The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-03 00:00:00

e lTe e ti r s in ß t ai , a-n- engagement on the part of the Manchester and for me 'waY Company, but he thought that after an intertl :r.errning this arirangement the Directors had not thought he I th o s ans . we r to the appeal which had been made_to___them, zei L, tight the Hon. Member for Halifax (Mr. C. Wood) g g i fi r ' o as . se c rit i., to the proposition which had been made. her f or L, . 1 -•c•RK said that the proposition of the Hon. hlem faalifax would give a preference to this line of railway other, but it would depend upon the decision of the sh oe nee wh et h er the Leeds and Manchester Company sta_ifeake t h eir stations at six miles, four miles, or fifteen 11;1'001%th ether. . .hw words fr o m M r. ENTWISLE and Mr. C. Woor, las read 0. second time. ha rr rO tI-P AST AND DALMENA RAILWAY. rt on this r a il way was b rought up, and the Bill was s etttil d time. iitt l est! Illackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill was t?elr BE havi ng b een a dd e d . AabIi E ERRELEY presented a petition, agreed to at a Itioi n "' ee tiog, presided over by Sir Edward Codrington, corn . - % e gofthe manner in which the merchant seamans fund is agasial:d. Medic a l petition from the surgeons of Gloucester, mt. the Bill. g UNCOMBE presented a petition from a . perm l n o fdte cott, who had held a clerkship in the Perogative l Illare'!e°!belaining of abuses in the management of that office. the blireularly with respect to the inconvenience entailed on , e with respect to will. The Honourable Gentleman ti e should make a motion on the subject on another day. , ?dr. pI.nTEN HOURS' FACTORY BILL. t er, fle f : ll _, RAND presented several petitions from Manches teryb-aru, and other places, in favour of a Ten Hours' Fac u„„ SCOTCH POOR LAW.! rd,..the RU presented a pet i t i on f rom F orres , comp l a i n i ng 118 Z er , l „,aws of Scotland. TREATY ON THE SLAVE TRADE. int R e :" ki LIS said h e w i s h e d to put a quest i on t o th e et!! t en. "". Baronet at t h e head of the Government w i th re kith e °l)Y of a T reaty b etween F rance an d E ng l an d whlPect tothe slave trade, which appeared in the Standard, ftit W $ copied into the morning newspapers of yester ewiribe,P,e he wished to know whether that Treaty was rightly widocX, et the n n e f wzahe n r u s s i e n , question, and when it would be had g• '' D 'ee tabl e tr e „,,_ . ' PEEL said anye of the treaty in question which se a rrvared in the Englisheof newspapers was published without the t r l eti eo of her Alai tv'sGovernment. He had not read tainl 4 / which h d a • v. 4 ara a appeare- in the newspapers, but_it i Lo tb ot the one which he proposed to ►lav before Par m erle, re, however, he could do so, a short time must tels,„ LU NATIC ASYLUMS BILL. h b B r Jiikeit,r: question from Lord ASHLEY, the' GRA H Ahl said he should move the next read- Ltinatic Asylums Bill on Friday next. lin, SIR HENRY POTTINGER. N. House • • ' f o r a Committee of the In rising to move i trit - "ele *dr ; to confider the following resolution, " That an th. X is h e dto her Majesty, that she will be -Iti r - Itsed to P g r r e a s n e t n s t u e ch apension as she may think proper havi lt , s _ t t ' l ,f r ,en. Sir Henr Po p ttinger, Bart., K.C.8., as a th . "g) h I'l3 eminent public y services, and especially for eo l• tetle.-411•Tie!ir. hlajesty's Penipotentiary in China, brought a tlit. aiN er able w : e ll a tti t ai c ( ountry to a conclusion by_ a peace alike 411 0 %, .fd advantageous; and to assure her Majesty that . e good the same—said he regretted that her fepr otte r kleisters had not saved him the trouble of bringing uefore the House. He was aware that the motion :hel; degree of censure on the Ministry, but, never oriflNrta: t . h eught a public officer who had performed very %L e tt?, -ed responsible functions to the satisfactio . n e , - -oe e • 011 e, "Mt IC It to some reward for hisf might be entitled d led hether it was at the request o r teiubiZt4-ottiriger, or a any of his friends, that he had brough t bt atty r°r ward. and his answer . was, that he had . v O fd ll e) of ete,oarnunication with Sir Henry Pottinger, i•feer he uts friends, and all he knew . of the Gallant all eat . h ad gathered from the public sources of 10 4. 1 4 . hateve r might be she result of this m s otu n in si _ e Tilee,!taid that Sir Henry Pottinger was re...po . bl Iss.. 4 test s ; il lbuse would bear in mind that the opinion he he t ed in dof that gallant officer, was not . an . opinion 14 %id this or last year, for it was an opinion which tor dt d ventured to submit to the House on the e , %r e/ ef February, 1843, when Ministers brought -740tialtdekr_tthtonotui_ot! of thaks to the m . ilitary and naval corn tetet7 yerlit;a_ol. conducted the war In India. On that occa ;nkajo ask the Government to move a similar IN, , 0 Sir Henry Pottinger and those who had been h ,. Kith him in the ,expedition against China, y k tid th 'light Hon. Baronet opposite deeply .re ha-uette,,,4,l he could not concur in such a motion. an t , I reflection on Sir H. Pottinger' s successors, s t ,_Sted them to look back to the career which . they b (Wagei o ' ez i ,e° gave rise to any thing but hopes of an amicable te r :elltr oe _" So great was the disappointment of her Majesty's tlaat they were obliged to look around them for PIM txdual possessing ta ° led experience. There was no c su ttno that important command who had filled the duties "'re 5 0 much to the satisfaction of the public officers, VT, t hr . l l to the honour of the country as Sir H. Pottinger. lead, s i i r ,, le t ,end his conduct hailed by the people of England, s e , thi s '3cotland, was a remuneration too much to look for. Oat te'''_°lalent Sir Henry Pottinger had only 4191. per Ra him"port the honours which have been conferred tth e ere leaders the custom of this countrry tn rewai•d h 6 of the armies of their countries, while those %I ! "e the N el l fo rgot Means of bringing about peace were almost eet;.i r ator te e. The warrior was rewarded largely, while . the n Hies , an d the man who was the means of putting a This was thi s et th e r ere passed over and were unnoticed. di ll r ins e ea sons why he had felt it to he his dui to bring It.? vth t Leoder the consideration of the House! He . had communication with Si e r Henry P .m ot t t n iu t g h e a r t , of justice induced to do so from asens tOrt OF EXCH. ,_• 4 oql .. CF. 12 8i irv i .Z4 .... 2 .... 12 6i 1,11;;L . . ..... IL 12 9 .° 4 ... ... 26 20 ........... 14 0 bACZA i ti;i ... . ••• 25 95 ...... 26 15 pr .. 26 15 k ir jbu rgh, 41 411i;:' 20 ...... tr e 1 2 23 1,1 141 ' , ere, - ......... t el rt "4l "4 : 10 4 ................. 10 5 ................... ... 36% ..... 16.74 4. ............. 36i " 41 .......... ......... 144))- (LEFT SPEAKING.) LNGE—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.:... Leghorn ...... SO 80 Genoa Dlilal► — Venice ........... ..... Naples ................. 391 Palermo, 1.4;: oz ll9 Lisbon 53 Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro Bahia .. Buenos Apes New York.:: 7dyssight -- PRICES 3F 413LLION, PER OZ . Foreign e;(4.1,bar5..E , 3 17 9 Portuga: Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9} Silver iu Bars-- 0 4 11 b 4.1, SET i t 4 ( 4 " ortith e INTELLIGENCE. ~ 4 3„. _ t h .....10 .. 'won ?Vow Price Current of June 3.) ZWlZada s - „ d aY there was much inquiry after West India ,_"' 4 et o l ; i l t aL, but business was checked by the scanty 4 i aa 11% des u. — ;.' A Public sale of 118 hhds and 7 tierces ewt. • ' ll ‘ °l:f with much spirit, at an advance of 6d Ita.. t ibh. llls " -- To a ad T ro - -aY Refined goods were much wanted by -4 se bu n ' e, but few parcels were to be met with, kjo to7o B Pe r fetched 71s 6d to 72s and brown lumps Ni tt utr tl , r --. cwt. . tr , a.Th• 64 ,ta bl e que 8 t , ,ls afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in ex 41Ctairt ra: 1 ' 13,74 3 bags 21 casks at public sale sold at s 4% 4. ....._ )7 4 , 144 4 1 1 1t T his afternoon 4,975 boxes of China Sugar, certificater, were brought to the hammer, and e t 411 ',met prices. There were five public sales of 171),,,,..gar, were . . • ... tO.A'''' °I date P us lngbags, duty paid, of which , N ._ agt s. e were taken in above the value. . l, klO O pal The .demand has been bi isk for West India, kp h 18 ~ exhibit an advance on those previously quoted 5 1 ia 7 4 4:t e ..... er ,r e,„.. ' L, and the purchases amount to 400 puns. to,, but 41 ,t itio b ask,t s 'd aY 200 hhds 297 barrels of Porto Rico, of Java Sugar were submitted to public com- N q.......1,taken in Is per cwt above the value. I.; 4 (lA.,' bale. "is afternoon Mocha Coffee was less in request, ~.liao :, 30 eases, at public sale were only partly sold NZ! br o - L 1 former rates of is to Is 6d per cwt ; mid Ltt."7„p a i e "4 clean garbled rather mixed selling at 5 7 s igiti k;e3l greenish long bean was taken in at Us per 4 „at. 4., ors wag re% ' a to 47 ' s ought after by private treaty, good ord oft ht. 1,, 8 Gd per cwt., but there is little in the market 7tti,tatl ier '",e business transacted in West India was at k i to4 L auc 've those of Friday—none was offered at tola N lel ' "trit' b 1 4. - ‘ /hi le p r i e 18'. P lantation is still wanted, and a further RI, d .vatel y ! 3 has taken place • some parcels have been r k , lape ls " s ines we last wrote, ' and at auction 747 bags e1biw...,1, ki of. IL - Att -4 t h laild tj there was a good deal doing in the Tea Ileiltrjloo e r e rates paid were in most cases rather above lil' i tto,.* to-L c P l eted ; Congou, common sound for cash h,41124,41qa,,y, good ordinary 10d to lld ; Twankey, 10 284 °10 W leaf Is 2,1 d to Is 3d, and Hyson, coin -40,4'4 Per lb. Holders of all sorts manifest firm- IN - 6i a , 's Tili an ikuv t il tar w er B A - 4 — ernoon, at public sale, 60 bags of Barba. 't' as, tzte value' --alien in at 42s per cwt for common, which 1 4 q ' t o t t1 N,, (114, 1 1 4 10 0,00 0 1) ; AN -13 HOLLAND§. —A Government Cron -764.41'in, gallons of Rum half East and half IN est I,lllitl near] 1:1 kesicleleitoildrifee7tPeetedly appeared has occasioned an ex -1 , ..1,. d per r Leward Island Rum, and an advance in has taken place ; indeed the market I, 4 tl t° 18 Y cleared, the latest rates paid were N 1,4t11 8 for It ti li— Gall Ad proof strength, and fine brown ditto Lt hi• t eti Id • Calcutta has been in request, and price G' ti oce Per gallon. For Jamaica no advance at pre ql:l4t Uri% cl. eo,, ao fu _ The demand for . Brandy has been 1 1 ,4 B eve. rth er advance in prices can be quoted. 1it,7, 2 14 0 18 9 .Sal parcels have been taken for exportation ittai to 2 5 9 and fine, fit for home consumption, fetch ot sti d tk t 'elo o , cash. per gallon. En jieteel smite English Corn Spirits lOs 2d ifit•NNe liNteprchases made in East India have been 48t a se k 4 1.) 41, i l u, and the rates taken show a slight decline. utt l 1p i::„Tilet with more attention, and the parcels ~,,. v aer t ee'elY have been upon former terms. None at auction. 0 '4 A ....-----------..............