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wh ° he sh i P s not f sr . fact,. It pir slur that t he ill load r tobe -A ds . t. 37 „ PROVISIONALLY REOLSTRitIt, R r , liA AVENUE ASSOCIATION. . ;.,' non .'rrr;nee Shares of 1601. each. •;" i iota , ;Ea ‘.ND ii vir% "•LhtY-1 - , 4001 - IE . p o q., IS, Lathleigh-strect, Iv square _ 1111 SHADBOLT, Esq., Croonic's-hill, Green xich, PROVIN'MAL COMMITTER. l i a t : 11 V k 3 KELLY, Esq Alde:man HIIMPHERY, Esq., Alderman, M.P. 111°14AS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman ,LHARLES BURI.S, Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfriars HENRYVIEDEPICK WILLIAM CALDWELL, Esq., Golden-square CHARLES CHILTON , E sq. , 7, Ch ancer y-lane H EN RY GOULD, F.so.,l3arge-yanl, Bucklersbury JOHN H OWELL, Esq., Fihepherd's.bush 4 /4011A8 H O WELL, Esq., Bath-street, Newgate. street WILKINSON, Esq., 82, Cornhill. Bssteees--TI . e London Joint-Stock Bank. _Bot te'Tnstil--Afeesrs. Bischoff and Cote, 19, Coleman - street. .. 110 WIrLVIr AMU ;!uitTEToa— Mr. William. Barnes, Church Court, Old Jewry. SICCIMARY Mr Peter Jeffery. This TeIdPORARY OFI/1018-30, Bucklersbury. oattue Assuelatiou tor Merl:Cl/07e of constructing an or arcade from Bartbolemew-lene London.wall. T he } louses to Ise bulA ou this sits will be adapted for offices, ,:• ctint-houses, and chops, arki)r. dir,g to the situation. They h e • t light s well ventia,ted, and perfectly secured, and the whole r. agh : l n a h andsome and commodious at r.roach to the Bank of • t he City. RoYal Exchauge, and generally to the most central parts ig r „ NJ " ) P O 4eCi to raise the capital its 3,000 shares of 1001. each. it 41+usit of ten shilli ngs to pact on she shares being allotted, e fie l a uet* da i .... nee with the prov'slous of me new Registry Act, and atte •.lher . 1 / 2 not exceeding 104 per share, as may be re. be f er ious to applyi ng t o P ar li am ent, ou complete re/para. O th n g effected under the Act 7 and 8 Victoria. e Act of Parliament being obtained, and for which all the earib er w . 01 1ccs has Lee n g i ven for the ensuing session, each sub. I keeedi v il ; rto nominate a good and insurable life not n ' 'wbee ntequired ,' nor less that, five years of age. A subscriber kit ‘ r o t h et it Ited in the nuraoer of his norninatiods, provided that stlars a 'e than Ste shares are dependent upon any one life ; such to be at a l l times transferable. tahl v Act bei ng o b tained, the rema i n d er o f the c a p i tal to be t hasli c U ,,__ cli ti mes as the Committee may require, one month's pre. 21 " ce b eing giveft. wstUZ„L rav isional Committee have arranged with certain Life five—` Offices, wheiou^ every gut:scriber, or his represents. t aints:l' h e secured th e receipt of 2001. on the death of his no thi tuneh 1001. paid. 44 % will be appaed, e Bret Instance, In paying the ' 44, cled ev essaiium s foe insurance. The surplus rental will be ey,st e t, five yeas 5, Ly way of bonus amongst the proprietors nominations, and which, it btu been calculated, will e nstsi t .7 6 Per cent. per annum ou each 1001. subscribed, in. /h ot % 4 uoweve r . an ,„, t at eac h du h s e q uent division, as the so 7 fall ln. tie Ho lb3b ni w 84 the DWI - 11 ) er of outatAbalOg shares, by the death of 11,11%nelat'l shall fah to }thin 500, the whole property of th e 'eta. t ' Q tb I nveste I in and divided amongst the holders of Plan t tistid aw aid mr.f ivin gs "nay be seen, and a detailed p ros p ectus tr.aPrlacetioti t) the Architect, Mr. William Barnes, Jewry. the sclim,, e ,, Messrs . Bischoff and Colon. the Association, a treet and at. the Offices of ALES Ili AUCTION ; 4 1.GRAv t ,.. SQUARE the ;i7-ICINITY of her MAJESTY'S ALACE, a SPLENDI D BODE for a FAMILY of DIS TINCTION, with - : 44 8 for Seven H c o o r na se m l s esnzAsaunrdaitieigaccommodation throughout, for Three Carriages, a large Arde n, and every comfort that ingenuity R. GEORGE ROBINS has received instruc- Trry,,, - t kne from the Executors to SELL by PUBLIC COMPE yr. ''', on .Ivelva the Premises, on ...HURSDAI, 111 N on a'Clock (and to the highest bidder), a NT:s. LAR LY ELEGANT AND UNUSUALLY CONVE. -..'''''r MANSION, OF FIRST-RATE IMPORTANCE, No .8 IN BELGRAVE•SQUARE, atl t he south side, aid for several years the favoured abode of This W3 I. KNIGHT DEHANY, ESQ., DECEASED. sip,„;_, al del ightful town residence was fitted up by the late re ,.. ''. Posessor, regardless of expense, with a fixed determination 7 succeed ed ~ *cure every comfort a family of distinction can desire. That a merveille" will be perceptible at the first glance, ?he hiceouity would be puzzled to find a real want neglected. Of 1.; situation, it may be desirable to observe that it is T HE VERY CENTRE OF FASHION AND GAIETY, arid ft, AND ON THE VERGE OF ROYALTY, 4 , tenure secures the possession, subject to the original 14mnd-rent only, for a period. Is k " STILL EXISTING OF EIGHTY YE A R S. " the outward f orm displays so much of krchitectural taste that it i' it il lo ng been th e su bj ect o f unvarying praise, and within, will be t-4 (from a condensed statement about to follow) is without a o l l gie 411 07. There are three upper chambers, for seven tads ; on .2 third s t ory, t h ree best bedchambers, and a coramodite ; the Z a ild door, three delightfully airy bedchambers, a dressing. room, n. 4 conarnodite. The principal suite a re of nobl e p ro p or ti ons , an d ' a decoration s quite in the present taste. The salon de compagnie l a Communication with the stone colonnade and balcony, TWO NOBLE STONE STAIRCASES, allt the paved hall, to which may be appended THE LUXURY OF HOT AND COLD BATHS, adntirably placed, with a shower bath in connexion with it. The trend entree is of superior character and design, with a noble stone a tsircase to the principal suite, a lofty salle a manger, nOft. by 18ft , a library about 20ft. by ISft., a gentleman's morning room, and kaamodite well placed. THE BASEMENT IS QUITE PERFECT, tvevything conducive to contort, in its extended meaning, is pro lahlent throughout I ~.. THE STABLE DEPARTMENT IS FAULTLESS. 44 ere are SEVEN CAPITAL STALLS, STANDING FOR THREE CARRIAGES, 1 4 — t 7 1 -roorn, with servant's sleeping.reoms over ; and a depository si on ' 47 and straw; a garden alone separates them from the man. An; There is water laid on throughout the abode and offices, nd th e whole appears allied to comfort, although it Is not in. t° d j , tuise the fact that a lady outrageously s t ra i g h t- l ace d itcp dint °f • ingenuity, find the opportunity to display her tact 4/I 'dtne of the decorations. The purchaser will have ofE g t „i te take, at a fair valuation, kin i.,TkliT FURNITURE AND APPENDA GES .i.w. Ib i e tt ti ": in "d in the best taste, observing that Dowb igg lo r *44 onl y soli,;,"` 'e'en by tickets ; to be had of Messrs. Parke an d , _ Cuven t Lincoln's Inn.fields; and at Mr. George Robins 's Gi();, "S HIRE.PLACE, PORTLAND-PLACE. 'IILA•i-vllb LEASE OF A NOBLE MANSION, CAL bNI-ibt,l3l4Oß A LARGE FAMILY, AND WITH tt G toi li ciE OFISESSION ROBINS is instructed to sub 4'it to Publi A aa 41.1 j4nU ar'Y :1 c c°mpe l tition, at the Auctiea Mart, ea -o (18t a. , 4 „_„ at Twe re, -oily of r, mina ble RESIDENCE for a Banker, Merchant, or •,PUlence, situate „No. 1, DEVONSHIRE-PLACE, en d taati CL OSE TO PORTLAND.PLACE, .."'atta t ,,g n aut to the R egent ' s park , wh i ch in its domestic ar ,7"olai:ts. offer the aloft complete and ample accommodation Z'le spa ja estahlishment • the sleeping chambers, eight in num ber . I ntst i h °ul an d airy ,• reception rooms of noble Proportions; gro und doer possesses an excellent dining.room, :a do bath room &c. : l aslo aa ,... t ", SOME LIBRARY OF LARGE DIMENSIONS.. citing at ittices are uumeraus, and very complete, communt rfour rear with an excellent six-stall stable, coach-house . ti gl.. ia get and servants' rooms over. The Residence i s -me 4 4 the original Lease , forty-three years being unexpir ed, ttiait ground rent flBi a year, offering the oppor ilf at t • ° onl y with every certainty Nte, in " Mg money for its purchase, 417 6 1 a secure income. .111%i lvied until the gale and particulars had on th e pre .;ccro,:it:tt'ertaa•rXerly and S. Ware, Solicitors, 5, Gray 's Adeunction Mart; and at Mr. George Rob ins's r , ----........... A ci• ,' P PXR nn,-, 1 , ,,'"A1t 1,„ - " ,10 K-STREET, close to PARK-LANE. ' I " , ON ,'"COME of 4651. 51. PER ANNUM, SECURED lor th e ''',...PIAST-RATE TOWN RESIDENCE, on LEASE 4 b13 , 1,z E . 1 , 7.. HOLE TERM to GENERAL SIR MOORE ~ , „ Redr . • 'FORGE ROBINS i!4 instructed by the %sit ,4 strator ef the late R. DEVKRELL, Esq., to sub -4Sti4,,I3OUBLIc SALE, at the Auction Mart, on THUISDAY, A o u , at Twelve o'clock, that, ' t ELIGIBLE and SECURE INVESTMENT of the first lc eter Dr .. 4' - Merit ' - e - "fling an opportunity of rare occurrence for the em. o' capital most satisfactorily. It is secured upon )1 0 ~. 14.,'" 0 , Up THE NOBLE TOWN MANSION, ' l l 'h ' 'l. B ROOK -STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE, adv ' e fourth -atitaoc sill house from Park-lane, and partaking of all the Ili ‘2,l nti from CmCmMEDIATE superiorPßOXllY TO HYDE.PARK, est '. a'ac°l ntnodation of a order for a large family 14, 4. , blieh 4 n Ito p,-ti.`ent, With double carriage house, and six-stall stable, 'ene t - e nteivs at the rear. The residence is let upon lease al si ba A I , , Mo,si'e Di sney, K.C.8., for the w h ole term, - r s ' la hel d '‘' CLE'K R RENTAL OF 5001 . A TEAR, flra vlai c h tl : r de! the 31 - orquis of Westminster, by an original lease, ; a d.re ht a 3 faii unezpired term of twenty-four years, at a only 2 81. a ... c tie4 lST: f year , the lessee insuring. lie n ''' ' it hara rna Y be had twenty-one days prior, at the office . of at the Auction ; as s ..., E.Bq., Solicitor , 4 ozay's Inn square ; 't I!4 r. George obins's ch`-gees, Covent-garden. li +klieg , ‘ ,POGS AND DAMP ADZ. 4 ' ll I ' S ASITIMATIC CANDY has, ~,,, fr , or i „,.. *eu - o "e it C F , Years, been ?roved an effectual Preservative It h „,N are „ s e ctarl the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter to 41'. to ri tese Ptevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Teeple t h c ._ I've the Stomach from the admission . of Damps, and 1 4 , 41 Pare 074wh0 suffer from Difficlity of Breathing. 