The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-23 00:00:00

NERVOUS COMPLAINTS. DKniLay.

HE: tat'. celebrated Dr. FOTH EI.G 11, 1-4, in
. rtie course of his extensive practice, encountered re-
peatedly such f•istressing cases of Nervilli. Cow s. ttrit
lie was ilidticed to direct his principal attention to the diteo-
vcrirn: an etfect nal remedy, the Medicine. here of-
fered ti' the attention, under the title of `• Dr Fo-
thergill's Nci eons Drops." was the result of iris e•tforts. To.
those who are afflicted with Nei-von; disorder-, arid their
da-
tiuns dibtressinx affeCtions,-as Oppression of Spirits. Head
Aches, Loss of Appetite, Indivtestiori;
Faintirex.Fits, and Deliility or Relaxation of the Svitem,
is, confident! y reeiontorniled to Inft.e recoitrse to the :thrive
Me•dicine, which they ale assured of uhtaiuiu irnm,Late
re-tiet, and by a due perseverance in it, rigreebly to the
di-
rections ;en, tlucomplete re-establishment of their health.
Sold in 11=“ttles, at 4s. tld.; I Is. and 225. by Butler, Clie-
Mist, 4, Cheapsille, St. Paul's; Savory and Cu, 136, New
Bond-street ; Re -ent-street ; and by the Principal Medi.
eine Venders throughout the United Kingdom.

MARY QUEEN. OF sCO'IN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN

SIR-I have always believed, and can declare from experi-
ence, that the hardships of that class of beings called Authors,
are, froM the nature of their avocations, sufficiently severe in
themselves, without being aggravated by external matters,
which frequently, upon-the most trivial grounds, or, probably,
a foundation of shadows, step in, and interrupt, and perhaps
destroy, the peace of a mind that has no disposition to wound
the minds of others.

I am-led to such reflections by the. appearance of an anony-
mous and really slanderous pamphlet which has just issued
from the press. with a title, as well calculated to shew the viru-
lence of a malignant and little mind, as, I am told by lawyers,
it will hereafter illustrate to a Jury, the necessity of our Libel -1
Laws.
The Pamphlet is entitled "A D!teetion," &c., and in it
I am made a thief and a forger, and a dealer in fiction ; and
all this by some slanderer, who, ashamed of his own meanness,
-and the filthy work he has commenced, hides himself behind a
tree, and there commences Bush-fighting, where he cannot be
seen by the party whom heassails !—but continues to throw his
poisonous tomahawks, and fire off his rifles with impunity. •
What a brave man !--what a gentlemanlike and generous oppo-
nent I am called on to contend with ! But, Mr. Editor, I hate
buslotighting--.-I have shared in some warfare of that villainous
nature in the woods of America, and in those a Africa, during
some years of honourable and useful public service ; and
Must tell my Calumniator that, as I have given my name to the
public, I hold him too contemptible to do more than to notice
his pamphlet, which is a distortion of truth, false quotations,
and slanderous assertions, from title-page to conclusion ; and
by these agents he has drawn in aid my edition of the lave
Letters, for the purpose, APPARENTLY, of giving them to the
• public, for 3s.' while my edition, with the illustrations, cost
12s. a sure mode of pilling. down my work, in which property
to the amount of several hundred pounds is invested.
Through the columns of your Paper, which is always open
to the suppliant of -justice, I have to request the public to sus-
pend their judgments—ad interim—and I promise myself to
lose no Opportunity, nor to relax in my endeavours, to drag this
calumniator before a jury of his country, and prove what I
have declared in the The Preface to the Love Letters of
Mary Queen of Scots—that I have taken no advantage of the
public in their publication--but that I have really told all 1
knew, or know, about diem in that massy volume !
By the insertion of this letter you will most particularly
oblige, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
February, 11325. H. CA M PBEeLL.
' The price of the Pamphlet, in which they are printed
verbatim.

In the discussion on the II ydra had Papers
at the India House, the main question seems to
he----Was the- Interest on the Loan to the Nizam
Government, moderate, or immoderate ?. This
must entirely depend on the Security at the time
of advancing the Loan ; for Interest is composed
of two. parts ; One for the use of Money, the
other •as Insurance against Risk ; and under
the precarious State of some Governments, 50
per Cent. fora Loan would be no more Usurious
than 4 per Cent. if advanced on the National Se-
curity of England. The great Surprize of Fo-
reigners, is, that in this Country, although the
payment is guranteed hy Government, yet any
Person who pays less than 201. in buying.a Lot-
tery Ticket, can gain 20,0001. in a few Weeks,
and have the Money on demand, as in the pre-
sent Schenn of Four Prizes of '20,0001. &c. &c.
A 11 to Pe prim!' in One Day, 12th April.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, FEB.

