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[COSAM EM ill B ARTLETT— EDITOR.]
present appearances there will be no lack
r, j a tcs for a sect in the Congress of the U.
f Jie a in piac° of Mr ! Glline? *
n os Col. Myers., of this city, has for |
t'ii .o been before the public* and his claims
f a favorable notice from his friends j
recti*
• the u[>' coun *D’ ‘
%, arC also anthsrised to say tint Tiios. U. I*, j
the Old-school Republican, will also ‘
Til ‘
■ candidate. From the string support he re
•. ,j in the contests of 1327 and 1823, we pre-
CC '!. : at l* c wiH be a hard horse to heal.
n n icl B-ailsford, of M’tn.tosh, Samuel Rock
>j ofMillcdgeville, and Henry G. Lamar, of
“ojon, have also been announced.
Cim Council -A regular meeting of* the City
c 'l was held yesterday. Present Alderman
t\Vi -'C Chairman, Sheftall, Cuvier, Brown,
g;, n v, DeLyonand Giidon.
The information docket was taken up, and seve
i \<<dividails lined for violations of the Sabbath
TV **
ordinance. * .
\\- U'Lyon, from tho Conr.rattee to, whom was
referred the petition of sundry citizens praying
► c repeal of so much of an Ordinance as permits
p S to be opened on the Sabbath, till 9 o’clock,
October, 1827, reported favorably to the
The Committee believed the strict*ob
wrancc of tho Sabbath to be a sacred duty, and
‘viewed, the ordinance alluded to, as injurious in
ts effects, and destructive to the best interests
0 f the community. The comforts of the laborer,
nod the interests of the master, demand a due ob
♦ervance of the Sabbath. The strong ground on
th;ch the ordinance has rested, viz. the necessity
the slaves to trade on Sunday, that
fain* the only day on which they could be spared
from their work, was removed by an. agreement
r.fred into by the planters in the neighborhood
(S Savannah, to permit thoir servants to visit Sa
na.ah in weekly rotation on some other day of j
j*.* week. The Committee were of opinion that
the ordinance in question conflicted will* a statute
rfdic state, and urged if sTepeal on that ground.
The law of the state forbids tippling houses to be
renc-1 at all on Sunday; yet the ordinaries per*
riN’ shop keepers to keep their shops open till 9
o’clock, when it was well known that more th in i
y,:.!f their trade consisted in the sale of ardent spi
rit; The privilcgu.of purchasing spirits cu Sun- |
dav is not necessary to the comfort cf the slave, !
titbit U injurious to interests of tlie master.
The Committee went into an elaborate detail ot
the facts and arguments, upon a review pf which
the Lau formed thezr opinions.
On motion, tho report was aceeptcd.
A bill was introduced by Alderman D’Lyon,
in correspondence with tbe views of the Cornmit
fcc.nvh'wsli was read the first time.
Alik?iqaq Brown said he was in fayor of a re
peal of the. Ordinance in question; he had fre
quent!* urged it.; but he was for carrying the
piincip^j/ur u tire provisions'of the bill
proposed. % 110 therefore offered a bill which he
had drawn npbv way of substitute. It was with
drawn, however, on the understanding -that it.
fould be offered at any subsequent stage of the
|r r 'CeeJings
The reports of several committees on private
alters wesc taken up and acted on.
Several petitions were presented and referred
toipproprkUc committees. j
Mr. Ed.vard IJowaid, a young gentleman, aged j
Milt dl) years, son of the late L)r. II Howard, of !
Baliinore, who was attending a Nauticil \c4dc
fcyhrtho purpose of acquiring a knowledge of
fetation preparatory to Ins gowing to sea, was
cahoard the ship Francis, lying alonir aside of a
*barf at the point, on Sunday afternoon', and by
femeaens.s accidentally fell down the hatchway,
thieh so injured him that he died yesterday after
tlon, iiWat b o<?lock. He was rendered insensi
e-y, itsupposed, by the fall, and never spoke
tftcrwards.— J}ait Chronicle.
IV§understand that the selectmen of this town
hve determined not to comply with the request
ofth.t Agent of La Fayette, respecting a ca>k cf*
the battle ground of Bunker’s Hill,
beirijr convmced that the request orignated
® bie officiousuess of the agent, and not in the
*ul3ofihe General. —Bunkers Hill Aurora.
