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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

1 HOUSE OF COMMON'S.
NOTICES of MOT lONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which
"pie stand in the ORDER BOOK of the HOUSE of COM-
. MONS, for TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
and FRIDAY next.

hot. Taesday, April 10, 1821.
c" or illotions.—t. Sir Henri'Parnell,—Committee on
the Commercial Intercourse between Great Britain and
2.
_lreland.
te James Mackintosh,—Three Bills to amend the Cri-
Order.rnof the Di nal L aws.
ay —l. Callington Borough, Right of Elec-
. 2. t'°,l, Petition ;—Ballot for Committee at three.
Land Tax Commissioners Bill;—Committee.
*2. ....polled Stamps, &c. Bill ;—_Committee.
Stantp Duties on ;Medicines Acts;—Committee thereupon.
0. Stealing in Shops (Ireland) Bill
;—Second Reading.
C. Tithes Leasing (Ireland) Bill;—Further Consideration
of Report.
' " Smuggling Prevcn'ion Acts;—Committee thereupon.
Wednesday, April 11, 1821.
• trot,
',es of Motions-1. Lord Archibald Hamilton,—Detailed
Accounts of the Expenses of the Milan Commission ;
' and the Persons to whom paid ; also, Copy of the
.Cont-
Mission itself.
`• Lerinarrl,—Account of all snch Applications for
Admission to the Reading Room of the British Museum
at have been postponed in the last Five Years.
°. Mr. Alderman Wood,--Committee on the state of 11%
% 4•
,4 chester Gaol.
of the Day—l. Courts of Admiralty (Scotland) Bill ;
Committee.
q. AhdtiCtion of Women (Ireland) Bill;—Second Reading.'
°. East India• Private Trade Bill;—Committee.
Judicial Offices (Ireland) Bill ;—Committee.
21'4• Thursday, April 12, 1821.
s?i,lfoti-ons—i. Mr. Sesjeant Onslow,—Bill to regulate
2. Rate of Interest of Money
Mr• Serjeant Onslow,--Bill. to regulate the Admission of
Attornies•and Solicitors.
'• Mr. srrjeant Onslow,—Bill to regulate Acceptances of
Bills of Exchange.
"i• Mr. Hume,—To disqualify Ordnance Officers and others
from voting for Members of Parliament.
Sir John Newport,—Motion relative to the Proceedings
of the Commissioners of Inquiry into English Courts of
Justice.

orde Friday, April 1"3, 1821.
of the Day—Church 13i iefs 13i11;—Committee.

MINORITY
rolt
A REDUCTION' IN THE ARMY ESTIMATES.—FRIDAY.

AI
APRIL F.
i;41°1.1), Visct. Fergusson, Sir R.C. Phillips, G.
iiaTreti, S. M. . Glenorchy, Vlsc. Powlett, Hon. W.
elYon, Ben j. Gordon, Robt. Price, Rd.
bellial, R. Graham, Sandford Palmer, C. F.
1347, Viscount Gipps, G. Rice, T. S.
13°Ighe), Sir J. F. Heron, Sir Robt. Ramsden, J. C.
pe4graYe, Vise. Hobhouse., J. C. Ricardo, D.
—stard
E P Honeywood, W. P. Robarts, A. W.
Ch ) •P.
gala oner, Robert Hume, Joseph RObarts, G.
t John Haldimand, W. Robinson, Sir Geo.
,vert,'Charles Heygate, Aid. Rickford, Wm.
ii.::avendish, Henry James, W. Smith, John
f,°ll)llrn- N. R. Johnson, Colonel Smith, Wm.
,r •-•, -
~, ornpton, S. Lambton,Sebright, Sir J.
-•::cevey, Thos. . Lushington, S. Tierney, Rt. Hn.G.
catt,wrid, G. , Moberly, John Townshend,LordC,
D—,`"°TP,rin. F. G. Monck, J.B. Whitbread,i.Sam.C.
Dom. r. T. H. Majoribanks, S. Wyvill, M.
Ifa-I••se'n, Wm. J. Nugent, Lord Wood, Ald.
bu'leatinon, Visct. • Newport, Rt. Hon. WellsoJohn
tluidas Hen. T. Sir J. Wilson, Sir R.
l'alls, Wm. O'Grady, Standish Wilson, Thomas.
4quharson, A. Parnell, Sir H.

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THE SUN.

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LONDON,
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1821.

