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Ensign the Hon. Ernest Curzon, 52d Light Infantry, by the Earl Howe. Sub-Lieut. H. D. Streatfeild, on his appointment to the lit Life Guards, by Viscount Comberznere. Lieut. Montgomery Campbell, Madras Army, ;„by the Earl of Bandon. Lieut. Robert Edward Smith, Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia, by Lord Carrington. Lieut. Walter Kirby, 29th Regiment, on his return from fo reign service, by General Lord Strafford, G.C.B. Lieut. Charles Wallace, 25th Regiment, on his promotion and return from China, by his father, Col. Robert Wallace, K. H. Major Jelf Sharp, on his appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Colonel Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.B. and K. H., 3d, • King's own Light Dragoons, on his nomination to be Knight Commander of the Bath, and return from India, by Lieut.- General Lord Charles Manners. Captain Oliver, Royal Horse Guards, on promotion, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Major Lucas and Mr. A. G. Roberts, by the Duke of Buck ingham. Mr. Head and Mr. Frederick Garnett, by Sir F. Head. Ensigns Newmareh and J. Crofton, by Sir F. Smith. Mr. Gaussen and Mr. Frederick Gallen's, by the Earl of Enniskillen. lieutenant Hotham, by Lord Hotham. Lieutenants G. A. Young and W. T. Granville, by Sir H. Bayley. Lieut.-Colonel Clarke and Lieutenant B. Walshe, by Sir T Al buthnot. Lieutenants W. L. Meason and G. B. Jennings, by Sir W. Eustace. Captain F. A. Wetherell and _Lieut. A. Aitken, by the Rev. J. Anderson. Messrs. W. H. Gibson and C. R. Gibson, by Col. Douglas. Captain De Butts and Lieutenant De utts, by their father, Sir A. De Butts. Major T. T. Pears, on being appointed C.B. ; Captain J. L. Barrow and Lieut. R. R. Litle, on their return from. China, by Lord Saltoun. Capt H. B. Dickinsen, Lieut. W. Bridges, and Ensign T. Pakenham, on their appointments, by Sir H. Pakenham. Lieutenants Rodney, Holliday, and Lennox, on their promo tion, by Lord G. Lennox. Col. H. P. Burn, and Major A. Roberts, on their return from India, and Captain G. F. Simpson, by Lord Ellen borough. Col. Priaulx, on appointment as A.D.C. for the Guernsey ; Capt. C. Mackenzie, on return from India, and Professor A. Koelliker, by Sir J. Graham. Captains Jenkins and H. Jackson, and Lieut. F. Grantham, on return from China, by Col. Weare. Messrs. Woodcock and Coleman, Aldermen of Norwich, by Lord Douro. Messrs. T. Galton and Spooner, M.P., and Rev. J. Spooner, by Lord Lyttelton. Mr. E. Thornton, on appointment to the Mexican Mission; Mr. E. Peter and Capt. B. Gordon, on his appointment, by Lord Aberdeen. Lieut.-Cul. Ord on promotion, Captains Sandham on appoint ment, Tireman, F. Mein on promotion, Neville, Lieutenants • Thompson on returu from foreign service, Robinson on pro motion, and Mr. J. Little, by Sir G. Murray. Messrs. J. Fraser, A. M. Sutherland, and Acworth, on their return from India; Colonel J. Holborn, Lieut.-Colonel Capon, Major Sotheby, Captain G. A. Tulloch, and G. Anderson, on their return from India; Captain Sir Robert Oliver, R.N., on receiving the honour of Knighthood, and return from India ; Lieutenants A. J. Cattle, N. C. Macleod, J. S. Kembull, J. M. Montague, and Ensign E. Elderton, on their return from India, by Lord Ripon. ?Weems. W. Gray and Egerton, Lieut.-General Sir F. Adam, on return from abroad ; Major-Generals Nicol, Sir H. King, Sir H. Pakenham, and Bell, on their appointments; Lieut.- Colonel Lord W. Poulet, on return from Canada ; Captain Langshaw, and Lieut. De Horsey, on his appointment, by the Duke of Wellington. Admiral Sir J. Westanking, appointed Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth ; Commanders Claxton, E. Crouch, Dyke, and Robert Mann, W. Kendall, E. S. Sotheby, and C. J. Feather stone, on their promotion ; Captains M. Dixon ' on his ap po;ntment • H. Seymour, on promotion ; ' Sotheby, Lieuts. .1. Tottenh am on promotion, and return from Africa, and Hasken, by Lord Haddington. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of pre • sting addresses and petitions to her Majesty : The Earl of Powis—From the clergy and laity of Manches ter, in the county of Lancashire, " entreating her Majesty to consider that the immediate consequences of this measure has already been to deprive Manchester of a bishop during the last ten years, and ire future effects must be to inflict the same in jury on North Wales for ever." From the dean and chapter, the archdeacons, the rural deans, and the clergy of the diocese of St. Asaph; with 175 signatures, ,n the district of North \Vales. From the archdeacon and clergy of the archdeaconry of Shropshire, in the diocese of Lichfield, in the county of Shropshire. From the clergy of the archdeaconry of Exeter, in the twenty of Devon. Froia the rural dean and clergy of the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd, in the diocese of Bangor and county of Denbigh. From the rural dean and clergy of the rural deanery of Pontesbury, in the diocese of Hereford and county of Salop. From the rural dean and clergy of the deanery of Ludlow, in the diocese of Hereford and county of Salop. From the clergy and