Scalding. —A most attrocious act was comm.it
kd on Friday last, in Pike-street, by a woman
Smith, it appears that a neighbor's child,
fatter so 11, aged about 8 years, had given
by running on Smith's stoop, who iu a fit
anger, threw a quantity of hot water on the lit
**creature, which did so much injury that life is
//paired °f. A warrant was issued yesterday for
“ e apprehension of the woman, but she was not
w tuuad. —Cutnnu rcial.
Injnrlant. —One of the niqst interesting items
afloat., is that INlrsi Roy all, of Black
°j s was last week presented as a
\^ u s e - °y the grand jury of Washington city
v?! h iicr gailant friend Major say to
SMsulg* VV ill not his pen leap from its stan
ta do battle in her behalf..
Jt'rcdcricksbu rg Art na.
Latest from lag land.
New Yoke., June 23.
, Ablate hour {|fis morning thp packet
i is Rich irrJs, Capt. Ijoldredgu, uv*
’ 1 Liverpool. By this arrival the
ot tiie Commercial Auyei riser have
fji es<) j London and Liverpool pa*
Th” U ‘ Ie 23 J of May, inclusive.
Y P Ht /ket sailed 011 Sunday the 24rii.
, weavers siruck for wages
l , ‘‘tnouni of 50Q0, and no ccuoposirioii
21 1^ ace w, lh the masters oir the
th • U '* deputation had been sent to
J‘ kn.v.v whether they would comply
1, 1 1 e proposals made to them before
lr ‘vrrk 5 were sealed. In the other
‘"btctoiing districts no serious outrages
1 ‘k**n pUce.
t \j seen T oni our extracts that
hi,* Lomiell \yn* heard at length, as to
fi refusing to take tiie oath of
*!’ q C ‘ ICV ’ speech which was a very
,e * s 100 tong to be copied to-day.
tier rtll abstract from the Liverpool pa
if,Jl'e [r>>Fecdiogs wliici) MU-wul.
‘> u ( t i * Locinell had been directed t(i
Qer. fe ‘7’ uu li,e 19 ult. the Solicitor
th: * l a warrant be issued f r
f t *or the election of a knight of the
slsLje for the county of Clnrr, in the room
of Daniel O’Connell, Esq The de
bate on this motion was. adjourned to the
L-*t. Tito government were accused oi
interfering, to induce members to vote for
the motion. This is denied by the Cour
ier: which paper says that the official an
swer was, that members might pair off* ns
they pleased. In the House, on the 22cJ,
the Solicitor General said, that
“In consequence of what had transpired
in the course ol the debate, when the sub
ject was before uader the consideration of
the House, ns to thcsdifliculty of carrying a
new writ into execution at present under
the new law, he had re-considered his pro*
and wo.uhl, with the permission of
the House, withdraw it, and substitute for
it a .notion calculated t.o obviate the. difficul
ties pointed oqt. Ho then withdrew his
former motion and iimyed-—.
4 T hat the Speaker do issue his warrant
to the Clerk of the Crown, in Ireland, to
issue anew wilt, subject to the provisions
of the*rerent Statute for the Relief of the
Roman Catholics, for the election of a
member to serve in the present Parliament
for the county of Clare.”
The motion was opposed by Mr. Sprint
Rice, who moved for leave to bring in a
bill to amend the late act; but withdrew it
after considerable debate, The motion of
the Solicitor General was finally agreed to,
with a verbal addition by Mr. Bioughum.
Portugal. —The latest accounts from
Portugal represent the affairs of that King
dom as being in no better situatii n. Twen*
ty-’hreo Constitutionalists were condemned
in April, as having been concerned in the
insurrection of Oporto last year, twelve of
whom wore executed, and eleven banished.
The expedition to Terceira sailed on the
6h Ap’ and. In a deb lie in the French
Cna<nber on the lGth, M and Pompiere, re-,
marking on expendi-mre, said tliat the con*
vevance of an African lii> n to Paris cost
XOOO francs* hot that in 1826 it cost the
French double that sum to accelerate the
arrival in Portugal ot a tyger, or biped mon
ster, nuuh rnme dangerous. This remark
I led ri one ql those scenes of seeming con- !
fusion common in the P’ amber. The Por
tuguese Government, it was said, had a
bamJouQj the contemplated issue of p iper !
money.
