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12/02/1812

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Belfast Commercial Chronicle

Date of Article: 12/02/1812
Printer / Publisher: Drummond Anderson 
Address: Belfast
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 1093
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( Konr NO MLJER 1,093.] WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1812. [ PRICK 5D. » ATTRACTIVE LITTLE LOTTERY, OF 8000 TICKETS ONLY. Upwards of Sixteen Hundred Prizes, AND TWO OF £ 20,000!!! Sale will onli/ continue 14 Days, as the whole • will he Drawn on the IS th February. PERSONS adventuring in the pre » ent RICH LITTLE LOTTERY, who wish to obtain Tickets direct from the ContruSor, are xequcjted to be very speedy in their application to THOMAS WARD, jym S0I. D AND PAID THE LAST CAPITAL PRIZE SHARED IN IRELAND, r: Z. HO. 2717, A PRIZE OF JlOOO. K B All Priiet purchased at THOS. WARD'S Office Kre paid as soon as presented, though not payable by Go- vernment for Two Mentha after the Drawing. 4? 5) No. 15, High- street, Belfast, Feb. 4. Mr BiSh ~ SOLD and Shared, in the last two LOTTERIES, the following Prizes: 1 of £ 1,000 1 of =£ 3.0'*) 2 » f" £ 2fiCO of £ 1,000. And in all former Lotteries, for many years past, an immense proportion of all the Capital Prizes Mr. BISH'S truly Fortunate Shares, duly stamped, arc » ow on Sale, by his special appointment, at the Office of T. TO DDE RICK, No. 37, College- Green, DUBLIN, at the following Prices, Irish Currency. Sixteenths...£ 1, Is. 6s. I Quitter...£ 5, 10, Eighths.. ...£ 2, 15, Od. | Half £ 11, Ox. The above ptices are publi. hed, to proteift purchasers, re- tiding id the country, from a regular system of imposition practised on tliem by some Offices in Dublin, charging en- ormous prices to their count! y correspondents, at the same time they are selling in their Offices m ' his City at con'ider ably reduced rates.— Correspondents remitting Bank Notes for the full amount of their orders, and paying the portage, will meet every attention, Done others answered. THOMAS TODDERICK, Stock- Broker, NO. 37, COLLEGE- GREEN, DUBLIN. Drawing commences, 18th February, 1812. ( 307 1 of £". 0 000 1 of £ is, ooo I of £ 15,000 And H FJ& E- ARMS. By Authority of his Grate the DUKE of RICHMOND. HULL & STEWART hive received, per the NEP- TUNE, Fowling Pieces, Muskets, Carabines, Blunder husscs\ and Pistols'; Which, with real DART FORD and BATTLE GUN- POWDER and PATENT SHOT, they are authorised to Vend. They are largely supplied with CUTFLERY, HARD- WARE, IAPANNKD, PLATRD, and BRASS GOODS. P S. SMITHS'- WOR*, of every description, manufactured — and FIRS- ARMS, repaired. LITTLE RICH LOTTERY, Two Prizes of £ 20,000. AND CONSISTING OF ONLY 8,000 TICKETS, 7 V be all Drawn 18th February, 1812. SCHEME. 9 Prizes of £ 20,000 are £ 40 000 2 4,000 8,000 4 1,000 4.000 6 400 2,400 5 100 800 & c. $ c. WHOI. E TlCXI- fS, HALVES, QUARTERS, EIGHTHS, AND SIXTEENTHS, vi « yirrrry Of Nun!-, era, are now for Sale, from Callwells Fortunate Office, NO. 28, eOLttOt- ORCIN, At PETER M'GOURAN'S, BELJAST. (£ 05 A FIT- SIMPLE ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, at the D0NEC, ALL- ARMS, Belfast, on FRIDAY the 6th Day of March neat, at ONE « ' Clock, THE Townlands of HOLYWOOD and KNOCK- MAGONEY, situate and being within four Miles ef the Town of Belfast, containing in all about One Thou- aand Acres; free of all mariner of Tythes; and subject to a very small Chief Rent only.— The Townland ef HOLT- • WOOD is at present very low Set, and will rise considerably. The MANSION- HOUSE is very large and commodious, with a large range of OFFICES, of all sorts, and in com- plete order; with a GARDEN, containing Eight Acres, vrailed- in, and well stocked with all sorts of Wall, and other Fruit Trees; and the Demesne contains upwards of Two Hundred Acres. For every information respecting the same, application to be made to THOMAS L. STEWART, Esq. Belfast, where the Title- Deed* and Rent- Rolls can be seen. 327) Dated Belfast, 1st January, 1812. STOLEN. On the Night of the lsf, or Morning of the Id February instant, \ LIGHT BAY MARK, ruing 4 years old, about 14 t \ hands high, value about IS Guinea*; small Bodied; yraijr'" r " ~ V ; nmwe white hairs in her Forehead; black M'. in 3fld Tail, not set up but cut e\ en across: the property of GEORGE LEMON, of Gortenagan, on the Great Road from Newton- Stewart to Omagh, in the County of Tyrone Whoever returns said Mare to Mr. ROBERT GREER, of Aughiiacloy, or Mr. ANDREW ADAMS, Inn- keeper, Newtou- Stewart, shall receive THREE GUINEAS Re- ward; and for Mare and " I'hief, FIVE GUINEAS. 493) Dated the 3d February, 18 12. A DESIRABLE GENTLEMAN'S RE- SIDENCE, WITH A SMALL FARM, To Sir Let, or the Interest in the Lease Sold. THE ibove HOUSE and FARM, situated in the County of Down, within two miles of Clough, and four of Downpattck, containing 43 Acres, i- held at Forty Shillings average rint per acre, and has Ten Years to run. The House aoc Offices are recently fitted up at considerable ex- pence, ant the Land drained and laid down chiefly in ex- cellent cotfition. The HIUSEBOLD FURNITURE, STOCK, and FARMING UTENSILI, may be had at a lair valuation} and immediate possession given. If not previously thus disposed of, the whole wil be Sold by Auftion on the 2d day of March next. Apply » the Proprietor of this Paper; or at the Post- Office of Cough, or Downpatrick. ( 461 LANDS TO BE LET, A SO IMMEDIATE ? OSSESSION GIVES- ' T^ HE 1ANDS of AROBOI. EY, containing about 259 JL IrishAcres, situate in the County Carrickfergus; they will be leteither togeiher or in separate . Farms, as may he ajreed upn.— Application may be made to CHARLES VAL. JO'CE, Belfast. ( 509) Feb. 6 TO BE SOLD, G or lefcrc tie 12th of next March, THIRT ACRES o| LAND, in GlcnmaduiH, Prc. r » r- tion f Vintners, and County of Londonderry, held under the Ijirs of the late Right HOH. I'KOS. CONOLLT, renefciiole f. ever, at th-. smatl Yeaflv Rent of £ « , 12 » ' jd. i half a year'sent to be paid at the fall of each Life. There are Four Buses on the Premises; all the Land out of Lease, with Jnity of Turbary very convenient The above Freehold is > well circumstanced, that it needs no com- ment, being suated within a long mile of Magherafclt, four of Maghera, t o of Castledawsoti, and two of Deaartmartin. The goodressif the Land, the nature of the Tenure, and Situation, spea for themselves. For furtherparticulars, application to be made to the Proprietor, R « EAT CLARKK, of Moneymore, who will give every necisary information, as to the Title Deeds, & c. SI 1) Moneymore, Feb 5. TO BE SOLD. HHHAT HOISE, BLEACH- YARD, and FARM of ! « - LAND, i the Parish of Derryagliy, containing 15A 2 R. 24 P. Englis Measure, subjeit only to £ 30 annually ; formerly occupiei by the late ROBERT DUNCAN, Esq. It is situated withinive miles of Belfast, and two of Lisburn; held by lease unor the MARIJUIS of HIRTEOKD for one good Life only 11 years of age, and the remainder of 21 years from Neveiber, 1800. The Bleaeh- Gfeen was ca- pable of finishing om 4000 to 5000 Pieces of Linen in the driest season.— Foifurther particulars, apply to EDWARD CURTE1S, of Gluburn, Esq. 11) November 1. HOMRA- GLEN HOUSE & FARM. To be Let, or the Interest in the Lease Sold. rjf* HE above FARM, situated in the Cpunty Down, with- JL in one m- Ie and a half of Hillsborough, and two of Lisburn; is held at a low Rent, under the MARQUIS of DOWNSHIRE, for one young life and 12 years: it contains £ 5 A. 2R. and 7 P. English Measure.— The House and Of- fices are large and in excellent repair, and the Land is in tiie very best condition, the greatest part of which was measured and soiled last season. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, STOCK, and FARMING UriNfiiLs, o\. y be had at a valuation, and immediate pos- session gven.— Apply to Major GAYER, the Proprietor; or at the Office of this Paper. 319) Homra- Glen House, Jan. 4. COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY. Trj) ROPOSALS will be received for the Sale of the Town _ t land of UMRICAM, as formerly Advertised in this Paper, till the 20th of February next, when the Purchaser will be declared, if the value is offeied, at DRUMCOVIT, DUNGIVEN. Application, by Letter, to RICHARD HUNTER, Esq. Coleraine. ( 133) Dated Nov. 30, COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY. TO BE SOLD, VIPHF. Town and Lands of Tobermore, Gortamny, Moy- I asset, Calmore Upper and Lower, Cloan, and Fort' v illiam, situate in the Barony of Loughenshollen. insaidCoun ty, held by few- farm Grant, at the yearly Rent of £ 14, 1' art ot the Estate of the Right Honourable Sir GEORGE FI rZGERALD HILL, Bart, containing 1111 Acres, or there- abouts, - fid now held by solvent Tenants at a clear yearly Profit Rent of £ 780,10,. 10d, the greater part out of I. ease, and that in Lease held on very short Tenure*. The Lands E. e now valued at £ 1303, 9/. 6J. and if all out of Lease, i': an the nature of the Soii and the abundance of Limestone, m. y be valued at 3C/ per Acre, round. Said Lands will be l » old separately or together; and the Purchaser or Purchaser! < 3-. clared as soon as the value shall be offered. Proposals in writing, will be received by MARCUS SAMUEL HILL, Esq. Londonderry; ANDREW LITTLE, Coleraine ; JAS. GREGG, of Londonderry; and JOHN CHAMBERS, 11, Lower- Gardi- O'- r- street, Dublin, Attorney at Law, will furnish Rentals of said Premises, and give all further necessary information, and with whem may be teen a Map of said Premises.—- Mr. TBOUAI KI'CLILLANB, Newtonliuiavady, will shew the LSCDT. 871 COJNTY OF DOWN. FEE SIMLE ESTATE TO BE SOLD, I J'REE from all lcumbrances, the Title under aa A& of jl Parliament. The Townlands ( LOUGHORN, SHIN, and LISNA- REE, containing a'ove 760 Irish Acres, within a Ring Fence, and situated vithin four miles of Newry. Proposals may b « made for these Towtilands together, or for any of thein seprate'y, to THOMAS GRIEU, Newfy; ot to GEORGE CROZIB, Deminick- street, Dublin. ( 444 BARRACK OFFICE, DUBLIN. January J7, 1812. " VTOT1CE is heebv inven, that Proposals will be - k'l received for iuf » ! ymg certain quantities of FIRING and CANDLES for he use of his Majesty's Forces in the several Barracks and tiiarfo's throughout Ireland, for one year, from the 16 th of April next; the said Proposals to be scaled and indorsed, " Proposalsfor Firing, Sic." to be sent under cover to Major tenoral Freeman, tt this Office, on or before the 19th day if February next, lifter which day no Proposals will be received; and the Proposers ara to ob- serve, that the Fuel of sadi description must be of the best quality, and delivered w the places contrasted for, by Dub lin measure : viz.— Sea Coal, of four bushels to tie barrel and eight barrels to theton— Stone Coal must be deliverd, by weight, and propose! for by the hundred weight— thj Turf by box of four feet long, two feet broad, and two and a half feet deep. The quantity of Fiji rig and C. ndles re- quired will be specified in each Contract, end must be de- livered, or clamped by the Contractors, ii » the Barrack Mas- ter's Stores, where there an: such. One femrth of the amount of the Contract will be paid to Contractors upon their enter- ing into security, and further sums from time to time ( not exceeding the other two- fourths) will be advanced proportion, ably to the quantity delivered, and vouched by the account able receipts thereof being produced from the Barrack Mas- ter; and the balance will be discharged when the accounts and vouchers furnished shall be duly examined at this Office, and found correct The written consent of two responsible persons must, be inclosed with each proposal, resident, if pos- sible, iu Dublin; and no proposal will be attended to where this shall not have been complied with, as well as the resi- dence of the Proposer. I nconveuience having arisen to the Service from the too general and extensive Undertakings of former Contractors, it is hereby notified, that local Proposals from eligible Per. sous will be preferably considered. » y Order, JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. MILITARY PI? OM<) HONS. • • • ^^^ WAR OFFICE, FES. 4. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Gu irds— Cornet Wm Tyndall to be lieutenant, by purchase, ties Wardell, who retires; Henry Pears, gent, to be cornet, by purchase, vice Bush, promoted; William Walter Stephenson, gent, to be cor- i net, without purchase, vice Tyn lull. 6th Ditto— Major Wm. K. Elphinstone, from the 8- h West India regt. to be major, vice Davenport, who exchanges Ist Regiment of Dragoons— l. ieu'enant John Knipe to be captain of a troop, vice Lamotte, deceased. S J Ditto— B. Burnet, gent, to be cornet, without purchase, vice Brett, promoted in the 8th light dragoons. Coldstream Regimi- nt of Foot Guards— Captain John Ha- milton to e captain of a company, by purchase, vice Sir Gilbert Stirling, who retires; Ensiirft Charles White to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton; Gentleman Cadet —— Shjrlev. from the Royal Miiitary Coil - ge, he ensign, by pu ch ise, vicfe White. Sd Regiment of Foot— John Twigg, gent, to be ensign, with- out purchase. 9th Ditto— Captain W. H Majendic, fro. n the 17th foot, to captain of a company, vice Nixon, wh- » exchang- s, 9th Ditto— Lieutenant Donald M'Do. a d, iron- the 4th gar- rison battalion, to be lieutenanr, Vic- . Co- kNi' a , wno ex- changes. 12th Ditto— Captain CharleJ Has'ings, fr » m the 60: h foot, to be captain ol a company, without purchase, vice Crawford, whose appointment has not taken place ; Capt. Francis Polhill, from hall- p- v of indep<* nients to be cap- tain * » f a company, vice Risk, who exchanges, receiv ng the difference. 13th Ditto— Lieutenant Henry Ellard to he captain of a company, without purchase, vice Serle, who re: ires 17th Ditto— Captain John Nixon, from the 6th foot, to be captain of a company, vice Maj tidie, who exchang s 21st Ditto— Second Lieutenant William Peddie to be fi- st lieutenant, vice Farrell, decease-; F. ardley Hodges, gent, to be second lieutenant, withnut purchase, vice Morris, promoted; Alex. 8. Armstrong to lie ditto, vice He ' ie. 23d Ditto— Captain the Hon John Maitland, from the 47th foot, to be captain sf a company, vice Hawkim, whu ex- changes. 26tli Ditto— Captain Edward Warner, from the 1st West India regiment, to be major, witheut purchase; Captain James Hogg, from the 7th West India regiment, to be captain of a company, without purchase. 34th Ditto— Ballard J. NembharJ, gent, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Colthurst, promoted. 35th Ditto— Ensij; n Wm. Farrant to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beetham, promoted in the 26, h foot; En- sigi Richard E. Butler to be lieutenant, vice French, de- ceased ; Robert Marshall, gent, to be ensign by purchase, vice Dunkin, who retires 36th Ditto— Capt Martin Leggatt, from the 50th foot, to be major, without purchase. 37th Diito— Ensign John Kellett to be lieuten-. nr, without purchase, vie* J. imes, promoted in the 36th foot. 44th Ditto- - Ens gn George Clark B> atty to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brvant, promoted in the 91st foot; Edward Stephens Clatk, gent, to be i- nsijn, vice Beitty. 47th D - to— Captain Thom. i6 Hawkins, from the 23d foot, to be captain of a company, vce Maitland, who exchanges. 