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London, England, 1825-03-09 00:00:00

STAFFORD PEERAGE.

Lord SUFFIELD said that a petition had been entrusted to
him from Mr. Stafford Cooke, one of the claimants to this
Peerage, which, being so confided, he considered it to be his.
duty to present to their Lordships. He believed that this pe-
tition was respectfully worded, but at the same time he must.
observe, that he himself knew nothing of the petitioner, neither
would he 7 undertake to defend the whole of the petition. The
prayer of the petitioner was, that their Lordships would be
pleased to suspend their judgment with regard to the question
of the Stafford Peerage. Ile, however, should feel sorry if the
petition were found to contain any thing injurious to Sir George
Jerningham, now Lord Stafford, for whom he entertained a
very high respect_
Upon the motion of Lord KEN VON, the petition was re-
ferred to their Lordships' Committee of Privilerres.

THE SCOTCH JURIES' 1;114E.
Viscount 31ELVILLE now moVed te Glider of the Day
for the second reading of the above Bill, which etas read AC-
cordingly.
The Earl of ROSE BERRY tookihisoccaSi
.on. for expressing
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his satisfaction at the measure to be cll:vei4 Oie‘cifieration of
the Bill. It must prove most b,enefioial to tlw 4rttisti Judges,
by relieving them from an irksome u4ce; 41A, iOdeed, was his
principal reason for voting for the Eill.-....Vckmir.iitted for
morrow.
Lord-SUFFIELD wished to postpone the-Committee on the
Spring Guns Abolition Bill from 510 .Mon to Tuesday next;
thii was agreed to, and the Order cif tltie Day being first dis.
charged for Monday next, it was apponoed for Tuesday the 15th,

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q LF.BE LANDA, ..-
Upon the motion of. Lord KENTON' (officiating for the Earl
of Shaftesbury), their Lordships"wefit into a Committee on the
Glebe Lands };,change Bill, in which amendments were adopt.
ed on the motion'of the,Bishop of .Chester when the Bill was
reported (as amended)-to the 'House, and the'Report was order.
ed to be received to.morroiv.

At half-pist .5 ;o'clock •the House adjourned till to-morrow
morning (this clay);attten.

vOUSB OF .Coauto

In consequence of the deathof +the Speaker's brother, -not a
single Member appeared in the House at 4 dkietk; And, as,A
matter of course, it stootlMiourned till to-niarrosv.

oti Monday a m.eting of merclutots,aoll.cttlifts
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was.held at -Liverpool, for forming akon..pany to effect aidtrect:
canal androad commiinieation;between liiircrpOotandloolgienl,'
by ;means of a combined acinedact.and-roadway across:thertNer'
,Mersey at itoncorn, entbracingalso a direct.: canal
don between ''Liverpool and*Minchester, through the 'hues
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the Dnke of licidgewater,.Sankey, and the.4.lersu and-Ziwell!
'canals. s..evetal'resolntions ivere.enter....PA Compra t te'
toTtned to obwit) estimates;,dcc• PrsP4atcity iimthet nicej4,
Ibe.cOUed 01? doearly day.

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Aht,E917.9-14,i.,1.. perceive, in,. yettr.itnporl .oft
the Proceedings in, th!e ./Ipuse.of4.l.9tds „on:Mon-
:4Yr tihit'l49"l.llM:ll;,Er ~.obsgf.Vrqi 41101441RP-.
jtn aftealhclickhad..,,f4 long...bey.nrgekoArad„of
ust., ight.s.!' propft.r. ,tocremAr* s;th:it.
'this; is the yary, point in questionz ni),
decided.oy, thOp,se
fitster, ; high, and respect!' ble. If thex.,gra,,".
rig/tts," what the, it.evokution,,effecto4.?;
'what ,ars._ thei bulwarks of our. boasted. Co'
tutiOn? The Noble Lord proceedi.,,d 16 qu'ote a.
passage from REE, iniPlying" that 'lc the:
Roman . Catholics already. liosSessed reiigious
liberty,'aud that the only remaining question was
one of civil and 'political rights." Certainly, thal
'the only remaining question, and the 'point is, can
those eights, as they are erroneously styled, be
conceded consistently' with the safety Of our pre-
sent establishment in Church. and State ? It is,
said that there are fifty Irish Members now- in
town, waiting the, result of this question, vital to
our Constitution. How soon, alter granting those .
" rights,'' might those Irish Members, be doubled
and trebled, and what chance might our present
happy establishment then have to remain in
existence ?
March 8, 1825. A PROTESTANT.

THE REV. DR. PARR.

