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WAY SPARS.

RIGA or ST. PETERSBURGH FIR TIMBER. and NOR.

Distributions of the Articles, and Forms of the Tenders, may be
seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock
on the flay of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party or an
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Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to
the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Persons, engaging
to become hound with the Person tendering, in the following
sums, for the due performance of the Contracts, viz.

Dantzic or Memel Goods
Riga or St. Petersburgh Fir Timber
Norway Spars

£5,000
3,000
1,000

IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING-ASSOCIATION.
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within which period the Deed must be signed by the Proprietors, on
penalty of forfeiture of the payment already made. The hours for
Signature will be from Ten to Three each day, Sundays excepted.
Proprietors residing at a distance may sign by Power of Attorney;
the form of which may be had at the Office, No. 9, Throgmorton-
street.-21st February, 1825. •
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STATE OP IRELAND.
Tbil day was published, Fifth Edition, in fcap. avo. Price 9s. bds.
MEMOIRS of CAPTAIN SOCK, the celebrated
IRISII CHIEFTAIN,vvith some Account of his Ancestors.
Written by HIMSELF.
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ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS,
For the Sale of Irish Linen by the Piece; at the Factor's Price, No.
4, on the SOUTH-SIDE of BLOOMSBURY-SQUARE, four
doors from the top of Southampton-street, Holborn.
THE IRISH LINEN COMPANY beg leave to an-
nounce to the Public, that the above House is their only
Establishment in this Country ; where they continue to supply the
Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, with WARRAN'T'ED grass-
bleached Linen, for Shirts and Sheets, of the best fabric and colour,
and also TA ELE LINEN, at a price considerably lower than
can he procured through any other medium. They also engage to
return the purchase money should any fault appear. Good Irish
Mb and Bank of Ireland Notes takettas usual. Country and Town
Orders punctually attended to by
JOHN DONOV AN, 4, Bloomsbury-square, London,
JOHN DOYLE, 7,1, St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, Agents.

HENRY'S CALCINED MAGNESIA continues to
be prepared with the Most scettpulous care and attention, by
Mists. Tito:mks and WiLl.tan Howl, Manufacturing Chemists,
Manchester. It k sold in bottles, price Us. 9d.. or with glass
stoppers at 4s. 6d. stamp included, with full directions for its use,
Itheir vtll4noll Agents in the Metropolis, and throughout the
ted Kingdom; but it cannot be genuine, unless their names art
engraved on the Government Stamp, which is fixed over the cork
or stopper of each bottle. Of most of the venders of the Magnesia
htty be had, authenticated by a
similar Stamp, ilsootv's AROM 4Tl€
gilithet et
Vismuss the invention ad Mr. Henry, and the only
Viking preparation of that article.

FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA.
TN this Preparation are concentra►ed all the Medicinal
Properties of the Sarsaparilla Root, even to a perfect tatura-
%ion of the Menstrtun with which it is prepared. To rich persons,
therefore, who, from various causes, would esperknce great Incon-
•-entence, or with wham it would be utterly impossible to prepare
the Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which possesses the advantages
dportability and of keeping in any climate, wi!l be found a most
desirable mode of employing this much-esteemed Medicine.
The Diseases in Which it has proved most beneficial are those
of the Skin, such as the Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases,
Sec°lldarl Symptoms, Ecc. arishvg from a diseased state of the
',stein at tarp. It is taiken in Wattr, rendering it of the same
Uretigth as the Decoction.

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throuthout the Unit( d Kingdom.

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*a hiLl4.

YACHT FOR SALE:
FOR SALE, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a supe-
rior fast-sailing CUTTER, adnicasuring Seventy-seven Tons.
She has lately had a complete and thorough Repair in the Isle of
Wight; and is, in every respect, as good as new ; Coppered and
Copper-fastened; her standing and running Rigging entirely new,
as is all her interior Fitment. She has every convenience and com-
fort for any Gentleman wishing to have a Yacht of superior qua-
lities, and is ready for immediate use.
Farther Particulars and Inventories may be had, by application
(if by Letter, Post paid) to Mr. Thomas Heather, Ship-Agent,
Portsmouth.