53d Ditto— En'ign D H. Anstice to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Russell, promoted; Ensign S. F. Ward to be ditto, vice Thomp on, deceased ; Volunteer Bsn- worth. from the 83th foot, to he ensign, vice Aos- ice ; Volunteer .. Hilliard, from the 5th foot, to be ditto, vice Wfrd. 1 60th — Ao- lrcw M< inta'.: U Is: iacio1', . to been » ' g< withou- purch ise.' rcc " JLST Ditrc-- Ensign AI- C re? M ' • •*• • • 1 " out purchase, vice Hodges appointed to the 3d dragoons; George Stewart, gent to he ensign, vice Toole. 62d Ditto— Ensign Walter Strang, from the Limerick county militia, to he ensign. 66th Ditto— Lieutenant Richard Bu'lcn, from the North Cork militia, to be ensign. 68th Ditto— Ensign William Mendham to be lieutenant, by purchase, > rice Mackay promoted. 70th Ditto— Lieutenant Bal) ingt » n Nolan to be Captain of a company, vice Martin, deceased ; Ensign John Austin to be lieutenant, rice Maxwell, deceased; Lieutenant EJ- ward Smith, from the 60th foot, tJ be ditto, vice Nolan. 85th Ditto— Lieutenant William Veitch, from the Cavau militia to be Ensign. 88th Ditto— Lieutenant John Atkin, from, the North Cork militia to be Ensign; Donald Stewart, gent, to be quar- termaster, vice Bettles, who resigns, Quarter- Master- Serjeant Clifford to be quarter- master. 101st Ditto— Lieutenant Joseph Otway, from the 55th foot, to be captain of a company, vice Kiilikellv, deceased Sth West India regiment— Major Henry William Daven- port, from the 6th dragoon guards, to be major, vice Elphinstone, who exchanges York Light lufantry Volunteers— John Glass, jun. Esq. to be pay- master, vice Montefiore. Chasseurs Britannique— — Gunther, gent, to be Ensign, vice Bradeltr, who res gns. 4th Garrison Battalion— Lieutenant J. F. Cockburn, from the 9th foot, to be lieutenant, vice Macdonald, who ex- changes. 6th Ditto— Lieutenant William Bruce Hill, from the 45th foot, to be lieutenant; Lieutenant W. R. Towers to be Adjutant, vice Murray, deceased. BREVET. Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Craven, on half- pay of the Dublin regiment— to be Colonel in the army; Captain John W. O'Donaghue, of the 47th foot, to be Major in the army. The King's Ge man Legion— 7th Battalion of the Line, Charles Heimrich, gent, to be ensign, vice Ziegeler, de- ceased. MEMORANDUM. The removal of Cornet Urqahart, from the 2d dragoons to the 22d light dragoons, and the appointment ol Mr Brea- con to an ensigncy ill the S » tfc- fctJS, as stated ill The Gajttte of the 7th ult. have lint taksn place. NAVAITAPPOIN I'MENTS. Capt. Jackson, t* the Poictiers, in the absence of Capt. Beresford. • Capt. I. F. Devonshire, to the Armada, » .' « Capt. Mack- enzie. Capt. Lucius Curtis, to the Iphigenia. Capt, Grant, of the St. Albans, to command the Armads, ou her arrival in the Mediterranean. Capt. Dunn, fro tempore to the Bacchante. Capt. Plampin, to the Duncan. c. pt. W. Cumberland, re be regulating officer at Cowes. Capt. Blarney, fn tempore, to the Loire. Capt. Gillard, of the Sabrina, is promoted to be a Post- Captain. Lieut. J. Reynolds, to command the Nimble cutter, Lieur. J. Hanmer, to the Spirrow Lieut. Hugh Montgomery, to the Vengeur, Lieut G. Goose, to the Mercurius. Lieut. Mac Donald, to the Warrior. Lieut. J. Crosby, to the Bulwark. Lieut, c. Jefferys, to the Hogue. Lieut. E. Turberville, to the l'onnant. Mr. J. R. Scott, from the Gladiater, to be Surgeon of the Tyrian. Capt. Cole, late of the Caroline frigate, has been presented by the Lords of the Admiralty with a gold medal, to be worn with his full uni- form, suspended by a ribbon from the fourth bot- ton- hole, on the left side, for his gallant and me ritorious conduct at the capture of the island of Banda. FASHIONS FOR LADIES. [ Front Acl- ermann's Repository of Arts, Fashions, A BA li, Dakss.—- A rourid Greci in robe of white crap? gossamer net, or. leno, embroidered up the front, and round the bottom, with a fancy bord-' r in tri irigold chenille; an antique bodite of marigold <- elvet, trimm.- d with Vandyke lace or white bugle trimming; short full sleeves, same as the robe, fin hed with bands of marigold vel- vets Slippers of the same, with silver clasps^ or roses. A square veil of fine Mechlin l ice, fanci. fully disposed over the hair, which is seen in irre- gular curls beneath. Necklace and correspondent orn aments ef the satin bead or pearls. Gloves of French kid, below the elbow. Fan of carved ivory. WALKING DRESS.— A round morning robe of fine jaeon jt muslin, with a border of need e work at the feel, throat, and collar. A Russian man- tle of fine drab cloth, lined and bordered with rose- coloured satin or v-! v? t. A vil]: 1ge hat> composed of feathers, and lined with rose- flour- ed velvet, si. nply tied across the crown with a Barcelona handkerchief, ot the same colour, form- ed in a tufted . ose on the top, and tied under the chin; the hair in dishevelled curls beneath. Etalf- of drab or fawn coloured kid ; and velvet boots ridicule, with correspondent tassels. [ From La Belle Assembtee. J FVE. MING COSTUME An amber crape- dress over while sarsnet, trimmed with pearls of white be; ds, with a demi- irain; a light short jacket, r uber scanty, wiili two separate fancy folds, de* pending a'viiu three quarters down the front of the skin, forming in appearance a kind of Sicilian tunic, and trimmed down each division, like . he jottoni of the dress, with a single row of pearls: short sieeves, not very high above the e'bow, fitting close to the^ arm, and ornamented at the top with distinct points of satin, the same colour sts the dress, relieved bv pearls j two rows of th; same costly material or of beads, according as the j robe is ornamented, form a girdle. Tne hair die. sed in tha antique Roman style, with tresses brought together and confined at the back of the head, terminayng either in ri lgleis or in two light knurs; a braid of plaited hair drawn over a derni- turban formed of plain amber sarin, with an ele- gantly embroidered stripe of white satin, separated by rows of pearl, and a supeto sprig of pearls in front. Necklace of one single tow of larjre pearls, with ear- rings of the Maltese fashion to corres- pond. Ridicule aux gehns of slate coleur, sh t wi , h pink ; the turn base secured by a covering of pink stamped velvet, h pink tassels. I. alian slippers of amoer, fringed wuh silver, or ornamented round the ankle, with a row of pearls or beads. White kid gloves. A WINTER WALKING DRE| S A scarlet Me- rino cloth pelisse, lined ' with sr,~., w- colou; eJ Osliorn •, Lord F. l^ elham, Hoa G » A. Parnell, H. piggott. Sir A LIST OF THE MINORITY OM LORD MOFTPITH'S HOTTON. Abercrninbie. Hn. J. Govpr, Eatl Mildway, Sir H. Adair, R. Gr , nt C ju.- i. Morpeth, Viscount Agar, E. M. Gbittaii, Rt. Hn. H. Neville, Hon. R. A! th » rpe, Viscount Greenhijl, R, Notch, I), Aubrey, Sir t. Grentell, P. Orlell, W. Antonie, Lee Grenville, Lord G. O dandcf, Sir W. Bag na!, W. Greenough G. B Orde. W. Baring. A. Halsfcy, Jos. Raring, Sir T. Hanbury, W. Bennett, Hon; H. G. Hamilton. Hans. Bennett, R. H. A Herbert, H A. Bernard, S. Herbert, Hon. W. Ponsonby Rt. Hn. O Bradshuw, Hon. A: H. bbert, O. Po ver, R, C. Hobhouse, B. Povntz, W. S. Brand, Hon T. Hor er F. Prittie, H m F. A. Brougham, H. Howard, H. Pym, F. Browne, A. Howard, Hon. W. Quin, Hon. W. Bush, W. Hughes, W. L. Ridley, Sir M. \ f. Bvng, G. Hume, W. H. Roinilly, Sir S. Bligh, Thomas Hurst, Rob. St. Aiibyn, Sir L Campbell, D. Hussey, Thus. Savage, T. Chalouer, R. Hutchinson, Ho. C; Scudamnre, R. P. Coke, T. W. Ingelby, Sir Vf. Sharp, R. Coke, Knight, R. ColoorrvS, N. Hi Knox, Hon. T. Combe, H. C. L4nib, Hon. W. Creevey, T. l. atooche, D. Cu'hbert, J. R. Latoaciie, J. Cocks, James Latouche, R. Dundas, C. Leach, J; Dundas, Hon R. L. Lemon, C. Diincannon, Lord Lat.> u: he, /. Daly, Bowes Lemisn, Sir W. Eden, Hon. G. Lvttleton, Hn. W. H. Templetown, Vise, Elliott, Rt. Hon. W. Lloyd, J M. Tiernjy, Rt. Hn. G. Ferguson, R. C. Longman, Geo; """ "" Fitz, iatrick, Hon R. Macdonald, J. Fitx oy, Lord C. Madock, W. A. Fitzroy, Lord W. Mahou, Han. S. Foley, T. Markham, J. French, A. Matryatt, J. Folkjtflne, Vise. Mathew, Hud. M. Warreuder, Sir 0. FrankUnd, W. Milton, Vi- c. Walpt'lej Hon. Q. Fitzgeriand, Ld. H. Meade, Hon. J, WrotteSly, H. Giles, D. . Moore, P. Wynne, Sir W. W, TKLLEW— C. w. W. Wynne— W. H. Freemantlo. The following Gentlemen were in the Hons?, but either paired off, or were obliged to leave i;: Bunbury, Sir C. Howorth, H. Maxwell, W. Curwen, J C. Jekyll, J. Newport, Sir J. Dillon, Hin. A. Mahon, Lord Tarleton, Or- iertJ Hamilton, Lord A. Martin, H; Ward, Hon. 1 ' V. The following Gentlemen, who are favourable to the Catholic clairiis, were unavoidably ab; snr : General Anson, Sir J. Astley, J. F. Birham, C. Bewlcke R. M Biddulph, Sir F. Burdett, Hon J. Butler, Lord J. Campbell, Admiral Campbell, Lotd G. Cavendish, Lord Cochrane, Hon- E. Cox, B. Cooke, J. Craig,, Hon. L. Dun- das, Hon G. Duo Jas, Right Hon. M Fitzgerald, Col Fz- gerald, Hun. A. Foley, Viscount Forbes, G. M Grant, Sir J. C Hrppesly, W. Honywood, T- Johnes. M. Laing, R, Lambron, Sir E. P. Lloyd, R, Martin, lion. W Maule, Sir R. Milbank, Sir T. Mil'er, Sir O Moselev, Sir ) ho , Mostyn, Sir Edward O'Brien, Col. O'Callaghati, H. P^ tisei Hon. C. Pelham, Hon. C. F. Portwriby, Lord W. Russtlil Colonel Shipley, Sir Mi Somervnle, Coloiiel Stttlejr, Load W. Stuart, r. P. Symawods, Lord J. Towasnentl, ji Whar- ton, O. Wiiluuis, Sir T. Wiwii o ton Sheriij in, Rt. HoiJ R 8. Sinclair, O. Smith, loho Smith, Wm. Smith O. Stanley, Lord Spjirs, A. ' Tavistock, Warq. Temple, Earl Tighe, W. Tracv, C, H. Talbot, R W. Vernon, G V. Western, C. W. Whitbread, S. - loured spotteif fur,; and attached with loops of black silk cordon and rich frog tassels ; the broad fui in front forming a tippet, pointed at the back. A Barrow fur passes from the top of the sleeve, brought down the side- seams, and relieved by fastenings of black silk coidon ; four loops with frogs ornament the shoulders and cuffs ; plain standirtg- up collar, tied with cordon ; a fine cashemire shawl with br own, ground, and richly variegated border, is gene- rally thrown over the dress, in which is united both comfort and elegance, A Swedish hat of the same materials as the pelisse, lined with straw colour, and fastened up on one side ; the crown trimmed with two nws of narrow spotted fur, and one still narrower at the edge of the hat.; a bunch of the Christmas holly in front, and two tassels falling from the summit of the crown, of black, to an « wer the pelisse, which is worn over white round dress, either of plain or corded cambric. Beaver gloves, and demi broqu'tns of scarlet Morocco, laced with b: ack, and lined with fur, complete the dress. FASHIONABLE ELOI'EMENT— An u lexpected elopement took place a few days since, by Miss Ch— Id— y withdrawing herself at night from the house of the Dowager Countess Grey, in Hert. ford- street, May Fair, and putting herself under the protection of Mr. Lambton ( son of Lady Ann), and setting off with him post for Gretna Green, she is the only child of Madam St. Alban, who, dying a few years since, after her return to Paris, bequethed her daughter £ 20,000 This event is not looked upon as an unpropitious one at Ch— Id—- y House j the Noble Lord having, as it is said, written to the amorous fugitives, kindly requesting that on their return, they will mnke his seat.' in Cheshire, an honey- moon asylum .'-— Morning Herald. Wm. Turner was tried at the Old Bailey upon an indictment for bigamy, in feloniously marry- ing Anne Bigaell, at Addington, in the county o( Buckingham, on the 13th of September, 1811; Elizabeth Turner, his former wife, whom he mar- ried in 1800, being then and now living. Both marriages were proved and the certificates pro- duced. The prisoner was convicted MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— The Lady of Ma jor Scott Waring was found dead early on Mon- day morning at the bottom of the staircase, in her house at Hammersmith. She staid up some time after her husband went to bed, and is sup posed to have fallen backwards in going up stairs. This lady was formerly Miss Hughes, an actress, and a native of Ireland.- A dreadful accident occurred in Leadenhall- street, London, on Wednesday, Mr M iy, an ironmonger, h id been taking an airing with his wife in a gig, and stopped at a hou'- e on sonic business; leavin g Mrs M. in the vehicle, Holding the reins, uniil his return.— Before, however, he completed his business, a stage coaeii coming quickly by, caught the of wheel of the gig, overturned it, and threw Mrs M. into the mid- dle of tiie street, when a heavy waggon, which was passing at tiie same instant, went over her head,- and crushed out be,' brains; Mr and Mrs May were a young married conple, the latter not yet 20, and in the 7: h momli of her pregnancy. LIST OF THE MINORITY IN THR LORDS. PRESENT.— Dukes Norfolk Somerset, Grafton D « on- ( hi. r Marquisses Lmsdown, 9 afford— Hirts De.' hy. E, sex, Albemarle. Bristol, C iwper, Fitiwilliam, HaMwieke, Ilcties- ter, Hillsborough, Farte- cu-, C-. ernirvoa, Rossly i, Grey, Charlemont, Luesn— Lor ; s Say and Sele, Halting, , . St. lohn, Clifton, Duttort, Iv ng, Montford, Bnlkely. Sjiner=, Grenville, Qunda^, Y rho- ou/ h, Hutchinson, Etskiue, Lau- derdale, Ponsonb, ( Imokilly), Crewe, OntoSj— Bishops Nor- wich, Rochester, Kildare. PROXIES.— Dnlie of it. A'ban' 9— Marquisvs Bute, Buck- ingham E. rls S( tatcer, Suffolk, Carlisle, Jersey, Tanker- vilie, Stanhope, Dariington, Scarborough. Donougnin ire, Wald grave, Tha. let, Guildford— Viscounts Anson, Hereford, Duncan— Lords Ash'ourtun, Auckland, Duue, Grananl, C, ir- rington, Ardrossan, Glastonbury, Mendip. Ailsa, BraybrooVe, Spencer ( B'andfor i), Selford Holland, Sundridge, Ponsonby, Foley, Biedalbane, Cawdor, Stawell; PAIKXO art— Uuke of Bid far d, Lord Byron, and the Earl of Carysfort. . LOSS OF- THE Sr. GEORGE. ( From a Paris paper of the 30th nit.) The Journals of Jutland are full of d tails, in par contradictory, relative to the shipwreck of the St. Geotge and Defence. It is known that the St. George carried 98 guns, 5.52 sail jrs, aud 200 ma- rines; The crew of the Defence was 500 men in the whole ; ten men from the St. George, and six from the Deferice, are all that were saved ; I2!) 5 individu- als perished in the waves. The Defence, which was very old, struck the ground first; she made signals with blue lights, arid in a moment afterwards she went to pieces; what remained of her, however, continu- ed still visible, and lying bottom upwards, hnd at a distance the appearance of ^ i, church. Captain Arkin* got alive to land, with six sa. kus, but expired a few moments after. The St. George let go her anchors, but the violence of the wind drove her or the shore, and the furious waves rolled over her without ir'in. f able to break her, as she was of a very strong con- struction. This circumstance served only to prolong the sufferings of the unhappy cicWt During the whole day of the 25;'', from four to five hundred men were seen clinging to the lofty dnck of the vessel, j It was impossible to come to their assistance, on ac- count of the Storm and unexampled agitation of tiie sea. On a stidd" n these men disappeared, and it w : 3 thought they had been carried away by a wave ; hut, according to the accotint of one of the ten sailor?, Admiral Reynolds, conceiving all succour impossible, had thrown himself in despair into the sea, and, had been followed by the greafr part of the crew, ' i'ho- s who remained endeavoured to tie one another ••> p eces of wood, masts, and yards j at length they threw themselves into the sea, and attempted to g? ia the shore, distant 300 toises, but with the exception often they were all drowned, or crushed to death by the beating fragments of the wreck. The Secretary of Admiral Reynolds got to land, but expired im- mediately from fatigue and cold. There was found on him the portrait of his wife, with her address in Lon Ion, and a note, requesting those who rr. i. ht find his body to inform her of his unhappy ft'te. A child, eight years old, got on shore safe, fastened to a large piece of timber. His father and mother were on board the Defence ; they followed him with their eyes, and when they saw him reach the land alive, thejr threw themselves into the, waves, and died toge- | ther !