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ROBBERDS'S COUGH DROPS.
'THERE cannot be too much said in praise of this
Medicine, as experience in almost innumerable cases has
proved it the most extraordinary abd beneficial discovery ever
made: it is a certain, efficacious, speedy, and easy Case for
Coughs, Colds, Asthma*, and Consumptions. "
Not an instance has occurred, though taken by nearly sixty
thousand patients annually, where it has been known to fail in
relieving the above complaints. So extraordinary are its virtues,
that lct the patient be ever so emaciated or Deduced, after having
tried every medical assistance to no purpose, it will act as it were
a charm, and instantly relieve the most inveterate cough, at the
same time give freedom to respiration, promote gentle expectora-
tion, strengthen the whole debilitated constitution, and procure
the refreshing comforts of rest and sleep.
COPY OF A LETTER

From the Right Hon. LoiIiBENTIN-Cl, Brother to the late
DUKE of PORTLAND, to Mr. BUTLER, Cheapside.
" Sitt-.4 have fiequently experiencin the greatest satisfaction
in your Ro ssssss 's Coon' DROPS; I do not recollect one in-
stance in which they have ever failed, provided they have been
properly administered. A very old Gentleman, a friend of mine,
.have 80 years, has taken them, and has found the greatest
benefit, and intends persevering in the use of them.—l am, Sir,
your humble Servant, " L BENTINCK."
•• " Ramsgate. Feb. 2,1110 i."
Prepared and sold by Mr. Butler, 4, Cheapsidr, Corner of Pa-
ternoster-row ; and sold at Chrisps, Corner of Spring Gardens;
IClark, 269, Borough ; Smith, Scott, Cargil and Reahurn,
Edin-
burgh ; Baxter and M'Donald, Glasgow; Newbery, Dublin ;
Piercy and Home, Birmingahin ; Hall, Gosport; Belam and
Sharp, Portsmouth; Jones, Allnutt, Weston, and Mallory,
Portsea ; Granville, Howland, Nettleton, and Cookworthy, Ply-
mouth; Trewman and Woolmer, Exeter; Collins, Sallsury;
Peck and Ross, Hull; and most Medicine Venders, in bottles at
es. 9d. arta 6s. 6d. each. Observe R. Bader is engraved on a
black stamp, and affixed to each bottle.

RUSSIA OIL.
'THE ROYAL FAMILY, and Ladies and Gen.
tlemen of Fashion' In England, use RUSSIA OIL for mois—
tening the Hair when dressing; is so great a nourisher to hair
as prevents its turning grey to all periods—promotes the growth,
prevents its falling off, and restores it on bald places if the least
roots. Several Gentlemen that were bald, have declared, after
using the Russia Oil regularly for sit months, the bald places be-
came covered with hair ; promotes eye-brows, whiskers, and will
prevent whiskers turning reddish or grey.
It is the best preparation in the world for preserving and pro-
moting the Hair. In short, where there Is hair by nature, and It
has fallen off, by using the Russia Oil regularly, you may rely on
its being restored. Is serviceable to persons wearing false hair,
as it gives It a natural gloss. It is generally remarked, persons
wearing false hair, that after a short time wearing It becomes
dry and stiff, is easily discovered that it is false ; by using the
Russia Oil when dressing, it prevents it being discovered, as it
keeps the false hair soft, and its appearance natural.
Ladles and Gentlemen who wish to preserve their hair, ought
to refrain the use of different perfumed oils, as the acid of the
perfume causes dryness to the hair, and occasions it to fall off,
change colour, and become grey at an early age. The Russia
011 is pleasant to use, warranted innocent, and a sure nourisher
and preserver to the hair, is serviceable to use for children, as it
Improves the growth.* •
Observe, each bottle has a label on the outside, signed with
Russian geld ink," Modarikufsky and Prince;" any shopkeepers
selling Russia Oil without that signature arc guilty of imposition,
and sellers of counterfeits.
Ladies and Gentlemen, for their own benefit, should be parti-
cularly cautious, when they give orders to their hair-dressers, In
desiring to have Prince's Russia Oil, as it is the only genuine. It
has beeu found that some petty hair-dressers, for the sake of a '
trifling more allowance from those who sell tie counterfeit, will
take the advantage, and substitute it for the original. Many who
have been thus deceived, have made complaints to the Proprietor,
as such counterfeits have actually Injured the hair.