160 , 'ij ra x i, and i ci. „by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringden-street, .l e h l ie t.a ,_ . Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 4 hai, t 4 ; ton, eg , " - Eet i Gitio:d, 144, and IL Burfield, IVO, Strand; 441 ree t Li Hetni e r nhifi t_ Hallows, Drt•ggist, 2, High-street, Is (k.,‘,-table ir t .ttCk, Druggist, Church street, Hackney ; and by ii„. l. eeee.......xt, edicine Venders in Town and Country. 'at a on th e ,,n,ean bc genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and - - "snit) United Lomeli Box. DEC; ----- 1 , RATION -------- _ OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT, A. L S P , DEVON. tt .-4 S SCORBUTIC DROPS. of 0 I:,ll awi ,. A SURE CURE FOR BAD LEGS. th 'ne kt h , "It ease has excited so h• t . Guardians muc in er.st,. a , . ,_ • Of Brent gaints de th,., , Devon , have considere lit their duly to sign iii ,e, the ' accompanying important declaration • , s tie o_ undersigned, solem l d 'Thomas Ra. uhps,,,vrof ow' parishioners n y eclare that I, , efore 1 ' • S^orbutic ° k r 2 . 11,,,, s d o e Was ;Iterally c over c e o d ni i i .elV: c l ed taking In Ha w s o e und; (some ,T . ,ote h, M arge hat a person migit ha a v r e g l e ai:Ti n s fist in them) ;that . '' that a d finished tre to at b ad . the first bottle he noticed an improvement, ' i sno t " ta health t• C uing them tor some time, he got completely er ld i t l is k, lrrr of , After everything else had failed. He had tried thintil;l Prescrilpl4t(oi n i.lmes before taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops,' i 4,ol.v.hwittlout „4„(,;:nithteheaus't°" celebrat e d " A h ai ' s s e i? s iat o i r n b -th utic s hi e ave co n i bene fi t. t 4l se l a 4 our ~,, 'ellPetelY cured him, and he is now enabled to attend ~o .t . l i!de in ti, . as any vian in our parish. From other ewes ' 'sari to the is part, we strongly recommend " Halse's Sc rbutic vv ,,,, 1 b.. . notice ot` the puhlio. ken, p;,4., o : lll liiott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John manning, 1 - 1 , ,!21, ems ' Henry " G , .. , odmaii, Arthur Langworthy. ~-,- b.,,_ • irritLi ii hd „„_ mentioned Thomas Robins was quite incapable of doing of 1, ,, work whatever before he commenced taking those Drops. 'era 'a wods n a ie u f t . a nd the itc hin g re so large that it wati most awful to look at h l / 4. ul; aut__,and pain of the wounds generally were mcht Itl, o „`ts by, both day and night, for sleeve was enti." - ely out of the hues- L'ledker, so trl'i'a'Tce Ito mere skin and bone. and daily continued to i 'lli a ,;t the foll • there wa. every probab‘lity of hi. speedy death. , IJltr t -,,e'Vg extract from the " Nottingham Review";_ ft . ' ' THE BLOOD THE CAUSE OF SCURVY, : he ittfjleally astonishin,B, V) LEGS, &e. ~, a ' e , ..taih ' ed with [bell • vv , fvjoaut wounds ri n a t n t, y , e I p e ersozis should 1, . I , )e content - th', l l ,, h li k _ __fact that ' Hal se's SCorbuti.: Ifrs,,,ps"mwakeen it tis w e e a l s l e t h 7 a ah,elew betore the sun No one is better enabled ,o judge of t ',! a ~,„`'... a medicine as to its effects on the bulk of the people „.'iseic., vend, of the article : day nt , 01,1 and as vendors of this medic.ne we can 1 , pe, .Y recommend it to our triet,ds, tor there is scarcelY a N r .. h, pe 1 ,.. ,:i 0 0 t._ we hear . sorn, extraordinary accounts of it ; indeed, I^e out the ievuntpartiesi who have tried other advert , sed m , dicines til,xtew sa, o, coset4cam .airraiyee,st s o c n or ;e i . i s t 7 e rti l 3g to Raise's this preparation )t 0 1 t5. , .."' If 'bY magic. We again say, , , Trroyphdivosarb u h t l: strh le eme Clip t ; Hiill Agents for London ; Ilstelay And Son, F ' d erring oa .4,PCf.gt e tts 8 :3 fii li :iolborn ; Pro ' ut, '44, Stra.id Sanger, 15 3 , Xt, rect. • j' g , it, ohnston, (38, Cornhill ; and . king, Naider-street, VL•tl. B e • 1 1 . 'a. a tire to 4 ,„ t tc ,„_ a . ask . for " Halse". Scorbutic Drops." Pr;,..* ...,...41 for 11 1 4 , lid In Pint Bottles, containing nearly al: b. 1: 1 / 4 1. II N®. 16,351 LONDON, SAT UR DAY t E , G s N 7 JAYN U AR 1845. 5 PRICE 3d. he THE SIM/ ,x 1 , - , ublz,vszen ti VERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or the EARLY TRAINS an d TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published i n 7i nie for t AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up bo that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED ix ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that the CONCERTS of the ensuing SEASON' will take place on the fol lowing NIGHTS —viz., .11ARCH 31 ; APRIL 14 and 28 ; MAY 12 and 26; ,TUNE 9 and 23; JULY 7. Terms of Subscription fur the Series, 4/. 4s. Tickets transferable. To meet the wishes of the Subscribers, a limited number of extra Tickets will be issued for the accommodation of their friends ; Singlo ♦dmissiots One Guinea each, and Double Tickets 11. 10s. 'GR,EAT LEAGUE MEETING IN COVENT-GARDEN. The NEXT AGGREGATE MEETING of the LEAGUE, in the THEATRE ROYAL, GOVENT.GARDEN, will be held on WEDNIZSDAY next, the 15th of January. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock precisely. The Meeting will be addressed by Richard Cobden, FRq., M.P.; Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P.; and W. J. Fox, Esq. Cards of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the League, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and four o'clock. Applications far Friskers Roses to be made personally, or by letter, on Monday. The Cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to the Pit and Galleries. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six o'clock. on charitable donations and bequests in Ireland for any Catholic purposes. Any such restrictions or limitations that now exist are the creation of the late statute. " This should be kept constantly in recollection. Before this new Act it was lawful to grant by deed, or bequeath by will, property of any amount for Catholic purposes. 'This power continued in each individual until as shortly before death as the rational faculties continued. In particular it was lawful to grant or be queath property— " Ist. To build and endow Catholic hospitals. " 2d. To build and endow Catholic convents for nuns. " 3d. To build and endow Catholic schools. " 4th. To build and endow Catholic orphanages. " sth. To build and endow houses of refuge for Ca tholic males and Catholic females, paupers and penitents. 6th. To build and endow Catholic churches and chapels. " i di. To build and endow houses:for residence of the Catholic clergy. " Bth. To endow with glebes Catholic archbishops, bishops, and priests, and to grant or bequeath to them lands or mon•sy to any amount of value. " 9th. To create funds for maintaining the sacrifice of the mass, or other stated or specified prayers for any number of persons, or for any length of years, for the benefit of the living or the dead. " 10th. To endow Catholic sodalities, or guilds, for teaching the Catholic Catechism, or Catholic prayers; or for instructing in the proofs of the Catholic religion. " 11th. In short, it was lawful for Catholics by deed, or by will, to convey property for every imaginable charitable purpose, although exclusively limited for the use of Catholics. " Nor were these charities the less valid, although Protestants might be permitted by express words, or by implication, to share in the benefits of the charitable purposes. " Thus, in fine, before the passing of the recent sta tute, it was competent, in point of law, to endow all manner of Catholic charities and religious purposes, with one exception." What room was there, then, for additional advantages? None but what my Bill would have supplied. Such was the opinion which I gave and published in the month of August last. The exception alluded to was that relative to the regular clergy, of whom more hereafter. Such was my opinion. It emphatically asserted that all Catholic charities of every kind were, before the Be quests Act, perfectly secure. All—all—thee regular clergy excepted. Such was my opinion—published in all the newspa pers ; contradicted by nobody. The Crown. lawyers hare not contradicted this opinion in any way directly or indirectly. The authorities of the Castle so com pletely acquiesced in my opinion that no query on these points was put to the Crown lawyers. I have my judg ment corroborated by the acquiescence of the Clastle and of the Crown lawyers. But what is better still, every point to which I alluded in that opinion has been confirmed by solemn judicial determination. I allude in particular to the eases of "The Dempsey Charity," "The Hevey Charity," "The Kearns Charity," and particularly " The L'Arcy Charity." I have brought the papers with me here in the, D'Arcy charity. The other cases were decided by Lord Man ners, Lord Plunket, and the present Master of the Rolls. The D'Arcy Charity was established by the detvree of a greater lawyer than any of the three—the present Chan cellor Sugden. All apprehensions, such as those that might have been entertained in 1840, were thus termi nated. There existed no longer, and there does not exist, any question on Catholic charities. Even an an nuity granted in perpetuity for celebrating mrsas for the soul of the testator has been decreed to be a valid cha rity. How much do I respectfully wish that his Grace Doctor Murray would have condescended to have looked at this state of the law before he persuaded himself