„........... ?Its's k I,;al„mat e t'e5....... , •-'OCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF h 44 1 4 t, ,ento,, -,,lneeting of the committee of this society took ARCt ent , ',") tt l iZ e ' 7!,,Their c ommittee-room, 41, Brewer-street, 0,4111,4 n) co nsideration the best means to be . adopted o . _ ,il i th, t. ;,I:liti loss of life by fire. After some discussion, 114 11 . etelj, g e l _flee in man who had the charge of d t i he h tir ar e-gea w p h e i o ci n i tpte4111;674 61y don e f rom "' t i i s a tr , et oai sh e o n u t l . d Ibtewasscalsogresolved— t4Zifor th e Zllnnittee should attend the meeting of the ttp ta e li wir,_,a otection of Life from Firs, which is to take le,' tir,!alsr,„fs Rooms, at half-past two o'clock, in :order to Nl, alth;e(unrysentution of the ..t James's Society, and flied], t `tl% " " ( 1 the meeting."' '1 . 114; committee then adjourned '4.i..e 2 1.A... t- ; ''t t,lt ? built l\ EAR /4, - "it wiavi, , ~E AR GOSPORT.—ROCHESTER, 1 10 .4 4 1 ; e. ~. L'een Stated in the public papers that 10 i e ,ring Hawkey, -of the Chatham Division of te l ,*4B .. e 0c., 1 1,.,, a aa las ' second, has not been heard of tb,•'lo„.tletOenerki.:enee between him and Mr. Scion, and S ge tti Sle t e4d , t ? f,' e ri s o u PPo . s:d f. they h id gone to the ,e ( e :o i i i it i •, l i ' l le th il is ~,,,'Yjce 4ani ) ,:ng arri.. , ! _ act, as the parties wer e lace they oi t lit,,, k r% at fr oft , en from Gravesend, to which' P i 1 to the ‘li N kft st a .... H aw ,. ,i-ondon, and proceeded to Stall] 1, , N 1 14 ,..tr h av y t ii lz. ~,.,,,), s mother, Mrs. Colley, where Mrs. llawt -1143,.0,t0au5e-iai_ e v ir ennistanccs connected with this lamen t - f 'Pot ila h t "ler, & . 4 e,3 considerable sensation in tile towns ) wL.th - 44,,,1he wo e-, as the parties are all well known, Mrs. ON 4 Ike 01 these "*of -Major Colley, of the Royal Marines, ..C:s tt p) , aoo44l%o_lowlis for several years. N r id t oo. " Urna 'yr.—The following address, 41 1 , kt. N, noose k t ,o l abq . as y,,.. members of the Senate of the University tt ilt tlirt, e se,rnent:—.. I ti kht, i o' 14 to wet-el-day presented to the Chancellor of the Ex- Y i'N q eallia 11 * e• E. Law, as representatives of the NZ 1 4 1. 4 4 11 , 4„1aiat eate o f s tlie 1 tinver:it ul o ' We the d rs; *lied, non-resident f e Clbridge, desire to 4t4e' LA Y (4'tlutZ'eislctice with the Y address presented to you iti 'ttl i tt Oliit uZim enti,i ti t t S r enate in support of gasthermatifueoini lt4.3ll it I,),Pr°vl of thespeet to the College o m !I ep, tlie ,t blithL r ePared I, e agitation against it." These m ot, 4, scholars ,pilala t i 'lto Cuer of I only six days, without any public r kth t 1 ) ‘. the."etlier residentsa who had already signed was i 8, mounted to 378 sigiratines--a fact highly e d e b of this distinguished University. -‘r44 ha,a;: lr° B l ie left the French Embassy for LIST Or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' Pr/ACES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- - 1 s. d. Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 168 % 100 0 0 2 28 ---- -- ----- 174 0 0 British Linen Company 8/* per cent. Commercial Bank •. • . 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 170 National Bank. ..... 6/. per cont. -• 10 0 0 1 5 % Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. 50 0 0 97 Western Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 0 81 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.... • . 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank 3/. pcT cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 5 0 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 815 0 14 1 4 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 % Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14 % Insur. Co. of Scotlnd 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur.• • 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 % Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Edin. &Glasg. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 Ditto, 1 4 Shares• •• . 4% L per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 15 3 4 EDI., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 3 4 Glasg,,,.. & Ayrshir Rail. 4%/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 62 Glasgw & Grecnck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 oisgw&Gmi ki r k Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37% Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 5/. per cent. 125 0 0 Ail paid. 34% Standard Life issurcce.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 I A THE SUN, LONDON, TU'ESDA I EVENING, JUNE 3, 1845. THEATRES. FRENCH PL4YS, ST. JAMES'S. of suecessive wars, rebellions, and forfeiture of property, a system had been carried on in that country for the possession cf the Crown—that repealed by Act of Parliament all penal codes, and enacted others for the support of the Soveign and the protection of the reformed religion, as introduced into Ire land by the code of laws adverted to. From the introduction of that code till the year 1795 (during which period the Re formation could not be carried into extensive execution in Ire land) there never were wanted ecclesiastics for the service of the Roman Catholic mission in that country, whether natives of the British dominions or advocated in foreign seminaries. The forces of the Republic spread i n to th e Catholic countries, beyond the banks of the Rhine, into Germany, and Italy. In the course of the Revolution, the religious establishments of France were put down. But still he believed that it would have been possible to have found means for the education of Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in the Catholic er unifies of the Continent. But the Ministers of the day, and those whom they consulted in Ireland, did not think it expedient to leave the education of so considerable a body to foreign influence.— ( Hear, hear.) Besides, in the fifteen years previous to the period to which he referred, the power of the Irish Parliament had been increased, and that body had become an imperial and independent Parliament. Considering, also, that the popular power had been introduced into the existence of that Parlia ment by the repeal of the Acts to which he had adverted—con sidering how much the power of the native population had been augmented, the Government of that day, on both sides of the water, in England as well as in Ireland, decided that it was their duty to endeavour to discover the means of establishing native education for the Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in Ireland, rather than to leave them any longer to the foreign education, which they might have continued to receive after they ear 1795. They, therefore, made the arrangement which was recited in this Bill, being the Act of 1795. That arrangement was sug gested by two successive Lords Lieutenant, of different gene ral political opinions—the late Earl Fitzwilliarn and the Mar quis of Camden.—(Hear, hear.) The character of those men whom be would now name, would be sufficient to assure this House that they could mean nothing detrimental to the religious e,tablishment of this country. Those men were the late Lord Chief Justice Fitzgibbon, the Arch bishop of Cashel, the Earl of Shannon, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chief Baron Yelverton, Mr. Speaker Foster, Mr. Woulte, afterwards Chief Baron of the Queen's Bench, and Lord Kilwarden, who was murdered in the streets of Dublin in the insurrection of 1803. The measure was then sent to England to that highly respectable and re spected nobleman the Duke of Portland, Secretary of State, and he consulted with the Archbishop of Canterbury before he presented it to his Sovereign, Geo. 111., with whose approval it was returned to Ireland. So that there never was a mea sure proposed that offered so much security against injury to the established religion of this country.—( Hear, hear.) The Bill went back with the approbation of an exclusively Protes tant Government, with Mr. Pitt at its head, and, therefore, they could not recommend any measure that proposed to en danrer the religious establishments or opinions of this country. —(Near, hear.) He had thought it necessary to make those observations before going into the general question, because he perceived by the petitions presented to the House, and by what - vas passing in public, that the opposition to the measure was owing to the fear entertained that the measure would be dan gerous to the Established Church, a feeling which he was happy to say was quite illusory—(Cries of " Hear, hear") — and, therefore, they might pass it with confidence.—( Hear. ) A measure to this effect was taken into the consideration of the Irish Parliament before the Union. It was also under the consideration of that House at the period of the Union, and was taken account of in the articles of the Union. He would read to their Lordships the 7th article, which would show this to be the case. The Noble Duke then read an extract from the article, to the effect that a sum of money, not less than that which had been granted for a period of six years before 1800, should be applied for the purposes of agricultural and manu facturing improvements, and for religious and charitable objects, in such a manner as the Parliament of the United Kingdom should direct. Now at that time not a word was said against the measure. Subsequently, in 1808, after the union of the two countries was completed, the subject was discussed, and considerable difference of opinion was manifested as to the amount of the grant, but not a word was said about religious prin ciples being in danger—not a word about danger to the religious establishment. The only objection was to the amount of- the grant, but nothing whatever about the insecurity of religious principles. He (the Duke of Wellington) said that religious principle was safe there, it was safe ever since, and it was safe at the present moment.—( Hear, hear.) He would now call the attention of their Lordships to the condition of the present institution for the education of the Roman Catholic priesthood. There could be no doubt but that some means were necessary for the edu cation of Roman Catholic priests of Ireland. The population at the period of the Union was 3,000,009; in 1841 it was 8,261,C00, and now it had no doubt increased to 8,500,000. Of this number about 7-Bths were considered to be Roman Catholics. There could be no doubt whatever that by far the larger proportion of the people of Ireland were Roman Catholics. —(1-leer, hear,) This large population required religious teachers, and these, if provision were not furnished for their education at home, must receive their education abroad. True, the country was in a different situation to what it was in 1795, but, notwithstanding, though they were at peace now with the whole world, it was, in his belief, still desirable to establish such educational arrangement in Ireland, that time inhabitants of that portion of her Majesty's dominions should not be under the necessity of sending their ministers abroad to be educated. He would call the attention of their Lordships to the events of the last two years to illustrate the importance of providing means of education for the theological teachers of the Irish people. Dur ing the period referred to, great alarm was manifested on ac count of the large meetings held for the purpose of seeking a repeal of the Union existing between this country and Ireland. They were aware of the exciting language made use of at there ' meetings, and that foreigners had attended them, and taken a prominent part in the proceedings. It was also well known that meetings had been held in foreign countries, sympathising with the proceedings for a repeal of the Union, and agreeing to support them by money contributions. Under such circum stances, could their Lordships depend upon the education of ecclesiastics in foreign countries ? He did not mean to charge the Government of any of those countries with offering any encouragement to the proceedings to which he had referred, or manifesting any favour towards the persons who took part in them. He believed no such thing, but he warned their Lord ships against the possibility of evil that existed, by allowing the ecclesiastics of this country to be educated abroad.