The high remation the Russia Oil has pined for preserving.
and promoting the hair, and the great demand fur it, has induced
lately envious persons to copy the advertisement, and advertise
articles for the similar purpose, It is therefore particularly re-
commended to observe the label on the outside wrapper of each
bottle is signed in Russian gold ink " Mochrikutsky and Prince."
Price 7s. per bottle, or one bottle containing four small, at one
guinea, of six guinea bottles at five pounds.
Sold, wholesale, retail, and for exportation, by the Proprietor,
A. PZINCIL, No. 9, John-street, Oxford-street ; and, by ap-
pointment, Mr. Smyth, Perfumer to his Majesty, New bonds
street; Hendrie and Sons, Perfumers to her Majesty, Tich-
borne-street ; Bayley and Blew, Perfumers to the Prince and '
Princess of Wake, and Duke and Duchess of York, No. 5,
Cockspurenreet ; Berry, No. 17, Greek I reet ; Low, 330, Strand ;
Harding and Howell, 39, Pall-Mall; Newberry and 'Son, 45, St.
Paul's Church-yard; Dicey and Sutton, Bow Church-yard;
Barclay and Son, 95, Fleet-market; Butler, 4, Cheapeide ; Shaw
and Edwards, 66, St Paul's Church-yard ; Withers. 229, Strand; i
Ward, 324, Holborn ; Beim, 150, Thorn, 45,-Orford-street ;
Davison, 59, Fleet-street ; Rigge, 65, Cheepside; Bolton,l'utt,
Royal xchange ; Newbery 23, Smyth, 16, Dams-street, Dublin ;
and principal Perfumers or Medicine Veudersin the Kingdom.-
Merchants, Captains, also Country Shopkeepers, seeding their
orders to any wholesale Perfumers or Medicine Vogdsrl upy 4.1
with 4 Leaden, will receive Wm* hilowhesc.

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• GRAVEL, S TONE, AND LUMBAGO.
HICKMAN's PILLS is an effectual Cure for the
dravei and Stone, 4stoppage of Urine, Complaints in time
Back and Loins, Kidneys, and Bladder, Lumbago, dec.
Of the various complaints intident to the human frame, there
are none more dreadful in Their nature, nor more alarming in
their consequentes, than the Gravel and Stone. They are cam-
plaints to which every Peron, even the most al's:minus
liable, as the air we breathe and the water we drink are impleg-
naud with particles Which not only cause those texertieiatieete•-
tures, but are a foundation for every tither spetles- of disorder.
HICKMA,I'S Original PILLS, composed of the most innocent in-
gredients, have been found of singular efficacy, in not only
strengthening the vessels containing the urine, but happily de-
stroying the petrifying quality of k, from which proceed the
above complaints,doc. renweing the calculi, or gritty 4:enemies',
and banishing every pernicious tendeocy us those disorders, with.
oat confinement.
Sold wholesale and retail at Mr. Better's, 4, Cheapside, corner
of Paternoster-row; Scott, Baxter and Co. and Smith, EMI- '
burgh ant Glasgow; Cargill and Scott, Edinburgh; Holland,' •
Granvill and Son, Gilbert, and Haydon, Plymouth ; Newbery
and Son, Dublin ; Peck and 'lsmer, Heil; Malory and Jones,
Ponsea ; Sharp, Portsmouth; Jogger, Taunton ; Trewman, Ese-
ter ; Crutviell and Binns, Bath ; Bowne, -Briitul ; Hell and
Browne, New York ; and most Bookselhrs in every toting, la
Bozes at Is. 9d .each.

EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH..
CHEAP AND EXPEDITIOUS TRAVELLING,
FILO/4
THE SARACEN'S HEAD INS,' SNOW-HILL, LONDON.
'I'HE following POST-COACHES set out at re-
f doted prices : To EXETER, only Two Guineas, Insides
and .Ci 12s. ed. Inside, to PLYMOUTH, at Seven o'Clock every
Morning, with* Cosa and Laraps through Honiton, Asnunster,
Bridport, Blandford, and Salisbury, to Mr. Wiwnsua King's
Arms, Plymouth ; and to the King's Arms, Dock.
CHESTER, Newport, and Whitchureh New Pdst- Leach,
every Evening at Five.o'Clock.
BOSIUN, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilton, and Huntingdon
new Royal Mail Coach, sets out every Evening.—Coechuni irons
Boston to Spiliby, Louth, Grimsby; and
LAV ER POOL, Warrington, Knutsfeird, Stone, and Litchfield'
Post Coach, called the Expedition, every Evening at Five o'Cluch,
to the-Engel Inn, Dale-street, LiverpovL—Guarded throughout,
BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chippri:-
ham, Caine, and Marlborough, every Afternoon ' • arriv at Mr.