TO BE SOLD,
PURSUANT to an Order of the High Cowl of
Chancery, made in a cause, BEAUMONT against PAINE,
With the approbation of SAMUEL COMPTON Cox, Esq. one of
the Masters of the said Court, at the house of Mr. Thomas
Kaye, the Red Lion Inn, in Lepton, in the Parish of Kirk.
heaton, in the County of York, on TUESDAY, the sth of April, 1825,
at the hour of Four o'Clock in the Afternoon of the same day
precisely, in Two Lots,
Sundry PARCELS of TIMBER, SPRING, and other
WOODS, in the several Woods and Plantations near Whitley
Hall, in the Pails Les of Mirfield, Almondbury, and Kirkheaton,
in the said County of York.
Particulars may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers,
in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ;at Messrs.
Rogers and Currie's, Solicitors, No. 31, Lincoln' Inn-fields •of Nlr.
George Augustus Merrifield. Solicitor, N 0.50, Ely-place, Inn-fields;
;
of Mr. William Rayner, Whitley all, near Huddersfield; the
George Inn, and Ramsden Arms Inn, Huddersfield; the Stratford
Arms, Wakefield ; and at the Place of Sale.

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CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY.
CHEAP CABINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the
LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET-MAKERS'
SOCIETY, being the only real one now existing in London, No.
71, Corner of LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite Altlgate
Pump, and which has been Established upwards of Six Years: For
READY Motley, and no Abatement.
The Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility
and Gentry, that they still conduct the above Establishment, for
the Benefit of Industrious and Ingenious Mechanics (who have
large Families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the
Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheapet than by any
House in London, no other Profit being required than to satisfy
the warehouse rent and incidental expenses; being satisfied with
constant employment to enable them to support their families, the
number of whom appears by the books of the last Quarterly Meet-
ing to be 148. From the great patronage the Committee have re-
ceived they are in hopes of increasing that number.
The whole of the Society beg leave to return their sincere
thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured
them with their Orders and Recommendations, and shall always
feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction; at the
same time solicit a continuance of their benevolence, whereby they
may be enabled to increase the number of the Society.
The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the *erg Low
Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only.
Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom sea 155.-
Full size Tent Bedstead Aft 65.-Bordered Bair Mattress to fit
£1 ls.-Mahogany Drawers, solid Ends £3 35.-Featber lied
£2 10s.-Ditto, flee from dust and smell, full size £3 10s.-Six
japanned Chairs of any description in oil 21 ft-Best ditto Wash-
hand Stand 165.-Ditto Dressing Table 165.-Ditto Table
Ditto Stand Bs.-3 feet 6 inches Chests of Drawers £4 45.-Three
feet mahogany Pembroke Table sel 18s.-Three foot ditto on
pillars and claws £3 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table £1 45.-
Ditto Bidett, hest, £1 ft-Ditto Box Glass, two drawers, best
British Plate 155.-Ditto ditto 21 75.-Ditto Swing Glass, 4s. and
6a. each-Tray Stand 65.-Long Mahogany Tray 18s.-Japanned
Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy lOseL-Music Chairs, any pattern
8.. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass
nailed £6 65.-121 ditto ditto £7 75.-8 Trafalgar ditto £8 111 s.
-Mahogany Sofa to match £6 10s.-Ditto Couch £7 10s.-Ditto
ditto £8 Ms.-Set of Mahogany Card fnd Sofa Tables, on turned
legs, banded in rose-wood 28 155.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two
Card and Sufa, on pillars and claws £l3 133.-Ditto £l6 108.-
S:raw Palliasse £1 ls.-Tent Bedstead and Furniture £3 13‘
-Bamboo Bedstead and French elliptic top, with drapery and
frinze, £8 10s.-Five-foot Mahogany four-post Bedstead and
Furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, complete,
£l5 10s.-Five-foot ditto ditto, £l6 10s.-Ditto ditto, with
cornice of a superior make, £lB 105.-Ditto ditto, with geld cor-
nice, elegant drapery, £20.-Drawing room Curtains, of the best
Morine and Chintz, fitted for windows, £6 65..-.-bitto ditto,
£7 75.-Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work. £lO 10s.--
Drawing-room Sofa, £6 65.-Ditto, U.-Horse-hair Cushiuds,
each ss. 6d.-Common ditto 4s. 6d.
COUNTRY DZiLitti stirrtict. •
Goods packed free of expense, except the material., for ill
parts of Great Britain, and to the East and West lndies.-Cap-
tains fitted out, and Merchants supplied with Cabinet Goods foe
exportation. The above Prices regulated by order of the follow.
ing Committee.
J. CArrEit, 11. Ja stow, W. Waldman,
T. Hasten, 'l'. Connie., J. Wit.son.
W. THURNELL,
J. HASLBIIs Secretary.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 7.
Earl DARNLEY presented a Petition from the Catholics of
Liverpool and its vicinity, against the Bill before the Home, and
stated that it had come into his hands in consequence of the absence
of the Lord Lieutenant for the County of Lancaster.—Read, and
laid on the table.
The Bishop of EXETER presented a Petition from the Clergy
of the Archdraconry of Exeter, praying that no farther conces-
sions be /ranted to the Roman Catholics.
Lord KING remarked, that this was another Petition against I
granting civil rights to the Catholics. The Clergy had of late be-
come great Politicians. He did not wonder at it, as he under-
stood that in the diocese of the Right Rev. Prelate, there were
Rev. Mayors, Beneficed Aldermen, and Capital Burgesses. They'
skemed to him to have wandered from the right fold into a field,
where the pasture might be good, but where they had nothing to
do, and it was time that they should be brought back to their
own ground.
The Bishop of-EXETER did not see why the Clergy of the
Church of England should be run down when they approached the
House with a modest and humble Petition. As to the existence of
Reverend Mayors and beneficed Aldermen, the Noble Lord could
not object to it more than he (the Right Rev. Prelacy) did him-
self. lie hoped the practice would cease, but he had no power to
prevent it, for as the law now was, Clergyman might hold those
situations. -
Earl D ARNLEY wished that the Petitioners, who dwelt so
