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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.