deanery of Cirencester, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol and county of Gloucester. From the clergy of the rural deanery of Woodleigh, ie tho archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. From the rural dean and clergy of the rural deanery of Arllechwedd, in the county of Bangor. From the clergy of the deanery of Dursley. Frnm the rural dean and clergy of the western portion of the deanery of Pontesburg, in the diocese of Hereford. From natives of Wales, resident in London. From the grand jury of the county of Montgomery. From the inhabitants of the parish of West Felton, in the county of Salop. From the inhabitants of the parish of Ellesmere, in the county of Salop. From the inhabitants of the parish of Great Ness, its the county of Salop. From the inhabitants of the township of Dudleston in the parish of Elle s mere and county of Salop. From the inhabitants of the parish of Ruyton in the Eleven Towns, in the county of Salop. From the inhabitants of the parish of Badger, in the county etf parish at Lianithantal, in the diocese of Bangor, and county of Denbigh. From the rector, churchwarden, and inhabitants of the parish of Hampton Bishop, in the county of Hereford. From the minister and inhabitants of the parish of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. From the inhabitants of the parish of Shiffnal, in the county of Salop. From the rector, the churchwardens, and the parishioners of the parish of Derwen, in the diocese of Bangor, and county of Denbigh. From the churchwardens and inhabitants of the parish of Llarebedr, in the county of Denbigh. From the rector, the curate, the churchwardens, and pa rishioners of the parish of Llanelidan, in the diocese of Bang or, and county of Denbi g h. From the inhabitants of the parish of Henllan, county of Denbigh, and diocese of St. Asapb. From the inhabitants of the eity of Chester. From the mayor, aldermen, councillors, and inhabitants of the borough of Ruthin. From the vicar, curates, churchwardens, and inhabitants of the parish of Llanfair, Dyffryn, Clwyd, its the diocese of Bangor. From the rector, churchwardens, and inhabitants of the pariah of Efenechtyd, in the county of Denbigh. From the rector, the curate, the churchwardens, and inhabi tants of the parish of Clocaenog, in the county of Denbigh.! From the vicar, the curate, churchwardens, and other in habitants of the united parishes of Llanywys and Gyffylling in the county of Denbigh. From the rector, churchwardens, and inhabitants of the parish of Llangwytan, D. C., in the county of Denbigh. From the curate, the churchwardens, and inhabitants of the parish of Llandyrnog, in the diocese of Bangor. Praying her Alaje,ty's eanctien that so much of the Act of the 6thand 7th William IV, which relates to the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor may be repealed, and that Parliament may be enabled to take such measures as may be deemed expedient to preserve unimpaired the constitution of the Church in North Wales. Bishop of Bangor, from the dean and chapter of Bangor, the clergy of the county of Anglesey, the clergy of the deanery of Llyn, the inhabitants of Lanthalader, praying her Majesty to be graciously pleased, in the exercise of her royal prerogative, to signify her consent to the progress of such measures as may be submitted to Parliament for repealing so much of the Act e, and 7 Wm. I V., c. 77, as provides fur the union of the gees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Bishop of Hereford, with an address against the union of the sees of Bangor arid St. Asaph. Mr. Charles %Vynne, Sheriff for the county of Denbigh, accompanied by Ma. Mainwaring, M.P., with a county adaress, praying that her Majesty will be g raciously pleased to allow a fill to be brought into Parliament for the repeal of an Act that united the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Mr. Mainwaring, M.P., presented two addresses with similar prayers front the grand jurors assembled at the Spring Assize*, .145, anti at the quarter sessions in March, 1845. Mr. Wynne was presented by the Hon. William Bagot. Air. Marsh, Deputy Mayor of Great Yarmouth, with an address of congratulation to her ALtjes.y on the birth of the Prince Alfred. Mr. Marsh was presented by Mr. Will shire, M P. Mr. John Betts, Sheriff of the City of Norwich, accom panied by Mr. Henry Woodcock and Mr. George Lovick Cole man, Aldermen, of congratulation on the birth of another Prince, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Norwich. Mr. Betts was presented by the Marquis of Douro. After the Levee, her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had a dinner party yesterday at her residence Clarence House, St. James's. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Here ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenbnrgh- Strelitz, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipp stahl, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Mons. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister ; Count Kielmann segge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Dnke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Barrio d'Arnini, Lord and Lady Beauvale, the Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Wratislaw, and Colonel Sir George Cowpe r. Her itoyal Hi g h ness the Duchess of Kent had afterwards an evening party. Her M - ajesty .nd Prince Albert (attended by the Royal Suite), and the Royal Family , at wereresent. The following Con cert was p e rfo rmed C larence House, during the evening, in the presence of the Illustrious Circle ; Fantasia, Pianoforte, Madame Dulcke n —T halber Aria, Neapolitana—Signo r L a l a l ac h e. g . .Aria, " L'amor suo mi to beats," (Roberto Devereux) Madame Grisi—Donizetti. Adelaide, Signor Mario—Beethoven. Aria, " Si lo lento," ( Fausto), Miss Birch—Spohr. Quartuor, " Leer) quel fiero i s t ante ," Mesdames Grisi et Birch, Signori Mario t Lablache.--Costa. 0", ‘• In verrei," Madame Gtisi et Signor Lablache-- Mercadante. Lieder Ohnd Wirte Tarantella, Pianoforte, Madame Dulcken —Menelelssohn, Chioppen. p re ghiera, " Ave Maria," Signor Mario—Schubert. A r i a , (Manon Lescant) Mies Birch---Balfe. Duo, "Un tenero cuore," (Roberto Devereux), Madame Grisi et Signor Mario— Donizetti. p reg hiera, " Dail two stelato soglis, (Mose), Mesd ames G r i s i et Birch, Signori Mario et Lahlache.—Rossini. CAUTION.—A man of the name of Robert Ward (or at least calling himself so) is travelling about Suffolk with a petition, stating that he has lost two horses by death, and begging the contributions of the benevolent in order that he may be enabled to replace them. A slumber of signatures were attached to the one he showed fit Ipswich; some of them have proved to be forgeries, and we warn the public against such an impostor. should any of our reader happen of him, we should re commend them to put a label on his back and direct him to the police, at Ipswich, at whose hands he would be sure to get some cheap fare and loding.—lpsicich Express. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. BARNSLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Croft, a colliery overseer, bore testimony to the con venience which this railway would afford to the coalowners, for conveying their coals to York, as well as to Hull and to Lincoln. Mr. Hopwood stated that the price of engine coal was 4s. 6d. a ton, and that of engine slack was 3s. a ton at the pits, and that they had no outlet for their coal west ward, but that their outgoing was 50 tons a day, or 15,000 tons a year eastward, and that if they had an outlet westward they would be able to supply a considerable demand that way, but the greater portion of the coals were passed by the canal, and the Canal Company were compelled, upon being required so to do, to form a tram-road from the pits to the canal. Mr. J. W. BRowx, a coal agent, testified to the circum stance that the chief supply of coal for the Silkestone bed went into Brigg, Grimsby, and other places in Lincolnshire; that before the opening of the Northern Railway, the quantity of coal sent away was 102,000 tons, but since the opening of that railway, the amount has been less than 65,000 tons, and that there had been a falling off in the supply to the York, Selby, and other neighbouring markets by more than 15,000 tons ; that in consequence of the expense of carriage the Silkestone coal was sold in York at 1 ls. a ton, while the Durham coal was sold at 9s. 6d., and that if the railway was formed, the Silkestone coal would be able to compete with the Durham coal ; that the price at Selby was at present 10s. 4d., and if the railway were formed the price would be from Ss. 3d. to Bs. 6d., but he had not calculated what would be the expense of carrying by waggon, the price at the pit's mouth being ss. 6d., and the freight and tolls together being 4s. Bd., so that he was not able to state what the precise saving by the railway would be. Mr. D. CHARLESWORTII, a coalowner, stated that there were no means of getting westward by canal, and that this railway would give that facility. He had recently sunk two new shafts. at the Higham pits, which had cost him 10,0001., from which communication was to be obtained by means of a cutting with the Sheffield and Manchester tunnel. They had three miles of canal nnworked on this particular bed ; and that it was a very large unworked bed, if not the very largest un wrought coal-field in England, and that the formation of this railway would give the coalowners a double facility in the transit of their coals, and open up a road to Manchester, where there was now no road at all. In the event of this railway being formed, there would be a readier means of putting the coals on to the railway than there now was of putting them on the canal. Mr. Rhodes, engaged in the woollen trade, stated that the consumption of twenty-two manufactories at Glossop, which was a town largely connected with the manufacture of cotton, was thirty thousand two hundred and twenty-eight tons during six months, and that the price of this coal, which was inferior to the engine-slack at Barnsley, was on an average 7s. 6d., and that the additional quantity of coal con sumed in the manufactures there was about 20,000 tons for the half-year, and that the whole yearly consumption of coal was 120,000 tons. If this railway were made he be lieved that the whole of this consumption would come from the Barnsley district. The house coal now burnt in Glossop was about 12s. a ton, and that coal had been de creased in price about 6d. a ton since the commencement of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, which was not yet completed. Mr. Sidebotham, a large cotton-spinner at Hollingworth, in Cheshire, stated that the coals which were used at his works, which were within about half a mile of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, was 45. 