Several papers were presented from the Treasury, pursuant
to Acts of Parliament—viz. an account of the King's casual re-
venues for the year 1824 ; account of cases stated and signed
by the Commissioners in relation to .the Assesscd Taxes in
Scotland ; account of the arrears'and balances in the hands of
the Public Accountants; and an account of the Sthries of the
Receivers-General-of Taxes.

Lord SUFFIELD moved that• the Ilouse Fie summoned on
Thursday, on his motion relative to ,the Game Laws.—
Ordered.

The Earl of DONOUCIIIMORE; a 9 the liou4e was sum-
moned for Thuntday next, would take, that qpportunity to pre-
sent a petition, very numerously signed, frum a great body of
Roman Catholics in irelanil.

The 'Marquis of LANSDOWN gavq,,outf4iAhat he would
on the same day present. a petition frartil3akers, AliNT.hants,
anti t.and-ownerA of the eit•tuf 13:thliu,' in favour of. the Ito-
mau-Catholies.—Atijournea.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

OIL GAS BILL

Mr. S. IT LIR1•1:ki) znoved the' second rearing of the
Bill.

Mr. P. AIOORE mov..d the postponement to this day *ix
months.

A short discussion ensue,l.—fle motion was supported by
Mr. Ellice, A%lr. Orenfeli, Mr. 1), Gilbert, Sir J. Yorke, and
Mr.' Sykes.
The amendment wag supportA by Alderman BrtraGE
Mr. FIUME renev.-ed his amend ner.t •of laSt year, that the
lion. Members for Coventry and London, and sllothers who
were interested by reason of their property in opposing or sup-
porting the bill, should retire without voting;.
Sir J. YORKE seconded the latter motio:a.
• The House then divided, when there appe.m.ed—
For the second reading
Agai:ist it,

Majority,
During our abs.ince from the 'gallery, we understood a dis-
cussion took placzrelative -to the right of Member 4 holding
shares in the company to vote upon the bill ; but we were in-
formed that the question was not (1...4-idea.
-The Continental Gas Bill was read a s ,4ond time, and order-
ed to be committed.

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ST. CATHERINE'S DOCKS BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of the above bill,
Mr. C. CA I,VE RT rose to oppose it He declared that he
would at a proper time avail himseif t 4 suggestion that bad
been thrown out, and object to gentlemen who were interested
in the measure giving their, votes in favoor of !)
Never was a bill brought into the Ilotise in so barefaced a man-
ner as that in which this bill -Was intro,' teed last year. Per-
sons holding shares tb the amount of stl 9001. had voted for it.
Now the shareholders were !Wire. numerous, and they hoped to
carry the measure in a different- manner. The lion. Gentleman
concluded by moving —" That this bill be read a second time
this day six months."
Mr. MANNING. seconded the motion.- lie saw no neces-
sity whatsoever for those project) -,-1 duck. The London Dock
afforded sufficient acCommodatiOn to late commercial world.
The London Dock Company had expended 1)0,001. on that
establishment. They had 13 acres of land, arid if additional
accommodation were required, they could furnish it.
Mr- WA lA, CE expressed himself strongly in favour of
the Bill. The parties-who nought for:Atiwanted rite exc.:ll4)le
advantages. AU tires wished.for writ ertearot open ton)rietition.
They had not brought forward the, measure lightly. It had
undergime the most mature consiihration. It was fit, that in a
great commercial country, there should be competition in under-
takings of this description. Accommedation, and that of th'e
best kind, :should be given to their tnerchant-ve?,sels, and that
would be best obtained through the„mettiam of open compe-
tition. Much had been said about the accommodation afforded
by the London Dock Company, but why ,slibuld they have a
monopoly ? The fact was, that those who opposed the Bill
were afraid of losing the gains which they realized by the enjoy-
ment of a monopoly.
Sir J. YORKE said, he took a very different view of the
subject hunt that which had been taken by the kight Ilon.
President of the Board of Trade. If the House would not
hear the speech of the- Right Hon. Gentleman, there was very:
little chance that it would listen to him at that particular
juncture, which Gentlemen were more intent upon making a
good dinner than upon makings good speech.—(A laugh.)--,-
He would advise Gentlemen to keep theta money against a rainy.
• day, instead of trying to ruin each other by embarking in all
sorts of projects. lie wished to give every prnteetion to the
mercantile marine of this country. lie was anxious that the
Thames, which was the high road to these docks, should be_
kept as clear as possible. that ships might pass up and down
the river with as little difficulty as coaches passed through the
streets. But he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman eras not
quite correct in thinking that there was not sufficient dock room
already. When he saw the number of Bills which were called
for, and which were enumerated in the paper printed with their
votes, he felt that there was a clashing of-interests, which was
likely to end in the ruin of different parties. There were com-
panies of all descriptions : companies to bring salt water front
ririghton, and air from Bognor—(A laugh)—Companies..
" To bring airs from Heaven, anti blasts from Hell."
(Laughter.) When he saw this—when he observed the variety
of clashing interests that were concerned, -he fell back on his
own resources, on the principles of his own unconquered mind
laugh)—and he seriously asked himself, whether the gen._
tlemon who thus employed their capital were in the right. In
his opinion theY'were not and therefore he should oppose the
Bill.