There wis a order i:i tLe Lisbon Ga
zette o! M y I*’, from D'>si Mimiel, to is
miss eight Portuguese Consuls, viz: at
Rhijadelplri q Mow Vm k, Elsineur, Stettin,
P iris, Marseilles, H.ivre-de-Gi’ace, and
Barcelonia. f
Urotn thy Courier of the 22(f
The accounts from Lisbon ot the 9th
mention that he sentence against the twelve
Constitutionalists at O.iorto was carried
ioto exenition on the 7ill—-and this is the
first proof furnished of a more humane pol
icy !! File population of Oporto were
thunderstruck at the older of the execution,
received on the very day when the decree
ot the Minister of Josqce promising a
•udder system arrived, A good deal of
irrpation and discontent was manifested;
bu ? , saws a letter from Lisbon—
“ln order to cord the fermentation the
authorities caused it to be published that it
was a merp formality, and the Royal par
don was depended upon, and was hourly
expected. They succeeded thus to calm
and delude the jrritation jfolt for the res
pectable and imvocent victims, until early
on the Thursday morning, when, as in tbe
ease of Brigadier J\]oreira and his fellow*
sufferers her o , a temporary appear
ed in the finest square of Oporto (Prnca
ISnyo .) Tho most imposing military dis*
positions were displayed, the unfortunate
victims wt(u led to tlie spur, and by ten
o'clock they were no more,*’
France. —By an ordinance of tho King,
Count Portalis who had held the office ad
interim , is permanontly placed at the head
of the department of fi>reign affairs, M.
Bordeau, under Secretary in tlje Depart
ment of Justice is made Keeper of the Seals,
Tl e administration was by tbe
refusal of the Duke of Laval Montmorency
to join it, to look within itself for a substi
tute? rather than make concessions to either
party in the Chamber.
In a conversation on the expenses of the
year, tbe Minister of Finance stated that
Ihe expedition to the Morea hnd occasion
ed only an extraordjnqry charge of 20,000,-
qOO of francs, or about £BOO,OOO sterling.
French Funds.— Pfiris , May 20
Five per cents lo7f. 80c. Three per cents,
781. 6<)c 70. Bank Stock, 1,875f Naples
§tck, BQf. 3Qc, Royal Spanish Loan,
7 7 12..Ilaytjen Loan, 400f. Enclrange on
London, one months,2sf. 45c, three months,
25f. 30c.— pours Aufhentique.
Theatre op War. Count Diebitch is
no longer commander in chief of the Rus*
siau army op the Danube. His successor's
name is not mentioned. Something is sajd
oT*his illnes>; but his retiring is ascribed to
a jealousy on the part of the officers, which
the Emperor did not think it prudent to
encounter. Jt is supposed that the com
mand is merely placed under another name.
After the unsuccessful attack by Hussein
Pacha upon Sizepub, of which our last arl
vices contained the particulars, two unsuc
cessful sallies were made by the garrison of
Guirgeyo on the corps of observation be
fore that foriress. S- me prisoners were
taken.
T he pontoons prepared for effecting the
passage of the Danube before Silistria were
II oiled on the B<ta to Kaltarasb, which is
opposite under the direction of Major Gen
eral Schiltler and reached their destination
on the 12ih of April, not withstanding the re
mains us the Turkish flotilla commanded the
Danube at the fortress of S/thsiria, and fur
ther up.
THE ARGUS.
SA VANN A 7/, TllU US DA V MORNING , JULY 9, 1829.
Thero was reported to be a great scarci
ty of provisions at Shoumfa, where the
Grand Vizier had arrived with 12,000 men.
Tchassan Oglon has been arrested and
conducted into exile; lint it was supposed
would b* beheaded on the route.
I he head quartets of the Russian army
were to be moved near the Danube. The
commander in chief left Jassy on the 14di
of April.
C iptain Le Blanc, the Qommodore of a
! rencli ship had been sent by Admiral de
B'gtiv, to Mustapha Pacha, Governor of
Caudia, to confer with him and recommend
moderate measuresas. respected the Greeks.*
He consented and agreed to suspend hos
tilities. But the Greeks were not so tracts
ab.le, and Captain Le Blanc returned front
a fruitless conference with Baton Reiueck,
their agent in Caudia.