May's, the Greyhound Inn, Bath, and the London Tavrjn, Tho-
mas-street, Bristol, neat Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridge-
water, Taunton, dtc._

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LEEDS new light Coach, called the Rockingham, sets out every
Morning at Eight o'Clock, carries four insides only, and goes no-
markahly easy, with a Guard throughaur. Passes through Stam-
ford, Newark, Retford, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the
Golden Lion, Leeds, • next day at noon. Notwithstanding the
uncommon expedition of tide coach, it is allowed to bethe most
agreeable and complete public conveyance ou the North Road,
being unequalled is accommodation by any other.
KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Ktrby, Lon,dale, Bolton,
.Chorley, Orraskirk, and Garstaag Poet Coaches, every ternoon
at Five o'Ciack.—Guarded.
GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-Green, Annan, Dumfries,
Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Cumnock, Kingswell, and
all parts of Scotland, Campendown Coach, Daffy.
YORK, Newcastle, and Edinburgh new Coach, performed
with a Guard throughout, sets out every Morning at Half-past
Six of Clock, by way of Newark, Retford, Tadcaster, Dariington,
Northallerton, Durham Morpedr, and Berwick. Panels/eye
finding themselves fatigued from the length of the journey, wiry
rest what time they please, and then proceed on without any ad-
ditioeal Tare. I. Clark, the Black Swan, Coney-street, York,
runs Coaches to 9underland, Hull, Scarborough, Whitby, and
other place..
BRIDGENORTH and Walsall, new Post Conch, every
Evening.
CARLISLE, Penrith, aid Widtehaven Post Coach, goes with
Four Homes, and a Guard all die way. Passes through Brough,
Appleby, Grecabridee, Richmond, Cauerick, Buroughbridge,
IVetherby,Aberford, Doncaster, and Grantham (the nearest way
by eighteen miles). Sets out every Morning, and performs the
joerney with the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the
road by business, ur pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their
&eats being secured in the next coach.
ECLIPSE, a new Flying Post-Coach, to York, Sunderland,
Newcastle, and Edinburgh, carries Four insides only, every
Evening, at Four o'Coch, by way of Doncaster, Grantham, and
Stwford.
SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarns new Coach every
Morning; to the George Inn, Sunderland.
MANCHESTER, Wimslow, Congleten, Newcastle. Walsall,
and Woleerhanspeon Post-Coach, every Afternoon.—Guarded.
SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal Post-Coach, the
Royal Charlotte, every Evening at Fire o'Clock—Guarded.
SHEFFIELD and Rotherham Post-Coach, called the Rocking.
ham, every Morning.
BIRMINGHAM Mercury Post-coach, with a Guard, sets on
retry afternoon, and reaches Birmingham next day at noon.—
Passes by Oxford, Easton, and Shipstoneto• the Saracen's Heal,
Bull-street, BlrMingham.
TOTTENHAM and Edmonton Coach, Daily, at Halt-past
Ten, Half-past Two, Half-past Four,and Half-past Seven o'clock.
HULL, Nortlicave, Howden, Thorn, and Doncaster Post.
Coach, every Morning at Seven ...Clock, to the Bull and San Ina,
Mytoneente, Hull.
HERTFORD, Ware, Hoddesdon, and Chesunt Coach, every
' morning.
Wi Luau B. Moue TAIL" and Co. respectfully acquaint their
Friends and the Public, that they will not be accountable for any
Parcels or Luggage, lee. of more than Five Pounds Value, if lost
tor damaged, =lees entered as ouch and paid for accordingly, at
• 11. Sanas'. Head lza, Stow Lopes.

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''.lAr PROCEEDINGS.

HOURS OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 22.
Mr. ADAM was heard in the Appeal, Sir Robert Johnstone
had others, v. Lord Hopetown and others.—A further bearing

on Monday next.
Evidence was adduced and examined on Lord Cloncurry's
Divorce bill —Evidence to be furthere,tatuined on Monday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack,
and adverting to a subject which he had often wished
to direct their Lordships' attention to, viz. some mode
01 going through the basivess of Appeals, &c. with
more regularity and dispatch, had it now in contem.
plation to submit to them the result of his considera-
tion of the matter. He found-that it would not de.
pend upon him; regard must be had to the business
of the Courts below, and to the convenience of a
Noble and Learned Friend of his, whose presence
must be su desirable in that House in the decision of
the important matters to which he had alluded. As
soon as some arrangement could be made with that
Noble and Learned Lord, he should be ready, at
an early day of next week, to bring forward some
propositions for getting through the business of Ap,
peals with more regularity and dispatch.