—( Hear, hear.) In adverting to the state of religion abroad in all foreign countries, in which oducation was sought by these ec clesiastics, in France, Italy, and the Netherlands, he saw much difficulty to be apprehended in the schisms and dangers exhi bited by religious systems in those countries, and it was not desirable that ecclesiastics for the theological teaching of the people of Ireland should be educated in those countries, so as to bring back with them additional divisions to those that already existed. They (the Government) therefore proposed that a proper institution should be established at home for the educa tion of the ecclesiastics necessary to administer religious rites to her Majesty's subjects of the Roman Catholic persuasion in Ireland. In bringing the subject before their Lordships notice he had shown there was nothing in the measure against the principles of the Protestant religion, and he would now submit the proposition, that it w as a b so l ute l y impossible to maintain the system as it was.—(llear, hear.) in a paper laid upon their Lordships' table three days ago, they had been furnished with the state of the present institution for the education of the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland, as found in December last. The institution was represented as altogether insufficient for the purposes of education. The buildings were described to be in a state of ruin ; and the accommodation was such that it was impossible to accommodate with common decency the students who attended there. The conveniences for study or, domestic comfort were of the most imperfect character. The professors and others engaged in the duties of educating the students were inadequately rewarded. In fact, the professors of science, of literature, and of theology were not paid higher than common clerks. It also was stated that to render it possible to carry on the institution, even under these imperfect arrange ments, it was found necessary to send the students away during the vacation. This step was absolutely necessary in order to ensure anything like cleanliness, and to suit the pressing wants of the establishment. It was necessary to maintain the institution for the uses of the Roman Catholics of Ireland—for it, would be admitted they must have ecclesi astics, and if so it was evident that at present it was quite inadequate for the pu r p ose. H er M a j es ty's Govern m ent, therefore, proposed th a t to an i nst i tut i on s upported by the feeling of the great b o d y o f the people of Ireland, means should be afforded s o as to esta bli s h it on the same footing, and on the same principles as the other in stitutions of the country formed for similar purposes. All must admit that the Roman Catholics e cclesiastics exercised great irthence over the m i n d s o f t h e peo ple, and if so, it was reasonable that their L or d s hi ps s h ou ld endeavour to provide peeper means for their e d ucat i on. Such a course was called for in order to secure the peace and happiness of the country. We should endeavour to give the students at Maynooth those Comforts which belong to men who are to fill the stations of life for which they are intended They i ought to have instructions in literature and science as . well as n theology — they ought to have those apparatus and books which are necessary to afford them instruction in the. various branches of science, and ocher requisites for the performance of their duties as eccle siastics. rely Lords, I am aware there is a prejudice te existing against the institution and against those educztedhte. I have nothing to say on this subject, except that an institution such as the purpose which the Irish people had in view in instituting it. is that of raising The object of the measure which we propose this is represented to be in these papers could not. instituting it. the character of the institution and the character of those who are educated there—that the persons educated at Maynooth may hold the same station and respectability which we have all seen belong to the Roman Catholic clergymen in foreign coun tries, for whom all of us entertain the highest respect, and that they may be men of education and manners, and erabled to exercise the influence which belongs to them for the social improvement of the people. If the measure has the effect of producing such men for the ministry we shall have rendered a service to the public by introducing and recommending this Bill for your Lordships' adoption. I hope the measure will not be inconsistent with our religious principles, or likely to injure the religious convictions of Protestants.—(The Noble Duke then went into the details of the measure which have been already repeatedly before the public.) The annual grant would cause perpetually , r ecurring discu ss i on . —(H ear , h ear .) I consider that sothing ca n be more wise than making this grant perpetual, to get rid of those discussions which are the cause of a display of much ill-feelin g and prejudice. I there fore say that it is desirab le we shoul d pass this Bill, if it prodnecd no other benefit than that of getting rid of those annual discussions. I have already said that the grant to this institution was never considered to involve any religious opinions or principles, and it cannot be considered to do so now. But I beg leave to remind your Lordships that this in stitution has been maintained fifty years.—(Hear, hear. ) During twenty years of that period we were engaged in war; you have maintained it since then for a long period of agitation, and the discussion of questions affecting the interests of Ire land, during which you had the Catholic Association and other o beent last three and d bodies, against which you have had to ma ke enactments , to pass coercion Bills, and other measures of tha t description. To the measures very morro w taken for of t h t hee pur pose day on which a exciting ye most difficult question of all you put an end fifteen years ago— in 1829. Since then , m y Lords, we ca nnot say that we have and agitation o n th e ques ti on o f t h e repeal of the union.—(Hear , hear.) Th ere was a goo d d ea l of m this questi on , an d part i cu l ar l y i n the 1843 there exi s t e d a goo d d ea l o f anxiety in time minds of some and terror in the minds of others. veryhe discussion ffi l a r n ecs.q difficulty u i s t i ylpassed, u p about a n s n the e s were to —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Great attenti on was d rawn t o the circumstance, and an effect on the question was produced in foreign countries, and a great many doubted that it would be impossible to resist the attempt that was made, by tumult and violence, to carry the repeal of the union.—( Hear, hear. ) My Lords, whatever may be the opinion of the legal effect of the decision of your Lordships House on the writ of error de livered in the month of August or September last, there is no man in his senses who now doubts that it is absolutely im possible to carry any measure by tumult and violence in Ire land against the wishes of the Government and the Parliament. —( Hear, hear.) I believe that no man in his senses now doubts the fact, and that we are, therefore, this day, in a si tuation to undertake the consideration of this measure. We have now continued the grant for fifty years, and cannot with draw it without having the appearance of persecution. There are nearly e i g ht millions of Catholic s in Ireland , and w e can not Lords leave them without reli g ious instruc t i on . M y , I ask your unanimous consent to the Bill of which I have now the honour to propose the second reading. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that he could not sit in that House and give a silent vote on a question of such paramount importance to the people of Ireland. He thought it one of the m eoneilistOry matures rhicla had ever been introduced Achard, eic prince of vaudcviliists, has Arrived. and made his debt last evening as Jerome, in La Famille du Funr . ste, and Guillaume in TI ianon. This last (the original of Planche's Queen.ibury Fete), is a delightful c,)medy, and reproduces those days in which, to u'e the words of Burke, sensualism lost half it; guilt by being deprived of all its grossness. Even the English public are well acquainted with Achard in both these cliarecters ; it is therefore unnecessary to say more than that he was excellent as ever. The house was well attended, and the ate of the belu mohde were there to welcome this favourite actor. into that House ; and although he w o uld g i ve i n t o none i n hi s I sincere attachment to the Protestant religion as established, ht. would support the question by bis vote, and he really considered that the Government deserved the thanks of the House for the bringing of it forward. The Earl of RODEN said that it grieved him to differ from the Noble Duke who had introduced this subject. As a Member of their Lordship? House, he had taken the very earliest opportunity afforded him to en deavour to stop the progress of this measure. Such was his object in concluding with an amendment that before they pro ceeded further, they should appoint a Select Committee up stairs to inquire into the nature of the instruction given in the Catholic seminary of Maynooth, which Parliament was now, for the first time, to establish, by conferring on it a permanent endowment He trusted that if in the course of discussion he referred to the opinions entertained by many Noble Lords in that House, he should be forgiven, because he should have but little opinion of that man who had no feeling for the sensibili ties of others. He (Lord Roden) had now fora long series of years been a Member either of that or of the other House ; 'and during that time he had thought it inconsistent in the Parlia ment of a Protestant country even to vete the annual sum to the Cellege of Maynooth. How much more, then, should he be opposed to this measure. He would remind Noble Lords that this was not intended to be, as before, a merely tolerated institution. It was intended to be a State establishment, but with this difference, that it would not be under the supervision of the State. He could not look at this measure as one of mere St ate policy, or as a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. He