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1,41.1 s Papers of Thursday and Friday last
4usthis e"ed
4j. iutelligence of importance respecting the
r oltaly. We have subjoined to the
ltr4cts from these Papers several - articles of
4- ri,,
u
Ivii:aite Correspondence from Turin, &c., by
(ils,
te it would appear, that, notwithstanding the
lire` Quraging events in Naples, the Piedmontese
obt
41 staging
to persevere in their efforts to
e 11
a Constitutional Government. These
.0,-ti
' 4141lications will be found very interesting.
~ " PARIS, APRIL 5.
The ; which gave of the strength of the
iilz enumeration we
(! h. 41411 artoY of Galicia was taken from the 'Nuremberg
ti:,-90odent,' a German paper, well known for its bold asser-
.4'• We have now reason to hope that the submission of the
ItillaPr°litahs, and the ill success of the Piedmontese revolution,
,t ~,erider any further military movements superfluous.
4kain' u'in and Alexandria still hold out. Genoa has declared
It: -4t Austria, and follows the impulse of the Junta at Turin.
111,01r3teZen said that Savoy has declared in favour of the Pied-
.t'l44l. '''' at-ma. A Milanese Junta has been, established at
,t'ex .' and eats in concert with that of Piedmont, in order
t
ltai e,,'te an insurrection in the Milanese territory, where a grea, • nait°,•,ferlicteruation exists. It is thought that the Piedmontese
0,14 1,15 employed in raising the frontier provinces in France,
dez:'„eonseqUenCe the French Government is forming a camp
rely" a,,:'''Yoris i and on Saturday four officers of rank set out for
'42,7 received only three hours notice to prepare them-
rsnaisti4 their posting expences were paid bY government.
.A
togrl- 'table number of troops have been sent out of Paris in-
'4°l4 07°,, With. several-carts laden with arms, and the soldiers went'
• , 5, ogifferenf barriers in detachments ofls or 20 men each. , Nsi 4 Sunday last, the order of the day, which grants per-
, til., t°ll to regiments to have the honour , of sending a deputa-
L4,t,°. tl'e King, was first commenced. It was composed of
!hqiit t", ''s) Lieutenants, Sub-Lieutenants and Soldiers, and was
1:1 f;ttix,Press the sentato. enta of ' popular feeding' to the reign-
-1., .6y.
'telleh 5 per cents. 4 before 3, sth of April, 82f. 30c.
6, ~,,..
" TURIN, Mkn.cn 30.
c 6 ",•.e have the following Proclamation :
,6 e ,Te, Charles Felix of Savoy, Duke of Genevois, &e.
kgde l'Y our_ manifesto of the fifth , ultimo we sufficiently
tio,,_ km.iw our intentions relative to rebellious and sedi-
a,,,"3 Subjects, as well as to the form of government, which
tio4wlsll to preserve such as it existed before the abdica-
te, 6!)f the King our well-ht-daved brother. Meanwhile,
til ",.'l3' the present decree, establish provisionally, and un-
),,l4urther orders, three Governors General—.one in the
otlrel'Y of Savoy, the other in Genoa, and the third in
,vith ()tiller continental states ; each of whom is invested
shall !'-1 mtaty, civil, and ecoriomicrd authority, and
'4,,,,,
s_o.e subject only to our immediate orders. In con-
tolic,-..: Whereof, we intrnst the government of Savoy
110_ 'oe,-tenant Count Salmour d'Andezeno ; that of Ge-
,.,4_,! General Count Desgeneix ,• and that of the other
v;oetta,ental States to Lientmeneral Count Sallier -de Latour.
IT'4!_eaecordingly order all the several Governors,.Royal.Officers,
tOshts Prefcts, all the
Judges, &c., including every
epartrn
the feat, t 9 take their orders,' Until new regulations be
that _
~._ ri,. the hetoe-ramed Governors. We also desire
to the.l,llknstrates of every class, who have remained faithful
t.ourts
~..'ls_,Jlet,o
reader continue to 'sit, as heretofore, in their
Justice,' ''''''
to administer prompt and impartial
itte.:::tylialtia:(l in such circumstances it is from Heaven the ne-
,•-t,l'et ai'L'ot'shilli,euiplisefilY,i
,tho be expeT cetl, we therefore make known
et, 14-ith „11,. L, s ops: and all ecclesiastical functionaries,
"'l tnarastry, our earnest wish that they L'S)

address their Prayers to Heaven, to invoice the Most High, and
in particular the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, who has
been the powerful protection of the states of our family.
" CHARLES FELIX.