that the Bequests Act had conferred any advantages on Ca tholic charities. It had not room or spacal to do good. It is admitted by his Grace to do mischief- Such having been, I will say, unquestisxnably and un doubtedly, the state of the law respecting Catholic cha rities before the Bequests Act, I proceed to consider whother there has been any alteration, for the better, either in substance, or in machinery, lily that Act. In substance it is clear there could be now. Let us see if there be any in the machinery. This is the second point, as relating to any ameliora tion by the Bequests Act. To discu4s this point the most respectful way is to use the viery words of his Grace in page 21 of the pastoral, why or e he purports to show forth the advantages derivable t=om the Bequests Act. ceive how it is to be done. It is quite true that to vest the property in Catholic trustees there must be incurred the expense and trouble of having prepared for execu tion a deed or a will. But precisely similar trouble and expense must be incurred in preparing a deed or will to vest the property in the Commissioners. The original expense and trouble are in both cases the same. It is also quite true that, in the mode of preserving charitable donations and bequests by the intervention of trustees of one's own choice, there are, from time to time, expenses incurred in changing incompetent trustees, or in substituting a new trustee upon the death of a former trustee. These expenses, however, are much mitigated by the modern practice of substituting trustees, by petition to the Chancellor, without a plenary suit. On the other hand, it is to be observed that the Board of Commissioners is necessarily a fluctuating body ; and that any misunderstanding among them selves can be solved only by the medium of a plenary suit ; the entire expenses of which, whether the suit be well grounded or not, must, according to the Bequests Act, come out of the charitable funds. It is, therefore, sufficiently clear that, on the grounds of saving expense, little indeed can be achieved by means of the Bequests Act. Nay, there are many contingencies by which, in acting under the Bequests Statute, the expenses may be greatly enhanced. Any difference of opinion in the Board can be solved only by a plenary suit. With that worst consequence, that in every case of a suit, whether justly instituted or not, the costs come out of a charity fund. I have thus extracted from the pastoral the only ad vantages that aro sated or suggested by it to arise from the Bequests Act ; and I do respectfully submit that it is quite manifest that no solid or substantial advantage is thus stated or suggested to be derivable from that Act; at best, it really is but a mouthful of moonshine. It is said, indeed, that there is much importance in the recognition of the episcopal and archiepiscopal character of our prelates, as well as the right succession in our parish priests. But the decision in the D'Arcy charity has mitigated any notion of this recognition being valu able. In that case the Most Rev. Dr. WHale was ad mitted as a co-plaintiff with the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, expressly as the successor to the late Archbishop of Tuam, the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly. This suit was com plete before the Bequests Act came into operation. Suc cession was, therefore, recognised in principle. I have thus, in a manner which, I sincerely hope, is as perfectly respectful as I fervently wish it should be, canvassed the defence of the Bequests Act contained in the pastoral of the Most Rev. Archbishop. The defence has singular advantages in manner and in matter. In manner, from the serious and sweet train of piety in which it is drawn up. In matter, from the unquestion able talent and ability of the venerable writer; and from the obvious sincerity which it displays. His Grace has contemplated the Act in a point of view which, however delusive, has fascinated himself. It is only surprising that he has not equally fascinated others. Nothing but the inherent errors in the Act could prevent his Grace's defence from being complete. But how could any defence of the Bequests Act be successful, when that document contains, by the confession of his Grace himself, " blemishes," "imperfections," "deplorable defects," and a clause mischievous to charity ? Admis sions made from the spirit of truth and sincerity which distinguish all the life of the venerated Prelate. But what a vindication do not these admissions contain of the opinims of the majority of the prelates and clergy who have condemned the Act ! Ido humbly trust that they will also palliate, if not justify, the de cided hostility which I have felt it my sacred and solemn duty, ungifted layman as I am, to exhibit to this statute. Let me now drop all further allusion to the pastoral, and confine myself to the Act itself. My objections to it are numerous, strong, and, I think, decisive. They are, as briefly as I can state them, these : First.—l object to the Act on principle. We are not promised any amendment of it; but no amendment of it would satisfy me. It contains the principle which lab • hor, of a direct connection between the Catholic Church and the State. There cannot be religious freedom where there is a connection between the Church and State. In such a connection the State always predomi nates, and tyrannizes, more or less, over the Church. Religion should be free. It is a matter of an eternal concern. The Church which teaches that religion should be free from the shackles of man's power, direct or in direct. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who propose honouring e Perform ances by their attendance, are requested to leave their names and addresses at the Music Warehomse of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street, nearly opposite Conduit-street. SEWERS of WESTMINSTER and PART of MIDDLESEX. Notice is hereby given, that a Jury of Sewers have this day delivered into Court a PRESENTMENT of the ESTATES and PERSONS liable to be rated to the expense of maintaining and repairing the COMMON SEWERS in the Western Division of the Westminster Sewers and on the Counters Creek Sewer. The said Presentment is open at this office for the inspection of all persons interested therein ; and her Majesty's Justices and Com missioners will sit on Friday, the 17th January, and Friday, the 7th February, 1845, at One o'clock, when parties may be heard against the said Presentment, as by law allowed. LEWIS C. HERTSLET, Clerk. Sewers' Office, 1, Greek.street, Soho-square, Jan. 10, 1845. Secondly.—l object to the Act upon principle; as it creates a connection between the Catholic prelates in Ire. land and the Irish Government. This objection has no• thing personal in it as far as relates to the three vene rated prelates who form part of the commission. If an 3 men could be entrusted with the delicate and difficul It must be admitted that he does not: purport to make a very powerful case for the Bill. rnere is rather a show of " empty boxes than anything powerful or weighty, in the way of advantage, even.. upon his Grace's own showing. Anxious, as he most justly was, to place those advantages in the strongest point: of view, he con fines his praises to these two sentencesk. First.—(These are his words : I r epeat them)—" It (the Bequests Act) places our chariti as in precisely the same state in which we ourselves wished to have them office of acting in such a connection, there certainly could be no objection to these prelates. But the Catholic Church of Ireland is not to be over-ridden by the Govern ment, even by the unintentional intervention of the most respected of the prelacy. Thirdly.—l object to this statute, because it gives the Government the power of making selections and picking choices among the Catholic prelates—enabling the Government to select ono if they please, as being more loyal than another, and rejecting others as not being equally loyal with the chosen. In short, the Act gives a power to the Government to adjudicate as it were upon the character of our prelates—to estimate their character, and to select amongst them by way of preference. This objection appears to me quite un answerable. Fourthly.—l object emphatically to any connection between the Catholic prelates and the present Govern ment. Was not the Duke of Wellington bred up in the worst school of no-Popery politics ? and when he yielded Emancipation did he not expressly retain all his prejudices against Catholicity ? Is not Sir Robert Peel the man who organised the Orange system in Ireland ? and ought he not to hate those who could not overcome the errors of his judgment, but forced him against his inclination to grant them their political rights ? We have humiliated Peel, and it is utterly impossible he should ever forgive us. Is not Sir James Graham an avowed, or, at all events, an ill-concealed fanatic ? Is not Lord Stanley the determined champion of Protes tantism in every quarter of the British empire ? I ask it in shame and in sorrow, ought our prelates have any connection with such men ? four years ago." Secondly.—" And it gives us the :power of vesting property, without trouble or expense,., in perpetual se curity—for procuring glebes for our clergy—and for building, enlarging, and upholding four places of reli gious worship." Now, if his Grace had been perfectly accurate in the advantages, in point of law, which he ilus describes, yet I most humbly and respectfully submit that the Act would afford no great bonus—and certainly none such as to hold out any great temptation to laud the legislation it contained. It is my duty, however, to point out the inaccuracies, in matter of law, into which his Grace Liu been led. I take his two propositions separately and distinctly from each other. The first is in these words, respectiing the Bequests Act : " It places our charities in precisely the state in which , we ourselves w i s h e d to have them placed four years ago. ' In this respect his Grace alludes to , a memorial that he sets out from page 9 to page 13 of his printed pas toral— a memorial presented by the Catholic 'relates in 1840. My answer respectfully is, that the Prelates, in 1840, asked for very little indeed, and even that little has not beon obtained by the Bequests Bill. Hero is the prayer of the memorial : Fifthly.