THE NATIONAL RP,GISTER. ation of the House. It was not his intention to enter largely into the nature and causes of the complaint, as the fittest time for observations of that kind would be after due investigation . had been made by the C. mmittee into the circumstances. He then noniinattd the Committee, amongst whom were Mr. Manning, Sir John Sinclair, Mr. Brogdale, the Lord Advocate se(4lal , tl. Sir I'. Baring, Alderman Shaw, Mr:Baring, Mr. Sharpe, Mr, Long, and Alderman Comhe. Mr.TIERNET hoped that it was not the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Committee should bring up a short Report, and declared it his opinion that It was in tii.pensably necessary for the Committee to enquire into the Pauses of the decline of the public credit. After some obserVations from Mr. Canning and Mr, Horner, Mr. TIERNEY moved an amendment, th4t after the words commercial credit the following words should be added, " and the trade of the united kingdom." And some observations from Mr. Baring, Mr. Tierney, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others, the 4menOment was neltatived, and the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to. C.IIUTCHINSON gave notice, that he would move for t'le Repeal of the Convention Act in Ireland, on the 12th of I..rarch, being the first open day.—Adjourned. • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tontum. SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1811. THE KING. His Majesty health is so far restored as to enable him to enjoy the social intercourse of the Royal Eimily, and to appear in public as formerly, when ever the weather permits. The Bulletins, which have long. been of an encouraging desciiption, are not yet discontinued. Those issued since our last ii 7e as follow : Sunday.—" His Majesty continues to go on well." llonday.—" His Mak sty continues to advance regularly in rt.:,:very.' Tuesday —" His Majesty is going on most favourably." 17/.6teirsqay.—" His Mej,sty's indisposition is in everyrespect declining." Thursday.—" His Maje Sty continues to go on favourably." Friday--" The King remains in the same state in which he yesterday." Saturday.—" His Majesty goes on well." 187 by the artifices of designing men; whose system is to seize every opportunity of sowing diwention be tween the two countries, in order to effect, ulti mately, a separation. But their baneful schemes have been thwarted in this as in many former instances, by the prudence and moderation of the Irish Government. " The only way to stir up the people," said Mirabeau, 44 is to form assemblies," and the Iner4 to whom we have alluded before, are well acquainted with this maxim of that great adept in the art of effecting revolutions. They accord ingly planned meetings of Catholics in all the' counties in Ireland, under the pretence of naming Delegates to form a central Committee, or rather a . Convention in Dublin, for the purpose of urging the claims they mean to submit, to the two branches of the Legislature. That the great mass of the Irish Catholics had really no other object in view, we are firmly convinced, but it required no great political foresight to anticipate the manifold, evils which might, and in all probability would have resulted, from so complete an organization of a party within the State ; for wha:ever might have been the motives of the Irish Ramon Catholics deliberating assemblies, corresponding with each other, and having a central committee formed of their delegates, could not be considered in any other point of view than of a powerful party within . the State. In this circumstance, however, we have. a fresh proof of the facility with which plans of mischievous tendency they be defeated in Ireland, by the timely application of prudent and moderate measures. In fact after all the declamations of party men, and all the exagerations of party-wri ters, the political squabble about the Irish Com., mittee might be entitled a, 46 MUC/4 ago about No thing" IRELAND. The state of fretful agitation in which Ireland has been kept, with little interruption, for the List three or four hundred years, has again manifested itself; and the Roman Catholic question has again afforded a pretence for the revival of party spirit. We say a pretence, because, from our knowledge of the country, we can confidently state that, the removing of the few disabilities under which the Irish Roman Catholics still labour, could not be attended with even contingent advantages. to more than forty individuals of that persuasion. To the mass of the people, that boasted Catholic eman cipation as it is falsely termed, is a mere abstract political proposition in which they have no manner of real interest,.but to which they cling, neverthe less, with their characteristic enthusiasm. To this they are actuated, partly by the impulse of their even natural hasty disposition, but more especially PORTUGAL. We have it from unquestionable authority, tin Ministers are in possession of very important ad vices from Portugal; their precise dates we have not been able to ascertain with accuracy ; but they • are subsequent to the 16th ult. and were brought by an armed ship. The Dispatches are of such a nature as to induce us strongly to believe, that the next arrival from the Tagus will bring intelli gence of the greatest moment. No less than that a battle has taken place, or, that M ‘SSENA has retired from his late position as Santarem. The distresses and privations which the enemy's- troops have been imperiously doomed to indure, has; it seems, left no other alternative to their Com mander, than to retire, .or immediately to risk a bathe. The tenor of the recent Dispatches, respecting the enemy's movements, induce us to believe that the latter alternative had been re solved on. On the other hand, Lori WELLINGTON was waking every preparation to meet the attack with Oorresponding firmness. Lord WELLINaross OP