" Given at Modena, March "
" VIENNA, MAncti 26.

" We have received the four'th bulletin of the. army under
the command of General Frimont. It makelt known the ca-
pitulation of Capua, of which the public are already aware ;
but it also contains the folloWing. facts, which ate less known,
though equally worthy of notice :
" On the 19th the General-in-Chief summoned the fort of
Monte Cassino to surrender. The commander sent a reply in
the negative ; but the garrison, which was composed of 300
men of the Queen's Guards, refused their service, and our
troops entered the place. The Neapolitan soldiers were made
prisoners and'disarmed ; but immediately afterwards their arms
were restored, and they were incorporated with a regiment of
Austrians. They loudly testified their joy._
_

" After having- evacuated the camp of Mignano, the Nea-
politan army was in•fact disbanded; thousands of Neapolitan
soldiers. were wandering in the midst of our ranks. In conse-
quence of the proposition of General Caraseosa, the General in
Chief (Baron Frimont) determined to send Count Fiquehnont
to Capua, to negoeiate a Convention. When he arrived there
on the 20th early in the morning, neither General Carascosa
nor General Filangierie were to be found : the troops had tired
on them, and they had fled to Naples. The Convention was
concluded with tile only General present, Baron Ambrosio.
" Field Marshal Prince de %%Tied is appointed Military
Commandant of the Abruzzi.
" The Royal Guard, which from the first manifested their
fidelity to the King, has maintained this honourable conduct.—
As soon as they were apprised of the Proclamation of the
King, they communicated to General Carascosa, by General
Selvaggio, • that they would have fought against the enemy,
if such had been the King's order, but since hit Majesty had
given contrary directions, they. would not disobey his orders.'
General Caracosa replied, that he respected their sentiments of
fidelity, and recommended the Royal Guard to give an example to
the rest of the army by maintaining good discipline.' The guards
have done so, and have preserved their ranks entire amid the
general desertions. When they garrisoned Capua, they de-
manded that they should in no case be required to act contrary
to the orders of the King. They tore off the tricolored rib-
bands from their colours, and burnt them, amid cries of Live
the King.'
" The alta condita (the grand lodge of the Carbonari), -the
only real power which controlled the Prince Regent, the Par-
liament,and the army, is dissolved, after having burnt all its acts.
" The Duke of Modena arrived on the 18th at .Laybaelt.
" MADRID, MARCH 26:

" The news. from the interior is satisfaCtory. The report of
the commission appointed by the Cortes to examine the Me-
moir of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, respecting. our rela-
tions with foreign powers, has just been published. After many
sensible and excellent observations, the report concludes in the
following manner : _ .

" 1. The Cortes trust that the Government will exert all its
means and energies in protecting our commerce, which it seems
the Regency bf Algiers have threatened to attack.
_ _ _

" Cortes-have witnessed, with great satisfaction, that
the Government has displayed a proper dignity in disapproving
the principle of foreign interference in the internal regulation
of the. government of another nation, by declaring boldly that
it will never recognize 43 legitimate the result of such an IN-
TERPOSITION.

" 3. The Cortes expect, from the zeal of thegovernment, that
it will demand with energy and perseverance the securities
deemed necessary from certain courts, and that, not contenting
itself with simple verbal declarations on so important a ques-
tion, it will persevere until the guarantees judged necessary for
the honour and tranquillity of the nation shall have been ob-
tained.

KINGDOM OF ITALY.
THE PROVISIONAL JUNTA OF GOVERNMENT.

" Yesterday the Prince Regent disappeared from the capital.
In the preceding night his aid-dc-camps had ordered the artil-
lery to prepare to follow him, and in Chivasso, he himself re-
newed the orders in writing ' • but the brave artillery, who are
incapable of abandoning the duties unposed upon them by the
Constitution, sworn to by the Prince, remained firm, and did
not abandon the safety of the country to the faithlessness of the
traitors who perhaps made the Prince the victim of their se-
duction. .