—l object to the Act on principle, as forming a connection between our prelates and the Irish Govern ment—that Government which owes its existence to the virulent and anti-Catholic and anti-Irish feelings of a majority of the English people ; feelings that were exas perated to the utmost virulence by the powerful writers of the Tory press—a press which distinguished the Ca tholic people of Ireland as " a filthy and felonious multi tude," and characterised our clergy as " surpliced ruffians," and a " demon priesthood." Sixthly.—l object upon principle to any connection between our prelates and the present Irish Government —that Government which selected for the highest judi cial authority Chief Justice Pennefather ; and for the judicial bench Lefroy and Jackson ; and for the Mas ter's office in Chancery Litton—three of the most violent enemies of Catholicity which the Irish bar could produce. Seventhly.—l object upon principle to any connec tion between the Catholic prelates of Ireland and that Irish Government which issued the tardy Clontarf pro clamation—a proclamation to which was affixed the name of that very Lord Donoughmore, who is now, forso o th, a co-commissioner of the Most Rev. Doctors Crolly and Murray, and the Right Rev. Doctor Denvir. How little could Lord Cloncurry, when he talked of the " projected massacre " at Clontarf, imagine that he would ever see Lord Donoughmore enrolled in the same corps of com missioners with any of our revered prelates ? Eighthly.—l object upon principle to any connection between the Catholic Prelates of Ireland and the Go vernment that persevered in the monster prosecution against the leading Catholics, and so constructed the jury that they were able to strike off all the Catholics from the panel, and thus, as far as in them lay, repealed the Emancipation Act. Are these jury -selectors to be the familiar companions of our prelacy? [The remainder of the letter of Mr. O'Connell has not yet been received at the Pilot-office. The concluding portion, we understand, will extend to two or three co lumns.] COUNTY OF LIMERICK—ATTACK ON KIL BALLYOWEN HOUSE. The Limerick Chronicle contains the following:—" On Sunday morning last, between the hours of two and three o'clock, Kilballyowen House, the family seat of The O'Grady, was visited by an armed gang of incendiaries, who posted a Rockite notice on the entrance, and fired a shot through his ball door, which perforated the curtain drapery, and struck the opposite wall, after which the ruffians departed, firing a second shot, but not daring to force an entry into the mansion. This violent outrage was committed in the centre of a populous and cultivated district, near the town of Bruff, and in the neighbour- . iuhnnotaoildil daylight,oi tsfa police s hight station, game,o n which, l i ke most others in the south of Ireland, is so weak as not to afford sufficent thatstren t g h t e h t h fo r r ea a t vigilantening noticep t rol. was o l f t is a enough murderousto oubasteurrvee, but of which The O'Grady and his family were not aware when the midnight mandate was revealed cowardly atrocity. anTdhweillltnocokt bleegdiselatetrroresdahrye sewPh7chvisriooanms saraebcirouaidte, DOW aimi ng Ilsgpwhirhitothe rural districts. the fearless inadequateandt ofunchecked,arrestorc force of f t t h h e e t e h l : r i o w l "In the large circle of the resident landed gentry of this ex t e nsive county, there is n ot one who could be deemed less obnoxious than The O'Grady, for he is not only a considerable proprietor, who gives constant employment to upwards of 100 men in the year, but also a most indul gent, encouraging landlord, whose farms in the most fertile portion of that district, are let upon fair and mo derate rents, to a respectable and comfortable tenantry. It is, however, conjectured that a property of the late Mr. Wise, of Cork, recently out of lease, has occasioned this revolutionary symptom. The O'Grady has offered a reward of 50L for discovery and conviction of the mid night gang implicated in this outrage ' • and we confi dently trust that th e G overnmen t an d the magistrates of the Limerick district, who are to meet on Saturday next at the county Court-house, will not be tardy or negli-1 gent in the discharge of an important duty at this crisis." " Your memorialists, therefore, entreat that the Board of Irish Charities may be rendered more generally use ful and popular, by the introduction to it of Roman Ca tholic Commissioners, or by some other measure which may have a tendency to place their charities on the same footing as those of their Protestant fellow-countrymen." It is quite true that we have got the Roman Catholic Commissioners ; but those Roman Catholic Commis sioners do not place Catholic charities on the same foot ing as those of their Protestant fellow-countrymen. There is no equality among the Commissioners. There is a decided majority of Protestants. Eight Protestants and five Catholics cannot be said, with any arithmetical accuracy, to be on an equal footing. Ilow can it be said that the charities are on the same footing. when there is so decided a majority on the ono side, and so decided a minority on the other ? If five be equal to eight, then indeed the Catholic and Protestant Commissioners are on the same footing ; otherwise, not. In plain truth, the placing some Ca tholic Commissioners on the Board, renders the Catholic inferiority on the one hand, and the Protestant supre macy on the other hand, more distinct, conspicuous, and emphatic. I could say more upon this comparative estimate being deemed as if the Catholics had obtained the " same footing"—but I shudder lest I should let fall one single word which might be construed into disrespect to his Grace the Arcbishop. I therefore leave many, many objections unstated. I have, however, shown that the timid memorial of 1840 asked but for little indeed, and that even such little has not been obtained by the Be quests Act. So much for the first advantage alleged to be obtained by that Act. I come to the second and only remaining one. Secondly.—(l repeat once more his Grace's words : "It gives us the power of vesting property without trouble or expense in perpetual security—for procuring glebes for our clergy—and for building, enlarging, and upholding our places of religious worship." How I rejoice in being able to bear my humble testi mony as a lawyer to the legal accuracy of the pastoral when it does state the law accurately ! The latter part of the sentence does so perfectly. It shows, however, that the only Catholic charities which are capable, by the Bequests Act, to be vested in the Commissioners according to the 15th section—the enabling section—are two, and no more. First.—For procuring glebes, including residences for our clergy ; and, secondly, for the building, enlarging, and maintaining our places of worship,' Now, these were all perfectly valid charities before the passing of the Bequests Act. All that Act does in this respect is to enable these two charities to be vested in the Board of Commissioner& Before that Act, and at present, and in all future time, totally independent et' the " Bequests Act," these identical charities could and can be vested in trustees of the party's own choosing, and that in perpetual and perfect security. All the Act does is to enable a Catholic donor to vest such charities as the above two, but no other, in the Board of Commissioners, eight of whom out of thirteen are Protestants, instead of vesting them in trustees all Catholics, if ho likes. The Bequests Act gives him that choice. He may choose the Protestant majority Board of Commissioners if he pleases, in preference to Catholic trustees. I venture, with respect for his Grace, to think that few Catholics, if any, will be foundto make such a choice. But the pastoral tells us that the " Bequests Act" enables Catholics to vest these two charities in the Board of Commissioners without trouble or expense in perpetual security. There is no explanation given how the" expense and trouble" are to be avoided, or how the " perpetual se curity" is to be achieved. Not the least. 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'' • ' "-----' ',.. , r „, ,,, , ... .... . ~ . , , 3.p.r............„,p.,—.......—...,,,..,„., ~., ~~ r~ ~ -~ SERIOUS MILITARY Row.—The Li mer i c k I contains the following curious statement :--" The sergeants of the 73d entertained the sergeants of the 6th on their ar rival in Dublin from Chester, for which the latter resolved to return the compliment, and at Christmas both parties met at dinner. All went on happily until the spi r it o f the company rose t o an extraordinary pitch. A scuffle ensued, and the officer on guard felt it necessary to report the circumstances to Colonel Bunbury, of the 67th, who at once ordered the bugle to sound for turn out.' The great body of the troops answered to the call, and a party was ordered to the scene of V!e riot and to take the sergeants into custody. As soon as they perceived the guard the sergeants of both corps seized hold of pokers, bottles, chairs, and stood upon the de fensive, threatening death and demolition to the first who approached. Officers came forward and remon strated with the rioters, who were taken into custody, but not without inflicting some blows on the officers and men. The colonel of the 67th received a blow of a stone An investigation was held next day by the General, and the men admitted their error' (?) but protested that the Irish whiskey had taken away their senses. The colonel interceded for them, and after a lecture on their con duct, they were permitted to return, with a warning against whiskey." THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND HIS DIOCESE. