The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-11 00:00:00

CATHOLIC AFFAIRS.

LETTIIR PROM alt. GRATTAN TO SIR THOMAS
ESMONDE, BARONET.
" entirely concur with the Committee
in the opini6n they entertain of Sir Henry Par•
nell ; and 1-am happy to learn, that they Olean to
continue to such a valuable person the custody of
their petition. 1 shall be ever rehdY to bold cow-
munication with him whenever he pleases to do
me that honour; and I; shall be, very happy to
support your application fur Emancipation; but
must decline the function of being the Advocate of
any opinion which would import my concurrence
in the idea, that perpetual exclusion from the
Constitution is preferable to Civil Liberty with
the Veto. •

" I am, with the best wishes to the Catholic
Body •and their Cause,
" Your.,very faithful and obedient Servant,
" Tenni:ll4o,, March R. " HENRY GRATTAN;
" L'. S. 1 did not get your letter until Satur-
'day morning, in the country, which I answered
yefiterdity, anti brought to town with me to-day.'•
• "Emmo Parh, March 3, 1811.
`Silt,--I received, late yesterday evening, the
letter of the General Committee of the Roman •
Catholics of Ireland, signed by yOu as their Chair-
" 1 beg you will acquaint the Committee, the t
the doubts I have felt of the expediency of per-
severing in my intention to submit a motion to.
the House of Commons upon the general merits
of the Petition, arose from my seeing an oppor-
nnity present itself of,haring the Question brought
forward in the manner that wot.ld best concillattt
the feelingiof the House of Commons, and there-
by best secure a favourable decision upon it.
" From the experience I have had of the dispo.!
sition of the House of Commons to be just and
liberal towards Ireland, I am convinced, that if
the leading Catholics take a proper advantage of
all the seural circumstances which are withitt
their reach; for advancing their own Cause, the
present application to Parliament will be liro
ductive of the long-sought-for measure of
Emancipation. For this reason, I. hope the
Committee, and those for whom they immedi-
ately act, will not be offended with rue, if,.
instead of at once complying with their wishes,
by moving upon the general merits of the Pe-
tition, I take ' the opportunity which Omit.
Letter affords me, of recommending them to cm-
ploy the interval which must necessarily elapse (fin
consequence of the approaching Assizes, and the
Easter Recess) before a discussion upon the Peti-
tion can take place, in continuing their endeavours
to est Wish themselves, by the removal of all dis-
sensions, in the good-will and affections of those
to whom it belongs to determine whether they,
anti the whole Roman Catholic popniaion of the
United Kingdom, are to remain oppressed by
grievous exclusions, or to be admitted Into the
full enjoyment of the British Constitution.
" I have the honour to be,
" Your obedient humble Servant,
HENRY PARNELL.
" To Sir Thomas Eihnonde, Dart."

STATE PRISONERS,—The following Repriations
are adopted in the Tower, respecting the persons
confined under the charges of High Treason :---
Each prisoner is kept in a separate apart-
ment, and night and day two yeomen or warders,
in 011 dress, Continue in the room, the door of
which is locked, and on the dittside an armed
sentinel is placed to present the approach of any
one, except those in the Governor's establishment.
Their hed.4 and board are provided by the Govern*
ment. No person is allowed to see the prisoners,
unless a special order is sent to the Lientenant-
Governor by the Clerk of the Council, and then
they are restricted frOm holding any communica-
tion, except in the presecce and hearing of some
person appointed by the Lieutenant or Isis M-
islay. A special order has bean granted for Mr_
Watson's Solicitor to see him twice a week, tin-
der the restrictions above-mentioned. The pri-
soneri are not charged jointly, but these is a Se.
parate commitment for each individual, signed by
twelve Members of the Privy Council, directing
the Lieutenant of the Tower to receive the cc.
wised into his custody, he being- charged." •

CONSTANTINOPLE, Fels. )5.—M. Von nOSCII,..
PHU). who !MI attracted universat attention by
the inoculation of the plague, alter having happily
passed 38 days in the Lazaretto without tiny pee'.
dent, was attacked by the disorder on the 39th
day, and on the 40th fell a victim to his exertions
in tavour of humanity.