" In this serious emergency the Provisional Junta of Turin
shcwed their devotion to the sacred cause entrusted to their pro-
tection, and determined to provide for the security of the nation.
" All the friends of the Constitution and the independence
of Italy, ought to rely with confidence on the firmness of the au.
thorities who have proclaimed and defended it ; the plots of
the enemies of the King and country are discovered, and their
wicked designs brought to light.
" In the evening of the `2lst the population of Genoa con.
ducted themselves in that imposing manner which becomes a
great and generous city, to which the intrigues of a few worth.
less wretches were preparing of new the fetters of despotism."

We wish to call attention, particularly, to one
passage of Mr. P.M'S last speech. He said
6C that a Protestant King, with Popish advisers,
was much more to be feared than a Popish King
with Protestant advisers." Nothing can be more
true or more important. A Popish King may be
thwarted by a Protestant Council and Parlia-
ment; and if obstinate and imprudent, as the
last ill-fated STUART was, may find an opposition
strong enough to make his throne uneasy to him,
or even untenable, as it was to Jam Es. Bul
Protestant King may be indifferent, as too many
Protestants are, particularly in high stations,
while his Popish advisers will be always active ;
laying snares which he never suspects, and con-
triving plans, the tendency of which he will nei-
ther know nor regard till they burst,out to his
ruin, and that of all his Protestant subjects. For,
be assured, Papists will never tolerate us as we
have tolerated them. Much less will they grant
us favours, as we are so ready to grant them.—
Besides this, a King, nominally Protestant, way
be secretly a Papist, as it is now known Charles
the Second was, so far as he had any religion.—
.
Then what will be our situation ? Instead of
not seeing the plots of his Popish advisers, he
will know, and secretly abet them, and then
where are you, Gentlemen Emancipators ? At
Smithfield presently, except those who, as we
lately hinted, will take refuge in the Temple of
Indifference !-.-a large, and, we fear, a constantly
increasing party!

FREEDOM OF COMMERCE.---If the proposed
system, in regard to the timber trade were an insulat-
ed question, it might be necessary for every opponent to
this change of the national system, to vindicate himself from
the charge, either implied or direct, on the score of interested
motives, so frequently brought forward by the LIBERAL
disciples of the New School. But the fact is, and sorry are
we so to observe, that it is evidently, nay avowedly, but the
FIRST STEP to a more extended departure from a system by
which ourprosperityat home, and our greatness abroad, have been
nourished for above three centuries ; for the system is much
older than the Navigation Act of Charles the Second. A fact
so.. alarming, deserves serious and general consideration ; more
particularly, because the new measures are not attempted to be
founded upon practical principles—they are in fact in opposition
to the evidence recently reported to Parliament--but upon an
abstract theory, which may be brought to act equally upon every
other interest, whether Agricultural, Manufacturing, or Co-
lonial generally. It is an additional misfortune, that the New
Theory, like the dry rot so much complained of, has izfected