looked upon it as a religious question, and if the House wanted proof of that, he should refer them to the numerous petitions —many of them he had himself presented—and they did not express the sentiments of the middle classes only, but there were some from the higher, and others from the lower, grades of society. There were peti tions there from Church of England men, from Wes leyans, from Indepenlent s , fr om th e F ree Ch urc h of Scotland, and from each denomination, for all had sunk minor diffe rences to join in what he would call this holy union. —(Cheers. ) If they turned to the opinions expressed by the great men of their country—men whom, if he named them, their Lordships would acknowledge to be worthy to be quoted. One of them spoke in the House of Commons some years since in a debate on a similar question, and he would take the liberty of reading a short quotation from what he had then said. He was a man who stood high in the opinion of all parties. He (Lord Roden) had the honour and the hap piness of knowing him well. He had loved him when living, and he honoured his memory when dead—and when he named William Wilberforce, he was sure that no one would coincide in what he had stated with greater fervour than the Noble and Learned Lord opposite (Lord Brougham), who knew him well, and esteemed him highly. The Noble Lord then pro ceeded to read a quotation from a speech delivered by William Wilberforce, in the year 1808, on the meaning of the word toleration, and the length to which it should be extended— namely, as far as compatible with the peace of society. He could not help thinking that great benefits had been conferred on the Catholics of Ireland, from which Protestants had been excluded ; and he might merely cite the Kildare-street Society, which had, he believed, done more good to Ireland than any other institution. Government had, however, put down that society, and founded en its ruins a national scheme of education, which was contrary not only to the feelings of the hierarchy in that,country, but he believed to that of the Protestants also. It had been argued that there were two grounds for this measure —one, that it would give peace to Ireland ; and the other, that it would extend the bles sings of education to the Irish people. Had it been received in that spirit by the Irish themselves? He should just read the House an extract from a letter of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh, Dr. Higgins; and also a quotation from the speech made by an Irish priest in a different part of the country. The Noble Lord read Dr. Higgins's letter, which has already appeared in all the journals. It had been said that this measure was dictated by fear. He did not believe it. He believed that it was dictated by a wish for popularity—by the hope that it would secure a cordial and loyal reception in Dublin. But no sooner had it gone forth from St. Stephen's that Irish agitation could not be put down by force, than the monster meetings were again proclaimed. There was a meeting at Cork, another at Navan, and he had since seen the announcement of a meeting to be held on the banks of the Boyne, on the Ist of July.—(Cheers.) Was that insult to the Protestants of Ireland to be allowed—( Cheers) —upon the spot and upon the anniversary of the great victory, in which the glorious and immortal King William secured the liberties of the English nation, and for the Roman Catholics of Ireland blessings which they never before possessed.— ( Cheers.) Was it just in her Majesty's Government to allow those brave men who gave up their peaceful and loyal pro cessions on that day, at the command of the Crown, to allow them now to be so insulted? Let him call back the recollec tion of her Majesty's Government to what occurred in 1841— ( Hear, hear.) When the fury of agitation was carried so far that the Protestants of Ireland quitted the country in hundreds, to seek a refuge in this country or in America.—( Hear, hear.) Nor was it any idle fear that drove those people to emigrate— ( Hear, hear)—for the Government showed its consciousness of the danger by increasing the military force and fortifying the barraeks.—( Hear, hear.) Strong measures were resorted to, and the result was that the repeal agitation subsided, and the country was restored to peace.—( Hear, hear.) Prosperity revived, improvement was promoted, speculation received a stimulus, and railroads were projected in every quarter.— ( Hear, hear.) But as soon as the declaration of the inten tions of the Government on this Bill were made known in Ireland, it gave new life to agitation. In support of his own view he read an extract from the work of Mr. Inglis, the American traveller, who was no friend to the Protestant Es tablishment, but yet it bore testimony to the fact, that the ran cour of Popery was aggravated by the education at Maynooth. It was greater than existed in Spain, as he and every one who had lived in Ireland knew to their sorrow.—(Cheers.) He wished to call the attention of the House to what had taken place in the neighbourhood of Dingle, in the county of Kerry, where 800 persons, amongst them the Roman Catholic priest and a gentleman of superior rank, who was a magistrate, re nounced the Roman Catholic persuasion and joined the Estab lished Church.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord then read the memorial of those converts, addressed to the Lord Lieutenant, complaining of persecution which they had suffered in conse quence of their conscientious conduct. (Hear, hear.) All the facts stated in that memorial were proved in a court of law, and he, therefore, agreed with Mr. Inglis, that the spirit of popery was more Anti-Protestant and ranco rous in Ireland even thanin Spain. —( Hear, hear.) Whilst he wished to give the poor Roman Catholics of his country a better education, he did not think that a further endowment of Maynooth would effect that object. The Noble Lord then quoted from the evidence of Mr. O'Connell before a Parlia mentary Committee in 1835, when that gentleman gave testis mony to the effect that the priests who formerly were educated on the Continent imbibed strong Anti-Jacobin principles,tut that the priests educated at Maynooth were more identified with the people, and consequently had less of that property, which was conventionally called loyalty.—(" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) Their Lordships might not perhaps be aware of the persecutions which a Roman Catholic had to endure, when he conscientiously renounced that creed, but there was no such danger to the Protestant clergyman who thought fit to adopt the Roman Catholic persuasion. He knew that these unfor tunate men would be persecuted. He could not convince any man more to he patient than the poor Roman Catholic, who left thit Church for conscience sake, to join the Protestant form of belief. He felt assured that no Roman Catholic Peer, who now heard him, could do otherwise than believe that no Roman Catholic would be safe from persecution who had be come a Protestant. He had been lately present at a meeting held in Dublin, against this Bill; and there was a Roman Ca tholic priest who said he had been at Maynooth. He was called on to state what he knew of that institution. He said that as far as the confessional was concerned his mouth was sealed for ever ; but he (Lord Roden) had now before him a copy of the statement that that gentleman made, and he would read it. (Here the Noble Lord read the statement, by which it appeared that the party alluded to was represented to state that every species of evasion was resorted to in order to avoid taking the oath of allegiance, such as feigning illness, not kissing the book, repeating the words of the oath backwards, &c. &c. The statement was a very long one, but the whole tenor of it was to the same effect, namely, devices for evading the oath of allegiance "to a Protestant Sovereign." When the Noble Lord had concluded reading the document, he went on to say that after the meeting was over, the individual who made the statement offered to his Lordship to swear to the truth of it.) He (Lord Roden) would ask, what was the cause of all this disaffection, but the system of education now in force in Maynooth? The Noble Duke who had in troduced this measure had not made the slightest allusion to this system. If the doctrines taught at Maynooth were ultra montain doctrines—if they were the doctrines of Italy, then he would say they were at variance with allegiance to the Sovereign of this country by Irishmen.—( Hear, hear.) He would then ask, were not these grounds sufficient to warrant him in calling upon their Lordships to comply with his propo sition, namely, to appoint a Committee to inquire into the present system of education at Maynooth ?—( Hear, hear.) A commission of inquiry was appointed in the year 1825, for inquiring into the state of Ireland ; but that commission broke up without extending their inquiry to Maynooth. He was further justified in his demand for inquiry by the speech of Sir Robert Peel in 1840, when the Right Hon. Baronet said, in the debate on the Maynooth question, that he did not mean to contend that the system of education at Maynooth College was one which did not demand inquiry ; on the contrary, he (Sir R. Peel) would be most anxious for in quiry, and if that inquiry had taken place, he would vote for the grant with much more satisfaction. He (Lord Rodeo) now advocated the same principle—namely, the necessity for inquiry, and he called for it in the name of the people of Eng land and the people of Scotland.—( Hear.) He would new fortify his argument by a still stronger ground—namely, by reading from the Eighth Report on ,the state of Maynooth, under the presidency of Dr. Crolly, the names of the books read at Maynooth College ; they were, Delahogue's Dogmatical Theology, and Bailey's Moral Tracts. The Noble Lord next read an extract from an appendix to a Parliamentary report of 1836, in which, he said, Dr. Machale denied that ultra-montaine doctrines were inculcated at Maynooth, as they were not conducive to the allegiance of Irish subjects to the British .Crown. The Noble Lord then referred to a letter of the Cardi nal Prefect of the Propaganda at Rome in the year 1796, and read an extract from it, with a view to show that in May nooth College the students were obli g ed to read " Thomas Aquinas" as one of their College books, and contended that those students were obliged to read that book, which he (Lord R.) would contend for it, contained nothing more nor less than ultra-montaine doctrines. Surely they would not give that sum to produce the disloyalty and misery which is so prevalent in that country. He would now give an extract from " Thomas Aquinas" to show the bearing and tendency of that theologian's opinions. With respect to the question " How heretics should be treated ? ' he distinctly states that heretics should be punished with death ; and this is the divine who is called in Maynooth their divine master. In another book used there" Menochius," the author of it, in reply to the question as to how heretics should be treated, refers to Maldonatus, who gives it as his opinion that heretics should be put to death rather than thieves or mur derers, because the former destroyed the soul, but the latter took away only the life or property. This he says in his commentary on that passage of the Scriptures where allusion was made to the plucking up of the tares from the good seed. Now that system of instruction to which he had called their attention at once accounted for the crimes and enormities which were committed by the poor of Ireland. He considered that he established sufficient grounds why they should hesitate before they continued or augmented that grant—until they knew what really eras the system of in struction pursued in Maynooth. He would, in conclusion, rf • fer to only one other authority—Mr. Alexander Knox. He was a person who knew the state of the case well, being Se cretary to Lard Castlereagh, and treasurer to Maynooth, to which office he was appointed by that Nobleman. This er son said that the three first clergym en who werTe:p rminted professors of Maynooth were three refugee French priests, who had escaped from the rope and the lamp post, and all the horrors of the French Revolution. The Noble Lord, having read a long statement of the opinions of Mr. Alexander in reference to the doctrines inculcated at May nooth, proceeded to say that he now thought he had grounds for maintaining that the ultra-montaine doctrines were still taught there.