Mr. 11. SU3INER said he should support the Bill. He
thought that competition was in every commercial concern a
very good thing; he had no doubt that if the proposed docks
were to be laid aside, the existing companies would raise their
prices. For this reason, although he was no subscriber to the
measure, nor in any other way interested in it, he should be
very glad to see it carried.
• Mr. GRENFELL replied. He said, that the only .opposi-
tion which had been made to the measure had proceeded from
those who were interested in the present Dock'Companies. lie
had no doubt that an overwhelming majority would prove the
sense which the House entertained of the justice and expe-
diency of the Bill.
Mr. PLUMM ER was understood to oppose the Bill.
• Mr. C. PELHAM said a few words, which were inaudible
In the gallery.
the operation of ..the Bill in the particular place which was se-
Mr. C. B. MONCK objected, not to the principle, but to
leeted for the erection of the docks. The parish contained ii or
10,000 persons, who were chiefly employed in the lighters on.
the River, and they would be deeply injured it' it were carried
into effect. He objected also to the sacrilegious exhumation of
the ashes of the dead, 'which must be a consequence of it.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said, that a large number of
the inhabitants of the parish of Bermondsey had consented to
the measure, and almost, the whole body of merchants and
ship-owners were unanimously in favour of it. lie heartily
concurred with the Bill.
Sir R. FERGUSSON said, there was not an out-port in the
whole country which did not, with good reason, complain of
the 'London Docks. Ile saw no possible Objection to the ro-
.posed Bill.
Mr. Alderman HEVGATE *said, there was in his opinion
at present as much competition as was advantageous, without
any new docks. ,
Mr. ELLICE said he was instructed from Dublin, the
merchants of which- port had not at present sufficient accom-
modation in the London Docks, to support the-Bill.
The House then divided, when the numbers appeared to be—
For the second reading,
118
Against it, - - - 30
- Majority in favour of the second reading, .--88
:Nit.. M. DAWSON presented a petition frail certain Inha-
bitants of the county of Tipperary, in favour' of the Catholic

Claitus.
Sir E. KNATCHBULI. presented two petitions from
Woolwich—one praying .for the repeal of the duty on Coals,
the other for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes.
Lord E. SCOIERSET presented a petition from the Inhati-
for the repeal of the
itlantesssoera'
,trhaexepsa.rish of Clifton, praying
6irnilar petitions were presented from Bristol, by Mr.