much on the intemperance of the language used by the Catholics,
would consider what night be their own if they stood in the game
' situation? He remarked Milt,no Petitions had conic to the Muse
against making fresh concessions to the Catholics, except from the
Clergy, and concluded by quoting Mr. Burke's opinion, that reli-
gion had nothing to do with the question.
The Bishop of EXETER did not mean to enter into a defence
of the whole or part of the Petition. As the Noble Earl had
quoted Mr. Burke, he would recoitmend to hisconsideration the
last words of Lord Russell on the same subject.—ThePetition having
been laid on the table,
The Bishop or EXETER moved an humble Address to his
Majesty, praying that he would graciously be pleased to order the
Eleventh Report of the Commissioners to inquire into the. Chari-
ties of England to be laid before the House, together with the Ap.
pendiz.—Ordered.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition from the
Catholics of the County of Galway, and one from the Protestant
and Catholic Inhabitants of the Town of Gert, against the Unlaw-
ful Societies Bill.—Laid on the table.
The Noble Marquis then presented a Petition from the Inhabit.
ants. and Tradesmen of Glastonbury,. praying for an awaits* lo
the law for the recovery of Small Debts—Laid on the table. ,
Lord &anise and others from the Commons, brought up several
Private Bills, which were read a &aite.
Viscount MELVILLE rose, pursuant lb
to his motion, to motel
the appointment of a Committee to consider the state of the laws'
which regulated the trials of Peers for offences committed in Scot-
land. It had been enacted by the Act of Union, that all the vie
vileges of English Peers should apply to the Peers of Scotland.
One year later an Act had passed regulating the proceedings against
Scotch l'ecrs in case of trials for treason, but it was very ambi-
guous, and it did not seem clear whether they were to be tried by,
the law of England or that of Scotland. It had afterwards been
determined that they should be tried by the law of Scotland, but
Iwith the superaddition of an English machinery. In 1715 the
IScotch Rebel Peers had been tried by impeachment on the part of
,Me Government, and in 1745 by indictment. The object of hisCom-
nutter should be to consider the state of the laws and to report on
the subject, giving what explanations or advising what measures it
might think proper.
After a few words from Lori HoLtaxo, the Committee was ap-
pointed, and his Lordship's name included.
• SPRING GUNS.
Lord SUFFIELD moved the Order of the Day for going Woe
Committee on the Spring Guns' Abolition Bill.
11 The Duke of WELLINGTON wished that the ope-
ration of the Bill should not be confined to the sup-
I pression of spring guns when used to preserve game,
but when employed in ;any inclosures whatever to pre-
serve any other kind of property. He thought that as
many accidents arose from one cause as the other, and
it would be invidious to the proprietors of game to make a distinc-
tion against them.
Lord SUFFIELD had not made any exception, but
had only said that he would not object to a clause
allowing the use of spring guns for the protection of property
which it was felony to invade.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed that the principle
of the measui e should be that the use of spring guns
should be abolished in every instance. That a man
should be allowed to buy a trap to shoot another in a
case in which he could not directly shoot him, was
something extremely preposterous. The only diffi-
culty arose from the absurd state of the law on the
subject. If fruit were picked and carried away in a
basket, then it was an offence by law ; but if a person
bloke into your garden, and took all your fruit, it was
only a trespass. When it was considered what amount of capital was
employed in gardens in the vicinity of the metropolis, it would
appear necessary that the laws should be med The state of the
law respecting trespassing on enclosed land ought to be amended.
The Eail of WESTMORELAND was understood
to support the generalising of the measure, as he would
sever countenance a Pill which would allow man to inflict death
ens an innocent person.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH objected, that if the al-
terations proposed by the Noble Duke were effected, no
person whatever would be able to keep fruit in their,
gardens. No one flew at night over a ten feet wall, or entered a
hot-house through accident ;it must be an intentional act, which
could only be repressed by apprehension.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, after alluding to the
uncertainty which prevailed on the state of the law on
the subject, as when it was discussed in Courts of. Jus-
tice opinions were frequently divided, said that- there
was no occasion for spring guns in former times, when
sportsmen went out with their dogs; They had only
become necessary since plantations were turned into a
poultry yard, and a dozen of people were employed in
beating them, that sportsmen might have the pleasure
of killing 1000 head a day. From the days of his
youth, and it was flow long since he had enjoyed them,
there were no pheasants, or scarcely any, with the ex-
ception of some for shew, and a few at the seat of an
ancestor of the present Lotd Ravensworth. But now
how could it be expected that people who had a taste
for game, and he never knew an Englishman who had not, would
not venture into the preserves which were formed ? Ile trusted
that their Lordships would not introduce into the present Bill, any
thing affecting the causes pending in Courts of Justice. and he, for
one, would never defend a practice which endangered the lives of
his fellow-creatures.
Tile Earl of LAUDERDALE conceived that the
Game Laws themselves were a still greater grievance
than the. use of spring guns, as they filled the piisons
of the country with poachers. They had immensely
increased the number of criminals. There never before
had existed such a state of things. A rropelty had
been created in the country to the extent of 800 mile
lions, and all those who lived on the interest of that propfrtys to
the amount of thirty millions were prevented by the existing laws
from enjoying what the Noble and Learned Lseti had stated
every Englishman had a taste for. Between this arrangement,of
IProperty, and the state of the law, a system bad been eitiiblisked
wench was most baneful to the poorer clump
The Earl of CARNARVON admitted that the
st tte of the Game Laws was a great grievance. Ho