This great Literary Character breathed his
last on Sunday evening, at his residence at- Hatton, . near
Warwick. His last attack was so severe, that for seyeral weeks
past all hopes of his recovery had been given up. His extra-
ordinary mind was to the last unclouded, and he fortitude un-
subdued. Dr. SAMUEL PARR was born at Harrow-on-the-
Hill, where his father exercised the profession of a surgeon.
with considerable reputation. He was placed, in 1758, at Har-
row school (a seminary long celebrated for producing accom-
plished scholars and distinguished characters), and was head
boy at the age of fourteen. Dr. Sumner, then master of the
school, held his talents in such high esteem as to appoint him:
one of the sub-preceptors in a few years after ; and it was, we
understand, by the admonitions of Dr. Parr that Mr. Sheridan,
then a boy on the lower forms, was roused from his natural in-
dolence, and induced to cultivate, with care, those extraordi-
nary powers which were afterwards displayed with so much
brilliancy in the theatre and the senate. Previously to his ap-
pointment as principal assistant at Barrow, he had been en-
tered of Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he soon became
conspicuous by his classical acquirements, and the spirit and
energy with which his academic exercises were written. On
the death of Dr. Sumner, he was prevailed upon by the ad-
vice of his friends to become a caldidate for the place of
master: but although their hopes of success were sanguine,
his youth proved an insuperable objection. Disappointed in
the attainment of an object which promised an affluent and re-
spectable settlement, Dr. Parr left Harrow, and established
a school at Stanmore. After a residence of some years at
Stanmore, be was appointed in 1777 master of the endowed
school at Colchester; and was next year promoted to the su-
perintendence of the grammar school at Norwich, a situation
of considerable emolument. Although he had been ordained
in 1785, while at Harrow, he had been either negligent of ac.
quiring fame, as a preacher, or no proper opportunity had pre.
sented itself since that period, for we find that his first claim to
eminence, in the eloquence of the pulpit, is derived from two
sermons delivered at Norwich, for the benefit of the charity
schools of that city. These discourses which were justly ad-
mired for soundness of doctrine, pathetic invocation; and perspi.
cuity and force of language, haVe been since published.. The
patronage of Bishop Lowth, obtained, as it -is generally sup-
posed, by the extraordinary merit of his first sermon, conferred
on him a prebend in the Cathedral, of St, Paul ; and in 173. i
lie was presented by Lady Trafford to the perpetual- curacy. of
Hatton, situated in the vicinity of, Warwick. Ile was 'ad-
iniued in 1781, by the University of Oxford, to the degree-of
LL. D. while at. Norwich ; and 'having " resigned his
school in that city,. he retired. ren the village, of Hatton,
where he confined himself to the tuition of seven pupils. the exception of his. Sermons, the Doctor was hitherto:-un-
known as a writer.; buthis.pceface to tha three books of Bellew_
deans de Statu, and his dedication for each' pact, rendered- hint
an object of general inquiry,. and eulogionz on the- pai't •of the
learned, who candidly admitted, that, pojnt of strength. bf
sentiment, purity of style, and the cArioso filieit its of 4xpies-
sion, they were not interior to the most finished pieces ot ru'O-
dern Latinity. His reply to Th.. Combe's " Statement of ]!'act;
also gave hint a distinguished rank as an author in his' ciss'n
language. In 1789 lie came forward as the ecliton ef. Tracts,
by Warburton, and a ‘l'arhurtonian, not admitted into the
collection, of: their respective works. To this publication Ise
appears to have been induced by the marked negitsct not dOe
Bishop of Worcester, by whom the :4'racts were omitted in-his
superb edition of Warburton's Worlcs.- The dedication and
preface to the two Tracts. of a Warburtonian, which conclude
time, volume, are perhaps the happiest of Dr. Parr's composi_
tions. Dr. Parr married -.Miss .illaisendale -.shortly after he
was ordained ; he was • married to his second wife within
these few . years. We shall not attempt, in the short space
Which we could allot to such a task, to delineate the cha-
racter of this distinguished scholar. Ile was nearly the
last, if not the very last, of the Old School. His learning
was extensive, and his memory was stored with the richesurea-
sures of classical literature. lie had these treasures always at
conimand ; he lied also at command, what is infinitely more
valuable,' the exhaustless riches of an original mind—of a
mind cast in it mould of its own, .endowed with powers of time
very.firat order, and with an energy which exercise could not
weary, .nor application exhaust. With all this he united a dis_
position full of benevolence, and a heart replete withsocial kind-
ness. lle was.the firm friend of civil and religious liberty._
There was:nothing ofselfiahness about-his character; all him sex].
•tinments, whether in religion or in politics, partook of that liber-
ality .whielnmatle a part of -his nature. He made a present of
'the whole of his plate to :sir Samuel Romilly, some time pre-
vious to- the, death of :that.great man, as a testimony of the high
sense which he entertained of the integrity of his principles, and
-.the purity of-his patriotism. Dr. Parr's powers of conversation
and of controversy were unrivalled. It was.ibthis sphere he
shone, and it was in this sphere that.; he delighted to live awl
move. He was =scions of his own strength, and lie
was never slow to manifest it. In private, when he had no
care-for fame, .and his ;polemical talents were at -rest. he was
a most endearing and excellent companion. It was in the sum-
mer-house of his Parsonage at Hatton, which •he used good
inimouredly!to call "his den;" that, divided between the elutrm
of ,social confidence And -the:delight of his,pipe--whickavAs
.hardly ever out of his hand—he gave out
,f,vieeel.y.;:pai:l4tehre,
trhei
‘lsarclies of -his.philosophic mind, and all the resources.et his
andltuninous wit; :and -then.it was•tbat ,he ihonvtoqed-
• •
trtiration. It.is with the remembrance of ,hirn ,at sotchA:Pergd
' vow strong in our memory, that we'feel, in all itsforce, c
.irupressive,truth •that 4. when death makes •sucka'doPersitin
,of.,knowledge intellect,-when-such a,ramakia-OrTicgittn his
-graAre:—the mind can-feel bUt one emotion,:
'tinitiPat 'every thing beneath the sun—weyerceive:.
flows •v,tst, shadow* me-.purtsue- • 7-". t