Mr. VABLET.—As Mr. Farley, of Covent.Xlr,
den Theatre, .was Hyde PAH: tits
IVednesday, lie, observed Mr. Mathews ,and Mr.
Young on
.hotsebnek in the ride, and walked
from the pathway into the ride to speak to. the
latter. While his attention was engaged in con-
versation, a man on horseback came suddenly
upon them, and rode over Mr. Farley, who, on
examination, 'was found sensclesa. Surgical as-
sistance having been obtained, lie Was with seine
difficulty blooded, and this operation somewhat
restored hint. He ivas then conveyed to Saint
George's Hospital, where every attention was
paid to him, and from thence borne, where, we
are concerned to state, .he remains confined in a,
very dangerous state.

A chasm- hat appeared in the earth a short r}is•
tance from the Crescent at Brighton,' which ex-
tends from time Cliff nearly athwart the carriage
road ; in coniecintnce of which a new road is
forming; farther to the morn►.

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lAIPERI L PARLIAMENT.

11 OUSE, OF LORDS, MoNaAY, MARCH 10.
In the ,Sentch cause, Pitcairn and Doig v.
Sangster, Mitchell, and whets, Counsel were
beard in continuation, and finally judgment post-

/motif.
- In that of Got. Fraser V. Nincdonnid of ..(31en-.
wiry, Coim4e) %A-ere ;119,, heard oilt, and their
Lordships' jiidt!,nielli in like manner postponed.

Some additional evidence, with reference to
Bailey's. Divorce' Bill, was heard at the Bar ; it
principally was adduced in'the way of corrobora-
tive proof, as to the alleged fact of Mrs. Bailey's
adultcly. Part of this, as we could Collect, was
the production of a Parish Baptismal Register, in
which the child of which Airs. B. had her de-
livered during the absence of her husband, was
baptized as the child of Edwin Kelly (the para-
room.), and of Henrietta Smith, spinster; 'ln the
)t..ult; their Lordships ordered the evidence to he
printed,. and the whole takrit into consideration,
together with the Bill to which it referred, On
Wrtlncsduyc.next.
The Kingii Bench Bail Bill was read a third
time, and passcd.
The consideration of -the-Regent's Protection
?till, on the question of its third reading, was
posTtmed till to- trforro .

N. PO LEON lIVONAPA RTE.

Lord Iiot..LAND observed, that the Noble Se-
cretary of, State for the Colonial Department was
not present, yet-as he. perceived a Noble Lord
very high in his Majesty's .government in his
place, he 'should take the opportunity of inform.
big the House, that it was his intention 'on an
early day, but not upon one of those •Ilays upon
which the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wool.
sack would 'be long previously detained by the
judicial business of the, House ; therefore, it
should be tither on Thorsday or Tuesday next,
to bring forward a motion for theproductiou of
Papers relative to the Instructions given by iris
Nlajesty'S government to 'the Governor of St.
Helena, with rvspect to tire person of Napoleon
Buonaparte and also for Extracts from, or
Copies of Correspondence between the said Na-
poleon Buonaparte and the Government, relative
to his personal treatment, anti the Expellees in-
curred for iris subsistence and detention in that
1,410, could not now regularly state tire
Parliamentary grounds which be should 'lay
before the Uonse for those productions, but
In ,order to guard against that which was
the sithject of so much representation, he
begged lelve to state,' that whatever may
be , his - opinions on the subject of that
detention, which were known and recorded upon
the .forirnals, respecting the policy or the justice
4.t most ex t ran Edina 6, and u otis rod procedure,
be
,did not intend, in what he should soon bring
forward, to refer to anY of those questions. What
he, intended to propose would be entirely founded
upon other principles and grounds, which, if he
should be able to sinew that they were proper rt)(1
just,.it.would follow as almost a corollary, that
It was right. the 'rumours now afloat shoold,' if
false, be contradicted, and set at 'rest by Parlia-
nrent,. and by authority ; or, if,,,true, be avowed
and vindicated by tt em. lle Bird, perhaps, to
apolowize foe some irregularity in saying thus
witch J •ut, he trusted their Lordshipi• generally
would sympathize nith him in what .he had re-
ferred to. lleconcluded by a notice, that nn to.
morrow ke'nuight ire shoidd bring forward his in-
tended .motion—and moving that the Lords be
summoned for that clay, whieb was ordered
cordingly.
Two private, .or local Bills, were brought Alp
from the Commons by Mr. cAT,VERT and others,
and read ri first time.

'the- Coffee Duty, Carnatic Conitnissioners,
Barrack Depattntent, and Passengers' Regulation
Bills, were read a second tittle and' couThlitted for
.
to mort ow.--Adjourned.