'alluded to the opposition which a Noble and _
Lord had made some months ago, to a Bill for legaliz-
ing the sale of game, 'as likelyoo destroy his chief
amusement. He would shortly; however, have to reconsider the
iubject, as a Bill would probably again be brought from the other
House. If Country Gentlemen consented to the sale of game, they
would give up a great source of odium against them.
After a few observations front thz Earls of Ltatettics and
FA !Annum
Earl DARNLEY suggested the propriety of cen-
fining the legal use of spring guns to walled gardens, where they
should be set only at night.
Earl GROSVENOR admitted that there was a
great difference between the preservation of game and
that of fruit in the gardens near the monsoons. Their
peaches and grapes were everything to the poor growers, whilst
game was nor sec . yto its possessor. lie gave his hearty sup-
port to the Bill of his Noble Friend, which did him much credit.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the Noble
Earl had introduced the Bill to legalize the sale of game
very noar the close of last Session, and that it had ap-
pea, cc': to him (the Lord Chancellor) a totes:ion of too
much importance to be decided hastily. Besides the
difficulty (f proving whose game people might he
selling, there was that which arose from tie difference
which the law made between trespass and theft. The
Noble and Lear ned Earl then quoted the case whith he
had mentioned last year, in which a man had been re-
peatedly acquitted at the Qua: ter Sessions for taking
salmon from a preserve on a river, because salmon
being consideied fens nalura, it could not he proved
whose property it was. The Counsel for the prosecution at last
purchased the one which the•man had been acquitted of having
stolen, and having cut a hole in its snout to mark it, placed it in the
box on the river. The next morning it was retaken by the same
individual, who was then convicted of theft' :•nd if still living, was
now at Botany Bay.—The House then went into a Committee.
The Duke of WELLINGTON proposed, that in the
clause limiting the use of •spring guns to certain en-
closures, the following words be inserted, 14 or in gardens, or in
any place whatever."
JAM ELLENISOROUGH and Earl BATHURST urging the propriety of
taking time to consider the sublict,
Lord SUFFIELD said that he had no objection to
postpone the Committee. He hoped, at the same time,
that the Noble Lord who wished gardens to he included
.within
the operation of the Bill, would come prepared with some measure
to protect that kind of Ilroperty.
The CHAIRMAN (Lord KENYON) then reported progress, and ob-
tained leave to sit again this day se'nniglst.
UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the Ordef of the Day fur the
third reading of the Unlawful Societies' 11111.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH should not vote against
this Bill because he desired the continuance of the Ca,
thelic Association. He wished the existence of that
Association to cease, not because it had done any harm,
but because, looking at the general serve of the country,
he conceived it calculated to iiirre the cause of the
Catholics themselves. He did not regret, however, that
.it had existed. On the contrary, it was a subject of satis-
faction to him, as it had made all parties. both Protestants
and Catholics, think more seriously of the danger which
attended the continuance of the disabilities under which
the latter laboctred. it had created a general disposi-
tion on both sides to make large sacrifices of their re-
spective prejudices to settle the question, sin] to obtain
a great national good. Yet he thought the Catholic
Association had been harshly dealt with ; for it had
been condemned unheard, and not an item of proof had
been brought against it, of -its having in one i stance
diverted the course of justice. Ile understood how
those who were disposed to libel the Catholic body
might feel uneasy before such :ap Institution, but that
was no reason for pulling it down. It had dune no harm,
and had, perhaps, done some good, by making the
poorest man in Ireland feel that he had somebody to as-
sist him in obtaining justice. It was hard, therefore, to
say that the means which it possessed of doing good
would be turned to evil purposes. Whatever efficiency
the'present Bill might have, it would derive it, not from
-its own enactments but from the late Resolutions of the
House of Commons. It was possible pow, that in con-
sequence of the expectations created by these Resolu-
tions, the Catholics would not • persevere in carrying on
their Association. Their Lordships had been told of
Corresponding Societies, but thOse formed a very small
minority of the people, and were not to be compared
with six millions of individuals all pressing towards one
common object. It was said that much had already
been done for themobut the more they were raised its
reek and society, the deeper must be the dissatisfaction
produced.-by the laws which disqualified than. The: e
were two great measures which, he knew the Noble
Earl opposite, himself, thought necessary to the
peace and prosperity of Ireland ; the one woe a
national provision for the Catholic Clergy ; the
other a different qualification in Freeholders.
Well, would any man dare to propose them to Pa:fisment, as brig
as those disqualifying laws existed? And yet all knew that they ,
would produce more good in Ireland than any system which had
yet been adopted. Ile trusted that the Catholic Association would
now submit to the law, but be also trusted that the expectations of
the Catholics would not be disappointed. Let their Lordships be
wary of telling six millions of people; possessed of great
power now, and united to procure one object, that their etern4
portion must be despair.
Lord CALTHORPE, although he admitted thatthe
prcceedings and intemperance of the Catholic As.oeio-
lion might be blameable, was not certain whether 111. E
House had not disqualified itself, by its former act, towards the
Catholics, from visiting them with a measure like the pj•eSss4. Ile
neither believed that the danger apprehended trout them. existed, .
Om-. if it did, had he any confidence in the efficacy of the propdsed
remedy to remove it. A soothing and conciliatory measure wurstd
do much more than a Bill; the operation of *kith must prove
vexatious and oppressive.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if it were pos-
sible for any man to lay his hand on his heart and to
say that he would pass this Bill, not beSiktlaer the con-
duct of the Catholics required it, but beiause tire House,
having done wrong against them before, oasht to per-
severe in the same course? He sold,• for ore, tltot he
would not consent to the third readieg of the OM, if 'it
were to he taken as a pledge of what he would (10 after,
in discharging his duty to Parliament and the 410411111 y.
He knew that in the past he had always done ohm he
thought his duty to the country requited him to
In the futuie, he should weer cease to act on the seine
principle. He wished it to be understood, that whet-
ever might be his conitict when the Catholic Qoestton •
should be before the House, he should not o_t ih ;e-
ferrate to whit by Matt already done, hot in considtitstiois of wh..t
it would be his duty to dos l lavift thckaglir inctst seriously on the
subject for Ote last thirty years, he had, no 'orison to believe drat
his opinions were 1.1 fotibded. 11e west, however, still orm to
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ild gto act semen the Catholics, en account of their
own amide and dangerous proceedings, be could not hesitate to
give Ms anent to the third reading of the present Bill.
Lord DUDLEY and WARD should vote with con-
siderable regret fdr the Bill. He thought that the Ca-
tholic Question ought to be carried for the interest of
all, and he would make the greatest allowances far the
situation in which the Catholics stood, as far as safety
and honour permitted. But there was a point at which
indulgence must end. It was that where danger and
violence began, and it could not be denied that in set-
ting up Government against Government, Parliament
against Parliament, and Revenue against Revenue, the
Catholics had lately adopted a system, the natural
course of which was to defy. He would not say that
the Association had been rebellious in its acts, but in its
tendency. h was the machine of rebellion, setting up
for the time when an opportunity for action should arise,
and, were the Government so timid or so imprudent as
to allow itself to be surprised, it would deserve to be over-
powered. The leaders of the Catholics, able and intre-
pid as they were, might perhaps hate the Government
for what it was ding now, but they could not de-
spite it. As a friend to Catholic Emancipation be wished the As-
sociation to be put down. There were two ways in which the
Catholics could obtain their object—by force er by persuasion. If
by force, they could not be surprised that Protestant Peers should
oppose them. If by persuasion, he wished that the Catholic Asso-
elation should not only be put down, but that its very name should
be annibilated.as k would always be used as an argument against
them: He wished them to be admitted into Parliament, but not
to look for it by betting up a Government of their own, or to
seek to procure redress for their grievances, by proceedings
inconsistent with the Constinstios, and with the existence of all
Governments whatever.

