Star.
London, England, 1825-05-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Gaon's Manama, Ital. of Portsmouth, is appointed Deputy
Commissary-General in Nova Scotia.
The West R4sex Militia, commanded by Colonel &river, M.P.
assemble as Chelmsford on the 24th instant.
The Id Regiment of Dragoons arrived yesterday at arming-
ham and Coventry, frau Manchester.
The remaining Troops of the 2d Regiment of Light Dragoons
marched yesterday from Coventry, for Newcastle and Carlisle.
The Depots of the gist and 92d Regiments of Infantry have
arrived at Edinburgh, from the Isle of Wight.
The Depots of the 33d, 50th, and 77th Regiments of Foot have
arrived at Glasgow, from the Isle of Wight.

THE DEBATE OF TUESDAY.

The debate of Tuesday night, in the Upper House,
was the most animated and protracted witnessed for
many Sessions. The public interest seemed roused to
the highest pitch. The doori of the House of Lords
were besieged by anxious crowds from an early hour
in the forenoon, and when opened, at. half-past four,
the rush for admission was for some time tremendous.
None were admitted but on Peers' orders. At five
o'clock, it was two-thirds full. By the arrangement of
.Sir THOMAS TYRWHITT, the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, the inner space without the bar was exclu-
sively reserved for the Gentlemen connected with the
Public Press; and for some hours, while the reserva-
tion continued, the accommodation afforded by it was
great indeed. The space railed round the throne was
occupied by a throng of Members from the House cf
Commons, among whom we noticed the Irish Attorney-
General, who stood during the whole night, with
Messrs. BBOWNLOW, DAWSON, HOISHOUSS, PASCOE
Gnswritt.t., Colonel TRENCH, and several others.—
Toe Duke of NORFOLK, Lords SrounroN and CLIF-
FORD, were seated in front. The space at the left hand
of the throne, within the curtain, was allotted to Peer-
ess's, who filled the seats in full dress, several also found
accommodation at the opposite side of the throne, aid
stood on the steps for several hours among the Memberil
of the Commons House. Among the crowd below the
bar, Mr. O'CONNELL stood conspicuous in front,. with a
Roman Catholic Prelate near him ; Mr. O'CoNsion, sea.
Mr. LAWLESS, of Belfast, and others of the. Deputation.
' were also present. Lord KENYON and Sir T. LETH.
BRIDGE were engaged in earliest conversation some time
before the proceedings of this memorable night com•
menced. The Bishops Bench was thin until nearly six
o'clock. The Bishop of CHESTER, the ablest opponent
of the Bill, was the first Prelate who took his seat.. At
five o'clock, Earl GREY entered the House, and laid on
the table a mass of Petitions, among them one of im.
mense bulk, that from the Roman Catholics of Eng-
land, signed by the Duke of NORFOLK, all the ,Catho-
lic Peers, and 30,000 individuals of that persuasion.—
Lord SYDNEY, from the opposite benches, also laid, at
the same time, several Pctiti ns on the table, against the
Bill. Soon after five o'clock the Duke of Yoast entered
the House, with the Petition from London,Westminster,
and Southwark, agaiiist the Claims of the Catholics,
under his arm, with another, which he presented, from
Cardiff.. His Royal Highness took his seat on the
front Ministerial Bench, exactly opposite his brother, the
Duke of Susssx, who had been in Ye House some time.
The presentation of Petitions lasted until half-past seven
o'clock. Earl Guity's speech, on laying that of the
Catholics of England.betore the House, was most elo-
quent and impresrve. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE,
presenting two Petitions from the countrof Waterfor4,
and town of Bandon, in Ireland, in favour of the Bill,
delivered his sentiments also as to the necessity of
this measure in the most unqualified terms. The
Marquis Of LONDONDERRY laid another Petition in
favour of the Bill before the House, and advocated the
concessions to the Catholics in the strongest language.
The Petition I rom the Serjeants at Law, King's Counsel,
and several members of the English Bar, in favour of the
Bill, was also presented. After the Duke of YORE had
laid on the table the London, Westminster, and South-
wark Petition against the Bill, the Duke of Sussex
presented one from the Archdeacons and Clergy of
the parish of Sudbury, in Suffolk, in favour of it,
which his Royal Highness read at length. Two Pe-
titions to the same effect were presented by the Mar-
quis of LANSDOWN—one from the Members in Con.
vocation of the University of Cambridge, signed by
the Greek Professors, the Professors of Anatomy, and
Astronomy, and by a number of Graduates; another
from several Members of the University of Oxford.
Lord LANSDOWN also presented Petitions from Liver-
pool, with 7,000 names attached, and from ten Irish
Protestant Peers, and a number of Irish Protestant
Gentlemen, in favour of the Bill. On the opposite side,
the great Mancherer Petition, with 30,000 names, pre-
sented by Lord Lisrearoot, was arrayed with several
other Petitions of the same character, presented by the
LORD CHANCELLOR and several of the Bishops.

A number of splendid equipages, and a host of non-
descript vehicular*, passed along the Bridges this morn-
ing, on the road to Epsom, to witness the great Deal
Race. The norsemen were numerous, and many of
them, from the frequent application of the whip-hand
alternately to the head and the crupper, seemed to
entertain no earthly concern for anything but the loss
of their hats or their horses tails I _

The motley fraternity who hawk about what are
called dying speeches, yesterday took a turn at some
speeches which are likely to live for many years to
come, and retailed a halfpenny edition, with numerous
engravings, of the debate on the Catholic Question !
Tuesday, a pair of doves, named Bang, were intro-
duced to the Magistrate at• Hatton garden, Mr. B.
complaining that Mrs. B. was a drunkard and virago,
that she had banged first a Cupid, then a Veins (images),
at him, which latter deity doubled him up, and after-
wards smoothed (knocked) him down with a poker!
Mrs. B. retorted, and spoke at considerable length, but
the Magistrate advised a reference. However, when
Mrs. B. got Mr. B. into the street, she grabbed him by
the occiput, and swore she would stick to him like
bird-lime; but a temporary separation was ultimately
agreed upon, at the instance of—the constable's staff.
The great uncle of the late JOHN PHILIP Kamaug,
and of course of Mrs. SIDDONS, and Mr. CHARLES
Kumar, was a Rotnan-Priest, in the reign of CHARM,
the First, at Hereford, and was there tried, condemned,
and executed in a place then called the Wide Marsh,
now the race ground. His hand was cut off, and about
'thirty years since, was in the possession of a Mr. Fags
MAN, a respectable Roman Catholic, dwelling within
two miles of that city, wheie it was employed by the
superstitious to touch wens and sores, under the idea
of being endowed with supernatural virtues.
Saturday, the Steam Engine was set to woi Von the
Great Tower that forms the principal shaft of the
Grand Royal Tunnel under the Rivet Tbames.—The
work is going on with great rapidity.