Mr EN UV. LAWS.

Lord GRENVILLE, after adverting to a notice
he had given of a motion respecting the better ascer-
taining and regulating of those laws, said, that he
now held in' his hand a Bill to that effect, framed
on the Report of the Committee, which had been
appoieted last Session to inquire into these matters,
and which he desited might be now read a first time.
The more proper stage for the discussion of the ques-
tion, would, in his opinion, be the report, when the
Bill came out of the Committee amended. What he
bad Jo offer on the subject, he should reserve for that
stage of the business ; and should move that the Bill
be read a second time on Monday next. As the Bill
was exactly the same as that prepared last year, he
did not think it necessary to move that it be printed.
LIMA.
Lord HOLLAND said, that he had given notice
of his intention to make a motion respecting the num-
ber of informations es cfrio which had lately been
filed by his Majesty's Attorney against persons who
were supposed to have incurred the penalties of pub-
lishing Libels, and the abuses with which, in his
mind, the filing of such informations might be at-
tended. He should now fix the day on which be in-
tended to bring forward that motion, and name Mon-
day se'nnight ; for which he moved that their Lnrd-
ships be summoned to attend.
Lord LIVERPOOL suggested, that it might be
inconvenient for a Noble and Learned Loid, whose
presence might' be desirable on such occasion, to at-
tend on that day.
• Lord HOLLAND would have no objection, in
that case, to name a day more convenient.
vita CONVENTIOW BILL.
The Marquis of LA'NSDOWN rose, for the pur-
pose of acquiring more information than Ministers
had thought proper to afford the House on a former
occasion, when the reasons and grounds were asked,
which induced the Government of Ireland so sudden-
Irto revive the Convention Act in that country tind
in case he should not obtain a more satisfactory ee.
planation than had then been given, of moving for
certain papers from which a more clear and con-
vincing proof might be drawn, of the necessity of
reseirting to a measure so extraordinary. When a
Noble Friend of his (Lord Moira) had brought the
subject-Fme days since under their Lordships consi-,
aeration, and had asked for informition respecting
the grounds and motives upon which Ministers had
meted, in having recourse to so harsh, so violent, and
so intemperate a measure, what was the answer
which had so unexpectedly been returned ? Why,
that the order for putting in force the Conven-
tion Bill in helots's!, did not emanate .froni the Prince
Regent, did not emanate from the British Govern-
ment, but had actually emanated from the Irish Go-
vernment; and that under circumstances which, in the
minds of Ministers, seemed to afford satisfaction, and
fully to justify the -propriety of the measure which
had thus suddenly and unexpectedly been taken. It
has even been acknowledged by Ministers that they
knew nothing of the matter, nor of the necessity that
led to it, until the accounts had been received from
Ireland of the measure having been actually put
in force ;—and yet after their denial of knowing
any thing of the matter, and after justifying the Irish
Government on the plea of the necessity and the
urgency of the ',occasion, which called for a measure
of such harshness, what information have they yet
laid before the House in explanation of such conduct,
but a letter dated the Ist January, purporting to be
written by a person who styles himself Secretary
of the Catholic Committee in Dublin ? Upon the
appearance of that letter, which they now conceive
Oa contain cause of such alarm, and matter of such
peril, did they immediately adopt any measure to
allay that alarm, or prevent that danger ? No such'
thing. It was only on the 12th of February, 43 days
subsequent to the writing of that letter, that any
Notice seems to have been taken of it. Yet that let-
ter of Mr. Hay, the Secretary of the Irish Commit.
tee, is the only document yet before the House, and
the only ground adduced to justify the issuing of the
letter addressed by Mr. Pole, Secretary to the Irish I
Government, to the Magistrates and Sheriffs of the
different counties in Ireland. What must their Lord-
ships think if-such a justification of such a measure,
end of the period of time allowed to elapse between
the issuing of that letter and the publication of the
latter, which is said to have given rise to it ?