Lord RODEN said, that the Bill introduced for the
purpose of putting down the Catholic Association in
Ireland, was highly requisite for the present state of that
country, and he was sorry to perceive that it had met
with many difficulties. The Catholic Association had
erected a forum which was spreading its baleful influ-
ence all over the country, giving laws and raising
tales, and that, too, not as the Noble Lord opposite
(Earl Grosvenor) had told them on a former night, by
spontaneous contributions. No, this Catholic Rent, as
it was called, was obtained by fear from those who did
not present it from affection. It was known that the
poor peasant, from the fear of displeasing his landlord.
paid that "which his spontaneous feelings would have
caused him to withhold. This was one effect of its
influence over the minds and pockets of the King's
subjects. But they did not stop here r instead of
allaying animosity, and putting an end tn dissention,
they nurtured the elements of everlasting discord.
Their Lordships could riot have forgotten the Address
of this Catholic Associatioo,imitioring the people not
to join in Whim-boy outrages, but carefully instilling
at the same time irto their minds the grievances, real
or imaginary, of which they had to complain; openly
telling them, that they were born to be slaves, and in-
stigating them to the hatred of their fellow-subjects.
What must be the effect of such inflammatory produc-
tions upon the minds of people like the !ill; and if left
to their own honest and grateful feelings and intelligent
minds, what might not be expected, from the present
wise and mild Government of that part of the empire?
He spoke it with warmth, wben_ he declared that there
was no people under the sun mote predisposed to ap-
preciate, or more ready to acknowledge the real benefits
which they had received from that Rouse during the
last few years. As a warm well-wisher to the country,
he felt that lie was doing his duty in thus stating his
candid opinion. The evils of inflammatory speeches
were not confined to the assembly in which they were
uttered. Their influence extended to those who read,
as well as those who beard them. They had been told, that if the
Association sere let alone, it would fall to the ground. This pre-
diction had proved false; it had been let alone, and therein be
thought the Government culpable, for it had employed its leisure
to ;pubes strength. He, for one, wished to see all Associations put
down. The system of Associations bad too long nourished in that
unhappy country, the tenor of the innocent, disturbing its peace,
and affrighting prosperity front its shores. To this Bill, therefore,
whether directed against Orange or Catholic Aatociations, he gave
• his most hearty concurrence.