— Four guns and 47 b. iriels of gunpowder have ! been got from the Defence, and it is expected that a • part jf the St. Gs. org will be suved. belfast commercial chronicle tnge, riurn. LONDON, Friday, February 7. An exfnts was received yesterday from Wind'or, at Carlton - House, stating, " That his Majesty slept for two hours d-. i"' ng the night, but did no* appear to have gained strength." ( Signed by f^ ur Physicians.) An express \ ri* recieved last night from Windsor, at Carlton House, stating, "" That his Majesty's lassitude had increased." ( Signed by three Physicians) Our private'information from Windsor states, that during the last forty- eight hours his Majesty had been in a very weak stati* bad not left his bed, and had not ate his regular meals. WINDSOR, FEB. 7.— The King is not as well as he was these three or four days past: Tho Princesses rode out yes- terday and to- day to take an airing. T. otters from Oporto mention, that Marmont " had been advancing by forced marches, apd that a battle between tV grand arrnies was to be ex- pec'ed. The French General has ordered Dor- rcnne'to Join him, and Lord Wellington, whose perception wil] never afford his enemy an advan- has recalM General Hill from Estrsma- There have been no accounts received from tbe armv, since the official dispatches re- 1 iting the pi rions succes" s obtained over the ene- my at Ciudad Rodrigo. The unfortunate and unexpected surrender of Valencia has excited considerable apprehensions fir rhe srtf » rv of Alicant, towards which place a j- rartion of Suchet's army had advanced. The diyision of G » nerals Mahy and Freyre have retired to Alicant; and. we trust, that, if the French besiege it, the defence will be more vigor- ous than that of Valencia. The following letter has been receded from Alicant, dated the 1 Ith ult. " We ar » in a sfa'e of confusion here, owing to Oenerals Freyre and Mahy beiniy driven into this town by a French division, under the command i'f General D'Armaque, who has been before this jtlace for three days. We aie as yet ignorant of the state of Valencia ; all we know is, that it held out on the 8th inst. Our merchants do nor con- sider themselvr- s any longer safe ; already many Live taken the alarm, and are preparing to quit this place for some of the adjacent islands It it not thought that we can make a long defence, as p ovisions are scarce." REPORTED OCCUPATION OF SWEDISH POME- RANIA BY' THE FRENCH A Mail from Anholt arrived last night. We l.* ar that a let'cr was sent on board the packet at the memfn' of her sailing from Win^ o Sound, pecompanied Wv a message, saying, that the French had possessed themselves of the whole of Swedish 1' omeraniar and, it is added, that, notwithstand- ing what has heen sa'd, our communication with Ootte nbtrrgh hy Wingo Sound will soon Le in- t - rrup'ed, it not totally put a stop to. Account.- from Nottingham, dated on Satur- day, say—" The warfare which has been carry- ing on by the workmen against the property of their employers, for the last three months, seem « tl) have acquire-! f-. b eqcrpy during the last » eek, a'i< i to have assumed a character so decid- '' MiesLi! of open rebellion. The nmincari'— is <••. TH? rc(> njp, kafcv, , , < ut every manufactunng district in the. county, as well as to the towns and villages in the con- fines ot Derbyshire—( Netting, bam Journal.) SINGULAR FORGERY. the expcnces of repairing the different public On Monday sa'nnight a meeting was held at Sheffield, to take into consideration the propriety of " petitioning Government on the Subject of the British Orders in Council respecting Neutrals, and the East India Company's monopoly."— Several Resolutions w>, • proposed, the object of which was— That sr. humble Address b- presented to tie- Prince He- sent praying that his Royal Highness would be graciously pleased in the name and en the behalf of his Majesty, to withdraw the Orders in Council; and that his Roval High- ness would also be graciously, pleased to recommend the sub- j"( ft of the East lixiia monopoly to the early attention of Parliament. That were trade of the East India company limited to tbe supply of the United Kingdom with the produce of China, Bengal, and the Indian Peninsula, and certain exist- ing restrictions and privileges abolished or modified, the va » ; field of Asia. Africa, and America would be thrown open to the exertions of British capital and indu try, which so from ti roving injurious to the real interest of the Company, would essentially promote them by increasing the general wealth and prosperity of their territories. Two Am° ndments were moved. They pro- posed an adjournment of the discussion of rhe " Orders in Council," on the ground that Mr. Brougham had given notice of a motion concern- ing tbeni . in Pailiament, and of the discussion re- | apeflii th; Fast India Company's monopoly, on the ground that tbe Company were now making arrangements v. ith Government for the surrender of some ot the powers exercised by them in their territories. The Amendments were rejefted, and ihe origin*} Resolutions carried. wce.-^ Major- Gen, M'Kimoofi who fell so gloriously on the bie. icli of Ciudad Rodrigo, is a younger son of one r. f the first families in- Scotland, being an uncle to the Chief of M'Kinnon, which family trace their origin from the Kings of Sfcotland, many hundred years before the consquest. He entered at an early s: ge into the Colo stream guards. His first campaign was under the Duke of York in Holland. During the disturbances in Ireland, he was Brigade- Major to Sir G. Nugent, where he was remarkable for his courage, humanity And good conduct. He served i » the expedition to Egypt: after which he Was in Gtrjn. iny, under Lord Cathcart, as well as at the t ' kirgof Copenhagen. He again embarked, in 1808, for th? Peninsula. To the most undaunted courage he joined the soundest judgment. The General married, in 1804, the youngest daughter of the late Sir J. Cdt, Bait. Hri wife and two infants have to bewail the loss of a husband and father. Mt. Henry. West Betty, the English Roscius, is juit arrived in Bath, upon a pleasurable trip. The A tonishing powers which he developed in child- hood, nr* said to be matured into manly excel- lence, tealiiinir the prophecies of his early ad- mirers. Tije proprietors of our Theatre, the mo- ment Tiis arrival was announced, attempted, by the greatest otters ever made in Bath, to lure back t' is J-. irl; i' truant ot Melpomene; undiscouragcd by his known tc- je^ lion of teims from both of- the London houses, pmposals were siiH- triitted to him, as we understand, for an engagement of one hun- dred poinds pgr VglilJ... Mr. BtUy, however, pt: r- ms ia uecliohig evetjr owtuie. . .. n-. i On Monday, 3d Febraary, came on before the High Court of Justiciaiy, at Edinburgh, the trial of j John Lindsay Crawford, some time of Dungahnan, j1 in Ireland, and James Bradley, • sometime school- master and clerk at Castledawson, county of London- j derry, Ireland, accused of having forged or falsified j certain writings, for the purpose of supporting a claim j nvi> by the said John Lindsay Crawford, under a bft f from Chancery, directed to the Sheriffs of Edin- burgh, to be served lawful and nearest heir- male of John Crawford, first Viscount Garnock, his great great grand- father. The following is a sketch of the circumstances of this extraordinary case :— Crawford, one of the pri- soners, was a schoolmaster, and sometime a Ser- jeant of militia, in the north of Ireland, the other was also a schoolmaster, end both were intimate with a person of the name of Fannin *, who, likewise, followed the same profession. Some time after the death of the late Earl Crawford, the prisoner, John Linds ay Crawford, supposing that a relation of the late Earl, had lived as steward at Castledawson, thought that if he could prove a propinquity to him, he might by that obtaiu the Eaijdom, and certain es- tates in Ayishiic ; and for this purpose he, got posses- sion of some old deeds, in which the nam, s of James Crawford senior and junior were inserted, the former of whom was brother to the late Earl of Garnock. Having submitted them to his associates, Bradley and Fanning, he repaired to Kilbiinie, in Ayrshire, and, in the hands of a descendant of a fotmer factor, he found certain leases, and old letters. These were transmitted, by a trusty messenger, to Bradley, who, with the assistance of Fanning, deleted certain pas- sages in the letters, and substituted something relative to this James Crawford, and for the names of some of the witnesses, which were also deleted, that of Craw- ford was likewise substituted. * The singular ingenuity displayed in these altera- tions, struck every one who had access to see the pa- pars, the handwriting and colour of the ink being not only successfully imitated, but the fabric of the paper, though old and worn, was preserved entire and un- injured. The papers had, in fact, so much the ap- pearance of genuine deeds, that the deception was in part completely successful. At this juncture, Fan- ning, to whose dexterity his associates was indebted for the success of their plans, turned King's evidence; and having made a declaration before the Sheriff, in- timated to Cinvford's agent the whole of the circum- stances. In consequence of Fanning's information, I Bradley and Crawford were soon after apptehended ; and the declaration emitted by Bradley opened a scene of the most deliberate fraud. Several witnesses were called in corroboration of the declarations ; and the exculpatory evidence only proved the good character of the prisoners previous to this transaction, and the bad character of Fanning, the witness, on whose evidence they were convicted. The point chiefly insisted on bv the prisoner's Coun- sel was, that, as no patrimonial interest was affected, no crime was committed. The Jury were enclosed on Tuesdav morning at half- past 7, and the Court appointed Wednesday nr. One o'clock to receive the verdict, which was ac- cordingly done ; the Juiy ail in one voice finding the prisoners Guilty. Lord Me. idawb^ r)., u/ ha preski'- ij,* hanfc » d4<<- m fer. i ad^ ioi. ig- the unwearied atten'ion . Iveh tliev h„ d uaid to the f case, and for the uncommon sk111 with which tb had made up theft- verdict. No objection b< ing stated by the Counsel for the prisoners, the Lords proceeded to deliver their Opinions, and after expatiating fully on the enormity of the crime, Lord Meadowbank de- livered a most suitable exhortation to the piisoueis, nd sentenced them to M years banishment beyond seas. vessels, since Match 4th, 1801. Ordered to be printed. The bill from the Senate for raising 2j, 000 ad- ditional troops was then taken up. Mr. Stanford concluded the speech he had com- menced on Saturday. He was on the floor up. wards of an hour, speaking in opposition to the Bill and against a war with Great Britain. In the course of his- ecmarks he declared, that in the year 1798 9, the French Government had medi- f! tated the projeff of sending an army to this conn- | try, with a view to assist in the destruction of ihe federal admhiistrs'ion. Mr. Blount wished Mr. S. to inform the House what authority he had for his assertion. Mr. St » nford told him he had ihe most unquestionable authority for making the as- sertion, but knew not that he was under any obli- gations to tell the house what it was: he, how- ever, appe ded to Mr. Randolph for the eorreftneh of his assertion. Mr. Randolph said he had as unquestionable and creditable evidence of the fail as there could be in the world for the conSrma- tion of any thing. He also remarked that though not at liberty, or not choosing then to give his author, probably this public conversation on the subjeil would occasion the produdlion of complete evidence of . the tafl. Mr B > yd and Mr. Stow each spoke a short time against ihe Bill and against goir. g to war j with Great Britain. David R * Tiir„ BBs -- poke nearly an hour and a half in favour of rhe bill, and in favour of an immediate war with England. The question > as then taken on the passage of the bill Yeas 94, Nays " U. DUBLIN, January 10. Copies of the following Letter have been sent to the Jury who tried Mr. KIKWAN, each Mem- ber, as we have been assured, h'as received one: — " The Labourer it worthy of hit hire— For the vertliS you brought in, in the Court of Kings Itench, the SOth instant, you shall be rewarded for ,• prepare for Death, as yen hare but a shnrt time to live, and your fiotleriiy and the People wil curt your bones for centuries to come. By the I. rrrd Lieutertovt rtv. d Council of Ireland A Proclamation. RICHMOND, & C. , W ereas we have j* ereiv-- tl information nj> oo naih, that MICH A FT GLYMW N' Kinijsfml, i" Ihe rmtniv nf tt- e ejiv of Dublin, carpenter, and JAM'S FISBKR OL Sandymoiint, in the said ei'v, bare been concerned in a tre'as' » nal » le conspi'aev, and have l> eeu members of an assofj ifion or society, instituted awl formed fur treason- able pn muses : And whneis tbe sa'd M'chael Glynn ami James Fsher have fle. l from . lu- tire: Noit we the Lord Lieutenant and Piivv Council ! brine; determined, as far as in u » lies, lo maintain the ! public peace, and to brintt to Justice ihe promoters, < aiders, and nb- ttors of ibe said mil twl'il association, | do hereby offer A leivaritof Two HUNDK8, D POUNUS !• to anv person or persons who s > a! l, within .-' x iiimulis from the date heieof, discover the - aid Michael Glynn and James Fisher, or either of ihein, so as that they or either of them mav be apprehended and committed to prison. And we Jo further publish- and declare, that if any person or- persons shall, within the time aforesaid, dis- cover any of ihe other pets'ns who may have become members of the said- unlawful association, > r who may have assisted in promoting or ex'eijding the « ame, or who shall from henceforth join in, abet) or promote such association, sonis that such peraon or persons shal! b> convicted thereof, such person cr persons so diseo- veihijr and nppY** » emlim shall receive i-- a Reward the stim of OKU HUNDRED POUNDS sterl. for each anil everv of the ft- sl ibree net. ons » o apprehended and convicted. And we do. herebv stricilv chareeaml c. nmaud aH Justices of the peace. Mayors, Sheriff*, BaiiifiV, and all others his Majesty's I-> viow subjects, to u> e their utmost endeavours to bring i^ e said offenders, and eve- rv of them to speedy and cnilign punishment. Given at the Conncil Chamber in Dublin ihe Ist davnf February, 18 12. Manners O. W. Tuam. Westineath. Tyrawly. Frankfort. Norburv. W in. Sanriii. SOD SAVE THE KING. j shot through the lungs, af^ died soon after re- | ceiving- the wound— Gen. Hill had aflnnlly ® crossed'. he Tagus, and w- ae neariiig his Lordship, whose intention most certainly was to pu-. h foa- ward. Martrt. nt was at Salamanca, on the 21st, with such forces as he had collected together, and in three days he could have readied the British army. 4 CHANGE OF MINISTRY. COPT OF A LETTKR PR'JM L0ND N: " Friday Evening, half- past 7, " The west end of the Tov P is wiip'tg wi'h the report that Perceval is out— Lord Grenvi'de the Minister— and Lord Moiia nomiuared to Ire* land.