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London, England, 1825-02-26 00:00:00

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iatractsfrom the Morning Papers,Feb.26; 1825.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Bill for Suppressing Unlawful Associations
of Ireland was last night read a third time and
passed, alter a debate of some warmth and in-
terest. We can at this moment only refer our
readers 6i'.etly to- the debate itself, for the infor-
mation they may derive respecting it. On the
third reading a division was called for by the
opponents of the Bill, she►, the numbers were
declared by the Tellers to be—Ayes, 226-;
Noes, 96 ; leaving a surplus majority of 130
Notes in favour of th►► measure. In this way has
one House of Parliament made known its judg-
-luellt ou the expediency of continuing to tolerate.
those political knots and clubs, acting on ex-
clusive principles, which, in all disturbed sea-
-301135 in all agitated countries, have been found
to be the most active and powerful instruments
of mischief. That the judgment of the House
of Commons is that of the people of England,
we boldly affirm ; and none, we believe, know
this fact better than those who have most
loudly raised their voices against the
We have at least this negative presumption
against them, that with all this fondness for public
meetings, they have not dared to call together
any portion of the inhabitants of the metropolis to
petition against the Bill. When before was
there ever so much breath wasted in St. Ste-
phen's, without even a meeting at the Crown and
Anchor, or a single oration from Mr. Gale Jones
or the Blacking-maker, on the fall of our consti-
tutional freedom ? As a dernier resort, Mr.
O'Connell and Mr. Sheil will make an appeal
this morning to the " generous and magnanimous
people of England," which failing, as it requires
no gift a prophecy to foretel it will, the depu-
tation will, in due course return home, and abuse
cold, selfish, base, and immoral John Bull, as
heartily as they (lid three months ago. Beyond
that point we defy them to go, and as they must
.be praising or vilifying somebody, they cannot
be more harmlessly employed than i►► attacking
our national character.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The most effectual thing the Ministers could
do in favour of Ireland, would be to materially
reduce the taxes on tea, coffee, wine, spirits, and
other luxuries, which ‘v ould have the effect of
inducing English people, with incomes of from
tIOOI. to 5001. a-year, to live in Ireland, instead
of emigrating to the Continent. This in time
would secure for Ireland a greater proportion of
Protestant population. And on the other hand,
with regard to the poor people of that country,
if, instead of sending them hack again, we were
to alter our Poor Laws, so that they might easily
become English parishioners, we should very
*ono have swarms find their way from their own
country to this. If such a measure could be
brought about, Ireland would gradually draw
from England Protestant settlers of medium pro-
perties, instead of the latter going to France and
elsewhere ; and we should have an increase of
the hard-working people from Ireland. Eng-
land, therefore, religiously speaking, would be-
eome more Catholic, and Ireland would become
more Protestant. The Ministers have already
.elected highly beneficial things for Ireland by
removing the absurd barrier of duties between
the two countries ; and if on those luxuries
of life we have enumerated, they lessened
the taxation, Ireland would flourish in a
*ouch more rapid progression than England.—
Great numbers of people of medium fortunes
will always flock to the cheaper country, and, on
the contrary, the poor will flock to the dearer,
in the hope of being employed ; but it is a dread-
ful thing for an Irishman when he comes to Eng-
-bald, and is overtaken by poverty or illness, that
he should be sent back again to his own country,
4rom whence he came, because probably he could
• find no employment. This is a defect in our
• Poor Laws, which, so far as our policy towards
Ireland or Scotland is concerned, England would
-ite wise in altering. %%e are spending immense
tams every year in sending Missionaries to all
parts of the world ; in instructing the poor of
-iteland awl Scotland—in giving them Bibles and
-kitCts, and yet we are so hard hearted, that if
an Irishman is famishing in our streets, we give
him a little temporary relief, and get rid of him
as fast as we can, sending him to his own coun•
:trv,, from which famine may have driven him.—
Why,. we do not use the Africans worse than

[T,E
It has been industriously circulated for seveial
days past that the Spanish Commissioners now hi

this country have actually succeeded in conclud-

ing a contract for a loan. This we do not be-
.4lleve, but the very possibility of their doina so,
-considering the detestable bad faith exercised to-1
wards this country its the former loans, is so much
to be deprecated, that every proceeding connect-
ed with the attempt requires to be watched with
the utmost care. We are aware- that no English
•-capitalist of character will lend his name to such
'lta undertaking; hut a knot of inferinr men, in
—in the hope of present profit arising- from
„premiums and commissions, may combine, and
merge the shame of the transaction in their,
absegrity, leaving the public to bear the cer-
tain loss. We understand that .Spain has at
this moment three. Commissioners in London ;
one of them is an Englishman of the name of
Gregory ;
rd
another a-Signor Robacoha ; and the-
(sorbet, the Madrid banker before
M.
•apoken . of. They are instructed, we are as-
sured, to make extraordinary
.concessions on the
score of the Constitutional Debt, if they can
..outy obtain their object; They are to raise, if
possible, 20,000,0001. sterling, but will be con-
tent with 10,000,000'.,
the smallest sum with
-which Ferdinand thinks it possible tc, recon-
Aluer his, late American Possessions-_a design
which these wise men do not scruple to
.avow
mai that to which the money raised is
are at liberty to levy
to be appropriated. They
cAntributiOns for this holy crusade either in Lou.
*Pa Or PariS or both cities if thought advisable,