The Gazette de France of May
says:--
A letterfrom Vienpastates,
was circulated at Odessa, on the Ist of May,
that Eizeiourn had been taken by the Rus
sians. The best informed persons in that
pity did pot believe jt.
“The accounts from Sizeb.oli vvere of the
23 of April. The Russians still retained
possession of it, but the Turks were mak
ing preparations fur a speedy attack.
“Odessa, April 2B. —A considerable con
voy, with troops (4,000 men, it is said) and
provisions will sail next week for the Asiat
ic coast of thy Black, Sea. It seems that
the Turks ariive from Nato(iu in.great force,
advancing to meet Gooecal Paskewitch,
and lay Waste every thing on their way.”
The St. Petersbugh Qazetie contains an
account of the Danube having been crossed
on the If ih of April by three detachments
of Turks, who were repulsed without loss
fiom Xig&ulet and Dessa in little WaUaehia.
Their attack on the village of Rasta was
inr>ro serious. They were repulsed with
the bayonet, loosing forty-one killed and
twenty two taken prisoners.
I irnna , May 10 —The corprrverce of
V enicc .has becomy very fluurisiiiu.g since
it has buen declared a free port. One of
: out mot chants, who did a great deal es bj
, si ness in .English goods, having personally
! convinced himself of this state of things, has
resolved to form a branch establishment at
I Venice,
i It is said that their Majesties’ visit to
Piague, which was to have been next
month will not UKe place this, year. The
unfavorable season has hitherto prevented
the Court from going into the country. It
is said that it will not go to Luxemburg, but
perhaps to Schoenbrunn, or directly .to Ba
den.
Prom the Mess age r drs Chamfires, May 20.
Paris , May 19. —There is now in the
roads of Marseilles a frigate built by order
of Mehemet AU. Nothing, it ts said, can
be more ricii and magnificent than ttys ves
sel, which will cost the pacha 1,600,000
francs. |i contains a suite of splendid a
partments, furnished with the magnificence
and oriental effeminacy which would per
fume even the tar,
AH the accounts from Greece announce
that Missolongbi must soun fall. The
Greeks intend to blow up all ihe woiks of
| the fortresses they may take in Lividi 1, to
prevent any reaction on the part of the
Finks, Os 3,500 French who will fcmail)
in the Morea, one battallion will be in gar
rison at Patras, the remainder in Navarinq
and ‘Motion.
HOUSE OF COMMONS-g-May 18.
Case of Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. Brougham put it to the Rt. Hon.
Gentleman opposite (Mr. Peel,) whether it
would not be better that the debate, which
was adjourned on Friday nighrt, should be
taken up now!
Mr. Sugdon inquired of the Hon. member
for Aberdeen, whom he saw in the House—
and ho \yould Ipiye asked the IJon. Baronet;
the member for Westminster, if he had been
present, what tfie oath was which was tak
en by the'member fo| Clare, before he pre
sented himself in that house?
Mr. Hume.—Perhaps the Hon. member
will best obtain the information he desjres,
by obtaining the certificate from the clerk.
(Ile/ir, Hear.)
Mr. Sugden.—The Hon. member is per*
fectly 4 ware that'the‘certificate will not
give the information I wish. The certifi
cate merely states, that “ Daniel O’Con
nell has taken the oaths;” without at all
suiting what qirtlis were taken. The stale?
mrnt in the certificate is, that Mr. O’Con
nell Ins taken the oaths,'in thp plural num
ber; but I am informed that be only took
one oath.
Mr. Hume.—l can only say, in answer
to the Hon. member, that Mr. O’Connell
took two oaths. (Hear.)
Tiie order of the day being then moved,
that the adjourned debate be resumed—.
The Speaker put the question, “That
Mr. O'Connell be called back, and beard
at the table.”
Mr. Secretary Peel addressed the House
at considerable length, arguing against the
tight of Mr O’Connell to be heard at the
table, and in conclusion said, that he should
pinposr, ;n order to bring to issue the sub
ject of Mr. O’Connell s claim, “ that the
member for Clare be heard at the bar/with
reference to his claim to sit and vote in the
House of Commons without taking the oath
of supremacy.**
Mr. C. VV. Wynn, said, his conviction
was from the ft.si, that the honorable mem
ber should bo heard ; and lie did not think
it was of any consequence whether at the
bar or tho table.