— It is in every mouth. 1 cuiin. give- you .! AMERICAN PAPERS. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN. 9. A U MY.— The Bill to raise the army has, at last passed the House of Representatives. To pass such a bill is very easy ; to raise, equip, clothe and pay 2,", 000 men is not so triflng a matter W7e have now to see how the Committee of Ways and Means will provide for this army. From commerce nothing can be expected ?— Lands will not sell wheR people have no way to pay for them? How then is the money to be raised ?— By direct tates ? Should our rulers attempt to lay direct taxes to the amount of 15 or 20 millions a year, to support a standing army, they would find themselves in a minority: and their power and popularity would be at an end. The vessel commanded by Captain Lee, which was missing from Lyme, and on board of which j were a man and his wife, and another joung lady, has been unexpectedly found— the people all well. Private Correspondence, from the New fori Even- ing Past. " WASHINGTON, JAN. 6.— After a two hours speech, by Mr. D. R. Williams, of South Camlina, as violent and inflammatory against Great Britain as ever was utteied in a Jacobin cldb, the filial question was taken, at half past 3 o'clock, on the additional army bill of, 25,000 men, and carried— 91 to 3 i. ' Notwithstanding success so far, difficulties thicken as Congress approach the ways and means to defray the expense o{ these multifarious prepa- rations for war. The bounties in land alone, given the army to be raised, amounted to nine million six hundred thousand dollais, which would build about twenty 74' s. ' P. S. Mr. Griswold, of New. York, has just arrived via Norfolk, with dispatches from Mr. Barlow ; nothing has yet transpired. ( FROM OUR CORRESPOND BUT.) Washington, ILuse of Representatives, Monday, Ja- nuary 6. Mr. Grundy, one of the committee of foreign relations, to whom had been re- committed the bill for authorising the President to accept of volun- teers not exceeding 50,000 men, reported the bill with several amendments. The amendments were read, and refetred to the committee of the whole for Wednesday next. , Mr. Williams from the Select Committee ap- pointed on that part of the President's Message, which relates to military affairs, reported, in part, a bill supplementary to the aet to raise for a limited time a military force. The bill was it ad twice, and referred to the committee of the whole for to- morrow. This bill merely provides horses for the light artillery. The Speaker laid on the table a report from the Secretary of the Nayy, giving a statement of " A PROTESTANT." Cn Monday night, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, a party of men ( five in number) arm ed with short guns and pistols, went to the house of Patrick Butler, at Four Mile Water, a tenant of Mr. Powers, of Ballydine. The door Was opened by Butler's mother- in- law, and the fellows immediately rushed in, demanding fire- arms and one of them held a gun to Butler's breast, wh'le the rest proeeede4 to search the house. They broke open a chest, and took „ thereout a small j box containing twtrfity- two guineas jn Gold but 11 found no arms. The poor woman had one of [ her fingers broken by one of the ruffians, in en- i deavouring to- re& fivcr a pocket book from him. which he had taken out of another box The vil- lains then locked the door outside, and threaten, ed to shoot ' he first person that would attempt to escape out of the house, 1 aving previously order- ed a boy to bring them tvo horses outfof a stable adleiuiag, i-' l rh "•/ ? Y. tn> fini£ df and mstjjnriy set off. The lorsos i> fee f. ftnd n. « « . ih-. » ..- 4jj. iii the bn- Js P {_ "! > Vti— byt no trace has oetn dis Covered of me pe - o - tratois of this daring outrage- CUINMLT,, FtB. 5.— Oti Sunday last, the house of a verj industrious, and wealthy farmer, named Connors, living at Darenlaer, in the county of Waterford, within three miles of this town, was attacked by a number of villains, armed for the purpose of murdering him, unless he wrnild swear to give up a farm that he had lately taken from Mr. O'Donnel. Connors received their attack resolutely, and returned their shots with such ef- fefl that the rascals retired. They called imme- dia'ely after at the house of a poor fellow, not so capable of resistance, and they compelled him to swear that he would, as he did, next morning de- liver - to Con lors rheir notice, that unless he imme- diately abandoned his new farm he should be mur dered, but they would not burn his house, as that would fall on the neighbours. This Notice was signed by Captain Bhie Belt. Cn Saturday last a poor man was arrested on the street for a trifling sum, which he had not the means to pay. Fortunately Lord Spencer Chichester was a witness of the transaction. His Lordsh: p, with that readiness and condescension which spring from innate philanthropy, inquired into the circumstances, and, learning that the prisoner had a wife and three helpless children dependent on his lalx-. ur, he immediately paid the money., and restored the unfortunate man to his family and to society ! This fact requires no- common:, the simple statement is a more eloquent elucidation, of his Lordship's amiable character, than any thing we cah say as to the truly praise- worthy circumstance Waterford Mirror. We state the following disgraceful transafliiin with considerable reltiflance ; but we do it with a confidence thai we shall, hereafter, be epabted to ^ rstifj • -. I'- h .;;. a „* « .'. a th it ihe ( de- linquents have been brought to justice, as weurt. detstand, that neither trouble nor expense will be spared for that purpose:— The foreign brig Hopet, which, some time ago, pot into our river in dis. tress, came to an anchor off & reencastle, but was shortly afterwards obliged to part her cable. The Captain, however, left a buoy to it, intending to return and take it tip, with his whole people, when the gale was over; but a parcel of Fnnishowen men thought proper to perf rm this service for - him, and carried his cable and anchor on shore, for which they demanded seventeen guit ea?. The Captain used every argument in his power to induce them to give up his property, but find- ing entreaty in vain, he procured a replevip from the Sheriff of the County of Donegal, and pro. ceeded to the plane with ' he constable and other proper assistants, to bring away the cable and anchor. They seized upon them in the legal man- ner, and prepared to take them into their boat, when a mob assembled and forcibly prevented them; and one ruffian, not content with this struck the inoffensive foreign Captain behind hi back, and otherwise ill treated him. This offender we understand, is one of the River Pilots.-— ( Derry Journal. J Thursday morning a respectable tradesman in Long Acre, in the heat of passion, threw him- self out of a three- pail- of stairs window, and was killed cn the spot. BELFAST COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Jtc. Fun. 10.— Belfast on London (- 2 Ms.) per cen » . Belfast on Dublin ( G1 ds.) 1 pe- ceut. B- Ifast on Giasgiw 7 per cent. IKJITT, JAN. 31 — per cent Gov Deb. 73{ 5 per tent. Ditto 101 ^ Esausn. J AS. St.— 3 per cent. Conso: s JAN. 31.— Dub. on Lon. 8| | J AT 31.— Lon m Dub 9} MAILS SINCE OI7R L VST. Dire Bv DONAGIIABEE 2 Bv DUBLIN 0 ARRIVED. o B El / FAST, JVednesday, February 12, 1 SI2. From the boisterous state of the weafier, tw° Mails are now due by Donaghadee. Bjthe way of Dublin, however, we have London Jwrnals of Friday the 7th, and an anticipation of ftturday's papers, which contain various articles o| interest- ing intelligence. In a preceding column our Readen trill find ting extract froir; Americl. Journals to the 10th ult. which had arrived ii/ Dublin to the Office of the Corresponded. A curious circumstance occurred if the debate in Congress, where it was positively tfcerted, that Bonaparte had intended the introiClion of a French military force into the Unirrf States, for the purpose of overthrowing tbe p « sem federal union among the States. It is expfted that do- cuments to prove this faft wiil be la, 3 before Con- gress. Hamburgh Papers to the 25th < t. have been received. Tlie principal article ii news which they afford mentions, that a Decfe of the Pre- fect of the Department, in whichAmaterdam is included, has ordered the conscrifion for 1810, to be carried into execution speelily. The De- cree comprises all young men ban in the course of 1790. Letters from Paris to the 31 j ult. communi. cate intelligence of great importjee, if it should turn out to be well founded, " hey state, that Napoleon, hating completed t'morganiiation of his army on the Continent, willno longer over- look'the trade carried on in theBaltiq, and con- nived at by Russia. He has; tbrefore, at length caused his army- to be put in moion, towards the Polish frontiers, to compel Rusla to enter into a new compafi, for her more rigid. ibservance of the " Continental System," a devistjin from which he has long complained of. Letters frorp the. seyeral Commissariat depart- ments on thft Continent, speak Hghi; of the equip- ment and discipline of the fr< tch troops, which together form an army of 300( 000 strong. Much rejoicing had taken place, in cflebration of the fall of Valencia. No event duriig the invasion of Spain, gave the Emperor so. nuch delight, as the reduflion of this city. Sudet is the theme of his praise in all his conversations with Foreign Ministers. Bonaparte concludes the subjugation of Sp iin has been completed^ by the fall of Va- lencia and that the entire conquest of Portugal would immediately follow. Such is the substance of these letters. any other voucher for . its veracity, that universal. Certain it is, that the rolling in Parlia- ment is immense!" Sever?! tp: es and conspirators, in rhe interest* of the French h ive been di'covered in Sicily, and many of them have beeh arrested." The armed Atrericm ship Hannibal, which was captured by the Nlerrien, » " d carried iutrs Plymouth, is the property of Mr. OLIVER, of Bil'imor". The King of Denmark has given orders for the body of Admiral Reynolds to be conveyed 5 to Copenhagen, placed in a leaden colli;, and sent to England. Captain Mejahet, a French prisoner on parole at LaAark, died List week very suddenly. He left his room after breakfast, '. o take a on the road leading to New Lanark, and had pro- ceeded only a few yards when he fell Sac oil his face, and never spoke more. The Treasurer of tbe Belfast Charitable Soci- ety, acknowledges to have ieceived from Janus- M'Garity, of Stranmills, pt r William Legg, E q. the sutn of £\, 2s. 9d, which was paid him to st- p. a prosecution for an assault. . . ANDKOIDES.— This being the first week in Lent, and last of the Androides, fish is in much demand, and it is no wonder, then, that numbers are run- ning after Haddoch, at the Exchange Rooms. To the EDITOR of the BELFAST CH'ONICLE. SIR— I saw with regret, in your Paper of Scturdsy las', A paragraph, striving to calumniate a number of the most in- dustrious ( though not the richest) of his Majesty's lnyal , suf>. jeilsof the kingdom of Ireland, namely— ihe Nailers. Tha person who did so, before he shewed his ill- vriil to hi » neighbours, oujht to have made inquiry, and then he would have learnt, that both in Englmd and Scotland, the Nai s have always been Five Score to the Hundred; for a confirm- ation of which, he has only to call upon any of the Hard- ware Merchants that Retail the same: and that what he falsely and maliciously calls a Combination, is only ' a heavy Grievance redressed, which the Nailers of this kingdom bs l long graaned under. And on inquiry, be may furtb. Vknow, that this same affair that hath alarmed, and IrettAl him, Ins- undergone an investigation in the City of Dublin, and by Counsellor CURRAN, was carried in their favour: ar. d that it was a privil.- ge they ought to tcjoy vsitb l. eir " i ur Kingdoms; and that it was more thast Sit Month*. aftei his, before it was put in practice ill the North. A FCIENCI TO INDUSI RT AND TSDTH BJBLFAS f J^ I: P ~ The copp? red and * rtucd brig Br. canru, Aber. Jaca, I w London, is detained by cintriry - i.. di oai/, .- Tin it-* ceive Linens till the wind becomes fair The Neptune, Davidson, for Liverpool, is detaioed bf contrary winds only. The armed brig Venus, Pendleton, is lending for London, to sail first fair wind. The coppered and armed brig Levant, M Kibbiu, is load- ing at 1 indon for this port, to sad first fair wuid. The nrme. l brig Aurora, H. igkes, from Lou- Ion, arrived here yesterday. 1 he armed brig Fa< 9or, M'Niece, fri « n hence for Loo- don, was obliged to return tu this harbour yesterday, ai. J remains wind hound. The armed brig Endesvnur, Fitzsimons, loading for Lon- don, sails first fair wind after 15th iint. The Cunningham Boyle, Bell, for Liverpool, is dc- iaiueJ here by contrary winds. The Fanny, Martin, loading for Liverpool, clears en Sa- turday first. The Swift, Neel, sails for Bristol in a few days. The armed brig George, Caughey, is loading at London for this port. The Hawk, M Cormick, is loading for Glasgow^ to sail ip a few Jays. The Margaret St Nancy, Galbraith, at Glasgow; and tl> « Bee, Rankin, at Dublin, are loading for Belfest. A letter has been received from an officer, who was in the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo the same night on which it was stormed. He had an ap- | portuni'y of witnessing all that had pasjed on that memorable occasion. He states that the French prisoners aver, that the intrepidity of the allies surpasses all they had ever seen in military per- formances. The carnage on the occasion was dreadful, as it was impossible for some time to check tlie, ardour and impfuosity of the troops. In half an hour after the fortress was carried, Lord Wellington and Marshal Beresford were within ,, tbe walls, forwarding ihe new arrangements in | j the place. Gee. Crawford, the accounts say, was jj Eight veeseli in l » l! a « , NEW Hi Y SHIPPING LilSl, For the Week ending February 8. ARRIVED. Aflive, of Newry, Savage, from Liverpool, with hard- ware, eartheaware, bale goods, cheese, lignum vitae, iin'igo, garden seeds, coals and macs. Hodgkinson, of and from Liverpool, Alcorn, with coals, bale goods, tra'n oil, pot ashes, earthenware, and steel. Edward, of and from N- w York, Dowdall, with flaxseed, pot ashes, and stave-. Beaver, of and from Liverpool, Forrest, with teas and coals Sidney, of Barmouth, Ricnarls, from Liverpool, ivith rock salt and coals. ELxabeth and Mary, of Newport, James, from "'- i ..