Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-13

'' Hs ooJecto i mote urmitlgated adherence than
can nave attended any political renegade i'm any histo
of Charles .. %
In like manner, the Duke of Clarence, presumptve
heir to the throne, who had declared his
with ministers, relative the Catholics is thus ad-
dressed by correspondent of the Morning Journal:
ny Lord Duke.---If your forty years of negative
ana useless existence to the TASTE which you make
your boast, had been prudenty pcrsevered in; or III
even now you had been contenteo, with the minis
tcral hero To vote away your countrys great char
ter IN silence, your hghness might have remained in
that obscury for which your natural abilities seem to
have formed YOU"
But in no way, perhaps, can we give more distinct
notion of the zeal which this question exces il Eng
land than by the annexed detail of proceedings in
the House Of Lords, on the oSd of Feb SUBSEQUENT
upon the Duke OF Clarcnce's declaration of opinion
IN fa~r OF the Catholic claims, and Of his dsapproba-
ton OF the unjust and Infamous course heretofore
pursued by the opponents Of those claims.
The Duke of Cumberland expressed his astonish-
ment at hearing the words unjust and infamous" APP
Piled to the conduct of himself and of those who,
with him, felt 1t their duty to oppose his Majosty's
Ministers IN this instance. He conscientously oppo-
sed these measures but he put his noble relntiye
and to the House, whether in 80 doing he had acted
basely or UNANIMOUSLY.
The Duke of Sussex said that his illustrious rela-
tive who had just sat down had taken the expression
employed by his other noble brother not i'm the sense
IN which IT had been meant In his opinion il WINS
merely applied to the general outcry which had been
raised against the administration on thus question If
ms INDUSTRIOUS relative chose to take the expression to
himself, H. was affair of taste with him To do So IL
should not be forgotten, that but few evenings ago
1t had been stated in that House that the question
was, whether this was to be any longer Ponish or
Protestant Parliament. That was most unco
tionaA and unfair way of putting the question, and
OF ondeavouring to influence the public mind
Inc Duke OF Clarence said, that no had certainly
used the the words infamous and base nor would he
retract then But he would deny that these words
were applied, could be applied to his noble
relative opposite Indeed, he could not help suspect.
ing that his iustrous relative had been long abroa
nat ne had almost forgotten the freedom Of debate.
IA laugh, and cries 81 'hear.")
The Earl OF Eldon expressed his concurrence with
the Duke of Cumberland in his hostility to the Catho-
hc claims, but said that the Duke of wellington should
find him generous enemy His conduct had NOT do
served to be stigmatised factious.
Earl Gray said it factous to state in TINT
House. that tile Sovereign would forfeit his diadem If
he should consent to this measure. He complimented
the Duke of Clarence having delivered an opinion
that did him much honor with patriotic zeal for
the interests OF the country. and with an effect that
must be followed by important consequences through
out the empire.
The Duke of yelling ton said that he would never
consider the Earl fEldon) in any sense an enemy
but always friend
The Attorney General, Sir c. Wetherull, had RESIGN
ed' ana Sir Nicholas Cunningham Tyndall, would, it
was said, be his successor
In continental affairs we cannot ma ke ont distinct
ly any change. The rumour of an alliance offensive
and defensive, between Russia and Prussia must be
o is
nothing new or decisive.
The Rev. j. M. Turner is appointed Bishop of Cal.
cutta IN the place ofDr James, who was expect ed To
return ou account ofi health. The news ofhs death
had not yet reached England.
Up to March /, more than SIX HUNDRED petitions
had been presented against Popery and the Catholic
claims That from Dublin is said TO have contained
Gal 900 names (incredible-that from Kent 81 400
that from Devonshire 25 80O-that from Bristol and
vicinity, 80 900, &c. &C.
Portugat.--The John Bull states that the govern
ment OF Franco are about to acknowledge Don Miguel
as the rlghtful King of Portugal. "They have with
drawn their frigates from the Tagus, they have
lected Borges, who is in London and have sent away
the refugees from their shores in fact we should Ia
surprised If they had not done so, for, pending the
doubt IN which our government have appeared to be
involved as TO the right of Don Miguel France has
awaited herself of the position of things, and is now
carrying on brisk trade with Portugal"
LoNDON, March 2.-The French papers which ar
rived last night, contain no news. Every thing A.
broad has OF late been more than ordinarily dull
Consos closed on Saturday at 81 Ia.
1t does not appear that either Prussia, Austria.
england or France sngly united, can effect peace
between Russia and Turkey. With respect 10 the
Allies, Lord Aberdeen, Prince Polignac and Prince
Lievan signed, on the 10th Of November, document
combining the Republic of Greece to the Sfr1s,,spus
the Cyclades Russia has Leu about TWENTY-FIVE
thousand men TO the South of the Danube of which
twelve thousand are shut up in Varna and the re.
mainder have to contend with about fifty thousand of
the best Turkish troops still in the field, and which,
IN spite OF the weather continue their harTassng at
tacks and demonstrations
The Sun of the 10th states that among other inn
PoTtont labors of the present session of Parliament
the Stamp Laws about 100, are to be revised
and consolidated, not into one, but into as few as
their various operations in the three divisions Of the
United Kingdom will admit.
Console at London, March l., closed OF 81 10 to
81 Ia, for the April settlement.
French Funds Feb. 27-FiVes, 1915; Threes,
1880; Bank Actions, 1917 so.
WarsaW Feb. o.--Notice has been received that
his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas will arrive here in
the month of May 1t is supposed that by that time
the Diet will be assembled, and that the Emperor
will open II in person.
Naples FEB. 5.--The ambassadors Of the three
powers now in this city have frequent conferences
and are said TO have sent report TO their Courts
few days ago.
From the .Msssoge DIES Chambers of FEB. 81.
PARIS, Feb. GA journal, among n series of
facts completely erroneous, which we Immediately
oontradcted, had stated that the army in the Morea
yvag min he, Il %