DAVIS ; from Berwick, by Sir I. BLAKE ; from Waaettesu,.
by Lord MILTON ; and from Liverpool, by Mr. Iftrs.Kissait:
Sir T. ACKLAND presented petitions .form two towns in
Devonshire, praying for the repeal of the duty on Coals.
•'
Mr. WODEIIOUSE postponed his motion relative to the.
Corn Laws to Tuesday•the Ilhh of April.
BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES.
Mr. F. PALMER rose to move for leave to bring in a Bd.
to empower Magistrates at Quarter SeSsions to effect exchanges,
.betstreen counties of insulated parcels of land, for the more con-
venient administration of justice: The Hon. Member spoke at.
some length in support of his motion, and of the immediate ne-
cessity of a Bill being passed to obtriate the many and various
ncomieniences now existing; but the Hon:- Member was so
i audible to us, that we could not' catch . his particular argu-.
IT ants' or their immediate order and sequency ; but we under-
\
s ad him generally to say, that immense saving would be
gained for counties, and great inconveniences removed from in-
dividuals, and much service done to the administration of jus-,
tine by these exchanges. The Hon. Member mentioned seve-
ral parcels of land in several counties subject to these inconve-
niences ; but he chiefly rested his arguments on certain insu-
lated parcels of land belonging to parishes in various counties,
where Magistrates found it very difficult to execute justice. He
wished all these evils completely to be removed ; and he
searched into every spot anti did every thing •in his -power to
make 'himself master 'of the subject ; . but he had higher autho-
rity than his own to support his motion—the approval of the
Lord Chancellor, who thought there was a necessity for such a
measure. lle wished certain parcels of land in she county of
Wilts should be placed under the authority of the Magistrates
of the county of Berks. lie also wisheal that the County Courts
should sit monthly in the most convenient places, and that She-
riffs should .constantlrreside. in their counties. Many might
!ay this Bill was a novelty, and helpew there was much aver-
sion to novelties at present. However there were precedents to
spew the utility ofohis Bill; and therefore he would, with the
sanction of the House, move for leave to briog in a Bill, em-
powering Magistrates to effect. exchanges •of parcels of land
between counties, for the more convenient administration of
justice.
Mr. PEEL said it was his intention to oppose the Bill. The
Hon. Member had not explained the nature or clauses of or 1
what he definitively intended by his-Bill. As to attached por-
tions of Wilts being in future attached to Berks, subjected .to
the rates and subsidies and Magistracy of that county—suppose
an extensive gaol were to be built in Berks, would it not be
very heavy on these individuals in Wiltshire, except it could be_
said, if they were to be transferred to Berkshire there might-be
no gaol in Wilts ? The Hon. Member would find himself
hampered with considerable difficulties to give any effect to,this
Bill. Ile knew not well how Magistrates could make these ex-
changes. lie thought it should not refer to exchanges. The
Hon. Member had spoken nothing of elective franchise, •or in
what manner he intended it to be transferred. He made no
mention of the Assessed Taxes. Now these considerations
were of the greatest moment—of the most importance. He
wished that the Bill should be brought in on a general prin-
ciple.
Mr. F. PA LAIER said, in die case of the elective franchise
he did not intend that any thing in his Bill should apply to it
at present before the general election, and not till a year after-
wards. He then spoke of stuns that would be saved to coun-
ties in the expellees of sending prisoners to different gaols by his
Bill. Ile felt the necessity of this Bill ; however, he owned
he saw some impropriety, which be said tie. did every thing-,
he could to remedy ; but to no great purpose. He then ex-
plained to Mr. Peel.
Mr. PEEL said it was not necessary. He had only alluded
to the local matters of Wiltshire and Berkshire, anti would
give no more opposition in the present state of the Bill.
Sir S. MO RLAN I) thought the hest
_way would 'be to ap-.
point Commissioners to inquire into the entire subject.
1 Mr. CALVERT thought that if any benefit could be effect-
-1 ed,hy such a Bill, that benefit should be for the inhabitants Of
i certain districts, and the general accommodations of the people.
However, he feared in these exchanges the lion. Member would
- find much difficulty, and by them he would be very much hum-
tiered in his Bill. ' • ,
The question was then put and agreed to.
.. CHURCH RATES IN IRELAND.

Sir J. NE W PORT rose to move fora Bill to amend Parish
Vestries in Ireland, and the mode in which they levied church-
ratOs in that country. The present system should not continue ;
it owned no responsibility,. and was founded upon tyranny;
there was no controul over -those rates ; and it, the present
anomalous and religious state of Ireland, the existence of the
present system was cslculatesl to excite the worst ft-clings, and
disturb the peace of the country. There was painshle and
great injustice at present, wheri Catholics who -contributed
to those rates could have no voice in their disposal. In the
reign of King William and Queen Anne Catholics sate upon
Vestries, arid it was not till the reign of George I. that
privilege was taken away ; and that in the very Parliament
which made it a felony for a Catholic Priest to marry two
individuals of the Protestant persuasion; or one individual
of the Protestant faith to another of the Catholic. It would
appear front the returns of the Archbishops and BiShops,that in
some cases the Church was twenty miles distant from the boun-
dary of the parish ; it was consequently impossible- for the
parishioners to have access to it. He last year moved for cer-
tain returns of parish rates in Ireland, which had since been
furnished, and were above stairs. They were exceedingly vo-
luminous : he should therefore refer to a few striking facts con-
tamed in them, to prove the necessity of the bill he proposed
to introduce. The Right Hon. Baronet here referred in illus.
tration to the returns in question, deducing from them proofs
of gross misconduct of parish vestries in Ireland, -sheaving that
in many instances the allowances to parish otiicers considerably
exceeded the maximum fixed by the statute law, which law the
vestries were in the habit of evading, or setting at complete de-
fiance. -Among the cases quoted were the parishes Of Thurles.;
county Tipperary ; of St. Petrick, county Wexford ; of Tuam,
which was the scat of a cathedral ; of St. Peter, Drogheda ; in
which gross negligence and most extravagant expenditure was
countenanced in the supply of articles for these churches, .and
in the over-payment of parish clerks or organists, or other
officers, while the great majority (in some cases 19-20ths) of
the persons rated were unfortunate Roman Catholics, who con-
sequently
derived no advantage front such expenditure. similar
returns were moved for by him respecting the parish of St.
George, Dublin, in which a church had lately been erected;
which cost no less a sum than 57,000/., :the original estimate
having been only 16,0007. ; but the trustees, under whose direc-
tion the church had been erected, were the auditors of their own
accouats, and refused to supply even to the CoMmissioners of
Public Inquiry the documents required.—( Hear !)--For these
reasons he deemed the bill, to move for leave to introduce which
he had risen, was absolutely necessary. The objets of his bill
• were to render every parishioner, without rcf'erence to his
religious ttenets, generally competent to vote at vestries, re-
serving, however, to the Protestant parishioners the exclusive
right to apportion the sums necessary for the building and
maintenance of the Church ; and to limit the business of Ves-
tries to that specifically described in the summons for such Ves-
tries. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving—" That
leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the laws respecting
Parish Vestries and Assessments in Ireland, with a view -to
provide for the effectual controul and due expenditure of all Pa-
rochial Rates."
Mr-. GOULBURN rose, not to oppose the motion of the
Right Hon. Baronet, as nothing was better calculated to re-
move objections to the payment of assessments than the convic-
tion that they would be properly applied. But while he ex-
pressed his willingness to assist the Hight Hon. -Baronet in the
attainment of that object, he begged to be understood to say,
that every thing necessary for the support of the Church in
Ireland must be secured. No doubt abuses would be found in
many cases,- htit he knew that in some instances the amount of
parish assessments had been enlarged by including in them
grants for repairs of Roman Catholic Chapels and Presbyterian
given to bring in' the -houses.—(Hear !)—Leave was