„ with bar rind wrought iron, r. ad Cheese. Margaret, ol Garlestown, M'Makiri, from Liverpool, with rock salt. Brothers, of Newry, M'Nulty, from Liverpool, « ith coal* and pig iron. Good Intent, of Wigton, Adair, from Glasgow, with pig iron, bar iron, and crown glass, Margaret, of and from Stornaway, Shillen, with herrings. Anne, of Aberystwith, Richards, from Holyhead, with iron in bars and bundles. Eleanor, of Newport, Llewellin, from Beaumaris, slates. Buckle, of and from Chepstow, Thomas, with bark an- I wood hoops. General Hunter, of Newry, Clarke, from Liverpool, with white salt, manganese, muscevado sugar, cheese, hardwart, earthenware, pipe clay, clover- seed, tanned leather, hoop and bar iron, bale goods, coals, garden seeds, sugar- caujy, & c Margaret, of Barniouth, Owens, from Beaumaris, wi'h slates. Success, of Aberystwith, Davies, from Carnarvon, slates Glory, of Preston, Houghton, from Liverpool, with dices., bale goods, rum, leaf tobacco, pilchards, mackaivl, herring , cod fish, garden seeds, hardware, earthenware, hats, musu- vado sugar, iron, mustard, hosiery, steel, stationary, coal , and pot ashes. Four vessels with coals. SAILED. Eliis, of Newry, Courd, for Liverpool, with butter, liuet. cloth, flax, pork, bacon and feath rs. Thomas and Robert, of and for Campbeltown, M'Millao, with lii en- cltith and oatmeal. John's, of and for Liverpool, Williams, pigs Concord, of Limekilns, Woods, for Liverpool, with linen- cloth, butler, flax, ashes, and lard. Newi y, of Newry, Twible, I or Liverpool, with butter, linen- cloth, tallow, cotton- wool and waste. Union, of Werays, Baxter, for Loudon, with beef, por1 . and butter. Bh FAST COMMERCIAL C. lv ONICLE A • Inhabitant of Belfast begs leave, respeftfully, to a » k, f it is a regard for economy alone, which admits of but one solitary lamp, from the corner of Ann- street, round the entire of Corn- Market, Ea « t, and as far a? Mr. David Bigger's house in Hij- h- srr— t, a distance of about 150 yards, in the centre of the Town ?— On last Sunday night, even that on: lamp wat not burning, and this, added to the circumstance of the shops being, of course, shut, rendered it perfe& ly natural for passengers moving in oppo^ te directions, to experience col- lisions equally offensive to good manners, as de ctruflive to their noses and teeth. If such un- pleasant " contafls were avoided, it WJS more by good luck thin good guiding. Q'lerey— Is the saving of my prnoortion of one or two lumps, an adequate compensation for a bloody nose i Died. On SuBilay hit,' at Lurgan, Mr. JAMES MAOIWJS in the 75th year of his age, and nearly 40 ye. irs clerk of that p iri » h. He had h at Cnorch that day, and died in » few k- mrs after coming home. Feb. !*, J ' COB BOAR. Esq. ef Leadetiball- srreet, London Deputy of the Ward of Lime- street— His death was sud- den, and, as represented to us, incurred in the following manner: Standing near his premises, he heard the parish- b- ll tolling, and inquired of the Beadle casually passing at the time, who wis dead ; when, before he obtained an ap- tiff, h- fell down an I expired. On the 31st December, Dowag- r Lady Viscountess RA- SIUUS. On the 24th J nuarv, at b " Lordship's house in PortmaQ Square, London, the Countess of BIYKRLEV. Auction of One lurid red Logs Hon- duras Mahogany. GILLIES & STOCKDALE," WILL put up to Sale, on THURSDAY the 20rh February. St TWELVE o'clock, 100 Logs of B I Y WOOD, from 20 to OO inches Diameter. Arrived direS from HOW » » * AS, of six* an I qu Iffy to superior, as to be greatlv deserving the nstics of the Trade. Liberal Credit will be piv- n JAMES - Ifast, February 11. HYNDMAN, Auctioneer. szs GILLH'S & STOCKDALE WILL SELL BY PUBLIC AUCT10N. it their Storis, No 6, Cu » totu- house- quay, 30 Barrels nf Montreal Pot Ashes, On FRIDAY, Mth in « f. v ONE o'clock. CHARLES. JEFFERS, sen AUCTIONEER. THE FIRST OF THE SIX STJBSC III PTJO\ ASS MBMF. S ILL he held at the P. Tchantrc- Rooms 011 THOR. S- DAY, the 13th of February. Gentlemen's Subscriptions.,.. .... Jt\. I If. I$ 7 Ladies'Ditto £\, Id Non- subscribers, resid^ rt io Belfast, or within four miles of it, K> pay e;? ch of idmittanee. Gentlemen...... IO,— T, ad'e » 7r 8/ The Military, and P r* on- residing at a <? reater Hefarlce th in four miles from B Ifatlt, ropav 10' each ad- iit'ance. S. ibscrihers Tickets rrans'erahV in fa- viiiies ^-. ly Ladies to draw for nhce* at NIVR o'clock .' recisely. MAJOR WALLACE, ") * RK'HARO DQ-^ / ANDREW \ L XANDER. f W Captain CO MR AN, \ Mr. HUI L, Master of the Ceremonies, wi'l issue Tickets to Subscribers on receiving the Subscription Money. ( 434 NOTICE OF A. VESTRY." / T » N THURSD \ Y the 13th FeVnarv next, a VESTRY 1 will he held its the Church of Belfast, at the Hour of HI. VP. M o'Clo It f. renoon, for the iurp. se ot . . Ele « in< ra POUCF COMMITTEE, pursuant to a CUuse ! l iwi,, AA. for P v'ng, Cleansinz, Lighting, and . re- in the Police Aft, for P- v ni, proving the Town o! Bel ast. Jan. 31. ( 4G*) ROSS JEBB. IS BURN MARKETS, FEBRUARY 11. d. >• J- O to 25 6 — 13 Oatmeal Oat; Potatoes Beef. Mu'ton Veal Pork Fti- sh Butter.... f , 25 11 0 , 0 . o . o . o . 1 6 — 5 — 6*— 6 — 4 — 2 y per cwt. of 10OU . per cwt ol 1 liilfc. ^ per stone. v y per lb of 16 OK. ^ per lb. of 20 oz rw*- j T ii a, a i J>- BELFAST. fTT'O- MORROW EVENING ( Thursday, February 13 h) j|. will be present.' 1 the Comedy of THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. To conclude with ( for the second time), the afterpiece of THE YOUNG HUSSAR. Which wa « tece'ved with unbounded anplause on Fridav Kst ^ ( 530 LAST IIIRRE WIG II IS. ArvDKDiDFS. T'HF MECHANIC THEATRF. FxcflAKnr ROOMI, will be closed on SATURDAV tVENlNO, 15th Februa' 7 instant. A DAY EXHIBITION on FRIDAY next, 14th inst'. ( 633 AMERICAN PRODUCE Sec. 10th February, HI2. 500 Hogsheads New- York Flaxseed, 600 Tom of Pitch, Yellow) Pine and Oak Timber, IS Thou tan J White Onk Birre! St/ lvs, 15 Fathoms of F . v Fee' Lath- wood, 50 Hogsheads of IsafF'ltcr. o^ ' 100 Hhds. S<~ ale Suvc, of Fine Common qualities, 50 Punrhco" S Whisl'y. 30 Casks No. 4, and 7, bleachers' Smalts, £ 0 Tierces of Dutch Vinegar, Together with en Exten- dte Assortment of GROCERIES, FOR SALE BY 532) RICHARD BRYANS. NEW- YORK CARGO. '' T'H! 7. SURSCMBKR is landing, for S^ e, the CARGO of i the Sltin TRITON. iust arrired from the above port, cons sting of the following Goods, viz. 1,14? Fhds. New New- York Flaxseed, 212 Barrels first sort Pot Ashes, 10,000 White Oak Barrel Staves, :" Mf T^ ETUPNI his most rrareful ^ cknowI-. IgifAits to hij ^ ^ Fri nds for rhe p. tro. rtre and support whi-*. h he his hitherto erreriencd frrm thtrn in h s rirote~ . ion. it rap'city Having been appointed to the Ens: i » h I) epartm » nr in the Belfa- t Acad '- ny he no v J ftil! v inf • riis tho Public, that he has opened a \ 103. NTN<} SCHOOL fir YOUNG I. AD1RS, ; n his HnUs- N i. 92. High- streft, where he will j teach Readhv, En_ d'sh ( Jr< mar, and rhe Rudiments of « Compos rion applied to lerfer- wnring— Fr( e: i his experience ; in reaching, and his utirem rrini/ - xertious to proaiote the i l. iterary and Moral Improvement of Irs fSipils, Mr. M. I hopes to merit a crirrinuanc ef public favour I he Hours of attendance are from 7 n 9 o'C! > ck. | 51 2) Belfast. Febltn. y 6. 1,80( 1 1,000 February 4. Hhd. Ditto, — Heading. Apply to THOS. S. FANNING, TOMB'S QI'AY. ( 439 • i • NOTICE. \ i. L PERSONS having demands against the late Mr. JOHN CHAP MAN, of Milone^ are requestrd to fur- nish their Accounts to Mr. HUNTER, of Duniiinrry, be- fore I St of March liext, and any debts due to him are re- quested to be pair! immediately, that his accounts may be closed by his Executor. 53!) Fcbr aary 11, 1812. SUGAR, RU%(^ GINGER, BY AUCTION, JOHN M ARTIN at CO. will Sell by Au^ ion, en FRI- DAY the 14ch instant, at TWELVE o'clock, at their Office, 53 Hogsheads fine and vtr ; fine Scale Sugar, 50 Puncheon Rum,. 21 B. irre's an.! 10 Bugs White Ginger, Ju- t landed out of the H< bcmia, from JAMAICA. 537) Ann- Street— February 10. ROBERT MATTHEWS, . BOOT- MAKER, 10, CAS TL E- S T R SET, BELFAST, BETUP. NS his most sincere Thanks to his numerous ; Customers, for the liberal support he has been favoured vdth since his commencement. Having lately received Iron) London, a quantity of the best Materials, any Orders left at his Shop, wi'l be neatly and expeditiously performed. He ha- also on hands, a large Assortment of the most fashion- I able JOCKEY and HESSIAN BOOTS, Gentlemen's I SHOES, & c. Ate. which will be lomid, on inspection, oi a Superior Quality. His Busii. ess wilt continue to be conduited with care • and he requ. - ts those who are Io ' ehted to him, will pay their Accounts to his Br ther, RICHARD MATi HEWS, whom he has empowered to receive the same. 442) Belfast, February II. CABIN- HIL L~ TO BE SOLD, A FARM of Seventeen Acres, in the County of Down, jr\ rvn miles and a half from Belfast, and fi ve from New- town, held by Lease ot one Life, subje^ l to the small yearly relit of ,£ 17, and free of Tythe. On it there it a neat Commodious COTTAGE, Good Offices, and Garden, well calculated, in many respefls, for a sm^ ll genteei. Fimily.— ' Che SuLe wdl take place at CABIN- HILL, on MONDAY the 24: h ol bruary, at TWELVE o'Ciock, and after it, that of the FUKNITUB t, S rocs, and FABMINO UTINSILS. Immediate Possession can be given. ( 540 ADJOURNED DOWN SESSIONS. County o/ Vvuiit, | ^ N ADJOURNMENT of the GE AN APPRENTICE WANTED rpO the WOOLLEN and HABERDASHERY BUSI- .1 NESS, by THOMAS V. RICHARDSON. DONOANNOS, Feb. 10. ( 535 T° I tj> wit- r - l^ NFRAL QUARTER- SESSIONS J will be holden at DOWNPATRICK, en TUESDAY the 3d'day of March next, at ELEVEN o'clock, for the purpose, among o- her things, of hearing the Civil BilU < f the Dvwi. patrick hivition, which, from particu- lar circumstances, rei. iair. « i undisposed of at the late Sessions held at hlewiowilards.— Dated 8th February, 1812. By the Court, JOHN CRAIG, 598) c. P. 3e REG. AUCTION. BY virtue of his Majesty's Writ of Fitri Facial, to me direded, I will, on THURSDAY the 13th of February, instant, set up and Sell by PVILIC AUCTION, at RUNARA POINT, Loughswillv, where she is now at Anchor, the American Brig PALLAS ( whereof Defendant is Master,) • W'rh a i her Sails, Cables, Anchors, Tackle, Apparel, and Fu niture. Said Brig is in good Condition, and ready for any Voyage Dated this 3d Day of Feb. 1812. JErins MOOKSHER, Eig behalf of hi' Maj'i- ty and binhctf, Ft « i/" ijf; IIBHMKO OTL!, JieftnJant. S34) A. FERGUSON, Sheriff. VLA'iUS fiERJir, C » i,"\ » „ i CHARLES KERR, ' Mariner, Prcir. 9vantS ; Tit / W < ir JW cathd it, PATRIOT, • whrrtofJouH ' J CM f i. l - uias hit Matter, Imfutnant. BY the Marshal of his : Majesty's High Court I of Admiralty of Ireland, to i be SOLD BY AUCTION, ! under the Decree of tne said Couft. obtained in this Cause, on MONDAY the 24th day of February instant, at ONE o'Ciock in the forenoon, on -- • « T bo . rd the said vessel, where she n « w lies at the Quay of Belfast, the Vessel in this Cause mentioned, with all her RIDGING, TACKLE, APPAHIL aid FBR. NITUKE, of the burthen of 142 Tons per Reguter.— For Inventory and par- ticulars. apply to PATRICK HAMILTON, Esq. Proreov- » I. ts, Prodtor, Ariglesea- stret t; and to HENRY RICHARDSON, DUM.' TT MARSHAL. Dat; d 8th february, 181?. ( 441 TO BE LET, IN F. r. liors COURT, DONEGALr.. STRgRT, ARANGE OF ROOMS. htely occupied as a COTTON YARN WAHHOOSE.— Apply to ROBERT ENGLISH, & CO. February 10. • ( 529 BANKRUPT'S SALE. U tie Matter ef r ipO be Sold by Auflion, on JOSEPH HEW ITT A I TUFSDAY, the 2rith Day a bankrupt. r of Jan. 1812, at TWO o'clock, in the afternoon, at the ROVAL EXCHANGS, Dublin, by Order of mil before the Commin- siorTers in this matter, ali the said Bankrupt's Ri^ ht, Title, and Imere. t in the LANDS of KILMORE, County Ar- magh, containing 15 Acres, Fnglish Measure, held by Lease for Years, renewable Mies jnoties— There is a large Line STONE QIMRRT, with Two KILNS, on there Lands, and are subj- < 5t only to the sm di Yearly Rent- af ^ 4. 18,. and ro a Mor tgage Debt of ^ 20 > on which there are Yeats Interest due to and for the 15th of September last. A S- ats o.. ut of th- I ' fie •.- en in rhe ROTAI. RT- cHAHr. t CORTES- RooM ; or by application to JAMES TREWMAN Bt I . L, Ag> nt to the Commission and As- sienee, Armagh, or No 20, Brunswick- street, Dublin, in wh" se hards the Title- Deeds mav be inspecSled. 539) EGAN, AUCTIONEER. CJ- The above SALE is Adjownec! to MONDAY the 17rfj February, at the Royal Exchange, Dublin. JAMAICA SUGARS. Bit SOI. D BY AUCTION, on MONDAY the 17th February inst at WILLIAM SIUM'S Office, Chichester- quay, at the hour of ONE o'clock, 78 11 hils. and Tierces oj fine and very fine Jamaica Scale Sugars. To be put up in convenient Lots.— Terms at Sale. 518) B « lfa t, February,?. NEW AMERICAN POT ASHES. —- GEORGE LANGTRY & CO. ITTTAVE just received, diretS from NEW- YORK, per the iLji Ship PreteOiw, 160 Barrels, of first Quality, in fine or- der, and of the latest Manuf acture, Which they will sell on reasonable terms. 422) Belfast, January 24. COR K WHISKEY.~" >^ TAPIER and DUNVILL, are now LANDING, W Puncheons, very nice Quality; Which, with every other Article in the SPIRIT TRADE, will be disposed of on moderate Terms. 510) February T. VINCENT BIANCHI, NO. 84, HIGH- STREET, BELFAST, TIT AS fo* Sale, oa moderate Mm « , aGi » ii. u ASSORT- ir. lL MKHT of Mirrors— Pier Glasses— Chimney Glasses— Dressing Glasses— Th- rmometers for Brewers, ( Sr. Telescopes and Prints, of various descriptions. He gives a fair » alue for Oi. D LOOHIVO- GLASS PLATBS, and repairs BAROMCTEKS and THERMOMEI ERS. ' ( 53 4 a.: The Public are respeitfully inform- ft » ' ed, that it is intended the following N- E- TRADERS JIssk^ fsi. Skat: tall ai the * n6rvimtiomdfirhJi: TOR LONDON, 1 The armed brig BRITANNIA, ABERHEEN, First fair wind The armed brig VENUS, PENDLE I5th February. j^ v- These Vessels being armed and completely Weil iouiid. Insurance by them will consequently be effected on the most reasonable terms. FOR LIVERPOOL, The NEPTUNE, DAVIDSON First fair wind. The JANE, BUSBV 15th February FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The KELLY, M'ILWAIN 16th February. FROM LONDON FOR BELFAST, The Armed Brig LEVANT, M'KIBBIN... 5th February. The Armed Brig ST. PATRICK, Csnmit, 14daysafrer. for Freight, ui London, apply to Messrs. WM. & JOHN WHARTON, Nicholas' Lane ; or, 111 Belfast, to R. GREENLAW, Agent, Who will receive and forward LINEN CLOTH and other MliRCHAND17. ft with care and dispatch. A tew Stout Lads wanted as APPRENTICES to the Sea, to whom libera I Fncourttj- emeut v! l be given, HEMP, TOBACCO, SC. CAMPBELL SWEENY HAS ON SAI. E, Riga Hemp— Leaf Tobacco— Alicante Barilla St. Domingo Logwood— and Sweet Oil. He will he hnding in a few days, a Parcel of LUMP B ARILLA, tit lor Soap- bo lers" use, and 10 Pipes LEMON UICE. ( 448) January >> 9. 188) TENNENT, KNOX, & CO. HAVE FOR SALE, New Orleans, and \ CoTTQN WQQ1 . Bowed ^ reor^ ia, ) Virginia LEAF TOBACCO, Best and Second CONGO 7 EA, AND A FEW PUNCHEONS Strong well- jlavoured WHISKEY. February 4. Fe Ifa A ROBT. GETTY & JAS- LUKE RE now Landing, ex the NELSON, from CORK 100 Puncheons Co> k II hi Iceii; Which they offer for Sale, with the following, viz : — New Orleans and Upland Georgia COTTON, New- Y ri POT ASHES, Bleachers' SMALTS. ( 3* 9 ROBERT TELFAIR, TIT AS received per the CERES, from Liverpool, and MA it- T GAR IT & NANCV, from Glatgotv, 48 Hhds. JAMAICA SCALE SUGARS, Of Very Fine, Fine, and Second Qualities. 