—( Hear, hear.) He would ask them what was there in that Bill to provide that the Gal lican doctrines should be substituted for the ultra montaine doctrines, or that the injunctions of the Cardinal:Pre fect of the Propaganda at Rome should not influence the trus tees of the -college. In consideration of his poor Catholic fellevs•countrytneu he could not consent to that Bill. The Roman Catholic doctrines were dangerous. He had sworn, in common wirh some of their Lordships, that Catholic" doctrines were idolatrous. He, therefore, believed in the truth of what he swore, and believing so, he could not consent to any 'llea, LATEST PRICES OF SHARES RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, 117BLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 3. RAILWAYS. Dividend Amount per of Azinuan. Share. I 41. 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P. Cooke has commenced an engagement here for twelve nights, in his favourite character of Poor Jack. This is au old Adelphi piece, and with an old Adclphi favourite as the hero, of course it went off triumphantly. Mrs. Edwin Yarnold took the character which was ori ginally Miss Fortescue's, and acted with great pathos and feeling ; and Wright, as the runaway barber, learn ing to be a servant, was most laughter-moving. The house was crowded, and there can be no doubt that the engagement of T. P. Cooke will be a hit. VAUXHALL. Vauxhall, like a pheonix, has risen from its ashes, and comes out this summer in its pristine splendour. The concerts al fiesco have always been the principal object of attraction at this place of favourite resort, of greater antiquity than even those concerts which, impertinently assumed the name of ancient. The Vaux hall concerts have been immortalized by Addison and Goldsmith. They are classical in the strictest sense of the word. They were listened to by Sir Roger de Coverley—wondered at by the Citizen of the World—and delighted in by Beau Tibbs. They arc now conducted by the first orchestral manager in the world—the great Musard—who assumed the baton of command last night, long may he wield it, for never was baton more worthily wielded than by him. He is a true musician, who understanding his business thoroughly, disdains grimace and humbug. We congratulate the management on having secured the services of such a conductor in the orchestra, on the advantages which they cannot but de • rive from the lessens of such a superintendent, and the public on the vast improvements in the musical depart ment-of this delightful place of resort, which were mani fest here last evening. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Messrs. Harrison, whose performances on the rock harmonicon produced such a sensation at the Free-Trade Bazaar, are engaged at these gardens, and made their first appearance yesterday. They performed several favourite airs, in the course of the afternoon, and the rock harmonicon appeared to be a peat source of attraction. As might have been expected from the fine ness of the weather," the gardens were crowded at an early hour. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAIL WAY COMPANY MEETING.-(THIS DAY). A general meeting of the Shareholders in the North Wales Mineral Railway Company took place this day at the London Coffee-house, in order to signify the assent of the Shareholders to a Bill now before Parliament, such assent being required by the standing orders of the House of Lords. G. Wardell, Esq., took the chair at two o'clock. The Bill was then read. It was entitled " A Bill to authorise the North Wales Mineral Railway Company to extend their line to Ruabon, and to make a branch railway from Rhos Robin to Miners, and to raise additional capital for the formation of the same." On the motion of Mr. TYRRELL, the solicitor to the Company, a resolution was passed approving of the Bill. Those Proprietors present signed the resolution, signifying their assent. The com mon seal of the Company was affixed to the resolution, and the meeting separated. TRIAL OF THE MONSTER GUN.—On Friday, and again on Saturday, the monster gun, recently manufactured at 3lessrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co.'s foundery, in this town, for the American war-steamer Princeton, was repeatedly tes.ed on the sands about three miles beyond Waterloo. The gun was conveyed from the Thundery to the place selected for the trial about four o'clock on Friday morning, when very few of the inhabitants were astir in the streets. About half-past five it passed through Bootle, almost un observed, most of the good people of that locality being in the enjoy ment of their morning dreams at the thne. It was drawn by nine horses. On arriving at its temporary destination, it was firmly em bedded in the sand, and the muzzle, which was pointed out to sea, was slightly elevated in a line above the surface of the water. The first ball, weighing 2191b5., was then "driven home," the gun being charged with 301bs. of powder, and the first shot was fired at ten o'clock, in the presence of about five hundred specta tors. The result was most satisfactory. The report was deafening, and was distinctly heard nine miles off. At the distance of about three miles, as nearly as could be judged, the ball was seen bounding on the surface of the water, occasionally dipping and springing up again, until at length it became wholly lost to view. The second was the trial shot. Two balls, each weighing 2191b5., were " driven home," 451bs. of powder being the charge. This shot was equally , satisfactory. The report, of course, was terrific, but the gun with stood the shock, and thereby proved that it had been manufactured on a principle and with a material which render " bursting" almost, If not altogether, an impossibility. A great number of single shots, with balls of 2191b5. each, were fired during the afternoon of Friday and the whole of Saturday, with the like successful result. We un derstand the gun will be shortly shipped by a vessel for America, there to be taken on board the war steamer for which it was mann factured.—Lirerpoot Albion. THE LATE FIRE IN DOVER-STREET.—The remains of Ann Jones, the nurse of Lord Hastings, were interred on Sunday, in St. John's-wood burial-ground, the service being performed by the Rev. Mr. Hastings. Yesterday the remains of Mr. Haggett and his daughter were interred at Kensal-green Cemetery. Numbers of per sons were present on both mournful occasions „ • - OPENING OF COVENT- GARDEN THBATRE.—Covent garden is at length about to be opened once more for dramatic entertainments. The Operatic Company of the Grand French Opera at Brussells have taken it for twenty representations. The series commences to-morrow night with Les Huguenots. The list of the company has been published —none of the namos are known to the English public. What of that ; the Germans were equally un known when they commenced their first campaign at the St. James's, and they gave us Staudigl. Let us hope that the Belgians, likewise, will introduce to us some first-rate, although hitherto unknown, artists. ➢l. Laurent is the acting manager, and the repertoire of the company contains the gems of the French opera, serious and comic. IRST SUICIDE FROM HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The first suicide from the above bridge took place this morning about three o'clock, when a man of apparent respectability deliberately threw himself from the centre of the bridge into the river, and although a boat, with persons therein, was passiHg at the time, yet their fright was so great that they rowed from, instead of towards, the deceased, and although boats put off from the shore the body was not recovered, having, as supposed, been carried away by the tide, which was then ebbing rapidly. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY. JUNE 2. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln). Berks and Hants Railway. Midland Railway (Syston to Peterborough). Scottish Central Railway. Southampton and Dorchester Railway. The following Bills were read a second time, and com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : West London Railway. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension). The London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) Bill was presented, and read a first time. The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill, further amendments preposed, and referred to the Select Com mittee on Standing Orders. The Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway Bill,—Petition for additional provision; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Newcastle upon Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Ex tension) Railway,—Amendments to be proposed, Tuesday, June 3. Aberdeen Railway,— Report, Wednesday, June 4. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,— Report, Wednesday, June 4. Bridgwater Navigation and Railway,—Report on re-com mitted Bill, Wednesday, June 4. Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Report, Wednesday, June 4. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extensions),—Second reading, Friday, June 6. Preston and Wyre Railway,—Report, Wednesday, June 4. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,—Report, Wednes day, June 4. West Cornwall Railway,—Committee on petition, for ad ditional provision, Wednesday, June 4. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway, —A clause to be proposed on consideration of report, Tues day, June 3. Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Report, Wednesday, June 4. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway,—Clauses to be proposed on third reading, Tuesday, June 3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 2. MAYNOOTH GRANT. The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose and said that it was his duty to reqaest the attention of their Lordships to an important subject—to explain the principles and the nature of the provisions of the Bill which he would submit to their Lordships, and entreat them to carry it into execution—namely the maintenance of that institution. That institution was founded fifty years ago by the Irish Par liament, and that Bill contained a recital of the provisions of the Acts by which it seas originally founded. It was regulated, he found, in the year 1800, and subsequently in 1808. It could not be denied—and he did not stand there to deny that those Acts were inconsistent with the code of laws by which the Re formation was established in tt at country and in Ireland. But although this inconsistency did exist with regard to the enact ment of these laws, he considered that he should be able to show that, as respected religious principles, these laws had not been complained of since the time when these laws had been first enacted, fifty years before, or in 1800 or in 1808, to the present moment. In order clearly to understand the principle on which this law was founded he should call their attention to the state of affairs at the Reformation. The necessity for this institution was occa sioned by the failure of the means for the spread of the esta blished reformed religion. The laws which had been passed then had been found altogether incompetent, for from the period he had referred to rebellion had succeeded to rebellion, forfeiture of property had succeeded to forfeiture of property, until this country had become, so to speak, the centre of opera tions of foreign and civil war, in contest for the possession of its own— The Duke of NEWCASTLE rose to order. He wished to ask a preliminary question before entering in' o this discussion —whether the Noble Duke had received her Majesty's sanction for the introduction of this measure? Lord BROUGHAM said that this was a most disorderly proceeding. The speech of the Noble Duke was not to order. It was an interruption which ought not to be tolerated by the House.—( Hear, hear, and cheers, and great confusion.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought the sanction of the Crown was necessaris.—( Cries of " Order, order," from both aides of the House. in the midst of which) Lord BROUGHAM again rose, and said that he never would sit in tha: House and allow any man to deny that they had a perfect and undoubted right to open, to continue, and to close, any ‘siscussion upon any measure. The leave of the Crown was required in one caso only, and that was where the revenues patrimonial interests of the Crown were concerned. The J.lsalces of WELLINGTON and NEWCASTLE here rose together itsvt there being unanimous and loud cries for the former, tt Duke of Newcastle slave way. The Duke of WELLINGTON continued—lt was either from is own infirmity, or a want of clearness in the Noble Duke s trl'io interrupted him, that he had not heard the question ; other- A s s, he should, wit hout the:slightest hesitation, have replied. 1f, 1 , 0v ,-eassr, their Lordships wished, disorderly as had been ti .e interruption, he would—(Loud cries of " No, no; go Al .") He had sai 1 that this measure was carrying out the •• „ 'li Irish Parliament in 1795.. After a long period czatCy or ss, Name of Company. X',erdeen •• • • •• • •• • • Armagh, Cohiraine, & Portrush .• • • Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, Sew, iss. 7-1 die. Do. Halt Shares . • • • Brighton, Lews,& Hast.l Bristol and Exeter • • • • Do. New • •.• • • • • • Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian .... "2ambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • • • Coventry, Bedworth, & Nuneaton • ••• • •• Coventry and Leicester Cornwall .. • . •.•• • ... Direct Northern . • Direct Norwich .. 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Os. per sh. 1/. per share. ,11.145.10d.p.5i 21. ss, 15s. 1/.105.6d.p.5.1 12s. 10d. p. shi 4s. 6d. 101. per ct. 101. per et. 101. per ct. Price. 2% 136 33 41 21 I% I ) . % pm. 20% 74 17% 8 2% 224 112 23% 13 3 4 2% 250 201 115% 616 11,4 1% 106 22 1 4 62 191 151 1814 18 1 4 5% 2,% 20 ii 517 4% 7 2N 2% 4% 3 V2 28% 18% 118 sure that established or perpetuated them. Those who felt strongly or, the subject were called illiberal and bigoted, and he had often heard it said that he delighted in calling his Catholic friends idolaters. Ile had lived many years among his Roman Catholic brethren. He had taken an active part against them. In 1829 he exerted himself to the utmost to prevent the admission of Roman Catholics to that and the other House. But he de fied any one to state that ever he uttered a harsh word against them. All he would say was, that if they could divest them selves of priestly influence, he would freely trust his life and property amongst them.—( Hear, hear.) The eyes of the community were on their Lordships. There never was such excitement in the , country on any other subject, and much of the future happiness or misery of the country would depend , upon the decision to which they would come upon that ques tion. The measure had been frequently argued as if the Ro man Catholics alone comprised the people of Ireland. The. question of population had been glanced at by the Noble Duke, and he believed that his statements were nearly correct— namely, seven millions of Cstholics and one million and a half of Protestants and Dissenters. Although the latter were the minority they comprised those who had always displayed affection and loyalty to that country, and were to a man opposed to the repeal of the Union. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Were they then to sacrifice that portion of their Irish subjects to the howl of the priesthood ? The Protestants of Ireland thought they had been betrayed, and they now imagined that little else remained for them but to consult for the altar and their homes. —( Hear, hear.) They asked them to put down agitation, and in the face of their entreaties their Lordships stood aloof and apathetic ; and they are disgusted at the policy which was pursued. When the day of trial arrives (and it must arrive sooner than was expected) they would find the Prote tants of Ireland true to the consti tution, and arrayed on the side of England. He should now move that, previous to the consideration of the Bill before the * House, a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire and report to the House what were the class-books and books of reference used at Maynooth, and what was the nature of the tenets and doctrines inculcated there.—( Hear, hear.) The Bishop of LONDON, who was very indistinctly heard, said he was labouring under indisposition, which would prevent him troubling their Lordships at much length, but he was anxious to express his opinion on the question before the House. After the most mature deliberation he had determined to with hold his consent from the measure now introduced, regarding it, as he did, as contradictory to and subversive of the best principles of the Constitution, apart from all theological consi derations. In the latter view he would abstain from discuss ing the question, believing, as he did, tt at that House was a very unbecoming arena for polemical controversy, especially since the admission of Peers of a creed contemned by the articles and fundamental doctrines of the Anglican Church. When, however, he remembered the state of the Irish peasantry, moulded into disaffection toward England and her established religion by the teaching of their priests, and that from that class were selected the students subsequently devoted to ascetic instruction, he could not conceive a system more cal culated to create and prolong error. As to the de fence in favour of the measure, that it would tend to the subsequent promotion of trade, by extending the opportunities of stu•ty and education, he should be in clined to give that argument some weight, did he see the slightest intimation of a change in the present objectionable system. Had he perceived such a change even prospectively held out, be should have hesitated in the record of his present vote, hut in the absence of all such pledge or anticipation, he believed that the increase of the present system would be but the encouragement of error, and its furtherance the promotion of principles repugnant to the Scriptures and the tenets of the Established Church. The framing of the Bill was one of the most important events in the history of this country. If the measure were passed, it would lead to the endowment of all religious systems, and would lead to the acknowledgement that the State was not a competent authority to judge on the sub ject of religion. This, he held, was the first step to link the State to the Roman Catholic religion. He would beg to remind their Lordships that the original endowment of Maynooth was not that it should be considered a grant from the State, but merely as a perpetuation of the grants of pious individuals for the pur poses of Roman Catholic, education. This view of the grant was supported by the Noble Duke (the Duke of Wellington) ' when Sir Arthur Wellesley, and by a late pious and active op ponent of the detestable traffic of negro slavery, Mr. Stephens. He judged not of the feelings-ot other parties, but pledged as he was to oppose all heresies and errors. and to call upon others to do the same, how was it possible for him to support such an endowment as that proposed?— (Ilear, hear.) It might be said that by supporting the Regium Donum he was supporting Arianism, but if Arianism was taught at the College of Belfast, it was no part of the original understanding, whereas Maynooth College was established avowedly to teach the doc trines of the Roman Catholic religion. With regard to the grants to the Roman Catholics of Canada, which had been re ferred to as a parallel case, he might say that that was not the case, as the grant to the Roman Catholics there existed prior to the war by which those colonies were united to the Crown of Great Britain. He might be asked, if you will not do this for the Roman Catholics of Ireland what will you do ? He did not feel that he was palled upon to answer such an inquiry. He gave the greatest credit to the pule, and honourable, and generous intentions of the Government in bringing forward this measure. He had no doubt that they regarded it as a measure tending to heal, in some degree, those wounds which had so long prevented the peace and prosperity of Ireland, and as in no way calculated to injure the Established Church ; but he himself entertained a very different opinion of the measure. He could easily conceive the embarrassment of statesmen, when they cast their eyes over the map of Ireland, how that errantry was to be governed. He (the Bishop of London) must confess himself entirely ignorant. —( Hear, hear.) But while he professed himself ignorant of the right mode of governing that country in detail, he had no , hesitation or doubt in expressing his opinion as to what was the right principle. It was briefly this, and with it he would con- , elude : in governing that or any other country, never, for any 1 consideration, do that which is clearly wrong in principle. Do I your best to discover what is right, and then follow that up fear- 1 lessly and fully, trusting for the issue to the Supreme Disposer 1 of events, who, as all experience showed them, would never fail to uphold his own truth.