Mr. Brougham was in favor of having Mr.
O'Connell heard at the fable; but on the
ground of expediency would acquiesce in
the amendment.
There were at this time at least 500 mem*
: bers in ihe House.
! The question, “ that Mr. O’Connell be
| heard at ‘the bar bv himself, his counsel, or
i Kis agents,” was then put, and carried in
i the affirmative.
• *
Mr, O Connell was then called in, and,
the Speaker informed him of the decision
the House had come to.
Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to ad
dress the House. He said he claimed his
right to sit and vote ii * e Ifpuse as the re
presentative ol tho county of Clare, with
out taking the oath of supremacy. He was
ready to take the oath ol allegiance, provi
ded by the lucent statute, entitled “an At
for the relief of his Majesty's Roman CJath-
Vlie subjects. * lie was desirous to have
that oath administered, and us course nutsj
■be p.repnred to yerify his qualification in
point of property ; and w hether (he House
should be of opinion that he ought to be
permitted to take the nqw oath, or not, he?
respectfully required to be ailovved to take
the qualified tied oath. If he was allowed
to take that oath, be it then at iiis own ha
zard to. sit in the House. His right to sit
and.yote in that House was in its nature
perfectly plain. He had, been returned dtt
ly qlected by the proper officer, and that
return had been confirmed by the unanim
ous decision of a committee of the House,
therefore had as good right to sit and
vote in the according to the princi
ple of the constitution, as any of the right
lion, or Iron gentlemen by whom be was
surrounded. ’The voice of the people Kad
sent him there. He was the representative
ot the people. The question, as it affected
his right to, sit and yote in the House,'could
not arise at a common law, but* only on a
statute law. Ii was a question of statute
law whether a ‘representative of the people
was. bound before he entered on the execu
tion of bis duty to his constituents, to'take
oatits of any description.—He was correct
in saying, that up to the reign of Elizabeth,
no oaths weie required.
Ciiailes 11. first n quired oaths to be taken
in the House itself. That statute required
the oath of allegiance to be taken, no
man pould be more ready to take the oath
of allegiance than he was. The statute al
so required the oath of supremacy to be ta
ken, together w ith the declaration then, for
the first time, introduced jnto the statute.
Trie oath of supremacy he would not take,
and he believed there tverc marry in the
House who would not take the then exist
ing oath of supremacy That statute not
-wnly required those oaths to be taken, bu
it went ou and provided remedies against
individuals who should neglect or refuse to
take them.” Up to the period of the legis
lative union with Ireland, the statute was,
by means of other acts, continued in force ;
that was to say, partly in force ; the declar
ation \yas in force | but he found, by refer
ence to the library belonging id the flease,
that the oaths were repealed by the Jst of
VVilbam and Mary, section 1, chapter I.
