTERFIELD to GEORGE the SECOND on this sub-
ject, which need not be here related, but which evinced his ladrd_.
ship's conviction of the Public Opinion on the question. We are
convinced that his present MAJESTY, far, from wishing W.
abridge the rights or the pleasure of the people, would rather be
disposed to make any proper sacrifice for the security of both.
and that be never would have given his sanction to the proposed
measure. Happily the subject is now set at rest by the decla-
ration of the CHAN CE LT.oR of the EXCHEQUER on Thursday
night in the House of Commons, viz.—" That there was not
any intention to make the StacurrEsT ENCROACHMENT -on•
ST. JAMES'S PARE." This is another zdd'ed. to ,the mane
proofs that his MAJESTY is anxious for the recreation, as well
as for securing the rights, of his Stibjects. -

At two o'clock yesterdavfniternoon, a Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, Which
was attended by the Earls of Liverpool, Westmorland, and
Bathurst, the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr.
Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
Wynn. Mr. Iluskisson, &c.—The Cabinet Ministers sat in de-
liberation till four o'clock.

The Etoile of Wednesday has a long. article
relative to a statement drawn up from authentic
documents, of the numberof bad books published
in France within a few years (1817 to 182-10
which are made to 'amount to' 1)ove three
millions of volumes; among. these bad books are
all the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, lielvetius,
Diderot, Raynal, Saint , Lambert, Condorcet,
Heibach, Volney, Pigault, -Lebrun, Dnlause
(History of Paris), Llorente, (history of the In-
quisitioa, Colen de Plaiicg) Ji-e; •
A letter from St—Petersburgh of the 21st of
May states., that the Jmilitary Governors and
Governors-Geni.ral throughout:Russia, have been
authorized by. a ministerial decree, approved by
the F.Aecao a, of the 12th of February, this
,year,
to take away the Management of their. estates
from Noblemen who shall be guilty of prodigal
extravagance? es illegal tyranny
towards their. vassals : their property is to be
committed to guardians. •

'lhe Lotto IVAYOR tuffs requested the attendn ace
of the Hon, the Artillery Company on the procession for lay-
ing the first stone of the New London Bridge on Wednesday
next. He has also, invited them to dine at .the Mansion-house
after the ceremony is over. ,

NEAPOLITAN LOAN.—
The flail-yearly Divi-
dend on the above Loan falling due on Friday,
the Ist of July next will be paid by Mr.N. 111.
,
ItoTnscumn on such bonds LIS halve been npzn.,
Warrants, with
dated by him. The Dividend
a List thereof in numerical order, must be left
one day previous, for examination.
Nauss' AN 1..0 AN OE 1822, :st..OOciATED 13Y MR.
N. M. 110THscurr,b, ". LONDON.—The Half-
yearly Dividend on the above Loan, which be-
comes due on Friday, the Ist of
• aIY next, will
be paid by Mr. N. M. RoTuscumn on that and
everv.succeeding day (Sunday. excepte(l) i)Fqw
een
the hours of ten and two. Thi.
rants, with a List thereof in numerical, order
must be left one day previous, fur exathiilaii":