28 Hhds. VIRGINIA TOBAGO, ' A few Sen*, SPANISH FLOR'i fid BIGG ; And per the LIBERT*, from Aibtin, 4s3 Puncheon'< WHISKEY, Strong and Well- Flavoured, and A few Butts ZANT CURR 4NTS s Which, in addition to the Following, 46 Hhds. Prime Virginia Leaf Tdbacto, Richmond InpeSion, Fine and Common Gongnu and Hyson Teas, Scotch Molosses, in Hhds c. cjfc. He will dispose of reasonably. He in always supplied with COMMON ROLL, CANF, aid PIG FAIL TOBACCO, GRASS- CUT, SUCCARDS, and SNUFF, of his own Mauufadure. 389) January 16. K,• enmg School for 1 '' HF. RF. V JOHN OAVIS W unit. La the x. Ooen an EVENING T the 13th instant, At No. 54, Castle- street, Honrs of attend mfe | i. » m Four ti Half. after Six afternoon. Term' — English, I:, 4ifd. p- r Q- iart r. Geoerapby— U » - of the silobes, andl _ %* » , a {• Per QsHfter. Mapping, £ 1, 2/ 9a. 5 ' A Gentleman of approved abilities will attend to tesch Wri- ing and Arithmetic.— Terms, lit per Quarter. ( SOS SCHOOL for YOU^ G LADIES, on MONDAY against the maoufaifttrre of Ireland pre- Piiblic fom m , k'ng trial of IRISH ALE AND PORTER. JET no prejudi A vent d BELLI bid HA M'S ALE and PORTER, Now on Sde at No 10 DONHGALL- S I H SFT, where't can he hml in Wood and Bottle, etpial, if not s- jpeiior, to any British imported hi tide, arol on more reasonable Terms. A Quantity alway on h-. n^, of a peculiar strength, adapt- ed for exportation to the We « t Indies, & c. No. 10 DONEGAIL- S Belfast, Jan 28, 1S12. ( 152 NEW GARDEN SEEDS. ARGARET ROtilNSON ( opposite - lie Sugar- hon « e, Waring- srrect) Ins this day landed from LONDON, via LIVERPOOL, per the Fanny, Captain MARTIN, iitr usual extensive Assoitoienr of G • rden and Flower Se'ds, Early Peas and Beans, Hemp, Rape, and Canary Seeds; With BASS MATS, and every Artie' suitable to the Sea- son.—— Those Seeds may be relied on as new an. I genuine, a. id shall be sold oil the most reasonable Terms 482) B.;| fast, February 3, 1812. £ 1,600, 1' O he L'nt, on a mortgage of Lands, s'taate is the 1 County of DOWN — Apply t « JOHN CR K> » M* J>< « rmp « r. tk. Ivwuf t, 181*. ' T'HF. PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between the A Subscribers, under the Firm or BFLL & KENNEDY, was, on tne 19ji Sepremb. r last, d wolved by mutual con- sent^ 1 lioie who are in; lebted to said Firr^, will pi » se pay : hte s me to JAMES KENNEDY, at his Office. No. ia, Elliott's Court, off Dnnegall street, who will also discbarge any Debts that may lemain due bv them. THOMAS BELL. * JAMES KENNEDY. ( 527 February S. 1S12. N. B. It must be the first incumbrance. NEW TEAS, CLOVER- SEED, Sec. ' ipHE SUBSCRIBERS are LANDING, per the VE- . L NUS, 204 Chests Teas, assorted, 50 Sacks fine new Bed Clover- seed, 10 Hogsheads Lump Sugar, Which will be sold cheap. MARTINS, HARRISON, & CO. Church- lane, Ja » i iry 20. ( 405 MONTREAL and NEW- YORK POT and PEARL ASHES, frt Brands, and encellent order, with choice NEW HOPS, in Pockets, for Sale by JAMES CUNNINGHAM & CO. Belfast, Jan. 24. ( 418 SPRING SHIP FOR NEW- YORK. THE AMERICAN snip P R OT EOT I ON, KENRY BEARNS, MASTER, ( A regular Trader.) Now in th s Harbour, having just arrived after a passage of 25 days, and will sad again tor the fSmAJondSsm Uif wind alter 24th Febi uary next. As only a few Passengers can be taken, immediate appli- cation will be necessary to GEORGE LANGTRY & CO. Belfast, January 24. ( 421 jy Those who may have Orders from America, to be received wn board, are requested to apply immediately. Public are respectfully infotm- ed, that the following REGULAR TRADERS V^ JL'.= ES= J..- Wif tail for their n. feUive / ort,,* tuiti the pr » t fair fVind after the data mentioned : FOR LONDON, The Armed Brig ENDEAVOUR, FITESIMONS, 15th Feb The Armed Brig AURORA, HUGHES 14 days after FOR LIVERPOOL, The FANNY. MARTIN 15th February. The MINERVA COURTENAT Eight days after. FOR BRISTOL, The SWIFT, NEEI In a few days. FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The COMMERCE, BISHOP 15th February. The CERES, SAVAGE., Eight days alter. FROM LONDON FOR BELFAST, The Armed Brig GEORGE, CAUUHEY... 10th Fehrtiary The Armed Brig LAG AN, He NRINE ...... 14 days a'ttr. For Freight, in Lo idon, apply to Messrs. ALEXANDER and WILLIAM OG1LBY, Abehurth- Yard. Gentlemen who have Linens to forward, will [. lease send thei£ i to GEORGE LANGTRY Xy- A few Stout l* si wtitled Aj » j tatiees to the Sen. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVAT SALE, RIT'HAT FARM of LAND in DUNMURRY, formerly ! L occupied by the late THOMAS M'CIURT, Fsq and his Undertenants, containing 44 A. res. Irish Plantation Mea- sure,; held direct under the MAI.- QUIS of DONECALL, ' or his Lordship's life, and the remainder of ffl' years from No- vember 1798, MihjeiS to the yearly Rent of 9, 7s. and to a Life Estate bequeathed by Mr . VI'CLUKB to his Sisters. It is at present Let to good Tenants on Leases which will expire in a few years, at a Profit Rent of £ 1 16, but which, on the expiration of the present Leases, will yield upw rds of ^ 2C0 per annum.— It is 4i miles distant from Belfast, and three from Lisburn.— \ considerable part of the Pur- chase- Money may remain at Interest, if required. Written Proposals will be received, and furthe. particu- lars communicated, by Mr. JOSEPH BUVQ, 7, Margaret- street, Belfast; or by ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Castle- P'iace, Sept. IS. Attorney at Law. ( 759 03- If not Sold before FRIDA Y, 28th February, ( of which due notice will be given) it will on that day be Slid by Public Cant, at the Done0aU A. ms, at ONE a'Cloti. HOUSES TO BE LET. THE HOUSE in Arthur- street, lately occupied by the Subscriber, as formerly advertised, to be Let, with or without a Fine. Also, a HOUSE in Castle- Place, suitable for a small gen- teel Family.—— Apply to ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Attorney at Law. Castle- piace, Nov. 12. ( 83 FOR GLASGOW, THE HAWK, B. M'CORMICK, MASTER, ( \ constant Trader), Now Loading, to sail in a few days. FOR DUBLIN. The DISPATCH, JAMISON In a few days. For Freight, apply to GEO. MONTGOMERY. The P^ F., RANKIN, at Dublin3 and the MARGARET k NANCY, GALBRAirH, at Gla « » ow, are loading for Belfast. ( 517) Belfast, February 7. FOR KINGSTON, JAMAICA, THE HIBEkNIA, JAMFS M'DOWELL, MaStes, Will be clear to tail 25th inrt. For Freiglit or Passage, apply to JOHN MARTIN & CO. Who have for Sale, by said Vessel, 518) Sugar, Rum, Cotton, and Ginger. Arn- strret, February 8. — • ' 1 1 '- " ""*•! I •' ' .-- « FLAXSEED SC STAVES. - ipME S'fBSO* Ta I. audin ;, from the EDWARO X G. R D . WOALL, Misie , from New- Yo K, 483 If r, i,- atis, 7 jvorm 49 Half Hogsheads, i ' 18,000 Barrel STAVES, Which they ofr- t for Sale. JJ. JOHN ST HUGH BOYD. I ® Ewt. r, Fehrtllry 6, ( Si! r'H? Sos< e « ut « t Passengers in the Ship '/>,?„•, from NEW-?. » « *, request Cip'iin SHISRHV I . ept of ' fei, tor h 3 polite and friea ily attention to • I iccrttHm » .'> afi ) ii doriiig the Passag-, an. I rh'eir si e I thVir c# ififrrt wou'd vw-. ii i,- sonc ti ie, to t vpress to hm their high iensj of r, s » k II i- d vijdatico irt navigating the Vessel, February 3, 1812. JOHN GRIEVE. THOMAS K. FANNING. 13- 7) WILLIAM CAMPBELL. WHISKEY. / » . i " iI]> UNCI- rRONS. of prime Quality, frtr a'.- by the Is Sorsc IBIH, which, wi; h every Art! le io the WHOLES ALE SPiP- IT LINE, will be disposed of OA nS* onable tet- ms. JOHN k JAMES BENN. 78, North street— Belfast, Jan. 99. * [ 1 3 AN APPRENTICE WANTED . " HO the LINEN BUSINESS!,— Apply at the 0f5ce of ' t' is Paper; if hy Letter, post- paid. A Fee will be required. 450) Belfast, FtUrUary t. apprentice WA Sited. A j. AD of Genteel CVmeitions, want « d as atl AD- preulirt to tKe GROCJ- K Y Su> lNe> S. in BeU Application to Mr. S. TUClCKR, " Caao :* itl, r Or tics $ if by Letter, ( post paid); 456) Belfast, January 2S>. NOTICE. In the Matter ./ MI AGAR NR ti" MAKT JUNE M' C. H ACKTN bankrupt*. -} '•{ HK 07". , v S Dl rdT73 I of said I'ttik- • - " Uuts at" ine formed, that the COMMISSIONERS have'fised I'HURSDAV the ISth day of February iristsiit. to receive further proof of Debts, and to make a final Dividend of said Bankrupt." Estate. RAMSEY GARRETT, Agents* Belfast, February I. ( 479 NOTICE. In the Matter of JAMFS K 11, BEE. a Banlrapt. ompii( " f February instant. rast. on MONDAY the 17th d* y ONE o'clock to consider of the best mode of disposing iii rhe said Bankrupt's Estate and Lit- Ss — Dated 3d Feb* - uary. 1810 CUNNINGHAM G'C. G,' ROBERT TENNtiNT, 5- A, iiKRets. JOHN M'CONN ELL, 1 1 " I 1 » t FOH NEW- YORK, The American Barque EDWARD, G. K. DOW1) M. I., M ,, STER, • Burthen 450 Tons, Will be re dy for Sea on the lit of M ireh, and v.- i'l s.-.;' i first fair wind after. She i « Fiv Feet liight laclr tn t « •) Decks, atid Fight or I en Cabin Passen,- r* coiii. i bt coni- lortably .. ccommodated An. l'asse" g,- r- wis^ lhtrto embrace ' hi* tv- po- tu i -- will please mAr irtimedieW apjjicati m to the c P • •> t W^ rienpoiitr, or to . lojiN ,- jt KUCH aortx F- B. tti. jr 6, ISI2. ( SS2 For the Inforthatioti of Such Per. ons as intii., 1 g'An^ it AMERICA this Sr-. sen. rir'HE fine new American Ship M \ S8A- I SO'T, is Daily expe;. etl 0 iU Port, and will p oeevd for NEW YORK, a" convenient di p^ rch, vith ' ich i'ai- st » , i,. its as niay off- — Her arrival and other p rticiilart, will be given in a'- lutu e . AeV-. t senier. t 501) LAWFURI), D RONSON, Se CO. Nr VVRT, February 3. FOR NEW- YORK, 7s tail 1. l uf the frit of March, TBE PINT rAST-^ AILINO, COPTFR- « OTTOF 1 E » ' Ity?' American Ship TRITON, tSssr"- Mat D. SHERRY, MAITII Considered in every respect, one of the finest Vessels be- longing to rhe port of New- York, from whr- nce she has just arrived in 24 Days, and having been built for the Liverpool trifle, in which f-. st- s^ iling » od the accommodation of Pas- sengers - ire principally studied, she wil1 be found equal in every respect to any American Ves el w! ich has ever been at this port For Passage, apply to the CAPTAIN, at Mr. Fi i IsiMMoNS, Waking- street; or to ROUT, k JOHN LUKE, Yotk- cireet. Februatjf ( 49j FIRST SPRING SHIP FOR NEW YORK. Tic American Ship MART HA, L0BA G "^-^ NER, V ASTER, ( Burthen £ 00 Tons), Will be reariy for Sea On tee 15th Februaty, nd « ad posi- dv. ly the firit fa. r wind after. She i « a fine new ship, only one year old. Such P,- sen; rets as desire to embrace this early conveyance, arc rtcju- ied to makt an immediate ap- plication to the CAPTAIN, on hoard, at Warrenpoin', or to RICHD. BRYANS, Who ha* for Sale, FLAXSEED and BARRFL STAVES, received by the above Vessel, from N" W- YORK 487) ISP'. VRT, Janilary 24. FOR NEWCASTLE & PHILA- DELPHIA, TUB FI N ft STOUT AMERICAN 8HIP Eliza, Burthen fiOO Tons, Will he clear to sail for the above Ports 5th March neM. The ELIZA is Very high and roomy between Decks, sails fast, and has every suitable accooimodation for th « cotnfort of Passengers. Those who wish to atf„ il them- selves of this favourable opportunity, will plea. e « pp y inia mediately to Captain M CORKF. I. L, at Mrs M'COLLEV'J, h p- Qhay; Mr WM O - ILLAGHRR, Queen- street ( who gtie, out in said Vessel;; or, to the Subscriber, who pledges himstll lo put on Board, as U Hal an abundant supply of the best Provisions and Waltr for the Vovage. WM. M'CORKELL. DERBY, FebrJary 4,1812. ( 52 « FOR NEW- YORK, THE PJV « VOR TO N AT B AMERICAN tHlt WEST- POINT. Hurtheu 600 To. is, THOMAS HOLDEP., MASTER, Just arrived from the above Port, and will sail hence on ' he 10th of March next. Tne WRST- POINT heir? a fegul. r Trader, and so welt established in the Passenger trade, it i » unnecessary to hold out any further inducement. For pa- sage, apply to Captain THOMPSON, or the f'ub. scriber, who, as usual, will lay in plenty of the l « > t Piovi- sions and Witer for the V » v » ge. N E To p- event disappointments similar to those of last Voyage, such Pmsengers as have een agreed for, in Ame- rica, are requested to give in their N ines foithwith, as no application will be attended to after the Ship's regfilar num. ber bt engaged. WM. M'CORKELL. Dir « t, January » S, 1812 (. « « TO feE SOLD, IVith or without the Rigging and Apparft, THE L1GHTKH CAHLTD THU FOUR ttRO'lHF. RS, Only tnfo years built— burthen 40 Tons. Sh? is suiul 1 » lor the CanaL FJT particulars, anply to JACKSON CLARK Chich^ r Q- iajr. Belfast, tvnmtj tl. BELFAST COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE. PARLIAMENT* HOUSF. OF COMMONS— TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. STATE OF IRE1LAWD. ^ Tfcr following Speeches were omitted in our last, for Want of room :] Mr. WHITBREAD was anxious to assign his reasons for the vote he should Rive. The Noble Lord who had just sat down, ( Lord Castlereagh) had complained Of the indistinrt and indefinite na- ture of the motion now before the House; and yet he had contrlbirted his full share to what he him- self had pronounced an unintelligible discussion. He ( Mr. W.) now was,' and always had been, a strenuous adviser for the House entering into a Committee to consider of the claims of the Catho- lics ; and he completely differed from the Noble Lord in thinking, that ultimate attainment of these claims had not been retarded, but on the contrary, greatly advanced by the discussions which the various motions on the subject had given rise to. To these discussions alone the Catholics were in- debted for all that they had already enjoyed— for jtll that light and life which as a body they pos- sessed; and to these discussions they would be alone indebted for the remaining privileges which tvere still withheld from them. Instead, therefore, of advising them to remain quiet till a more pro- pitious period, as h id been done by the Noble Lord, he would advise them to reiterate their claims, as discussion was the best mode of destroy- ing every remaining prejudice in this country, and ultimately acquiring for them all these legitimate objeds for which they applied. The Noble Lord had balanced the difficulties and dangers'which attended the question on both sides. He had en- larged on the necessity of securities for the Con- stitution ; and yet he had concluded with assert- ing, with what consistency he would not pretend to determine, that one of the best of securities would be created by Catholics sitting as Members in that House. How could the Noble Lord ar- raign that great man, Mr. Fox, who first brought the Caiho'ic question before the United Parlia- men ? how could he arraign his Right Honour- able Friend ( Mr. Grattan) for having brought forward these undefined motions, as they were called by the Noble Lord ? But, surely, if the House had to apply to any one, it was to the No- ble Lord they ought to apply, in order to get those motions out of the undefined state of which he complained — No one knew better than he did, what pt omises were made to the Catholics at the period of the Union ; no one knew better what the Catholics were led to expert on that occasion.