The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-14 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

In the House of Lords, last night, there was I
again some conversation as to the particular in-
fluence that had occasioned so many petitions to
I,te presented against the Roman Catholic Bill.
Lord King repeated that the Bishops had pro-
moted thern, by the exercise of undue influence.
The Bishop of Exeter expressed his astonishment
and regret that any Noble Lord should perse-
vere in such itaternents, and again denied that
the Bishops or the Clergy had exercised any un-
Ale influence; he added that, in his opinion, the
:petitiOni viere the spontaneotis.ettorts of the pen.
ale, and that in all,parts of the country public
ioiiittion was against the Roman" Catholic Claims.
'Tie Lord Chancellor observed that the people
of England were not willing to hear the Clergy
-held up to odinni as they had been ; that he
verily believed that many of the petitions had
resulted from such remarks as had been made
by Lord King to prove what the people's opt.
nions were ; aivt that if they would only let
~14014. King go on,, there would be many more
petitions laid upon the table in consequence
`of that Noble Lord's' remarks. Lord Holland
.declared that he had heard with astonish,
mem the opinion heretofore expressed by, the
Lord ChanCellor that a great majority of the

people were against the Claims, and denied that
any thing had as yet appeared, especially in their
Lordships' House, to warrant the expressio❑ of
such an opinion. Dr. Doyle forwarded a com-
munication to the House of Commons, through
the medium of Sir John Newport, who read
it to the House. It complained that Dr.
Doyle had been misrepresented, particularly
iu that Houie (alluding, we believe, to Mr.
L. Foster's speech instituting comparisons be-
t Ween the Doctor's writings, as " J. K. L."
and his evidence), and the Doctor begged to state
that in his writings, ackowledging those under
the signature of J. K. L. to be his productions,
there was nothing inconsistent with his evidence ;
that he never had attacked the Protestant faith
and Establishment, as represented ; and above
all that he never had attacked the Protestant
Church as one that ought to be made to give
way to his own, though the writings of
J. K. L. were replies to violent attacks
upon his faith and his Church. Mr. C. W.
Wynn, in reply to Mr. Hume's inquiry on
the subject, stated that no fUrther letters or in-
telligence had been received from India as to the
progress of the Burmese war ; that the ships which
it was expected conveyed dispatches, had not yet
been able to come up, and that the public is in
possession of all the information possessed by the
Government.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

We told our readers on the 4th instant, that
when the true account of the late disastrous oc-
currence at Barrackpore came to be known, it
would be seen " how little the feelings of our
native army in India was attended to," and
the danger of continuing the system of em-
ploying strangers exclusively to command in
that country. The official account, we sup-
pose, accompanied by the proceedings of the
Court of Enquiry which sat in consequence,
is now come home, and we trust some Mem-
ber of the House of Commons will move to have
it presented. The public will be surprised
to learn, that the number killed, wounded, and
executed, on this melancholy occasion, is nearly
six hundred, out of a corps of little more than
seven hundred men ! ! !—that resistance was
never intended—and that while this work
of slaughter was going on, not a musket
was loaded by the unhappy victims.—lt is not to
be expected that men in subordinate situations,
like those composing the Committee which inves-
tigated thin affair, would be likely to give vent to
the full expression of their opinion on a subject
which implicated their superiors; but, if we are
not misinformed, enough is expressed to convince
the public, that a very unnecessary antt..barbar-
°US proceeding has occurred, which cal 4. aloud
on the Government of England for justice to the,
unoffending natives of India. We yesterday in-
serted with very great pleasure, the tribute of ap-
plause expressed by the Government of Madras on
the services of the late General Sir Alex. Camp-
bell, Commander-in-Chief of the army at that
Presidency. Sir Alexander had served twenty
years, out of upwards of forty years he had been
in his Majesty's army, on that establisment.—
He knew well, from experience, the value of
the native troops, and how to secure their
devotion to the service, which was fully ex-
emplified by the zeal with which they em-
barked on board ship, on that unfortunate
and useless expedition to Rangoon, where
they have vied with their European comrades, in
gallantry and patient endurance of privations,
such as to elicit the warm encomiums of the gal-
lant Commander, who, from his former acquaint-
ance with the native troops of India, had learnt
a lesson, from which he is now reaping the ad-
vantae.