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 9.—The feeling which exists in the minds of the laity of Plymouth, Stonehouse, and De vonport, against the changes which have been introduced in the ceremonial of the service of the Church is, if any thing, stronger then amongst the laity of Exeter. From circumstances —fr o m many of the church-goers here having been won from the ranks of the Dissenters by the erection of proprietary churches, and from tue churches being generally supported by the letting of pews, a teeliag of independence and voluntaryism (if I may use the word) strongly pervades many of the laity; and the clergy, with but one or two excevions, ere what are termed Low Church" in doctrine, but are ge nerally popular, and allied in feeling with the laity. With a clergy and a laity holding such opinions, it may well be conceived that the recent innovations in the Church service are viewed with dislike and distrust., and with much jealousy of their ultimate object. Immediately after the publication of the pastoral letter of the Bisnop, enjoining the observance of the obnoxious changes, and an exact fulfilment of the rubrics, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Plymouth was held at the Royal Hotel, at which resolutions expressive of attach ment to the Church, but of " alarm and disgust at the recent attempts at innovation in its ceremonial, the ten dency of which they believed to be an approximation to the obnoxious practices of the Church of Rome," were passed. This meeting was followed by vestry meetings iu the different parishes, at which similar resolutions were agreed to. Similar meetings were also held at Devonport, at all of which the same strong feeling of determined resistance to the introduction of these inno vations was expressed. About the same time a meeting of the clergy of the deanery of Plympton was held, for the purpose of re ceiving the pastoral letter of the Bishop. Those of the clergy in that division of the diocese who were inclined to the doctrines of the innovators wished that some ar rangement should be immediately entered into, for the purpose of the general and immediate adoption of the surplice, and for complying with the wishes of the Bishop. On the other side, the clergy opposed to these changes wished for delay, in the hope and expectation that souse alteration would take place in the order of the Bishop ; and by a majority of four or five the consideration of the pastoral letter was postponed till Tuesday last, the 7th instant. On Tuesday the clergy of the deanery of Plympton again met at the George Inn, Ridgway ; the Rev. John Allen, rector of North Iluish, Rural Dean, in the chair. Twenty-seven of the clergy of the deanery were present. A series of resolutions ware proposed by the Rev. W. Coppard, of the parish of Plympton, embodying—first, an expression of respect fur the episcopal office, with an earnest desire to comply, as far as possible, with all the lawful injunctions of the diocesan ; and, secondly, that in consideration of the aspect of the times, and in anti cipation of some measures being brought before them from authority, it be respectfully urged upon the Bishop to allow the clergy of the deanery to exercise their own discretion with regard to the use of the rubrics, assuring his Lordship that they would adhere to them as strictly as they felt themselves empowered to do. To these resolutions an amendment was proposed by the Rev. William Oxenham, vicar of Modbury, to the effect that the thanks of the clergy of the deanery be presented to the Bishop for his recent pastoral letter, with the expression of their determination to render im plicit obedience to all his Lordship's commands, in con sideration of the solemnity of their ordination vows and oaths ; and further expressing the dissatisfaction felt by the clergy at the course pursued by the laity during the recent agitation. A conversation on the resolutions and amendment then ensued, of several hours' duration, in which the Rev. John Hatchard, vicar of St. Andrew's, Plymouth ; the Rev. G. F. Wedbaurne, of Charles Chapel, Ply mouth ; the Rev. John Child, minister of St. Paul's, Stonehouse ; the Rev. H. G. Greaves, minister of SL George's, Stonehouse, and several ether clergymen, spoke in favour of the resolutions. The Rev. E. F. Coke, of Plymstock ; the Rev. J. C. Street, curate of Charles, Plymouth, and others, sup ported the amendment. 'the Rev. Mr. llA'rettAan said, that he felt it was utterly impossible for him, as a man of common hi tegrity, to render thanks to the Bishop of Exeter for his pastoral letter, the effect of which had been almost to rend the Church asunder, and to produce the most serious and detrimental cou.equences to her best in terests. He at the same time stated his conviction that his Lordship was influenced by the best and purest intentions, although it was perfectly manifest from the result that he had fallen into a gri , :y ou y error With regard to obedience to his diocesan, he could confidently appeal to all his brethtet i by whom he was surrounded that he ever had made it, and ever would make it., his great übjea to obey every godly ad monition, and every lawful and ghostly command. He strongly deprecated the enforcement of nil the rubrical laws, inasmuch as he conceived the tendency of some of them to be to restore Popish practices, and to give deep offence to the groat body of the laity, who constituted that Church of which the clergy were the ministers. If the rubrics were to be restored, it seemed to him to be inconsistent to restore them in part and not as a whole ; for it must be borne in mind that there were many rubrics which still formed part of the laws of the Church of England, which were not printed in the Common Prayer-book, but which would be found at full length in " Gibson's Codex." In illustrating his views of the Popish tendency of these rubrics, the Rev. Gentleman particularly referred to the use of the alb, and cope, and tunicle, by the clergy in the discharge of their official duties. With regard to the course pursued by the laity, while he by no means attempted to vindicate every ex pression that might have been used, or every resolution that had been passed, at the various meetings which had been held, he yet most heartily thanked God that so wide-spread a Protestant feeling had burst forth; and he felt assured that 50 years hence those who would suc ceed them would look back with feelings of thankfulness to the great efforts which had been made by the laity generally. A number of the clergy present briefly expressed simi lar views. The Rev. W. OXENHAM addressed himself chiefly in reply to the observations of Mr. Ilatchard. He strongly urged that the resolutions did not go far enough, parti cularly on the point of clerical obedience. The meeting throughout was of the most stormy character. On both sides very strong expressions were used, which in some instances partook of acrimonious personality. Charges of leaning to Calvinism and Dissent were made against some, and of Romish views against others. _ At length a division took place on the resolutions, the numbers being—for the resolutions 15, for the amendment 12. It was then determined to hold a third meeting on Monday, the 10th of February next, for the purpose of comparing notes as to the extent to which the rubrics are observed or negleeted in the different churches and chapels of the deanery; and also in the expectation that by that time some notice may have been given in Parliament of what is intended on the whole question, from which the clergy may be enabled to draw some conclusions. ' In the meantime no changes whatever have taken place in the service as performed in the churches in the deanery. ' The above brief report gives an outline of the feeling Of the clergy in this deanery. • but from past experience they dunk hi m sagacious man ; the feeling is sho l sh ortly thi s _ they W iltohokreguaprodn to the is la h it o y p , as an extreme y acute d insincere, and distrust him. They suspect him of a covert design in introducing these changes, to increase his ow n saenedkitnhgattooefshitasbolirsdhearb, esovleuntetlprie r pT u oh le e. yeorvsuspe c t fl m hui i em n n d co s ef, o f the people (to adopt the expres sion of one informant), "for every bishop in his diocese, for every rector in his parish, and fur every curate at tea-party." " Since the com[u(ncement of the contro versy, the clergy in various places had ceased to use the black gown, and had adopted the surplice in preaching, with a view, he believed,coneurrently with the operation e ogswt e d o ate a f ‘ 1 i,hr t t—e c h si sryhea, other wither ‘' ao e r, enifdtyathGhpral%deeaot. deeply -ro o ted s eroope h it: a d agn : r s tirsroop t . of r:o e t system , ic i va t tt r d i fit i ira e ohaii people t° by o m bt e l a i l la is a i n nc as onsi cen s- - dsde feelingsvosii essence n wt c tsi or : euif.pt o Eth : ho.:e; w hz €. I p op anal tssh,thiott adopting by.. e e the tenets of Rome, and acknowledging papal supremacy; but by whatever name you call it, what we I,re afraid of is, the attempted establishment of priestly domination, the aggrossive graspings of power and inikence by the clergy; and these we are determined we will nut submit to. Your ceremonies are meant to abuse anil influence the minds of the laity to your authcnty; your offertory collections are meant to give you power by placing un controlled in your hands the means of carrying out any object you may will, even