Are the Noble Lords opposite to him in pose
siession of no better justification of the conduct
of the Irish Government for putting in force
an Act of which, whatever might be supposed to be
necessity when it was first deemed proper and expe-
dient to adopt it, had been allowed to lie dormant
for at least t.tirteen years ? During that interval
that law appeared to have been violated in many in-
stances, particularly by the meeting of what was
called the Orange Lodge, but no alarm seem to be felt
at these instances of its violation, till 43 days after
the publication of Mr. Hay's letter ; when it was
judged necessary and expedient to review and put
that Ltw in force against the Catholics. He was
not, and never would be, the advocate of any des-
cription of men who !hewed a disposition to act ille-
,g and unconstitutionally.; but the body of the Irish
Catholics he had long been taught to consider
at a pt aciable and loyal class of his Majesty's sub-
jects, mid he was at a loss to discover the ground; of

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so harsh a proeeeding against them ;a the laser now 1 it wets the 6 1 jeet of his WI& Friend's Motion .
on their Lordships' table ; the only information,how. obtain, • Let him not be eonsidered as a person who
ever, which had yet been produced of the necessity would vindicate the'cause of any description of pert
of that extraordinary measure. The time and man- , sons who meant to act in en illegal manner ; and if
nor in which it has been put iu force were also matter the Catholics had any intention of establishing a pert
for their Lordships' most serious consideration. Forty manent convention to represent them, he would be
three days were allowed to elepse before any notice sensible of the (Lingers of such an attempt, and would
was taken of it, and then it was so suddenly acted upon be the first to resist it. But of this there was no proof,
that time was not given to consult with the Government as little was them any proof of any kind effort on the
of England on its propriety, or to take the pleasure of part of the Irish Government to admonish them of
the Prince Regent respecting it, who was just then the dangers of such en attempt, to make allowances '
taking upon himself the reins of Government. What for the irritation they most feel, at seeing themselves
are the feelings and opinions of hisßoyal Highness on excluded from an esjuid participationof the privilege,
this question there cannot be much doubt; nor can enjoyed by their rretestant fellow subjects; an eeduel
his disposition in favour of the Catholics of Ireland sion which must naturally prove so galling to tree.-
be well called in question. He should ground uothing, men. Such forbearance wed such admonition, woulik,
however, on what were the supposed opinions of his have only been the act of a mild, beneficent, and '
Royal Highness. Sure he was that, on all occasions, paternal Government ; but such a disposition was
his Roy.tt Highness would feel that the hand of Go- not to be expected frOne the Noble Lords opposite :
veramelit should be firm and energetic, particularly I him ; though they might well suppose it to be the
1 under all the circumstances of the present moment; disposition of the Illustrious Person who was at the'
but his Royal Highness would also never forget that , moment preparing, A.) assume the direction of Govern-
firmness did not consist in rashness, intemperance,' went. Such an opportunity was not to be afforded
and violence; and under what other colour could the ' to that Illustrious Person. The measure was abruptly
measure now so unadvisedly taken in Ireland be fairly adopted, before the pleasure of the Prince Regent
considered ? The Noble Secretary of State had in- could be taken upon it. He should imagine that from
deed affirmed, that there was discovered among the the turn of she Fete unfortunate discussions which had
Catholics of Ireland a deliberate, systematic intention taken place on the RegenCy Bill, a correct idea of the
of violating the law. Had the Noble Earl adduced Monarchy had gone out of the minds of some persons.
any information to ground such a charge, he would They had usurped powers which were 'irreconcilable
be among the first to acknowledge the propriety of with that idea. They have violated the forms as well
the steps that had been taken. But the only informa- as the substance of the Constitution. He was still
tion yet before their Lordships to warrant the asser- oldfashioned enough to attend to forms; and he
tions of the Noble Earl, and justify the conduct of would ask some Noble Lords whom he saw in their
the Irish Government, consisted in the single letter places, and vsho ought to be conversant with the
now on their Lordships' table. Could such informa- forms observed by the Irish Government, whether
tion justify such a measure, especially under all the such a measure as that of putting in force the Con-
circumstances of the moment, when it was put in vention would, in other times, have been adopted
force ? 'He was convinced that it could not. He without any consultation with the Secretary of State,
would therefore move for the production of other pa- or without any knowledge of the pleasure of the So-
pert, by which some further and more satisfactory vereign respecting it ? Did he ever know a Secretary
light might be thrown upon the business. If the No• of the Lord Lieutenant to have taken upon himself
bleEarl should rest his objection to his motion, on the to issue such an order ? 'Was not the more regular
impropriety of giving publicity to such information, and usual way a proclamation by the Lord Lieute-
he would be satisfied with having it referred to a nant himself ? These forms were all, however, ne-
Secret Committee ; but if that proposal did not meet glected or disdained on the present occasion, and the
,the Noble Earl's approbation, he should move that Secretary of the Irish. Government seemed to have
there be laid before the House copies or extracts of set up a Regent for Ireland. These were all points
such dispatches as had bet n received from, or sent to of more importance than might appear at first sight,
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with respect to the and which called for their Lordships' most serious
'putting of the Conveotion Act in force. I consideration. Nothing yet had appeared satisfacto-
The Earl of LIVERPOOL thought the informas rily to account for the conduct of the Irish Govern-
' tion already before their Lordships fully sufficient to ment, for the delay that had occurred in resorting to
' justify the measure that had been adopted, and was so severe a measure—a measure too pointedly direct-
persuaded that the bringing forward of any further ed against the Catholics, if such a measure had really
information could not Le attended with any good been necessary. As little is there 'any information
reonsequences at the present moment. Whether it before their Lordships of the grounds upon which
was wise or not so long to have deferred the adoption Ministers justify the conduct of thelrishGovernment;
of that measure, after observing the conduct of the and, with a view to procure that satisfactory infer-
Catholic Committee, in Dublin, he should not now mation, he should cordially support the motion of his
oaf to argue, but was sure that it would have been Noble Friend.