— And yet the Noble Lord had openly told the House, that he, when one of his Majesty's Ministers, was prepared . to admit a Veto on th » introduction of any measure into Parliament that might give relief to the Catholics; that he had most uncoOftirutionally stood between the Catholics and the King ; and that> the only reason why he, with his colleagues, consented to merge their affairs in temporary oblivion, was, because the King in person objected to their claims. What vai_ this but interposing a Royal Veto on the pro- ctvdirtjj of tiie Leg- i nature ? and no dortrir. o could bet wore iwwpi'tiW'* with ifte true principles of the ^ institution. The Noble Lord asserts, tin*, at the time of the Union, there was no specific pledge given to the Catholics. True ; but was there not an understanding on their part, that their claims would not only he discussed by the United Parliament, but pressed and urged with all the au- thority and weight ofMt. Pitt and Lord Cornwaliis — Well did the Noble Loid know, that v. ithotu this un. demanding, without somesuch tacit agreement, tbe Union never would have been effefled. With all the money, with all the promises which were lavished, and with all the arts which were prac tise*! on that occasion, the Union never could have been accomplished, if the Catholic Body had not be n previously won over.— { Hear, hear.']— It the N'. We Lord thought it a duty to bring forward a , specific plan for the relief of the Catholics, at ihe j time of his resignation with Mr. Pitt, on this very , ground, it was too late now to tell us of insur- mountable difficulties arising from the Catholic ! Clergy, the Laity, and the securities required for j the Church. If at the period of the Union he had not such a plan arranged in his mind, it wns little less than treachery on'his part to give the Catho- lics those hopes which he then held out to them. The Noble Lord had strangely told us, that the Catholic mind was not prepared for receiving those concessions which it was proposed to grant them. Strange assertion ! that four millions of petitioners, who came re- pertfully presenting their prayers to the Parliament, were not prepaied for receiving what they asked. But if their situation was not' perfectly satisfactory at present— if their minds were irritated by disappointment, and the recent usage which they had experienced, he would ask whether it was not owing to that delay which they had met with in the attainment of their just claims— » nd whether that delay, to which the Noble Lord and his former colleagues were prin- cipally accessary, had not occasioned this exaspera- tion and feeling of discontent ?—( Hear.)—- The Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland, in his speech ] a t right, seemed strangely to think that the • wht le of the present debate referred entirely to his condurt, and hinged wholly upon himself, as if he was the only person arraigned ; and the Right Hon. Secretary found great f- ailt with his Hon. Friends because they had not thought proper to j rise early in the debate,' that he might have an • opportunity of answering them. The Hon. Gen- j tli. n1 an, however, was gieatly mistaken in suppos- ; nig that the debate piincipally hinged upon him. been the efferts of repeated discussions of thi most important subject, that every person had ac knowledged that the time might come for enter* taining these claims, though it always happened with them that the present was an improper period. All professed themselves not disinclined to the Emancipation of the Catholics, yet they would not go into a Committee to consider the best mode of its accomplishment. This great national ob. jed seemed now precisely in the same state as the slave trade, a little before its abolition.— Even the defenders of that traffic were all for abolishing it, at some future period : but that time would never have come : and so it was with those Gen- tlemen who now opposed the present motion. Tbe Right Hon. and Learned Civilian had maintained, that the great Body of the Catholics were not at all afferted by the exclusion under which they la- boured, and which only applied to the Catholic Gentlemen. This assertion had been admirably refuted by the Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Can- ning) who followed on the same side of the House, in a Speech, one of the most distinguished for elo. quence he had ever heard in that House— That Right Hon. Gentleman had observed, that it dis- played a profound ignorance of human nature to suppose, that the lower orders of the Catholic popu- lation did not feel afferted and degraded by the disqualifications which were applicable to the whole of their Body. Was it not exhilarating to witness, as the House had done last night, a gal- lant Soldier, a native of the sister Island, ( Gene- ral Cole) take his seat, after a long absence, spent in distinguished military service, and received the highest gratification which a military man could experience— the Thanks of the Representatives of a Free People ? It was a gratification which the posterity of that gallant General must take a pride in recollecting, while the eloquent and impressive terms in which the Thanks of the House were conveyed, would be read with sensibility by the jj posterity of him who delivered them.—( Cries ofY hear, hear, hear.)— Let us suppose, that Catholic ! Nobleman, by any accident, to have been a wit- j ness to this scene ; what would be the feelings of j his mind ? Would not his indignation be raised j when he said to himself, " My sons may bleed and ' die in the defence of their country, as Ensigns or : as Captains; but the honours which General Cole j has received, however much they may deserve j them, they never can attain ! Merit such honours | they may, but reap them they never can '." Was ' it to be wondered at, tken, that the Catholics should shew repeated symptoms of indignation at distinctions so utterly unreasonable ? Mr. Secretary RYDER considered thatit would have amounted to a criminal violation of the trust reposed in the Government, if they had neglerted to take measures for preventing the meetings, and to enforce the provisions of the Convention Art. The Right Hon. Secretary then recapitulated the statement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Pole) with respert to the measures pursued on that occasion. Did the Hon. Gentleman mean to contend that Government were to have waited until the objert of the meetings was complete be- fore they decided on putting the statute in force ? The construction which had been put on the Art was " the legal we. The claitos of the CatitoiLs were not recognised by tlis country at large—- there was a general and prevalent disposition against them, which had been increased in conse- quence of their late proceedings, and he was not prepared to admit that mischief would not arise from these frequent discussions. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL vindicated, at much length, the condurt of the Law Officers and the Judges of the Irish Beach in giving the opinion which they had delivered— that the meet- ing of the Catholic Delegates was a violation of the Convention Art. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman entered into an able expo- sition of that Art, and proved, that whatever might have been the intention of the Cathohcs in forming those assemblies, whether simply and sincerely for the purpose of petitioning, or for the furtherance of some other purposes, those as- semblies ( the Aitorney- Gen. said) constituted as they were, had rightly been considered infractions of the law. Much also had been said in disappro- bation of the warrant issued by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and of the charge delivered by that respectable Judge to the Jury,—[ Here the Altorney- Ceneral read several passages from that charge, to shew that there was nothing in it hos- tile to the general character and intentions of the Catholic body ; and that therefore the censure cast upon it was entirely destitute of foundation."]— But why canvass, much less censure, the Judges, in that House ? Those Judges had arted upon a sworn responsibility. That House was not the proper and competent tribunal before which to arraign their opinions and decisions ; and if, in these opinions and decisions, there was any thing reprehensible, there was another and a more pro- ] per place where their condurt might be compe- j tently investigated, and their decisions rectified, if I they should appear to have been erroneous. Mr. PONSONBY animadverted with much se- | verity on the speeches of Mr. W. Pole, Mr. Can- j ning, and Lord Castlereagh. Mr. Pole seemed to ! forget throughout the whole of his speech, that j the real question before the house was the perilous 1 situation of Ireland ; and seemed only to suppose, I like the Parish Clerk in Pope, that the sole busi- j Bess to he attended to was the vindication of his ! own conduct, and the assertion of his own dignity, j The Right Hon. Gent. ( Mr. Canning) had argu- j cd one way, and voted the other. He contended j that in consequence of the motion, of which an j Honourable Friend of his ( Mr. Hutchinson) had It'was remarkable that the Right Hon. Secretary j given notice, for the Repeal of the LTnion, it was for the Home Department ( Mr. Ryder) had not j impossible now to entertain the Petition of the Irish hitherto thought proper to give his opinion on the i Catholics', so that, if the motion for the Repeal piesent question; but prcbably be was so much • cf the Union were deferred from day to day, and | l ! they ever hsA, or were likely to have? And .' if it was rvot by force they were to stibvert it, by what other means ? Was it by associating in their plan the Irish Protestants ? If so, are those Gentlemen disposed to say, that the Irish Pro- testants wtfiild lend their aid in destroying their own Church ? Surely this would be bordering very close on absurdity. But it would only be of a piece with most of the arguments that had been urged against the motion of his Noble Friend — For several years back it had also been objected to the Catholic Petition, that their Nobility were adverse to it. At another time it was said that the Catholic Clergy w re against ft, and that it had not been signed by any of their priests, or even one of their prelates. Nor was that all ; on other occasions, and by other Gentlemen it was objected, that though the Irish Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, might be in favour of the petition, yet the great mass of the lower orders of that per- suasion were wholly indifferent about its success. The Catholics observed and felt all these objec- tions, and were anxious to remove them, as they have on all occasions invariably been to remove every cause of complaint and dissatisfaction at their condurt. How could they most effectually obtain their end ? Why by endeavouring so to collert the universal opinion of their body, as to obviate all objertions. They accordingly set to work, in order to coilert the opinions and wishes of all the classes of their body. They chose from among their Nobility, their Prelacy, and their Gentry, those in whom they most trusted, to meet and manifest the general wishes and opinion. But no sooner did they make this attempt, which they fondly conceived must silence every objection, when a new cry is raised against them, that such meeting of their Nobility, Prelacy, and Gentry, could only have for its objert to constitute an assembly of tbe three Estates, which would beard Parliament, ar. d nose the very Government— meetings which were immediately declared to be illegal, and as such put down. He did not ex- pert that much weight should be attached to his opinion, but he would honestly declare that opi- nion, and assert, that in his conception of the mat- ter, there was nothing illegal in these meetings. They were no violation of the Convention Art. The Catholics who so assembled, assembled for no other purpose in the world than that of peti- tioning, and petitioning in such a manner as to obviate every objection that had hitherto been started against the nature ef their petition. In his mind, therefore, they had not offended against the Convention Art, or violated any law, and yet they were treated as guilty of the most flagrant offences. How then could it be expefted, that their conduft would bespeak the feelings of satisfaction, acquiescence, and submission ? Was it more than natural, that failing in all their attempts to please, they should feel disappointment, and utter the language, and assume the mien which indicated such feelings, and such a state of mind ? Their feelings of disappointment are then construed into a manifestation of menance; tneir attitude into that of defiance ; and these again are immediate- ly made the ground for refusing to concede any of their claims. This was an unwise coriduCt ; the experience of a. 3 bisto. y. particularly our own his- tory, dajnonstr>^. a. l that imprudence.' Such was . the gondurt vyt had pursued t' wards America. Her people wore s; iid to have assumed a tone and attitude which should not be brooked ; and the government of that day adopted towards America the same condurt which the present Government have recently been pursuing towards the Catholics of Ireland. But it will ever meet with the same fate. The Government which was so haughty and overbearing at first, were at last compelled to submit, and to acknowledge as an independent power those whom they had so shortly before stig- matised as rebels. He must entreat the House f not to lose sight of that melancholy lesson ; not to alienate Ireland, as America had been lost.— They should recoiled how the Irish Catholics fought, hied, and conquered in our fleets and ar- mies, and were yet excluded from the blessings of the Constitution. Ireland, he would contend, pos- sessed resources from whence were derived the greatest energies of the State. Ireland not only formed a chief part of our strength, but upon her cordial co- operation and assistance in the present crisis pf our affairs, must depend the security and safety of the British Empire. Under that impres- sion, the motion of his Noble Friend must have his most hearty concurrence. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that after a Noble Lord had disclaimed all interference with the present proceedings in Ireland, had scarcely sat down, and played his part iji the political pantomime, when an Hon. Member h. id arisen with a sort of under- plot in the form of an attack on the Irish Government. On the very commencement of the Session, notice was given of this motion. Every one must lament the cause which postponed it ( alluding to the recent death of Lord G. Cavendish's son) ; but he wouh; say, that nothing was more unfair than the rriotte ptcjuid. If they wished to discuss the Convention Act, by appealing to thai House to interpose against the verdict and judgment of the Irish Court, why not state that distinctly ?—. There might be cases to call on Parliamentary interruption of proceedings of the Courts; but this was not one of them. If Gentlemen felt it otherwise, why mix it up with other questions? Those who felt great affection and zeal for the Roman Catholic claims, had much reason to com- plain at the want of wisdom in the way of intro- ducing the question the object of which seemed to be, to shew a certain strength and importance in that House, when, as one Hon. Member had said, the existence ot the present Administration was drawing to its termination, and by a strong vote to display the strength of their competitors. ( Hear, hear.)