BOTH SID .5 OF TFIt both paeties in the
-nation, and that too in direct apposition to-a principle acknowe
hedged, and a. practice reconlimended only a few weeks ago.
That our government contracts for the supply of grain and
flour to our West Indian Islands should be supplied from the
Home market, in preference to flour from the United States, is
but a part of the grand principle of our navigation laws; but
the converse is not the less true, and if that principle is to-be
swept away in regard to British North America aad the timber
trade, the Agricultural Interest at Home, and the West India
Colonial Interest must expect soon to find their welfare sacri-
ficed to the NEW PLAN of purchasing every thing at the
cheapest market. We fear that much of the erroneous feeling
upon this subject must be attributed to Adam Smith, or at lease
to some misunderstanding of his theories, forgetting to take
into the account his unwilling admissions. Speaking of our
system of 'prohibitions and restrictions, that eeriter, it ought not
to be forgotten, and therefore we recal it to the recollection of the
Modern Economists, acknowledges, that from the beginning of
the reign of Elizabeth, the English Legislature has been parti-
cularly attentive to the interest of commerce and manufactures ;
and he is forced to add, that in reality there is no country in Eu-
rope,- Holland itself not excepted, of which the law is, upon
the whole, more favourable to that sort of industry. More im-
portant still, he acknowledges, that Commerce and`manufac-
tures have accordingly been continually advancing during all
that period. Let the LANDED INTEREST too observe, that
he adds, the cultivation and improvement of the country has, no
doubt, been also gradually advancing. Yet, upon a fallacious
idea of Dr. Smith's principles, are. we now called upon to
change that system ; under circumstances too, which it is evi-
dent Dr. Smith could never have contemplated ; for when he
attempted to draw up, in his claeset, oficeefor the guidance of
practical men, it was at a period when the population of the
country vas much beloW its present amount, and when it was
strongly urged, and almost generally believed, that a national
debt, if approaching only to one-third of its present entent, must
be attended with inevitable ruin.- These Modern Economists
ought to read the strictures of a Northern Peer upon Dr.
Smith's political fallacies ; and we trust, that the Noble Lord
will now fulfil the pledge he has given in that work. But a
complete answer both to Dr. Smith, and to the Modern School,
has already been given by Mr. Marryat in last Thursday's de-
bate, especially when he proved in the clearest and most argu-
mentative manner the fallacy of the assertion, that we have
not grown great through our navigation laWs, and restrictive
system, but in spite of them ! If the question is indeed to be
argued upon abstract principles, then we might go at once
to the justification': of our restrictive system in 'regard
to our navigation act upon the broad basis laid down by
the learned Selden. A basis too on which all nations have
acted, and are now acting—that the ocean, from the law of na-
ture, as well as of nations, is not common to all, but capable of
becoming the property of a particular nation, as much as the
earth can possibly be. This is not the place to argue his sound
principle that the British Monarch is Lord of the perpetual do-
minion of the seas that flow round the British Isles ; but both
these principles, however special they may be considered, lead
to general rules ; and as far as they are general, lead to specific
rules. In short, they establish a rule for principle, as Dr.
Smith does himself for practice, when lie admits that the policy
of Europe occasions a very important inequality in the whole
of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employ-
ments of labour and stock, by restraining the competition in
lODIC employments to a smaller number than. might otherwise
be disposed to enter into them ; but which he considers injuri-
ous, thereby giving the retort courteous to those who would di-
minish our ships and seamen, " because we have too many of
them !"

• •
Since writing the above, we have read with much pleasure
the first article in. the last number of Tut: QUARTERLY
REVIEW, whiCh we most earnestly recommend to the pe-
rusal of all classes of the people. We shall, however, when-
ever the intervals of the Session of Parliament will permit,
resume this subject, and in the course of our observations,
we shall take occasion to notice the opinions of BAcoN, TEM-
PLE, LAW, CHILD, ,GEE, BARNARD, STEWART,
HAWKESBURY, RSE, SHEFFIELD, REEVES, CHAL-
MERS, CAMPBELL, PETTY, and LAUDERDALE, on this
subject; and contrast them with each other, and with the opi-
nions of the RIEARDOS, BENNETTS, and the other modern
Economists of the present day : but we do not think we can
close this article more appropriately, than by submitting to our
Readers the following passages of the article in, tb4 QUAR-
TERLY REVIEW to which we have alluded:—