ectsng'any thing but a wise part to allow their pro- I The Earl of ROSS said, he had formed a very
'seeding to pass unnoticed and unrestrained, when they different idea of the proceedings and objects of the
•began to exceed all bounds, and overstep the limits Irish Government from that professed by the Noble
and the objects of their avowed intentions by their , Lord who spoke last. He seemed to lay much stress
meeting. Their great object was, the preparing of on the date of the circular letter issued by the Secre-
their petition to Parliament; that petition had been tart' of the Catholic Committee, but it by no means
already agreed upon, and prepared. They must followed that it was Wird on the day of its date.
therefore have had some other objects in view, when Nothing of that kind appeared. On the contrary,
they attempted to increase their numbers to such an ' there was every reason to snppose, from the degree of
extent, and so far enlarge the sphere of their action. I secrecy which in all probability was observed in that
The far greater part of the Catholics of Ireland, and' part of the proceedings, that the issue of the dom.
by far the most respectable classes of that body, view- , ment did not come to the knowledge of the Irish Go-
ed the conduct of those who composed the Commit-: veroment for some time after. This was apparent
tee in Dublin with distrust and disapprobation. They i from what took place in the Committee of the Catho-,
saw them assume a power which did not belong to : lid in Dubin on the 2d of February; to the proceed-,
them, and aspire to an influence which might possi-; ings of which hie Lordship referred, and from which,
bly be exerted for the attainment of other objects than !be argued, that some allowance should be made in'
that of their petition to Parliament. Whatever mighol considering the conduct of. the Irish Government
be his individual opinion respecting the claims of the pith respect to the measure in question. Those pro-
Irish Catholics, lie should always be ready to consi- teedings, he contended; spewed an intention in the
der them as peaceable subjects, and loyally attached (Committee to proceed in the consideration of other
to the person of the Monarch ; and in proportion as i matters beside the Petition, the question of which was
he respected them for these good qualities, was he I finally disposed of on the 23 of February. An inten-
anxious to distinguish them from those who might be ' non of this kind was also apparent by its being re-
animated by different motives, and who might involve quired, that the members elected should occasionally
them in difficulties and dangers of which they might or permanently reside in Dublin; and this, coupled
not be now aware. Their object in assembling in Dublin i with the other proceedings on the occasion, evinced
to the number of 838, couldnot surely be to manage their determination to constitute a permanent Con-
their petition as they termed it, but to constitute some- vention, for the purpose of regular deliberation far
thing in the form of a permanent convention, the evil! ulterior objects, and with a view to overawe the con-,
consequences that might result from which, it was no stitutional government of the country. He insisted
doubt unnecessary to explain to that House. Indeed i that the Irish Government had merely done its duty in,
whoever attentively perused the letter on the table, ', endeavouring to suppress weir en assembly, and that
must be convinced from many expressions in it, that' the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when he declined
their sole object was net to forward their petition, but I taking steps for that purpose deserved to be impeached.
to establish themselves into a permanent authority fort He well remembered in what light an assembly, which
some further purposes. He could therefore see no ne- I was held in Dublin in MS, composed of men of the
cessity for the production of further information at first rank and property in the county, including se.
the present moment. viral Peers and Members of Parliament, which had ,
The Ear) of GROSVENOR acquiesced in every met to deliberate on objects the most constitutional,
thing that had fallen from his Noble Friend (Lord i was regarded by the then Government of Ireland.