— He called on those who were sen- conduct of Government towards them. So far S Crown of his present Majesty was unlawful ; ir was so much tjccupied'with the Police of the Metropolis, that j not brought forward at any period of the Session; [ j sible of the unfairness of the motion, not to be he had not leisure for engaging in the discussion. , j neither could the Catholic Petition be discussed, j< entrapp d by this sort of management. [ Some His Noble Friend who male the motion had been I answered by a Lawyer and Civilian, who was al- ro a Privy Counsellor ; and though, as had been justly observed by the Right Hon. Gentleman who to, 1 lowed him. the whole of his speech went to es- tablish the propriety of re- enarting all the rescind- ed Statutes of the Penal Code, to which the Ca- " tholics had been formerly subjected, yet the same Right Hon. Gentleman had: disclaimed jany wish to shut the doors of the House against future dis- cussious of the Catholic claims, indeed, such had nor any attention paid to the claims of that high, ly respectable Body. There were, it was true, \ those who would grant no concession at all, be- • cause the granting any must endanger the es- i tablishraents in Church and State. In what quar- | ter did those dangers exist ? By what means was ' the Protestant Church to be subverted ? Wis it the Catholics who were to overthrow ir.; and if so, by what means were they to accomplish that over- throw ? Was it by force ? If so, had they not us much force now to compass that design as explanation here took place between Mr. Perceval and Mr. Parnell, the latter Gentleman denying that he had made the statement mentioned.] As to the conduct of the Irish Government, he was convinced, that, in the acceptance of that House, the unanimous opinion of the Judges of the King's Bench in Ireland, which was since con- firmed by the verdict of a Jury, would form a sufficient defence for the Government. He en- tered into a luminous exposiron ot the character oi the Catholic Convention, and defence of the were the latter from having outs'epped their duty j that he contended, if the Convention Act had not ! existed, they would have been deeplv culpable, had j they neglected to apply to the Legislature for a hill • ^ to enable them to beat down the spirit of violence ! which was beginning to manifest itself. Blinded j by party zeal, the supporters of the motion de- fended all which the Catholics had done, because in doing that they could accuse the Government. He had never h& ard that depreciation of Ireland which was spoken of. Government value Ireland, and promoted its interests by beating down such unlawful assemblies. It was due to the Irish Go vernment, and to the Catholics themselves, to know whether Parliament looked on, such Con- ventions with approbation or otherwise. If the conciliation and peace of Ireland were the objefts of the motion, they were strangely defeated by measures which might be described in the words used concerning the condurt of Government, as mischievous insanity. Opposition might have | chosen a more honourable path, and told the Ca- tholics that their sincerity was not diminished, but that they could not support persons who put them- selves in array against the law. Those enlighten- ed persons might have pointed out the mode for the Catholics to pursue ; but blinded by hostility to the Government of the day, they took pleasure in this fatal course. Some had said that Govern- ment would protect itselfby its majority ; he be- lieved that Opposition would be glad to protert itself in its minority; knowing they would not be so unfortunate as to succeed. As to the state of the Catholic claims, he retained his former opinions, having always said that he could not forsee the time when they could be conceded with safe- ty. The Catholics were perfectly ready to re- ceive, but not to make any concessions. The two great points were, security from foreign influ- ence, and from danger to our own establishments. He then read some passages from Lord Gren ville's letter to Lord Fingal, frotn which he shew- ed, that though Lord G. was not pledged to the veto, yet he demanded some equivalent to it for securing an establishment in Church and State, which he considered necessary in the views, not of bigots, but of enlightened men. Lord G. even added, that if nothing of that sort could be done, he should despair ; alluding to arrangements re- specting nomination of Bishops. Unless the House knew of some security, he ( Mr. P.) contended, they would only be deluding the Catholics by go- ing into a Committee; but had any body heard of any proposition of the kind that the Catholics would accept ? Those engaged in this cause for years, could not venture to propose any specific measure ; ht? could not therefore see the proba- bility of any event which would render the con- cessions safe, or a security acceptable. Lord G. said, he had deliberated on the subject with Mr. Pitt, and had been long revolving it in his mind ; the result of all which was the veto. As to thehard names of bigotry and intolerance that had been applied to him, did not Lord G.' s letter equally demand guards and securities against foreign and domestic dangers ? The Catholics ought to come to Parliament to ask for concessions in a different tone ar. d attitude from those which th? y mani- fp'ied. As tt the H3tir « f motion for a Repeal of Union, alluded to by his Right Hon. Friend ( Mr. Canning), he could but see in that a great additional objection to the measure. The Repeal of the Union could only tend to produce a sepa- ration of the two countries. No enlightened mind could contemplate it otherwise. He was glad to find that the argument, founded on a claim of right, had not been supported by any Gentleman in that House. After various arguments against the propriety of adopting tbe motion for a Com- mittee, the Right Hon. Gent, trusted that many Members would feel forcibly the manner in which it was attempted to entrap them into a vote for the motion ; connecting the condurt of the Go- vernment respecting the law of the land, with a question of claims, without consideration of the fitness of the time, or the suggestion of the neces- sary conditions on which alone they could be con- ceded. Mr. GRATTAN agreed with the measure, for he thought it necessary, if they did not make inquiry, they would still remain ignorant of the habits of the people of Ireland. ( Hear, hear.)—. With respect to the objection of the Right Hon. Gent. ( Mr. Perceval) to the right of the Par- liament, the House had a right to address the Crown for the dismissal of any of the Judges.— Some of the Judges'of Ireland he had the honour of being acquainted with, and he would say when he mentioned the names of his friends, Judges Downes and Day, there was not a person in that House who would say to the contrary, that there never were two men who had sounder hearts or heads than they had. ( Hear.) The point of law in this case was wrong, even allowing that the Irish Government had had the opinion of the Attorney- and Solicitor- Generals. They were like all other lawyers, and he most say they were hi error. We have heard much of this Convention Act. The Convention of Dungannon was a legal one, and their petition was received by the King, and from him transmitted to both Houses of * Parliment.— Was it to be contended that the Bill of Rights was illegal, that the accession of William and Mary to the Throne was illegal ? He would ask them, if they were not illegal, how were they obtained ?-— With respeCt to the Convention Bill, he remem- bered very well the period when it had passed.— At that time he not only voted against it, but spoke against it; fot in his opinion it was liable to one great objection, declaring that all Representative Delegations, for the purpose of procuring altera- tions in Church arid Sta^ e, were illegal. He then remembered that Ireland owed some of her great- est advantages to Representative Delegates; he re- membered theDeiegatesatDungannon; heremem- bered the Convention which preceded the Grants to the Catholics, in 1793 ; he remembered that these Delegations had been, in some degree, ac- knowledged by the Legislature ; for the petition which was presented from the Catholic Delegates, and transmitted to both Houses of Parliament, re- ceived the countenance of a majority of both those Houses. This Art was casting reflections on some of the greatest and proudest periods of our history ; it was casting reflections on the Convention from which England had derived one of the greatest blessings which she had ever enjoyed— t) reConven- tion of 16SS ; it was saying that the tills £ 9 die saying that the Revolution was unlawful. If it had been wished to pass an Art of Attainder on all those who had been instrumental in placing King William on the Throne of these realms, the pre* amble would huve been materially the same as that of the Convention Art. He could not conceive how it was possible to declare th « ? principal of Conventions on all occasions, and for all purposes unlawful, though he could conceive a> time when Conventions for some purposes . night be dangerous. You owe, he said, your privileges to the existence of Conventions, - and you owe the preservation of it to the infrequency of C inven- tions— ( Hear)— therefore, though he would defend the principle of Convention, he would not defend thjir frequency. The Catholics had had examples set them by their Protestant brethren ; and admit- ting the illegality, the censure against their con- duct was not the less unfounded : and supposing the Catholics had assembled without the sanction of the law, as to the manner in ,/ hich they w eie to claim their privileges, that was but a poor ai- gument against the privileges themselves: If the condurt of the Catholic body had bsen more ve- hement than men in the full enjoyment of their rights would have exhibited ; if it was not alto- gether constitutional in every point, Parliament themselves were the cause; th^ y had deprived four millions of people of their rights, and th< y were not to be astonished that these four millions of people had spirit enough to feel the injury ( Hear, hear, hear). The Cathol'. s tvere call- ed upon to triumph over their prejudices, ns if the prejudices were altogether on the side of the Catholics. It should nor, however, be a vic- tory of one sert over another sert, but of both against, common prejudices; and the result of this mutual victory would be ihe establishment of put. lie tranquillity—( Hear). The condurt of Par- liament towards the Catholics was injurious to the best interests of the nation. It taught them tu consider the principal argument against their cause, however invincible, was not to be d. fined ; but if the people weiefto he familiarized to re- peated defeats, they' would destroy that spirit by which the liberties of a people were to be pro- tected— ( Hear). The refusal of the Catholics to take the oath wished to be imposed upon them, was the strongest argument in their favour; for a Deist, an Atheist, nay, even Lucifer himself might take that oath which the Catholics would not take. He did not consider the Catholic oath intended as an evidence of the Catholic cor. viflion, but as an evidence of their political distinction— ( Hear)— and whenever this disaffection ceased, the principle on which the » ath was justifiable, ceased also. It had been said that concession to the Catholics of part of their claims formerly pro- duced no good, and that they were dissatisfied at that Government undar which they were granted. This had been so well attested by a Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Canning) th » ft was unnecessa- ry for him to enlarge upon it. He would only add, that the Ministry who then presided in I land was unpopular, and a declared enemy to the Catholic Religion ; and it was well known that a hostile Ministry always make a discontented peo- ple , under whatever constitution. ' But did tho concessions produce r. o good effect ? What! the soldiers and sailors who, after the » epi I, shed their blood with pbasaie at yoji comcj.? r. d, had- no good effert? Although" the Ministry who granted the concessions derived no advantage, the ease and facility with which the army and navy afterwards were filled, was an advantage to the country. A Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman ( Sir John Nichol) thought it would be adviseable to wait till the Irish were better informed, and less disorderly and barbarous. But this was a reflec- tion on the English Government. However h-. trd the laws under which they suffered, still an affec- tionate peasantry filled the armies of their country. But the question was, not whether the peasantry were to be entrusted with power, but whether the Nobility and Gentry were to be entrusted with it. Did he wish Lord Fingal and the other distin- guished Catholic Noblemen and Gentlemen, to be again sent to school ? With respert to the dan- ger of the Church— the Church Establishment was not made for the Ministry nor the King, but for the people. It had been thought proper to give the Religious Establishment of England to the people of Ireland ; in which, perhaps, they were right; but they were wrong if they imposed upon tfie people of Ireland the English Church, and then made that a reason for disqualifying them from the enjoyment of their right fHear, hear.)—- WAS it to be said that the Establishment of the English Church wis not compatible with the liberties of the people ? lie had never seen any alteration proposed in Church or State, with- out going into a Committee ; and he lamented to see the manner in which the Ministry were raising up imaginary difficulties, for they seeraed to em- brace the difficulty merely because they were in opposition to the principle. Any > hin£ might t>, food for opposition to an unwilling Ministry He remembeied when the Irish Reform was pro- posed, no plan could be found practicable ; but when the Union came, it was all done in less than a week. Upwards of 25 law- suits existed at pre- sent in Ireland. They had gone to law with the whole People of Ireland ; and they had gone to law with individuals; and no less than five ac- tions had been brought against the Lord Chief Justice; there were suits on all sides, and able lawyers on all sides; lawyer against lawyer ; evil against evil; longrobe against longrobe ; but would the fire which raged in Ireland be extin- guished by all the 25law- suits, or by all the suffer- ings of'the Members of the Irish Committee The evil did not exist in this or that Chief Justice, or in this or that Secretary, but in the law itself.* The Irish Catholics exhausted their treasure and their blood in the defence of the empire; the peo- ple of England were not insensible to their merits nor unwilling to acknowledge them; and sup- posing the Minister should procure a temporary triumph, he would tell them that the honest feel- ing of the people of England would not long support him in that triumph.—( Hear.) Whether this countty should stand or fall in her struggle with the enemy of Europe, he wished it mi'-. w stand or fall with Ireland; but with Ir. lan• fin possession of equal privileges and equal rights. BELFAST: frint « 4 MID PuLliilieU e/ DJLWMMAKS Ananias.
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