That statute altered the form of the oaths
of allegiance and supremacy. By tbe stat
ute of Charles, the oath of supremacy was
affirmative ol the King s supremacy in spir
itual matters. By the other, the oath only
negatiyed foreign supremacy and spiritual
jurisdiction. This was the state of the sta
tute law up to tha period of the legislative
union with Ireland. At that period, in his
humble opinion, an alteration took place in
the effect of the statute law. He most re
spectfully submitted that the alteration which
took place at the period of the legislative
union, in the statute law, a? established by
the Ist of Wiiliatn and Mary, which was one
of pains, penalties, and disabilities against
any person who saf and voted without taking
the prescribed oaths, was, thaf there was
still a direction to take the oaths, but no
pains, penalties, and disabilities consequent
upon the not taking them. He now claim
ed, firstly, tt) sit and vote without taking the
oath&.by the act of unibq with Ireland ; and
secondly, he claimed to ail and vote under
the relief bill, wjthotit taking tlic declara
tion ; thirdly, he claimed, according to the
effect of the relief bill,’ to sit and vote with
out taking the oath of supremacy ; & 4thly,
he claimed under the positive enactments
of the relief bill, to sit and vote w ithout ta
king any other oath tlTan that mentioned in
the relief bill itself. He would endeavor to
go oyer these several points as briffiy as
possible. The Ret of union with Ireland
certainly directed the oaths to be taken, <s•
it was equally certain that it did not enact |
any pains and penalties for not doing so.— ’
He next came to his claim founded on the I
relief bill, lie insisted that the effect of
the relief bill was to do away with the obli
gations directed by the union act. The un
ion act directed that the paths should he ta
ken for a particular period, and for a parti
cular period only. The words of the act
of union were—“ That e.very member of
the House of Commons in f lie first and all
succeeding Parliaments shall, until the Par
liament of the United Kingdom shall oth
erwise provide, take the oaths, and makq
and subscribe the declaration, and t ike and
subscribe the oath now by jaw enjoined to
be taken, made, and subscribed by the L*ds
and Commons of the Pailiapient of Grer t
Britain.’’ He could not now do that, f< r
the dlrecuion was at an end. On that di
rection depended tho oath of supremacy
If under that direction the oath of suprem
acy could not be required, then he succeed
ed at once. He contended that be period
had arrived when that direction wns no lon
ger in force. The period of the existence
of the direction whs limited by the adverb
>f time “ until.” The oaths were directed
o betaken until something should happen, j
. lad that tiling happened 1 That was the j
only question. He wpuld see whether he j
could answer it. He said that thing hnd I
/• • •
i happened How did ho prove it I He
took up the act rebel passed this session,
and he found the dt duration totally abolish
ed. Had not Parliament now “otherwise
provided?” lie would not detain the IJouso
by going minutely through the act, he-would
rest his claim upon the 10th clause, which
conferred the right of exercising every civ*
iVright upon Catholics. Jf he should be
risked whether the right of sitting <s* voting
in Parliament were a civil right, lie - would
reply, if it might be permitted, by asking
another question—-namely : “ if it bo not a
civil right, what is it ?” lie had looked thro*
the law books, and he found that Blacksiono
had divided the entire law into rights and
wrongs, and amongst the civil lights he clas
sed the privih gts ot sitting aid voting iu
Parliament. But he would appeal tfi the
eo mm op sense and understanding of men.
Was it not a civil right ? In this very sta
tute itself, civil and military rights were
con Ira-distinguished. Thus there was iu
the act itself a clue to the meaning of the
act. If he went om ol the act, and refer,
red to those’authoiiiirs which decided the
, meaning of the English language, found
that the W'urds “civil rights.” included ev
ery right of the description for* which he
was now'contending.’ 11 is right was clear
and plain, from the fair construction of the
late bill. It was intended .to be all-com
prehensive in its enactments —extending its
benefits to all to whom it referred, with such
exceptions as were to be thereinafu r excep
ted* llis rase, he contended, was not in
cluded amongst those exceptions. He stood
upon his righi, and he claimed under that
;acl the benefit of the intention of the legis
fktinre in its enactment.
The honorable and learned member s conclu
sion was followed by considerable cheering from
several parts of the house.
• After he had concluded, an interval of several
minutes elapsed, before any member addressed the
House. - In this interval, the Solicitor-Grneral
was for a short time apparently in consultation
with the Speaker. When lie resumed, his seat,
another short pause cnsoed,aftdr\vhich—
The Solicitor-Geneial rose and addressed ilio
House at const t erable length, in anfeuer to Mr
O’C’s argument, and concluded by’ ipovin*r, lha*
“ it is tin’ opinion efthis House, that Mr; O’*’’ I i
yinrr been returned a& a’ member to this V
before the Commencement of the act pass* r
present session for the re icf of hiss MajWt > .
hiaft Catholic subjects, is not entitled tff sh ‘ v
ip this Ilbnse, unless he first takes 1 lie onib t* -:
prcmjcy.” - Tin* Soliditor-General then sat do\ r.
amid considerable cheering. ‘
Messrs. G Lamb, Maurice, Fitzgerald, C A
Wynn and Broughatfl. severally addressed tire
House in support cf Mr. O’C’s claim, and
v Messrs. C. Fergusson, Hatley, Sugden, Sir J.