Lansdowne). Could he suppose that the Catholic ;He knew it was debated at the time in the Irish Ca-
Committee had ea,' intention of erecting itself into binet, whether that Assembly should be put down by
any thing like a permanent convention, he should be : forceof arms? What he argued for on the present
amongst the most strenuous in opposing their designs. I occasion was not grounded on his own knowledge of
But of such an intention there was yet no proof be- i the positive facts, but upon fair and rational presump-
fore their Lordships. Indeed their Lordships, and : tion, deducible from circumstances which were pub-
the country at large, seemed to be industriously kept ! licly notorious. Even some of the Catholic body
in the dark respecting the real state of the affairs of themselves saw the assemblage of the county delegates
Ireland. The prints, supposed to be under the influ- in a very unfavourable light, as was apparent on the
ence and direction of Ministers, had been representing occasion when Mr. Keogh moved for, and Lnrd
the condition to be tranquil and secure up to the very French strongly supported, the rescinding of the Re-
moment when accounts were received of the necessity solution ; as he had more than once adverted to.
'kith the Government of that country felt to put in Lord GRENVILLE spoke shortly in explanation.
force the Convention Bill. Of that necessity no proof, Lord HOLLAND rose principally, he said, in
in his opinion, could he found in the information now consequence of what fell from the Noble Lord who
before that House. It was essential, however, to as- spoke last. He seemed to build his arguments on
certain whether it existed or not ; and with that view the presumptions which should be allowed in favour
"Ise should vote with his Noble Friend for the produc- of the Irish Government. If the Noble Lord atten-
tion of further information. ded to the question regularly before the House, he
Lord GRENVILLE could not but offer a few not only would find no such ground for argument,
observations on the present occasion. The Noble but could not consistently refuse to sanction that mo-
Secretary of State,who had risen to answer the speech I tion with his vote. The motion was not for any cen-
of his Noble Friend, did any thing but answer the l sure on the Irish Government, but tending to an in-
more prominent points of that speech ; and, indeed, quirt', by which the grounds for such presumptions
M avoiding to do so, he acted wisely. His Noble may be ascertained ; it would afford an opportunity
Friend pressed for an explanation of the reasons of shearing how the Government of Ireland was em-
which induced the Irish Government• to have so long ployed in the long interval adverted to by his Noble
delayed the putting in force of the Convention, if the Friend. Whether they had endeavoured to learn
letter from the Secretary of the Catholic Committee what the real object of the proposed assembly was—
was really the cause of their resorting to a measure so what communietitions they had made to the Govern-
rash and intemperate ? He, however, pressed in vain' ment in England on the subject—and the consequent
for that explanation. It was therefore natural to con- instructions, if any, received by the Irish Government.
dude that some other grounds existed in justification The object of the motion was to produce these differ-
f such a taconite ; antis knowledge of these grounds eat important facts to the knowledge of their Lord.

eisaicelidbet!sehzei:s
'ships. ft was ctflicuit, From what MI
whenlom cothempel4:..
bye Lords opposite, to characthiteee.rcici':teaittyitteh,
adopted, or the reapl.o,ib,j,teit,sf of the
huge, as regarded by Ministers. Such incertitude tr.
minded him of Soria in the play, v. ho,
ed to give up the
persecutor,“ Then, if am not Soria, will you have the
Vness to tell me who I aro i'" (.1/awlk.) A great
depended, his Lordsb;to contiimed to ;on
e. fact of the authorieing, the important and event-
fat document issued by the Government of Ireland.
On this occasion, the words usfd by Mr. Burke fur.
cibly struck him : 4, it is a difficitlt thing to draw
an indictment against a whole nation." But 1-e
must add, in the present batance,. that he should
think it a still more difficult thing to commit to pre
itt
son at
ts4.oll'l.lStirtfilirleel)lC.f°dlllet.:trilitit ddl:ll.PliTillait6%Vlof(*)ll7nllloldre.
observation. It had been advanced by a Noble Lord
on a former night, that the bide Convention Bill
was but a declaratory Act. Of what? Was it (-1
the Common Law of Ireland ? The Common Lari
Of Ireland and England, he Understood, was NECIW;
ly the same, and be mu* stand up for thr ri,cetts of
Englishmen, and for the principle, that the Cuero
mon Law of this country would admit t.! no such de:
claratory Act.