in direct opposition to our feelings. We distrust you, and we are determined we will have none of these changes." Such, in a few words may be said to be the feelings of the laity. So far is this suspicion and belief of a covert design to grasp at power on the part of the Bishop generally entertained, that the churchwardens of the Several parishes of the deanery of Kirrier, in Cornwall, at a meeting held at HeLston, on the 23d of last month, amongst ethers adopted the following resolution:— "5. That, in the opinion of this meeting, the neces sity for episcopal interference in the preeent case (If such there be) has been created by the Bishop of the diocese himself, who has privately encouraged several of hiscl ergy and holding longfo rg T o r t a t c e t n a rn observances, doc withto t i h n e trod uc e obsolete inten tion of furnishing himself with an excuse for interposia his authoriiy. And this meeting is moreover of opiniu that the Bishop was well aware that, such illlloVat, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is CHILD'S CHROMATROPE, New Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PIIYSIOSCOPE. The first Exhibition of a Series of beautithl DISSOLVING VIEWS. Dr. RYAN'S and professor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daly. Dr. RYAN also Lectures en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The whole of the Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUII3IA RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. 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At a Public Meeting, held at Exeter Hall, on the 19th Decem ber, for the purpose of raising a Fund to relieve Father Mathew from the pecuniary difficulties consequent upon his unwearied ex ertions in promoting the cause of temperance, The Right Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the Chair, it was resolved unanimously : That the Committee of the National Temperance Society be empowered to carry out the object of this meeting. That G. W. Alexander, Esq., be appointed Treasurer ; and the following Bankers to receive subscriptions :—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Glyn and Co.; Messrs. Ransom and Co.; the London Joint-Stock Bank; and Messrs. Hankey and Co. The Committee have to announce the following subscriptions:— His Grace the Duke of 8edf0rd......... £5O 0 0 Lord John Russell J. J. Gurney, Esq 25 0 0 Samuel Gurney, Esq . 25 0 0 J. H. Gurney, Esq E. Thompentotagotnt,:Esr7q:q. Joseph Eaton, Esq. W. Janson, jun., Esq. A. 8., per ditto 10 0 0 Exeter Hall Collection C. Bowley, Esq. William Cash, Esq. lO 10 0 W. Hackblock, Esq. John Bell, Esq. M. M. Monro, Esq lO 0 9 Mrs. Monro. C. Dixon, Esq. 0 Gould, Lisbon Bishop of Norwich jj:sa i hf .i.: ri r csr . . hc.Eha.h a Gar n .Brdcrr d i auei: M dsoern r it s ,nt i: S E bt . . qnq : C. Hall 5O 0 5 0 0 Lord James Stuart 5 0 0 5 0 • 5 0 0 5 0 0 Richard Barrett, Eq. 5 0 0 . Needham, Esq 5 0 0 5 0 0 Messrs. Morison, Moat, and Co., Hygeists 5 5 0 H. Hunt, Esq 5 0 0 ... S. buncomb e, Esq ... 5 0 0 Ri chard Peck, E h Samuel Ca. Esq. , .....q. 5 0 0 Sentinel Newspap er 5 0 0 Dr. hfastalier, Bath The Vicar of Banwell Anenyeacuse .... Two Sereants.:: .... : ( 2 1 g James Grant • ..................... II 2 2 0 Sir C. E. Smith, Bart 1 10 0 A Friend ............ 2 0 0 James Christy, Bp. R. Warner, E sq. - Joseph Hale C. T. Harry Theodore Compton Mark Moore Jane °liftman , 1 0 0 A. Hydropath 1 1 0 J. Meredith, Esq. J. Edgar J. Middleton, Esq. John Fox T. B. Scutt, EN. 1 1 0 R. Barrett, jun. W. Cabell, Eq. C. Ililpin, Esq. G. W. Atwood Rev. J. L. Warner A Hygeist 1 1 0 Dr. Ferrier 1 1 0 Littlehampton Temperance Friendly Society 1 0 0 J. Hume, Esq., M.P. A Friend to Temperance A Lady 1 1 0 J. Barrett, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq J. H. A., London 1 0 0 J. Baekhouse, Esq. W. Norton, Esq. Bishop Stortford Society 0 5 0 A Hygeist Sundry sums, per Mr. Perry 3 6 2 R. Everett, Harling Lydney Society, per Henry James 1 10 0 Farringdon.street Society 4 8 lii Mr. J. M. Morgan 1 0 0 Mr. George Milhr 1 1 9 W. Ewart, Esq., MA' 5 0 0 T. J. and T. Powels Charles Gore, Esq. Rev. T. Sisk Count Lackersteen J. M. Parsons 1 1 0 Per Dr. Ferrier : Miss Byerley A Donation 0 5 T. Compton, Esq 1 0 From Bath : Rev. H. H. Hayes H. F. Cotterill Hosting' Society 5 0 1 0 .. 1 3 ~ . Brighton, per .1. Hilton, Jun F. Luck, Esq. _ _ John Cassel, Esq. 2 2 H. Cole, Esq 0 10 1 Oil-OFFICE.-CAUTION. )RICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28, Lombard-street (late Price and (ioemel% and formerly latey, Butts, Pi ice, and Co's.), by the recommendation of the Se- Teetary •I the Post.otbce, beg to • impress upon their Cerro. *oodents the eisoesaity of precision hi the address of all letters in. tended for them," thus—." Price and Co." (and not " Price and Gosnell"—that firm ceased to exist in 1831), as the only means of guardlag against the fraudulent conduct et individuals who take in and retain letters and orders ie.tended for Price and Co., by IL. legally assuming the iirm o 1 " Price and Gosnell," wolf knowing bat they Dever were hi any way connected with that firm OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. Price nud Co: 1 Perfumery to w superior to any other, and In such general • emend, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the Putlie t 1 genital urioua nnitatleas. Price and Co. respect. fully to'iatt Ludic' alai Gentlemen weal they purchase not to take an antic e •vithout the protection !abet, front a design by Sir Wt.liarn Coo re v; being of to it, with the signature of **Mee rd f o Lombard-street," in red ink, and " 26" couspi. cuoasly in Its cesktre. Price and r:r ..tre the sole Whotesaie Agents for DELCUOIX'B KALYDOR, aFrench oo4rnetic, surpassing all t tLera for preserving end beau tifying the Complesiou, prepared to: the use of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, and her Msgsst) the Queers Dowager, by es. pedal command, and protected by letters patent. Price 4s. 6d. DELCROIX'S RIACASSAR OIL, mported nude: the 'victim, c( J "Lords of the Treasury," for the use of ter moat gracious Maj.sty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale; the firth(' en Royal, is also protected by two elegantly-execute.l, oorrect llkefieissee, in embossed medallion; of her Majerity mid hts Royal illghnoss Prince Albert. Price 3s. fib DELCROIX'S ODONTO. “We dc not bestial” !o -ocomsnenci, from experience, DEL. ODONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the west salu..l a news of purifying, preserving, and embellishing the leetl tux. Gums, hitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette. •.* 11.• Bouquet Duke of York M the last new fashionable ;intim& o: tte season 1844; but though tke last, is not the least 11,w talon, as it happily combines the preceding excellence of all thercy ilt,ouguets, with the delicate wad delicious fragrance of the white r oss teas. Lit him who id; a tnne bon. geetlensaa, And stands upon the ootwur of ► i t. birth It ix suppose that I bar, p mod Frorn off this briar pluck awhite rose with me. Messrs J. Deseret: and Ca, 153, New Bond-street, kave pleasure lsi a st iiig this their last bouquet t the season, and beg to info rm the l'irobility and their Patrous thst, during the recess, all orders for t heir " unique c.aueau'• c 4 a casc containing the six royal bou euets tot cue g compete' ug the bouquets de la Refine, d'Albert, Prince t f Wales, D .ke of Princeese Royale, and Princeeee e, particular attention is required in obeerving a Agin, will be forwarde d to an y p art of the countr y , carria ge paid. T geiNiedwlrl3rmd.street, Louden, be upon each case arid u % isi N si o. ire 154. ti r ern y bottle, as worthless counterfeit s, for the sake of profit, are by Drursuits and H:ardrcuers in town said country. S HAVING A LUXURY.N s RICE and CO.'s RYPOPLIAGOurpasses every invented for shaving. o.le tri: I will prove tnat the luxur y y ever of a shave can be enjoyed only by biose wire use Price and Co.'s nr,00,,,g0n whirb rer,d r IA saving (hitherto disagreeable and uric, painful) pleasant and casy• Prepared by Price and Ca. :lb, Lornbard4treet (late Price ar.d °amen's), and sold by Detcreix 158, New Bond-street, ani nowhard else in Lando -, price St ad per pot, Is. per square, 1.1 :Ikea ice boxes Is. 6d. and Mr. Price will have plcarurc in presenting any brother traveller with a square of the Rypophagen gratuitously, who raay 40 111 n. the honour to Cdll at lllontpelber House, 28, Lombard- gnat. ' NOW OPEN. UNIQUE EXHIBITION.-BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Nem Model, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca. valry under tho Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir Thomas Picton. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evening, brilliantly illuminated, from Seven till Ten. Admission, Ono Shilling. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTEN SION THROUGH LAMBETH. At a Preliminary Meeting of owners and occupiers of property upon or immediately contiguous to the projected line of railway to extend from the South-Western Railway at Vauxhall to the Belvidere-read, Lambeth, adjoining the Hungerford Suspension bridge, held at the King's Head Hotel, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, on the Bth day of January, 1845, JOHN BALLARD BYRON, Esq., in the Chair, It was moved by Joux Sure, Esq., seconded by Thomas Gamin., Esq., and Resolved unanimously,—That the extension line of railway pro. posed to be carried by the South. Western Company through Lambeth to the Belvidere-road, appears to this meeting calculated to produce the most beneficial results to the interests of the district intended to be intersected, clearing away, as is suggested, a large portion of the worst.built and least valuable of the house property in the borough without interference with any buildings of importance, and tending to great improvement in the character of the erections that are likely to be substituted In contiguity to the line, in. dependently of such as the Company must construct upon the site of the proposed station. It was also moved by THOMAS Ler; Esq., seconded by Fes!inlet FHLTO6, Esq., and Resolved unanimously,—That the following gentlemen, vie., John Ballard Byron, Esq., William Hawes, Esq., Harris, Esq., John Suir, Esq., William Cory, Esq., Thomas Grissell, Esq., Francis Feltoe, Esq., and Joseph Elliott, Esq., be appointed to act as a Committee for the purpose of ascertaining the opinions of the several owners and occupiers of property to be affected by the proposed extension, and generally to facilitate its attainment; and such Committee is hereby particularly empowered and requested forthwith to prepare a memorial fer signature of such owners and occupiers, and others whose interests may be concerned, and whose opinions are favourable to the undertaking, and to present such memorial to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and also to wait upon the Members for the cuunty of Surrey and borough of Lambeth, with the view of explaining to them the local benefit inseparable from the undertaking, and to request their most strenuous support and influence in Parliament in favour of the same. The above-named Committee to have power to add others to their number. (Signed) JOHN BALLARD BYRON, Chairman. The thanks of the meeting to the Chairman for his efficient and impartial conduct in the Chair were then moved and seconded, and unanimously carried. Also, that the above rceoletions be adver tised by the Committee. TEETH. 12, BERNER'S-STREET, OXFORD.STREET. Established since 1825. 31 R. C. AIOSELY, Surgeon Dentist, of 12 , 1 Berner's-Woe, Oxford.street, has the honour to acknow ledge the very liberal and increased practice he has gained for the last TWENTY YEARS, and at the same time begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public generally, that he may be con. stilted DAILY in all cases incidental to the TEETII and GUMS. Teeth of every material now in use, and at prices to suit all parties. Scaling, Filling, and every operation pertaining to Dental Surgery. Please notice, No. 12, Berner's.street, Oxford.street. THE FINEST WAX AND SPERMACETI CANDLES.—Those who burn these are respectfully recommended to make •ne trial whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, at one-third of the cost, do not burn better. They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care can be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, nd Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. EMPLOYMENT. —Persona having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, liishopsgate-airwt. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounc eTto a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and bat ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I le. por annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without ono shilling lot sr loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing A • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for choice in their Plate rooms many Patterns of 31LV ER-PLATED DISH COVERS, of She Mel/ Manufacture, from Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, via. -- Double .Donie Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. £ s. d. Size.X. a. d. Plated Disk Cover, 20in. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, 96 in. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 7 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 0 Dish Covers, 16 in. 5 12 6 2 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 6 Per set.... ....... £l5 13 11 Per set £6 17 6 The above have silver handles and mountings, and silver shields for .ograving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every information relati ve to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter- PUBLICATIONS ARCHITECTURAL SCENE AT COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE rpHE BUILDER : a Journal for the Architect, Engineer, Operative, and Artist. No. 101, for SATURDAY, January 11, contains :—Two beautithl Illustrations of the Greek Scene at Covent-garden Theatre, and the Entrance to Barber Surgeons' Hall—lmportant Features In the Metropolitan Buildings Act—Decay of Timber; Cause and Cure — Royal Institute of British Architects—Eccleshistical Architecture -- Scagliola, or the Art of Imitating Marble— ew Method of Ventila tion—Willoughby Wilton's Fifth Letter on Building Societies—Fire proof Houses--Notices of New Books—Contracts—Competitions — Timber Sales, &c.; and the Architectural Nests of the Week. Price 3d. Office, 2, Yerk-street, Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers. CAUTION ! THE PROPRIETORS of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS having at great expense engraved a Large print of London and the Thames, accompanied by a New History of the Metropolis, are surprised to see advertised by some dishonourable persons an INFERIOR and unfairly imitative production under the same name They, therefore, beg to Caution their Subscribers and the Public against the substitution of the above Imitation for their Print announced for publication twelve months ago! 198, Strand, Tan. 10, 1845. Just published, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 11. 45., cloth l e tt e r e d, THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH ; containing an Account of its Origin, Government, Doctrines, Worship, Revenues, and Clerical and Monastic Institutions. Ry JOHN LINGARD, D.D. London: C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street. ARCHBOLD'S PRACTICE of the CROWN OFFICE, published by Richards, Fleet-street, I vol. 12mo. Its. By J. F. ARCIIBOLD, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. ARCHBOLD'S NISI PRIUS. Richards. 1 vol. 12mo. 18s. ARCHBOLD'S JUSTICE of the PEACE. 3 vols. 12mo. Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane. ARCIIBOLD'S PRACTICE of the COURTS of LAW at WESTMIN STER. 2 vols. 12mo. Shaw and Sons. MR. WILLIAM HOWITT AND MR. SPENCER HALL ON MESMERISM. T HE ATLAS of THIS DAY contains Letters from these Gentlemen on MESMERISM. Amongst the Original Articles are the following :—O'Connoll, the Pope, and Sir Robert Peel—Mr. Ward and his Book—Monte Video and Buenos Ayres—Sir Rebert Peel's Financial Posit , on—What is Puseyism ?—What was the Origin of Puseyism ?—What is its In fluence ?—What is the Rubric?—What is the Ecclesiastical Powor of the gleen ?—Reviews of New Books, including Memoirs of George the Third—Vacation Rambles, by Sergeant Talfourd—The Pilgrim of Beauty—Rodenhurst, &c. &c. Literary Memoranda, Music, Flue Arts, Monetary Affairs, with the News of the Week and the Topics of the Day, will also be found in the ATLAS Newspaper. Atlas Office, 6, Southampton-street, Strand.—Jan. 11, 1845. A NEW AND FR IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT lEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2e. 6d. and free by poet (in a sealed envelope), Price 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the banefbl effects of excessive indulgence and Infection, illustrated by engravings, with obs e rvations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berner*. street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis, Cosopton-street, Soho; Noble. 109, Chancery -lane ; • Hannay and Co., i 3, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 14 6 , Leadenhall-street, Lon don ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country. _ OPINIONR OP TUE PENN. " We regard the work before us, ' The silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of curet sc'c 6 d :o a n f r o s . y . IIe." 8 • the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a lout o know. Wemust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has le ft such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suflbr. ing from indiscretion, to pro fi t by the advice contained in Its pages," —Age and Argus. The Authors of ' The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, w e fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style i n which this book is written, and the valuable hints it con ve y s t o those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, c a nnot fait toreconamend it to a careful perusal."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM of Snit ACUM is exclusively directed for the cur e o f nervous anti muscular debility, Impuissance, &e. Price Ils. and 23 5 . per b o ttle. Sold by a ll M e di c i ne V en d ors, o f whom m a y b e had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases may be had as usua l . ['Egli Y'S P U RIFYINO SPECIFIC PILLS are t h e most efft.etua r ual s nt y ad p t h ilo i tn i s is tpe a ee n : d bouy . seiondary symptoms in both sexes, price Ibit. 9d. letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne e s Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, IS, 'terriers-street., Oxford-street, London, from gleven till Two, and Fi ve till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till wf l7 o. One Persona ' , Lissom ) , is siglessary to eftoetapercosnegt cure -- - DRAVING CLASSES, EXETER-HALL, on the METHOD of DRAWING from MODELS, ne SANCTIONED by the COMMITTEE of COUNCIL on EDUCATION. CLASSES under the DIRECTION of Mr. GANDEE, Teacher of Perspective, Drawing, &c., meet every TUESDAY and FRIDAY EVENING, and a class for Geometrical Perspective every Taves- DAY EVENING. Terms, and ffirther particulars, may be obtained at the Hall. IRELAND. MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER ON THE CHARI TABLE BEQUESTS ACT. DUBLIN, JAN. 9.