— (Hear, hear.) The Earl of St. GERMANS thought that the Noble Lord who had addressed the House, and the Right Reverend Prelate who had just sat down, had altogether mistaken the nature of the grant. If they looked at the Act of 1795, they would find that a provision was made for the education of the Roman Catholic priesthood. This grant, both before and after the Union, had been annually voted. It had been voted by every Parliament for the last fifty years, and thus, upon the faith of successive Protestant Parliaments, and, among others, by those in which Mr. Pitt was Prime Minister, had the grant been conceded ; and he (Lord Germans) did not see any distinc, tion between the grant as given heretofore, and as now proposed to be taken from the Consolidated Fund. With regard to the objections that had been urged against the system of educa tion pursued at Maynooth he would refer to the Commissioners that had inquired into the state of education in Ireland, and who had referred specially to Maynooth College. He stated the course of education pursued there was not such es had been represented, and bore evidence to the fact, that the doc trine of Divine allegiance and submission to the Pope in temporal affairs was not taught in that institution.—( . Hear, hear.) There were, no doubt, many imperfections in the system of education pursued there, and parties who issued from thence had taken part in the violent political proceed ings which had recently distracted Ireland, but this evil had arisen from the meagre and imperfect system of education which had prevailed there, and which the present measure proposed to remedy. Was it a matter of astonishment that priests, placed in i the midst of a starving population, and imperfectly educated, , should be led away by the wiles of agitators? The Noble 1 Earl alluded to Bishop Higgins; but Bishop Higgins was not a , student at Maynooth, but had been educated at Rome or Paris. The College was established 'when Jacobinical princi- , pies were rife, and there were a great many . of them then—a very considerable number indeed—inferior in rank and educa tion to the present class of Irish clergy, and who were called 1 " hedge priests." The Irish priests were at least attentive to , their flocks, and when " pain and anguish wrung the brow" of the suffering members of their flock, the priest was fore most to minister to their spiritual and temporal necessities, and to console them.—( Hear.) Was it not worth while to make the proposed experiment and raise the priests of Ireland in the social as well as in the literary and scientific scale ? The Noble Earl did not suggest any remedy, aad admitted that he knew of nothing which would be a salu tary and permanent means of restoring tranquillity to that country. The Noble Earl complained of the defective state of the Protestant Church in Ireland, but he could hardly think a Church was deficient in a pecuniary point of view which, not having a congregation of a million, enjoyed revenues to the amount of 600,0001.—( Hear, hear.) He would sit down by expressing an earnest hope that their Lordships would consent to the second reading of the Bill with an overwhelming majority.—(Cheers.) The Duke of M A NCH ESTER thought Maynooth College rather tended to keep the Irish people in a state of bondage and ignorance. He thought it was very important to know what the tendency of the doctrines of Maynooth really was, for a gentleman who had been professor at Maynooth said all the bishops of Ireland were Repealers. And yet, strange to say, it was those same dis affected and disloyal men her Majesty's Government was about to patronise. The Noble Duke read several extracts, showing the state of crime in Ireland. ( The extracts were taken from the charges of judges appointed by the present Government—Baron Lefroy and others ) Six hundred and fifty-three offences were committed in six months, Baron Lefroy said, in one riding of Tipperary, and not a fourth of the offenders had been brought to conviction. Such was the moral condition of the people of Ireland. Now these were proofs that not only did the Roman Catholics conceal crime,' but they also connived at it. The Noble Duke then read part of the evidence taken before the House of Lords, to show that an Irish priest had, from the altar, denounced those who had given evidence in a criminal case as informers and blood mongers. They were also told that, after the concessions of 1830, crime had greatly increased; Whiteboyism prevailed,' and, instigatedP by their priesthood, the populace evinced a deter mined opposition to the payment of tithes. In 1832 assas sinations and murders were no longer rare, and in few in stances could the crimes be traced to the guilty parties • and they knew, en unquestionable authority , that the teachers of the people were the great movers of crime. The doctrines taught at Maynooth all led to the consequences he had de tailed, because they were founded on Dens' theology. The doctrines of the Jesuits were discountenanced in other Catholic countries. But it was maintained in Ireland, and the books of the Jesuits were class•books in Maynooth. This led to the conduct of the Irish Catholic priests in giving absolution to a man before he has made restitution. This was carried so far iu Ireland, that it had occurred when men convicted of Ribbonism were disposed to make restitution, the priest to whom they confessed had interfered to prevent them.—(Hear,. hear.) wood b e lf oo th iy o, j e us d t o io c e tr t i o ne t s ho w p e r r i a th y a n t o_o ro th lieg i e t —(Hear, hear.) Why was it that .n e ests no w t h t o au g g o h v t rtr a n t ed l" to give them an opportunity of di s p n ruvin o g ism the wa e s ha m rg o e r s e . It was owing to the freedom of the British . .. h ! h impracticable in Ireland than i m c o o a th ns e t r itut c io o n untr h ie i s ch ? left the outer man of the Romanist free, giving t e priest t e means of making his inner man more enslaved.—( Hear, and a laugh.) He :poke of Romanism now as a political , not as a religions, scheme.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that there ought to be an inquiry into the doctrines which the Govern ment was about to spread, before the Parliament should be called upon to give money for the purpose. There was the doctrine of .• venial sin," which tended to weaken the morals of the people, and to lead them into so slight a disregard of the rights of property, that their own temporal interests were damaged at the same time as the interests of their souls, and . they continued in starvation and misery whilst their souls were endangered. The doctrine of ‘• venial sin" kept the morals of the people so low as to deter eapital from going to the country He would occupy the House no longer than to declare his belief, that if even all the forfeited estates in Leland were restored to the Roman Catho lics, they could not be loyal to a Protestant Sovereign so long as the bulls to which he had referred remained in force. Lord BEAUNION T protested against tlie charges made against his co-religionists. If the Noble Lord who spoke last believed that such doctrines as he charged the Roman Catholics with existed, he did not do his duty unlec-s he called upon the Par liament to sweep such venont from the land. If such charges were true, toleration would be a crime. But when he listened to the authorities which the Noble Duke and the Noble Earl who spoke before him had made up their story from, he found that those Noble Lords knew nothing of the doe trines that were taught by the Catholic Church. Many of the dogmas charged upon the Church were the wily enuncia tions of statesmen for political purposes, and never had the countenance of the Church. Many of the questions involved in them were never for a moment entertained by the Church. The Noble Lord might as well have quoted (tom the book of 1 any layman, and state such lay doctrines as of the highest ec clesiastical authority. There was a vnedityku betygen the,,,doc trines of the Gallican Church and theme ofiahe 'trans alpine or Transmontane party. hear.") The book upon which sofAssicil.,*l"its*ts'44%lssit so‘, laid by the Noble Lord s opposite MAY :fartie - VriFko,', been condemned by the Church in thi.i4Ost antharitatiiernai t ., ner. He would, therefore, if hemiglstrbe allowed, to use the term, give the lie most positively to Ilre assertion, that the - -1 doctrines contained in that book (" Thettlols , ") were the docrines of the Church. Earl RODEN said he found the boa: je - the - e49Togue of: the Maynooth class : books. • ti LordBEAUMONT said if the Noble Earl had heard him out he would have found that he was prepared to explain that circum stance. The students of theology were required to read over the antagonist works, and this book, as read in the College, was pre pared by an introduction, cautioning the students against the doctrines.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Even if this grant to Maynooth were refused, the College would flourish—the Roman Catholic religion in Ireland would flourish as it had hitherto done, in spite of every persecution —( Hear, hear)—and, however the Government of this country might try to lighten the poverty and improve the condition of that suffering people—( Hear, hear, hear)—unless the Noble Earl was prepared to take a backward step, he could not leave things as they were, but must take measures to elevate the op pressed Church, to improve the condition of the people, and to diminish the bitter antagonism between the two Churches.— ( Hear, hear.) The more nearly the two Churches were brought to one level, the less would be the animosity between their members.—(Hear.) He had been in countries where the two communions worshipped in the same churches, and the utmost harmony prevailed amongst them.—( Hear.) Let the Government of this country place the two Churches upon the same footing here as they were in the parts of Ger many to which he referred, and they would find the same cor diality to be the result. He should only add, that in speaking to this question he was placed in the dilemma either of speaking of it as he felt, or as an indication of something that was to follow in the same direction. This might alarm some ' • but even at' that risk he would rathe r d o so t h an hold back and speak in a cautious or jesuitical manner.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to look upon it as a mere question of recon ciliation, for he did not think it would be sufficient to reconcile the Roman Catholic priests, not to speak of the Catholic laity, of Ireland.--( Hear, hear.) There was also something to be done for the laity, if this country meant to conciliate Ireland. He - alluded to the Bill now before the other House for the extension of lay education. Many men of high station, if well educated, might then take a turn for divinity, and having become good theologians they might enter Mavnooth College and become Catholic clergymen of the highest order.