LIBERATION OF PERU.

We are now enabled to announce a full confir-
mation of our intelligence of last week, of the an-
nihilation of the Royalist Army in Peru, the con--
sequent termination of the war, and the perfect
establishment of the independence of that, as well
as of all the other interesting States of South
America. The correctness of the following im-
portant details may be confidently relied upon,
founded as they are en official documents :
The battle took place at Guamanguilla, which is within thre
leagues of Guamanga. Genera —Era SUCRE commanded the
Patriot troops, BOLIVAR having gone id-Lima to meet the re-
inforcements from Panama, and having conceived that the
campaign for the time was finished, the Royalist, • troops
Having been driven across the Apurimac. General LA 'S.tfit
Nils however, intending to make a rapid movement upon
Lima, left Cusco, and re-crossed the Apurimac with a force
of from six to seven thousand men. Upon this movement,
General SUCRE detachment General LAMAR to occupy Cusco
with a body of troops.- General SUCRE being thus left with
the Colombian forces,- amounting only to six thousand men,
the VICEROY conceived it a favourable opportunity to make an
attack on him, which. he put in execution at Gumanguilla.
lie was wounded eariy in the action, and taken prisoner.--:
The greater part of his wing of the army was either killed
or wounded.. Very soon afterwards General VALDEZ was
taken prisoner with the troops under his immediate command.
After these reverses, General CANTERAC rallied his division of
the army, and gained a height about half a league from the
scene of action. On the dawn Of the day after which the battle
was fought, General CANYERAC, seeing the total defeat which
the army had experienced, and that all the Chiefs and Officers
of distinction had fallen or had been taken prisoners, capitu.
fated with 2,500 men ; and stipulated the immediate delivery.
of the castles of Callao, and the total evacuation of Peru by all
the' Spanish subjects.
Accounts from Pisco, of the 19th December, state that at the
date of the last accounts, all the Royalist Chiefs were prisoners
L-1 the Customhouse of Guamanga. Guamanga, or Huamanga,
near which the fate of Peru was decided, is the capital of the
province of the same name, and is about 200 miles in a straight
line west of Cusco, and about as far east and north-east of
('anete and Pisco, the nearest sea-ports, respectively. It seems
not improbable, from the details, that the sailing of the Asia,
and other Spanish ships, from Callao for some of the ports south
of Lima, was connected with this movement of LA SERNA,
which terminated so fatally to the Spanish army.

BLOOMSBURY AN D STIATION. PANCRAS BIBLE ASSO.
C.