The Earl of DARNLEY expressed his surprise at
the assurance which the Noble Lord had jusegiven
them of the gratitude and satisfaction of the peasantry
of Ireland. Did the Noble Lord mean to say, that
the Catholic *inhabitants of that country, down to
the lowest peasant, did not feel their political degra-
dation? He (Lord D.) did believe that they did feel
it deeply. He was ready to that a body like the
Catholic Asscciation could not be allowed to go on long.
But then there were other means of putting it down
than by a penal statute. The Catholics already glowed
with hope at the prospect which a late vote held out to
them. The Catholics had held out their hands in the
way of reconciliation, and be was convinced that if it
were met with a corresponding feeling of beetberhood
And good will, they would return the grasp with a
warmth indicative of true Irish hearts. The claims
of the Catholics were reasonable, for they were
backed by justice. It had been asserted, how true the assertion was
he left to the Hones to cessider,that if an Administntiost favourable
to the Catkolk Claims were formed, the question could not be car-
ried because it was against the same of the English nation. He was
awe that there was not a Noble Lord in the House, who could put
his band on his heart and ay that Ireland could matins, long in
its present state. The general situation of Ireland was not such as
to make its inhabitants feel satisfied. He should certainly vote
against the third reading of the RD, as he bad already dune against
the two former readings.