—( Hear.) There was another subject which he would fain allude to. Ile did not wish to make this solely a religious question. It was well known that not only in Ireland but all over Europe, the poorer the clergy were, the greater their influ ence ; and theref .re on that ground this House should not hesitate to accede to the measure; for it would have the effect of elevating the character of the Irish clergy. ( Hear, hear.) With regard to the persecutions for consci ence sake, to which the Noble Lord opposite had alluded, he ( Lord Beaumont) fully agreed with the Noble Lord, that protection and respect should be extended to the religious opinions of all.--( Hear, hear.) Time was, when the clergy of Bavaria were most intolerant; but now they were amongst the most liberal men of Europe.—( Hear, hear.) He would not further trespass on their Lordships ; but he could not sit down with mot expressing his gratitude to the Government for this measure, as a Roman Catholic, though it was no more than justice demanded, or was intended by those who preceded the present Government.—(Loud cheers.) Lord HARDWICK rose, and moved that the debate be then adjourned. Lord BROUGHAM thought, that if they adjourned to night, they would have to adjourn .to-morrow night also. At any rate they should continue the debate for a few hours longer. • Lord COLCHESTER moved that the debate be continued. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that an oppor tunity should be afforded to the Lord Bishop of Cashel to 'address their Lordships that night. The Bishop of CASHEL rose and said that if he spoke that night, he had one consolation to offer their Lordships, that he would not detain them so long as, in all probability, he would if they adjourned the Bill till to-morrow night.—( Great Laughter.) The doctrines taught at Maynooth would, in his opinion, disgrace any religion. It was, he thought, a snbject of rejoicing that the clergy of their Church were educated as gentlemen , _ and were not merely stuffed with dogmatic theology. He would net detain them long. One point which he would refer to wa,s the infu sion of the Jesuits into the institutions that were spreading over the country. Taking everything into account, he would call upon the Roman Catholic Members of that House to join with him in endeavouring to arrest the influence of the Jesuits, which was becoming so powerful and dangerous. But the main ground on which he felt himself called upon to oppose the Bill was his disinclination to be a party to the dissemina tion of error. He trusted he would express himself so as to give no offence to those Catholics who were in that House, but he could not help alluding to the respective meritsof the Church of Rome and the Reformed Church. They were long since tried and the verdict was given against the Church of Rome. That verdict was that the Church of Rome was superstitious and idolatrous. He felt that the Church of England had a refer ence to the Church of Rome which it had to no other Church, for it had come out from the Church of Rome in consequence of the errors which had crept into the latter. The ancients, when they pledged their friends, first 'of all drank themselv e s out of the cup, and on the same grounds he could never think of allowing others to drink of the moral cup of error which he refused to taste himself.—( Hear.) He doubted whether the principles of the measure were in con sonance with the eath taken by the Sovereign, and be could not conceive how any Minister could present a Bill 'for sig nature at that Throne which was upheld alone by contradictory belief. Anticipating that the present was but a commence ment of a principle that would result in the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church, and thus present the anomaly and the disgrace of a State endowing:two Churches of antagonist doctrines, because its Government believed none, he should record his solemn and decided opposition against the Bill, and thereby redeem his pledge to his country and his God. With these sentiments he would conclude. Lord CLIFFORD said, he rose to ask a question of ti.e Right Rev. Prelate, whether he knew the contents of the 13:13 Report of the Commissioners of Education? The Bishop of CASHEL—I do not. Lord CLIFFORD was of opinion that the Right Rev. Prelate was therefore not in a position to give a definite opinion on the subject. He (Lord Clifford) would refer to the evidence of the Rev. Peter Kenny, one of the order of Jesuits, given before that Commission, who, on being asked respecting allegiance to the Pope, stated that their first allegiance was due to the Sovereign of the country..—( Hear, hear.) After this he could not see what objection could be urged against the system of education pursued at Alaynooth. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said it was too late to go further into the debate that night, but he would engage, on another evening, to prove to the Noble Lord, and to the House, that the very opposite doctrines were taught. The debate was then adjourned at One o'clock. 1741PUSE OF COMMONS, June 2. MEMBERS' DAYS. Mr. WARD said, that seeing the Right Hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Laboachere) in his place, he would beg to ask him whether he would have any objection to postpone the motion which he had on the paper for to-morrow. He had himself a notice on the paper, which he had postponed for several days, and as there was now only one day in the week which was appropriated to private business, unless he could obtain this favour he should have no opportunity of bringing his motion on at all. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that though anxious to bring his motion before the House, yet in consideration of the notice of his Hon. Friend he would beg to postpone his motion till a future day. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS' BILL. Mr. ROSS said he was anxious to correct a misrepresenta tion which had arisen in Ireland, respecting what he had stated concerning Mr. O'Connell. He did not say that Mr. O'Connell did not possess the confidence of the Irish pet pie, but (hat what Mr. O'Connell had said was not in accordance with the sentiments of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland. MR. O'DRISCOLL. Sir T. FREMANTLE, in ireply to an Hon. Member. said that he had heard to-day, from the Lord Chancellor, that he had felt it his duty to issue a supersedes' to remove Mr. O'Driscoll from the commission of the peace. CHRISTCHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD. Mr. BLACKBURN said, that before the order of the day was read for the Academical Institutions in Ireland Bill, he vas anxious to correct an insinuation which had been thrown out by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department against the College of Christchurch at Oxford, in which he said that the students at that college were not required to attend any divinity lectures to:obtain a chgree. He would state from the rules of the College that there were divinity lectures on Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday in every week, immediately after chapel time, and he knew, of his own knowledge that many able men had been refused their degrees because they were unable to pass the divinity e xamination. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the Hon. Member was a much younger member of the University than himself. What he had said was that when at Oxford he had been neither advised nor compelled to attend divinity lectures during the two first years of his attendance, that was from 1810 to 1812. In the third year, however, he had been required to attend them, and that was the first year when those lectures were delivered. ACADEMICAL INSTITUTIONS—IRELAND. On the order of the day being read, Mr. M. MILNES said that though labouring under several indisposition, he would as briefly as possible state his opinions to the House. The Bill before the House was opposed upon two very different and distinct grounds, and with two very different and distinct objects. For one of them he entertained every respect, but he could not sky so much for the other. The first was, the opposition of his Hon. Friends the Members for Oxford and Cambridge, which he might call the Protestant opposition. Now he could not help observing that this opposition came very ungraciously from those Hon. Gentlemen, after their opposition to the Bill for the endowment of Maynooth. They refused to give any education to the Catho lics of Ireland, and now they ob jected to a Bill for educating the laity of Ireland. There was another line of objection ; his Hon. Friend said that this education ought not to be given unless it was founded on religion. He thought that if they were to exa'tnine the matter they would find that they did not use the word religion in the proper sense. They did not use the word religion in d eod t psnF h sureorrt e af sotai ehbtrsacneeelei Protestant. denlystonhsattwwetnhh collegest i eiautl n . tlhn Ine w temho es h tam s 'theyi t c cbt f h ohiorenneaur sil t tnei fa h cgdoni adirentntdtnht ß ceool ooall should that hhec ne a bt a intellectual colleges irodedhle C llglel ieaaebgedtngeihsduoeGoacuspliooasideanctvntisetonbpahriwl Government :or: unless no nos d lnt at Protestant principles, t rs . eis espec ial lye i t h erThey, ebes i u s sd tu ß tnh i hage education n t snwhHoowouunal would trheseeirrvenwtno domestic eves and d he r ight igious of instruction, founding with on religious which the Government did not think it proper to interfere. They must trust the academical education of the youtlrof Ire land to the Roman Catholic clergy of that country.—( Hear. ) They might make some re s t r i c ti ons i n th e sys t em , b u t it wou ld end in that. He appealed to what he had said both within end without that House that he had always considered the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland able and devoted men, and that their only faults arose from their historical condition ; but they had been too long occupied in what lre might term practical mat ters, than to promote the cultivation of literature and of sci ence. if the youths in the west or in the south were members of the Roman Catholic faith, it was only just that the professors should be Roman Catholics. With respect to an observation of the Hon. Bat onet the Member for Oxford, he could say that during the whole time he was at that University he had never heard the subject of divinity mentioned. He would rejoice when Trinity College was placed on a wider field of competition. I He thought that the course which the Roman Catholics of Ire- I land had taken with respect to this measure was one which was • not calculated to advance the object they had in view. Let the s Roman Catholic Church of Ireland exercise as it did its legiti- I mate, fair, and independent influence over the country. Let it extend over them its parental care—a care becomi• g the age and time it academicalexisting in education c c a a t r i o e n becoming w a to o b t e h the pe t applied,od f and they might depend up on it the sad results anticipated by life to they which found this • his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Oxford would never come to pass. Lora J. RUSSELL quite agreed in one observation made by the Hon. Gentleman who had just tat down. That Hon. r Gentleman had said that the measure made no pretence to Paid.