The Tenth Annual Meeting of this Institution was held yes-
terday at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Zile Hight Hon. CHARLES GRANT, M.P. took the Chair,
being-supported on his right by the Hon. Charles Shore, and on
his 'eft by the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and

Coventry.
The CHAIR max briefly recapitulated the objects for which
the Meeting had been assembled.
The Rev. Dr. WEBSTER then read the Report.
The Hon. C. SHORE moved the first Resolution, which was
seconded by the Rev. J. Parsons.
The Rev. W. A. EVANSON rose to propose the second Reso-
lution—"'That this Meeting conceive the dissemination of the
Holy Scriptures to be eminently calculated to better the condi-
tion of mankind ;" and having gone thuS far in reading the Re..
solution put into his hand, he could not help asking, was there
any one who would venture to controvert that truth? and yet it
had been denied. In Syria and in Palestine, the word of truth
which was extending its genial influence, was attempted to be
enriched ; the bull of the Pope and the firman of the Sultan, in
unholy alliance, were hurled against God's word, and should
we tamely stand by to witness its subversion ? God forbid. We
can discern, said the Rev. Gentleman, between the professors
of a creed and the principles of that creed ; we can respect them
-as men, though we differ with them in opinion on points of be-
lief; and extending to them the right hand of fellowship, we
would dispute those points fairly and manfully; but those who
oppose Bibles and. Bible Societies will not do this. In that part
of the United Kingdom which has long been, and I trust ever
will be, the right arm of Great Britain, the opposition has been
most inveterate, and yet it is there that the want of religious
instruction is the most to be deplored. The Rev. Gentleman
then proceeded to read some extracts from the " Pastoral
charge of the Catholic Archbishop and Bishops to their
• Clergy," when—
The CRAtumais rose, and observed, that lw felt great pain
in being compelled to interrupt the Reverend Gentleman, who,
he feared, might in the warmth of argurtent be led a4ay into
remarks that were unseasonable, or at all events inapplicable to
the objects of the Meeting.
The Rev. Mr. Evartsox resumed.—There is no man, Sir,
less inclined to fling the apple of discord amongst my fellow-
creatures than I am, and still less would I be inclined to intro-
d sue a discordant feeling here. Agreeing entirely in the senti-
ments of a great man, who said—" This, my friends, is no time
tor private animosities, when the enemy is at the gate."—l shall
waive every feeling ofthe kind, and merely conclude with moving

the Resolution.
Mr. LAW LESS of: Itanefelt (a Roman Catholic Gentleman
.who was on the platform) rose and said, he wished to vindicate
-the character of the Catholic Clergy from some aspersions thrown
,out against them by the Reverend Gentleman who had just sat
down.
The CHAIRMAN, however, intimated, that it was unusual
for any Gentleman, not a subscriber, to address the Meeting
on such an occasion.
Mr. LAWLESS.—I was not aware of my disability ; but in-
dependent of any wish to take an active part in the proceedings
of this Meeting, I should feel most happy to subscribe to the
funds of the Institution, for there is no man that can set a
higher value on its objects. But, Sir, if I may be allowed one
or two observations--(Cries of " Chair, chair," from all parts
of the room.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and appealed to Mr. Lawless's
candid, opinion, whether he (the Chairman) had not taken even
a more prompt notice of the Rev. Mr. Evanson's allusion to
the Catholic Clergy, than he, Mr. Lawless could properly have
done ? Mr. L. bowed assent. The Chairman then trusted
that after the expression of regard which had just fallen from
his (Mr. L.'s) lips, that ono further interruption would be given
..to the business of the Meeting on that point.
The Rev. Dr. Winter seconded the former resolution.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LITCHFIELD moved
the third Resolution, and in adverting to the opposition which
hrd been shewn to the Bible Society, he conceived that it had
:only redoubled the affection for its object in the bosoms of those
who were conscientiously devoted to it.
The Rev. A. BROUDEN, Secretary to the Parent Society, se-
conded the Resolution.
The Rev. Mr. CONYNCHAm moved the fourth Resolution,
and combated several of the charges which have at different
times been advanced against Bible Societies. The Rev. Gentle-
man continued. " the effect of time on passion," says an elegant
writer, 4‘ is the same as that of wind on flowers ; it extinguishes
the weak and excites the strong." The falling off that had ap-
peared in the supporters of the Association might therefore be
attributed to the influence of time on the irresolute or lukewarm,
but he trusted it would prove an equally stimulating effect in the
stinger adherents. He had that day sat by a Protestant Bishop,
and he trusted that ere long he should sit by a Roman Catholic
Bishop on the like occasion.
Thanks were then voted to the Officers of the Association, for
which the Right Hon. Chairman returned thanks in a splendid
-speech, and the Meeting separated. •

The Deputation of West India Merchants and
Planters waited on the ClLANcci.t.ott of the Ex-
CitEQU ER yesterday, with a memorial praying
tWot the duty on ruin may he reduced propor-
tionally with the reduction of duty on British
spirits. The Right lion. Gentivnian did not pro-
mise that he would altogetheL4ccede to the re-
quest, but the Deputation left Downing-street
confidently anticipating tfide the duties on rum
ill be fixed on a scale trilich more favourable to
the West India. iuterests thou was originally pro-
posed.