The Earl of DOWOUGHMORE entered intd
some details of the proceedings of the CR IhniiC Ccrr•
mittee, and argued, that in a fair aad candid paint
of view, as well as from what was incontrovertftly
apparent on the face of the proceediegs, no such con.
elusions as those drawn by Noble Lords opposite,
particularly the Noble Earl who spoke last, could be
deduced from them. The object, he Contended,
would appear to be no other than in order to give the
Petition more weight and effect, that the opinion of
a number of delegates liom the different counties of
Ireland should be taken upon the measure ; and that
if they approved of its being prescnited and discussed
this Session, they should so state that opinion, and
sign the petition accordingly. That this was the pro.
posed object of the Assembly was farther -apparent,
from what their principal spokesman, W. O'Connell,
said upon the subject. He said it would be open for
them to decline proceeding upon the petition this see-
1i0n... This, he contended, was the real andonly ob-
ject for the appointment of an additional number of
delegates. Their view was the more solemnly to
authenticate the petition by the deliberate aperoval
and signature of delegates from the different countiee.
This was the purport of this great and mighty pro-
ceeding--this Catholic Parliament ! v.hich was to en-
danger the Government of Ireland ! No, the view
was to ascertain or srsew that it was the general
feeling of the Catholics of Ireland, that the pre-
sent was a fit and proper time to renew their ap-
plications to the justice of the Imperial Parliament.
—With respect to the manifesto, foe so he must
call it, of Mr. flee:Nary Pole, it was a paper of no
common importance. What was its object ? To pre-
sent a great porticn of his Majesty's subjects from
ating what they at least think to be great griev-
ances—to prevent them from having recourse to the
only mode in which they can legally and unturbu.
'entity assemble, for the purpose of obtaining redress.
In what other mode could they proceed ? Was it
not preferable to assembling themselves in the diffe-
tent counties? Would not the recent proceeding of
lord the Catholics of Ireland room to say they Were
a marked and proscribed people i that they wcre the
watch-word of a ~ No Popery" Administration.—
This line of conduct and language with respect to
them, was very different from the nature and charac-
ter of the proceedings which formerly took place,
even in the Parliament of Ireland, in their favour,
when their case was duly noticed ,in a speech from
the Throne, and high remedial Statutes passed in
their behalf. He deprecated the liiie of policy which
his Majesty's Ministers adopted, with respect to no
fewer than four millions of the subjects of their com-
mon Sovereign, in %those ear, be was afraid, much
misrepresentation, with respect to them, had been
poured. The Statutes of which they laboured to pm-
lcure a repeal, were a disgrace to the Statute Book;
I and to prevent their endeavours to obtain this Lauda-
' ble end the paper in question was calculated. It was
to prevent his Majesty's Catholic subjects of Ireland
from doing that to which all the King's subjects ie
common had a legal and constitutional right, viz. to
petition for a redress of their grievances. But the
manifesto of the Irish Secretary would have a con-
trary effect from that for which it was calculated ; it
would eventually call upon all the Catholics in Ire-
land not to do any unlawful acts, but to vindicate
their characters, and to express their cpinions upon
the points in question. With respect to his Nobla
Friend'; (the Earl of Ross) idea, that the proceed-
ings of the Catholics were of a secret nature, :oil
that the circular letter was not issued for some tuna
after its date, he observed, that Ministers may thane
him for his defence, hut it was not their defence. He
could furnish their Lordships with some evidence on
that head. It so happened that he himself had re-
' cei_yed a letter _Cram- Me wee. the Secretary to the
inclosed
dated
several(w e bperilinetveed)
etehpeiet
sttnfh othreara
itriici aurlyar,
il whichrn iinttceelo'
letters, so little secrecy was observed on the occasion.
He communicated some of them to his friends, and
to a Noble Lord then present. He was not desirous
of keeping his correspondence a secret. He freely
communicated his sentiments on the occasion to scnie
of his Catholic friends. He represented to them they
had many enemies, desired them to be cautious, and
not place themselves in the power of Government;
that they need not be so anxious with respect to the
signature or modelling of their petition ; so as that it
was regular and respectful it would be received, and
fully as much attended to by all who regarded the
principles of justice and sound policy, as it would be
were it backed in the *way they proposed ; the trouble
therefore they intended to take in that respect was un-
necessary. This was the nature and effect of the ad-
vice which the Noble 'Earl said be offered on the oc-
casion, and 'such were his.real sentiments. Impressed
as he was, he most cordially supported the motion of
his Noble Friend.
The question was then put on the Marquis of Lens-
downe's motion, which was negatived without a divi-
sion. After which the House immediately adjourned
till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Sir W. PLOMER presented a Petition frurtt the Lori May',
Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lonctua. in Comin ,
—Comma assembled, against tin Western Junction Canal L.ll—