Lord RODEN explained, that by his assertion ra
liaise to the satisfaction of the peasantry. he meant that the pos-

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ant enjoyed as much as his Political influence could allow him.

, Earl GROSVENOR said, that he did not see how it
was possible for the peasant of Ireland to be satisfied
with his present condition. His political influence was
necessarily circumscribed, from his station within nar-
row limits, but he bore the mark of degradation upon
him. He wished their Lordships to pause and consider,
that at this moment they were about to pass a Bill
whic Arsitild be fatal, not only to the peace and wel-
fayclof Ireland, but of England also. They bad departed
this case from those leading principles of justice,which
ought ever to guide a body exercising judicial functions.
They had not heard one word front the mouth of this
maligned Catholic Association. They had listened to
everything that could be urged against it, without
granting the usual privilege of an accused party,
viz. being beard in its defence. When they were
thus excluded evidence in refutations of the charge,
they would not forget that the Noble Earl, at the
head of his Majesty's Government had himself been
totally misinformed upon the subject which he had
avansunicated to the Hour, relative to the distraining
for rest. Their Lordships, therefore, were reduced to,
the necessity of boglsladng upon a subject under very
inauspicious circumstances: He was happy to say that
be kid heard a now ear. hew fir rive bs knew net. due Übe Omit*
party but caromed i with te ease le semi acceasawlatiea with
tea Catheilsa. He \seed it was es. The Atheraey-ileascal et
Weal lad eatellat-1s daft Clergy la die winiest tame et

tie must have done ho from astual experissee, sad
2reeriegi6 booed to missive his alchemy.
BM was the. read a third dm and passed.
Hr. Ammo presented an Account of the Resetpts and Die-
bersemeets of the London Dock Company, from the 30th No-
vember, 1893, to 30th Nove.bet, 1894.
Mr. *ors presented the Report of the Committee appointed to
Inquire into the state and situation of the Penitentiary, Milbiuk.—
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMON&
Mr. Jonsson presented an Account of the Receipts and Dis-
bursements of the London .Dock Company, from the 30th No-
vember, 1823, to the 30th November, 1824.
Sir F. OMMANNEY presented a Petition from Barnstaple in
favour of the St. Catharine's Dock Bill.—Lsid on the table.
Mr. JOHN SMITH presented ayetidoe from Motastereven, in
favour of the Catholic Associatioo.
hi. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Protestant and Ca-
tholic Inhabitants of Gott, County of Galway, in favour of the
Catholic Claims.

The Bon. Member presented a similar Petition from Galway.—
Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CUBTEIS presented a Petition from Brighton, praying for
a Repeal of the Assessed Tapes.
Mr. LASCBLLES presented a Petition from Nortballerton, in
favour of the County Courts Bill.
A similar Petition was presented from Wellingborough.
These Petitions were severally read, and laid on the table.