LAW OP LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Sir-HENRY PARNELL rose to bring in a Bill to amend
the present state of the law between landlord and tenant in
Ireland ; and trusted that be should chew the faults of the
existing system so clearly as to have little to apprehend in the
Way of opposition. He agreed entirely in all that had been
urged, both in the House and out of it, against the practice
of subdividing -farms. This practice had a tendency to in-
crcase the existing mass of population, and therefore, by •con-
sequence. still to deteriorate its! condition. The value of .la-
hour in Ireland was already tar too low. It was scarcely
possible for the agricultural labourer to sustain himself at an
Average rate of less than. Is. per d-ay.; the present value of
his work, according to the Report of the Committee of
quiry, scarcely amounted to 4d. It was admitted that the
population or Ireland had increased in a greater proportion
than her capital; and one of the difficulties of her presets

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situation' wag, that. of finding, etriplOyment for this indreis.v.l
popillation.'' The great difference 'befFeen the 'sit4tititl of 14q-
land and of other countries was; ythitt th'e timers AO 'pos-
sessed large or even small portions of land, w'et-e in the habit
of bequeathing thearat their death in subtlivislors aniori.gst
their children. 'Phis was one tnittie early inarrittapi.
that; connected with their living on potatoes, and the cheep
mode in which that kind of food might be I,roNfed..; per-
dered the population of Ireland the most tiunterous. (for Ls
size) as well as-the most wretched'Of any country in Europe.
This practice of subletting and sUbdiiiision of lard's in
many other respects productive of very great mcoriveni;:ic
the country, but he would not row go into the lie
would, it the House gave him leave, brEtieip his Bill,
let the whole subject he afterwards' fully examind before tir.,
Copirnittee up stairs. He condtided by moving for 'leave' to
bring in a Bill to amend the lavrof Ireland reintinglo the stt'o-,:_
letting of tenements.
After a tew words from Mr. N. Car.vEnT,' which were not
audible in thegsllery,
Mi. HUME thought the propostid- bill would be in in
ference with the disposal of property according to the ple.a.s4rl
ofi,t,s' owner.:

-Air J. NXWVORT said the bill would hive no such eff.;ct,
•It was riotleiisl,erfore with any bargains or contract fbr..proper-
tY; but to giV.k.eue efreCt to those already in existence, iien4
the testimony of very many gentlemen to prove that the greati-st
difficulty was found in the 'enforcing the clauses' of leases, to
prevent the subdivision and.. under letting of land ; and
could givemany instances where land, let some 20 or 2.5 yr.irs
ago to one or two individuals, by several bequests and dctuisys,
was now so subdivided, and had got into so many bands as lo
be very materially deteriorated in value.
After a few words from Mr. DENS rs BnowNE and a Metz:-
bet whose name we did not hear, leave was given to bring .
the Bill.