" It is questionable whether the advantage of the world, con-
considered universally, would be increased by perfect freedom of
intercourse. Man thrives best by -families, communities, and
special national interests. It is no reason against these forms
and diVisions of society, that the spirit and partialities which
bind them may be carried to excess, and that, good in in them-
selves, they are liable to abuse. Every country usts its own in-
dustry for the encouragement of its own people, • and follows
such intercourse with its neighbours as will serve mutually with-
out particular prejudice. Whatever attraction of benevolence
and beauty may appear in the speculations of political econo-
mists, their' unlimited adoption must be posivoned until man be:
conies devoid of covetousness and rapacityf; and, till then, they
may be joined to the past rhapsodies of community_ of goods
and universal non-resistance. tre would submit to these eco-
nomists, to confine their provident-care, in the first instance, to
something short of the entire generation of man. It is long
since the poet sang—
' Gon loves from whole to parts : but human soul
Must rise from individual to the whole.
Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ;
His country next ; and next, all human race.'
It is a strong reason to doubt the practicability of these schemes,
that statesmen have no where ventured upon them ; not from
ignorance, as has been petulantly pretended, but from extended
knowledge. Neither in old or new states, do legislatures find
the Utopian ideas of these philosophers to be feasible : yet
Adam smith, the great advocate tOr the most unrestricted
trade, is read in all countries and languages, and his doctrines
have been moulded into all shapes, whether to inform youth or
puzzle the learned. Reflection and practice seem to show that
this valuable writer, in the zeal. of his argument, carried too far
1 Ins views of freedom of trade, as he assuredly did those of en-
limited production and unrestrained par&nony.—lt is the policy
of general freedom of foreign,. not of domestic, commerce that
we hold in doubt. If in internal free intercourse one province
gain and another suffer, the conjoint interest and .wealth may
be the same, or even increased. If Dorset and Hants suffer a •
privation of manufactures while Yorkshire and Lancashire
abound, the common country may still be benefited by the con-
centration
of manufacturing industry. But if Dorset and
Hants were supplied from Normandy and the Netherlands, the
policy with regard to this country might be justly questioned.
Should it be urged that &improvement of the world might be
promoted, the patriot (whose affections are local) must grieve,
while the cosmopolite rejoices. The interests,' says Mr. Mal-
thus, ' of an independant state are especially different from
those of a province, a point which has not been sufficiently at-
tended to. The interest of each independent state is to accu-
mulate..the greatest-quantity of wealth within its own limits.'—
Are we then advoCates for universal restrictions on commerce ?
We answer, no. But what limits do we assign ? There is the
great difficulty; and while we see the necessity of many, we are
sensible that to mark then-iota is work of extreme nicety, and
requires a considerable knowledge of details. This is matter
for the labour, judgment, and patriotic feeling of the legislature.
If we have produced any conviction by our remarks,.' it Will
be admitted that the application of the freedom of trade a the
i
existing establishments of this country will, in some re es, be
attended with good, in others with a• neutral effect, air' in many
be followed by injurious consequences. The investigation of
the question may tenth to • iltfuse correct views, and be a safe-
guard against extravagant hopes, misconceptions, and the far.
warding .of hasty and ill-understood rewesentations to parlia-
ment. We may reasonably doubt the practicability of tlw abstract
propositions and theories of zealots in political economy, who,
unmindful of the-cupidity and rivalry of nations, would rush into
the most open and exposed freedom of trade.. Never country
possessed, with its manufactures and colonies, the resources of
this. Let these be cultivated. Let us not endanger our manufac-
tures and render useless our colonies to enrich rivals and doubt-
fully benefit ourselves. Let the freest intercourse and removals
of restrictions be adopted as far as regards the internal comma- I

nlcafions of this country passcssianS ; they forl'n a ivorii

Within tliemselves the
tip:in the British Eft; waves over the productions of every
climate and is the au4nsWled,ed banner of near hundred 0.
of people. Let the privileges of public con...pa:lies, where
they impede 'national csimpatition, be relaxed' and opened : li-
mitations and monopolies amongst oarseives daimot be good:—
The country is yet susceptible of incalculable advances in
wealth and. prdiperiol. We shall rejoice to sac neNv WhigggiVen
to the commerce of the world, without impairing its 'actual
strength ; and in the establishment, of a happy activity of inter-
course betiVeezi the ieradtest corners of the globe, the idoption
of the most effectual in-eansof ektending Itnthviedge,
plenty, religion,. bestowing on pea:,.., its -characteristic abun-
dance : yet in the attainment of this good, WE SHOULD AP-
PROACH WITH TENDERNESS the unrivalled fabrics of manu-
facturing establishments, which a system of restriction has i.ear'-
,ed. amongst us :—we should hesitate to expose to the chance of
degradation, the substantial and mateldess improvementS of
our iii,rticulture, AND ABOVE ALL, innovate with apprehezi'siOn
on those NAVIGATION Laws to which are to be traced so much
of the commerce, the glory, and, perlizips, the independence of
the empire."

o@la CATlfor.rc3.-Letten from Dublin,
dated late on Monday last, state, that the Rev.
Dr. Tnoy, Titular Arebbishop of Dublin, and
the Roman Catholi; Clergy under his superin-
tendence, at a Meeting held there on that day,
came to an unanimous

Resolution, That they could not avail themselves of the pro-
visions of. the Bills introduced into the House of Commons by
Mr. Plunkett, as they were inconsistent with their principles,
as Roman Catholics.

At a full meeting of the Roman Catholic Clergymen of the
City of Limerick, on Friday sennight, at the house of the Right
Rev. Dr. Tuohy, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick :
Resolved Ist, That one of the Bills lately introduced by Mr.
Plunkett into the Muse of Commons, contains clauses'to which
no Catholic Clergyman can conscientio•.:sly agree.
Resolved al, 'rhat‘those'clauses are unnecessary, vexatious,
dangerous, and ultimately subversive of the Roman Catholic
Religion in Ireland.