Scarlett, Doherty and Peel spoke in favor of the
Solicitor-General’s motion. ,
• The House then divided on the motion, when
thd numbers were— *•
For tlio rrtotjon, 13(1—against it, llG.—Majority
in favor of thsAngiion 74.
On the re-ege’hing’ofthc gallery, the House was
considering a motion Made by the Solicitor-Gen
eral, that Mr. O’C. ehouhl be called to the bar, in
formed of the decision of the house, and required
to take the oath of allegiance and supremacy.
” A pause of some seconds took place. Tim eyes
of most of the members were directed towards thu
bar, and Lord Duncannon and other members pro
ceeded in that direction. **■
Mr. Brougham objected, as was understood, to
the course pressed by the Solicitor-General: Mr.
O’C. should have tho oath tendered to him* but
not at the bar.
’ The Solicitor-General said, that lie had looked
into the journals, and found that the course Jiq
had ptirsUed Was according to precedent.
An irregular dispmsion then took place, in the
course of which, the Speaker stated, tliat the only,
difficulty was, whethpr Mr. O’C. should receive
the answer of the house in the same position ip
which he had last spoken. There had been no
precedent of an oath being tendered to a member ,
at the bar. ‘
’ Mr. Peel, at length, suggested that an opportu*
nity should be given to Mr O’C. to consider whe
ther he would take the oath of supremacy or hot;
he might not be in the house/ He therefore mo
ved that he be required to attend this day at three
o'clock
‘ The Speaker then put the question—“that Mr.
0/C. be ordered to attend the house this day (Tues
day) at three o’clock, in order that Mr. Speaker
may Conimunicate to hiirr the resolution of thu
House, and ask him if he is willing to take the
oath of supremacy.” Agreed to ncm eon.
’ May J 9 —The Solicitor-General moved thotthq
order for the further attendance of Mr. O’C’. at
the bar, be read. *
* The order having been read—Tim Solicitor-Ge
neral moved that Mr. O’C. be now called in.
The Speaker directed the Seijcant-at-Arms to
inquire whether Mr. O'C. was in attendance.
The Serjeant-jt-Arms replied in the affirma
tive.
Tbe Speaker directsd that lie be called in.
Mr. OU. entered the house, and immediately
placed himself at the bur.
* The Speaker then saidMr. O’C. lam direct
ed by this house to communicate to you two res
olutions to which tho house came last night. The
first is, “ that it is the'opinion of this house that
Mr. O’C. having been returned a member of this
house before the commencement of the act pass
ed'ih this'session of Parliament ‘ for the relief of
his Maj6'sty' f s Roman Catholic subjects/ ia not en
titled to sit or vote in this house** unless’ he
takes the oath of supremacy.” The next resolu
tion is, “ that. Mr. O’C. do attend the house this
day, and that Mr. Speaker do then communicate
to him the said resolution, and ass him whether
he will take the oath of supremacy.” In obedi
ence to those resolutioi s, I now ask you if you are
willing to take t,hat oath ? • f /
Mr. O’C.—l wish to see that oath (after a short
pause) I wish to see that oath,
s’ The oath was handed to the honorable & learn
ed member, who, after looking attentively over it,
said—“ There is one assettiofl in this oath w’hich
I do not know to he true ; there is another asser
tion in it which I believe rot to be true. I cannot,
therefore, take this oath.”
* The Speaker.—You may withdraw.— Mr. O'C.
bowad and withdrew.
MONEY MARKET.
From the Morning He ru'd of Friday, May 23.
Consols opened yesterday a 88; buyers, and
bargains were currently done in the early part of
tile day at 88 1-8 ; but the mqiket became less
firm afterwards, in consequence of some sales by
the leading brokers, and the closing price was 88;
sellers. The new scrip is well maintained, at an
advance of 1-8 percent on the price of yesterday.
The premium on Exchequer bills remains ttill
without fluctuation.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS—May 23.
Cotiov. —The import this week is 9481) bags,
and the sales reach 17,320 bags, (including 750
Americans and Surats taken for export) at steady
and somewhat improved prices, viz*: 470 Sea El
ands, at to 14d;90 Stained do. at f>3 to ff.di
f;300 BoweJs at to (>d; 2100 Orleans at 5 l-Bcl
74 and; 1250 A lab am as at T'd to 6d.
[N. B— Vor.. 11.