—The Pilot, of to-morrow evening, will contain the promised letter of Mr. O'Connell, ad dressed to the Right Rev. Dr. Cantwell. The following is a considerable portion of the letter:— Derrynane Abbey, Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord, 1845. MY REVERED LORD,—It was my intention to have confined this letter to an exposure of the truly shuffling opinion about, rather than upon, the Bequests Act, pub lished with the names of Messrs. Smith and Greene, by apparently Catholic authority. But matter of infinitely greater importance presents itself. The plan of the English Government to undermine the Catholic Church in Ireland is daily developed more and more. The fatal facility with which some of our exemplary prelates, with pious intentions and pure essstgns, fall into ono snare after another, encourages the ancient enemies of our faith and fidelity to augment their exertions, and to mature their plans, until they render them, as they conceive and hope, irresistible. Through your Lordship I address the people of Ire land, and I sadly but most solemnly assure them that we are arrived at a conjuncture which involves the civil as well as the religisais liberties of the Irish nation in the greatest and most imminent peril. I am able to state as certain facts that the English Government have had fur some time past active agents at the Court of Rome. The one a Mr. William Petre, an English Catholic—for no treachery to the Irish would be complete without the intervention of an English Catholic ; the other an Austrian, nominated by the Austrian Government. The design and object are to obtain for the British Minister control over the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland. The modes of obtaining that control are two-fold ; the first, by making a State provision for the Irish Catholic clergy ; the second, by a concordat with the Pope, giving a power either direct and affirmative, or indirect and by negation, to the British Crown to nomi nate to the Catholic prelacy all over Ireland. The English Catholic agent, Mr. William Petre, has succeeded in convincing the Pope's Ministers, that he is authorised to pledge the British Government to give great countenance and liberal pecuniary assistance to the Catholics in the British colonies and foreign possessions. This bait has taken, and has produced a letter from the Propaganda to the Most Reverend Dr. Crolly unfavourable to the repeal agitation. It is said there was some dexterity in pro curing this letter. It has, however, been some time in the hands of his Grace ; but it is not a canonical docu ment ; and, at all events, as far as it may treat of mat ters of a temporal nature, or maters relating to the poli tical rights and liberties of the Irish people, it is plaint) , void and of no effect. But the great strength of the English envoy consists in the support and assistance of the Austrian, agent. The tendency in various parts of Italy, including the Papal States, to insurrectionary movements amongst the Italians, causes the great military force kept by Austria in Italy to be considered as essentially necessary for the preservation of peace and order from revolutionary. violence. The leaden despotism of the Austrian Govern ment over the Catholic religion and the Catholic clergy in its subject States renders that Government justly odious and detested at Rome. But its influence and power over the Roman Court are not one whit the less. Its power is feared more than it is hated—the hatred being mitigated by the supposed necessity for the use of that power ; and thus the influence of the British agent, augmented by the Austrian, is almost irresistible with the politicians of the Roman Court. I have, my revered Lord, most unquestionable autho rity for the statement I thins make. I have it from a person who is utterly incapable of deceiving, and being at Rome in a situation in which he himself cannot be deceived. I have full permission to give tlse facts to the public, though I have not that of publishing his name. I ans, however, at liberty to mention his name in any way consistent with its not appearing in the public news papers ; and I accordingly transmit it to your Lordship in a private letter. It is most me l anc h oly and highly deplorable that at footsu c h against a m s o cwt m toi. ret the I t es , t oul a fesr n hhei disesahm Grace Catholic with erusaatu o omtit iihooeChurch, powerful there should conspiracy on e resolution so animated a di ssension amongst the Catholic prelates, clergy, and l a i ty of Ireland on th e su bj ec t of th e Be quests gt Ie Archbishopu inopportune n thatopp or i u t u t n h of D e e appendix p e u ri b ol m i n o o t h set e s a p A a t a resolution whi c h , i nstead of being framed to subdue to dissension, and create unanimity, appears in fact and come truth to be a mere license to dispute. Under existing circumstance% I hambly consider it to be the duty of all sincere Catholics to combine in order to prevent further mischief. I was in hopes, when the pastoral of the venerable Archbishop of Dublin was announced, that it would contain materials for a general peace and concord ; pre disposed, as we all should be, to listen to his Grace with the greatest deference and all proper submission. I did hope that a pastoral issuing from so master a mind, and such venerated authority, would contain such arguments in favour of the line of conduct he has conscientiously adopted as should silence all cavil, and satisfy every scruple. But, alas! it is not so—it is very far from being so. The tone and temper—the language and manner of the pastoral are all excellent. The pastoral is written with that subdued sweetness of disposition for which the venerated character of his Grace is so much respected. But there is nothing to conceal the mistakes in point of law into which he has been led ; or the errors in point of fact, into which, with the best intentions, he has un happily fallen. I hope I use no language unb ecom i ng that most un feigned respect whi c h I entertain for his Grace. If one word bearing a contrary appearance falls from my Tsen, I retract it beforehand, and respectfully seek for pardon. In this temper and disposition, I submit the following remarks. I observe:— First —That his Grace has, in his pastoral, repeatedly admitted th a t th e B equests A ct i s defective. Ile tells us, page 6, that the Act "is imperfect." He tells us in page 7, that it is " nothing like a perfect measure." In page 21, that it has " partial blemishes." He tells us in page 20, that it contains " a NISCKIEVOUS clause." Again, in page 7, that it has " deNcte which he de plores." Secondly.--We must take the Act rig it is. Imperfect, deft•ctive, and mischievous as it may be, we must take it as it is. His Grace does not tell us of any pledge or promise on the part of Government to amend the ble mishes, the imperfections, the defects, or to remedy the mischief. It would indeed have been consolatory to learn that any such pledge or promise existed. How often have we been told by the advocates of the Act that such a pledge was given ? Now, this pastoral would appear to me—l may be wrong, but it would appear to me—to be the proper place to afford us that consolation. If, therefore, the Catholic prelacy, clergy, and people of Ireland, acquiesce in this statute, they must take it with all its imperfections and defects on i ts head. Thirdly.—There are other &tansies in the statute which his Grace would certainly condemn still more em phatically, if ho understood their leg a l meaning and operation as I do, and if he had not been misled by the shuffling of the Crown lawyers. I, of course, regret that his Grace should prefer their opinions to mine ; but that preference is one that I accept with dutiful submission and humility—reserving mil proving ity— my undoubted privi lege- am right, and that the Crown lawyers are wrong—a. Usk, I believe, not difficult to perform. Fourthly.—ln page 21, his Grace:is pleased to say that re to se h rv is in G g r t a o ce in tb 6 a ei t t: the Act in question, the Bequests Act, "confers on us ad vantages of the very highest order." Ile then proceeds to enumerate those advantages. He' says first, "It places our charities in precisely the state in which we ourselves wished to have them four years ago ;" and " it gives us the power of vesting property with trouble or ex pense, in perpetual security for proc• tiring glebes for our clergy, and for building, enlarging, and upholding, or furnishing, oar places of religious worship." Now, my Lord Bishop of Meath, turn to you, and I most respectfully ass ure you, that th e venera bl e Arch bishop of Dubli n l a b ours under a to tal misapprehension and mistake in believing that the Lequests Act confers any advantage whatsoever on Catholic charities. No man living is more incapable, more 'entirely incapable, of making a wilful mis-statement than his Grace ; and it is with the most profound conviction fof the perfect purity of his mind, that I dispute the ex;s.stence of a fact which he deems certain. To discover whether the Bequests Act confers any ad vantages on Catholic charities, two :things are necessary. 1. To ascertain w h a t wa s the pre :ise state o f the law respecting Catholic charities in Ire land previous to the Bequests Act. 2. 'fo ascertain whether any, and if any, what altera tion, have been made by the Bequ ests Act in the law respecting Catholic charities in Irclaud. r His Grace has be e n led to belie've that th e l aw h as been altered that reifor theth In order to test this matter, I berg leav e t o re f er to t h e opinion whi c h I ga ve to you, my Lord Bi s h op o f Meath, ela bett er. whas b I en have ake the e for the worse. on the 24th o f August last. Your L or d s hi p w i ll f i nd e most thorough conviction that I laid down the law in the following words : " To the first question arising on the state of the law, previous to the recent statute, my answer is, that before the recent Act there were no restrictions or limitations , , C ) , e doe, ,stOn 1 0 ? CO' Thull r . • So ;01