Resolved 31, That it is necessary to call, as soon as possible,
a General Meeting of all the Roman Catholic Clergymen of
this Diocese, to consider the best mode of conveying those sen-
timents to the House of Lords, praying that those obnoxious
clauses may not receive their Lordships' sanction.

Resolved 4th, That these Resolutions be communicated to
the Roman Catholic Laity of the County and City of Limerick.
From these documents, compared with the famous declara-
tion of Dr. MIL.S'EIt, it is easy to see what will be the unani-
mous feeling of the Popish Priesthood. For unanimous they
must be who all implicitly obey the dictates of one man. It is
clear that it will be to reject and spurn the boon, which the
foolish liberality of Protestants, and non-religionists together,
are labouring to force upon them. -IVhat then signifies it, that
one or two Noblemen have published their thanks to the House
of Commons for passing these strange Bills ? To the opinion of
their Priests they must ultimately come, or they will incur ex-
communication, which to them is equivalent to final condem-
nation. In a word, they must follow the Priests, or cease, to
be Papists. But, fur the present, the high-blooded Papists are
pleased and grateful, while the Priests rave and rail, and the
lower classes are in perfect apathy. They feel no joy, and owe
no gratitude. What does all this prove ? What does it prove,
even to demonstration ? That power is the first object of the
high Papists, who think too that when they have gained that,
they soon may compass all their wishes. But the low, having
no such prospects, are perfectly indifferent to the whole trans-
action. Never was honest meaning so duped as it is (in all who
are honest) of our present Emancipators. May the Lords have
eyes and Understandings more open to evident reason and in.
evitable consequences !

Cortx-ExcHANcE, APRIL very large.
supply of every sort of Grain, and- every thing
lower ; the best Wheats from 2s. to 35., and the
inferior not saleable.

Mrheat• 34s 60s Grey Peas 2tis 23s
Bari y - 90s 26s Beans 94s 2118
.
Rye 23s 30s Oats 14 28s
White Pease '323 36s Flour, per sack - as 52s

Yesterday the Neapolitan Prince, who arrived
in London a few days since, had a long interview
with Lord CASTLEREAGH.

Saturday Prince LEOPOLD left town for Glare-
mont.—The Princess AUGUSTA has,been confined
for a few days past with a cold, which, we are
happy to say, was better yesterday. Her Royal
_Highness received a visit yesterday from the
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, who, it affords us great
pleasure in being able to say, is perfectly reco-
vered from her cold, and rode out yesterday for
the• first tune since her Royal Highness's recovery.
—The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester had a
part: to dinner on Saturday.—The Duke of
GLOUCESTER, it is said, intends visiting the Con-
tinent this Summer, and remaining there several
months.

We understand that Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD
GOODWIN KEATES, G.C.B. is appointed Governor
of Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the death of
Admiral Sir JOHN COLPOYS. Vice Admiral Sir
GEORGE COCKBURN, G. C. B. and ' one of the
Lords of the Admiralty is to be Major General
of Marines, vice Sir R. G. KEATES ; and Com-
modore Sir THOMAS MASTERMAN K.C.B.
is to be Colonel of Marines, vice Capt. BROUGH.
ToN, deceased.

By letters received from the Euryalus, we
learn that the Duke of MANCHESTER is about to
embark in that frigate for England, and may be
shortly expected.
CITY Or LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—Yes-
terday a Sermon was preached in the Church of
St. Peter-le-Poor, Broad-street, before the Pre-
sident and other Officers of this Institution, by
the Rev. THOMAS SAMPSON, D. D.; in whiCh he
eloquently and powerfully enforced the neces-
sity of promoting useful and religious instruction
amongst the children of the poorer classes, from
the evident influence of early impressions and
habits upon the future course of a man's life.
The Reverehd Divine also pointed cut the beue-
ficiasl effects which havealready resulted from
the Establishment, hi which 4500 children have
received the benefit of religious instruction, and
where upwards of 1000 boys and girls are new
daily taught reading, writing, and arithmetic.
collection was afterwards made, the amount of
which was correspondent with the iyealth and
respevtability of Broad-street Ward.

L AMENTA BLE CATASTROPHE.----This morning,
Mr. Row LEy, the son o( Sir W. ItowLEY, of
Sufrolk, a Westminster , scholar, not having
learned a task which ha been set him, in a fit
of terror threw himsolf out of a three-pair win-
dow at his lodging; in Dean's-Yard ; his skull
was divided, ant.Uhis limbs fractured; his life is
despaired of.