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sion or this law, but we, nevertheless, think that
they will find it a hard task, and however they
may succeed in escaping the literal meaning of
the Act, its spirit must be always against them.
Acts of this kind being in restraint of common right
are to be construed strickly, and perhaps thus far
the new statute may not be able to suppress the
meetings of the Catholics, but the collection of
the Catholic Rent cannot be legally persisted in.
This was the most obnoxious part of the late
Associations, to the putting down of which the
new Act was in an especial manner directed, and !,
It is easy enough to frame a clause to meet that
Object.--But with what success soever Mr.
°VoNNELL and this Committee may labour in
their new vocations, the Public will not fail to
Observe the jesuitical sophistry on which the Ca-
tholics proceed, who, whilst they endeavour to
11ind our eyes by preaching up submission to the
)
laws, and temperance and firmness, as the only
means of ensuring them an ultimate triumph,
employ themselves in high divan to discover the
imeans
of evading a statute, in order that they
,-,nay the more safely carry on their designs. The
their Protestant friends do not fail to second
their asseverations; but we may ask what claim can
they have to that title who deliberately sit down
to consult how to evade a law, the very spirit
and . meaning of which they know is opposed to
the purpose they have in view. What dairy can a
RI, "iler of any society have to a seat in the
legislature who sets an example of unwil-
ling obedience to the laws ? This deliberate
attempt to avoid the law will make its impression
on the public mind, and that impression will be-
come the stronger, according as the attempt is
more or less successful. The Catholics cannot
hope, after such an illustration of their hearts, to
be regarded otherwise than with additional jea-
lousy, and to find the avenues to the power they
so ardently desire guarded and watched with in-
creased vigilance. For what can be expected
cirom their integrity and uprightness ? What con-
"„dence can be placed in legislators who may
afterwards employ their subtleties to evade their
?vvo acts ? Such an act as this is worthy of the
leaders of the Catholic party, and we doubt not
will recoil upon them.

Dispatches dated the 17th of May, were yes-
lerday received from Lieutenant-Generalt Sir
R Every
thing WARDE, K.C.8., at Barbadoes.
thing was going on well.
The Ambassador from the Netherlands trans-
acted business yesterday afternoon with Mr. Se-
tretary:CissiNG at the Foreign-office, Down-
ing-street.
It is reported that Lord COCHRANE v ill be
immediately invited to aid the Greek cause.
M. 11Y1W DE NEUVILLE is a violent party man
On the Ultra side, and must have given great
nffence to the Ministry by asking leave of absence
from Lisbon to come and oppose his patrons in
tne saloons of Paris and in the Chamber of De-
l'„nties• He could,, therefore, expect no other
tnZard for his officiousness, as soon as the Cabi-
- -14 it itself strong enough to incur safely the
i°0,,4141 Of the Ultras in dismissing him. Their
-3.--rrnala of course raise a clamour against the mea-
.huile' 41 the ex-Ambassador is well known for
gers"toli",:nte to the Royal cause, and the dun-
that i "'eh hO. ott e exposed both Lis own life and
they , rom •
th justlys t° p ote it. He is accused, whe-
or n"..
infernal ma t ‘, , of being t an accomplice in the
c"ine plot against the life of Buona-
Parte- Ile is
known in this country only as a
rancorous th
:,_ though impotent enemy of England,
r°l liberal institutions.—(Times.)
' I,e measures of the Government in regulat-
ing tne currency of the Colonies, are carried into
!fleet with great promptitude. A Proclamation
by Genera
G l DON, the Lieutenant-Governor of
. ibraltar, dated June 16, notifies that the Order
in Council respecting the currency had been re-
ceived, and,
agreeably to his instructions, orders
that from and after the Ist July inclusive, all
debts and engagements for the payment of mo-
ney must be made in British silver money, or
in Spanish hard dollars, the latter at the rate of
4s. 4d• each,
is a at the will of the debtor. Copper
legal tender to the amount of twelve pence.
°fl he King of FRANCE has presented the Duke
-. .oi ORTHUMBERLAND with two superb vases of
Poreelaine, of great size and beauty. The ex-
qu
iEite Paintings that ornament them, and which
chrepresent the Tribunal of Diana, occupied the
artist three years.
Signor CASTELLO, the physician, who attended
I
the Ring of SPAIN in his last illness, has received
"
~r.` his MAJESTY a sword of great value, the
'nit being of solid gold, and of exquisite work-
/IManship.
ir
JASIES C. SMYTH, Bart., Sir GEORGE C.
ti Sirs.", Knight, and Captain JOHN IlAnitts, of
, * tole itoyal Engineers, from England, on a mission
th
AA 'tie Canadas, arrived at Quebec the 25th
...lay.
,•'
aaiks Letter from Bayonne, dated the 23d ult.,
beau-J."lle Castle of Marrae exists only in Historylvhis
„Ital edifice was wholly consumed by fire yesterday. iere
the
41 etent versions as to the cause of the conflagration ;, but
the firl°Wing seems to be best entitled to belicf, namely-_-_ r
near the in a chimney in the pavilion of threEUasrtlhaee,
rGomT_ . partment formerly occupied. by BuO IST A PAlt
hi
vin
with this chimney was occupied. by a
bavin- °I the Lngineers, his wife, and child. Th. e chimney
...__, Avrrst from the excessive heat, the
flames
s hour the
the jaillicti. ul rapidity, that in less than a quarter of andwtithe
the roofng_Was. on fire at all points, and it was not long,_
_b_cefoer.e
Was fell in. This Castle, with the demesne of St. Mini,
not buo.l.2gt by BUONAPARTE for 120,000 francs.
. Government__n-
ginee';'g able to sell it, it was ceded to the military (the .r;
a powder whom it was to have been converted into Barracks,
A r magazine, and military stables."
-4,0 medical Gentleman has stated, that a few
in,,,.Ps or any mineral acid, put into the wound
hydro by a rabid animal, effectually prevents
...toYnusrophobia ;
it decomposes the satural poison,
A eqUently no bad effect follows.
-va:"ktt_ Person who had dined with the Abbe de
.4.,,b3Ltip one day, at the Count de MERCErs, said to
,that
'
4, ift--.4cuor, LT
-LOW can you bear that tiresome proser ?'
ceuli wana___an you ask it ?" replied M. de MERCEY; 4‘ Yo?,
a ~_ wet the question yourself; it is because I want him.
he 7" week the Cyclops, a new iron passage-
c..L7,:vas launched on the Forth and Clyde
vg;411.. Its length is about 56 feet, yet its whole
draur.tg"ilt is little more than eight tons, and its
feetot
t(lif,
.water, when loaded, about three
• hurl. Lgulai it was found that, with a pair of
ia,,,, ---,I sue could
—"EU
per hour,