4 1 ,0. at the pit's mouth, with an addition of 3s. 6d. for carriage, making 7s. 10 1 / 2 d. a ton, and that he used twenty tons a day. He conceived that they would get the Silkestone coal, which was of a better quality than that which they now used, at 2s. 6d. a ton cheaper. Mr. Bingley, a surveyor under the Inclosure Act, in the neighbourhood of Pennistone, stated that the land inclosed under the Act could not be brought into effective working without the use of lime, and that if they could get lime cheaper, as they would do by the formation of this rail way, they would use double the quantity they now did. He conceived that the quantity used would be about 18,000 tons a year, the cost being 255. .a ton, and the saving by the railway would be 88. 6d. a ton. The quantity applied was from 2 to 3 tons an acre. Mr. Jonathan Brown, lessee of the Greenmore stone quarries, under Lord Wharncliffe, stated that he exported about 3,000 tons a year, most of which went to the east ward, and that a considerable saving of time would be effected to Swinton by the Barnsley Junction Railway. Mr. B. Skidmore stated that he had had considerable experience in making estimates of passenger traffic for several railways in the north of England. He put in several tables, which showed that the revenue he anticipated from passengers was 10,126/. 7s. 4d., from 224,939 per sons. This was doubling the present coach traffic and certain additions on other points of the line He estimated for 400,000 tons of coal at 9d a ton which would amount to 15,0001.; for 40,000 tons o limestone and timber at 2s. a ton for the whole distance— making 4,000/. ; for goods and grain 3,617/. from exist ing traffic and from expected traffic 2,4ool.—making a total of more than 6,000/; for cattle 8851.—making a total of 35,000/. a year; and the expenses of working he estimated at about 40 per cent.—leaving a net income of more than 21,000/. per annum. On inquiry by the CHAIRMAN, Mr. Skidmore stated that he was not aware that there was any limit to the charge made by railway proprietors for carrying goods, and ex plained that there were three elements in the expense ; first, the tolls; secondly, the propelling power; and thirdly, the carriages ; and on calculating these several items, he conceived that the total expense of carrying goods would be 2s. 6d. a mile. The CHAIRMAN then suggested that Mr. Skidmore should look over his evidence, and correct anything which he thought needed amendment, at the next meeting, and the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock this day. SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY— (Group T.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Hobert Stephenson was examined at considerable length, and expressed similar views to those advanced by his father (the previous witness). He thought the present line much preferable to that proposed by Mr. Giles, on account of the the present one. The witnesses during the day were cross-examined at great length, without altering the main features of the evi dence produced. The case for the promoters of the Bill being closed, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would take the case of the petitioners to-morrow (this day) at twelve. The Committee then rose at Four o'clock. DISS AND COLCHESTER RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. HUNT, fur the opponents, called an engineer to prove that the miles and furlongs were not correctly marked on the plans and sections for a distance of twenty-five miles. The room was cleared on the allegation, and upon our re admission, The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that though the plans and sections did not exactly agree, yet the inaccuracies were not such as could mislead the owners of the property comprised in the allegation. Bill referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. LONDON DERRY AND COLERAINE (WITH BRANCH) RAILWAY. This line of railway is to be thirty miles in length on the main line, with a branch of seven miles. Estimated cost, 500,000!. Engineer, Mr Robert Stephenson ; agent for the Bill, Mr. Ellicombe. The formal notices having been gone into, a petition against the scheme from Josiah Dimsdale, draughtsman, of No. 3, West's-place, City-road, was put in. Mr. BAKER appeared as agent for the opponent, and stated that certain owners, occupiers, lessees, and joint lessee?, had not received notice of the intention of the promoters to take certain property on the proposed line. The first allegation was that Mr. Dimsdale, as one of the undertakers of the Loughfoyle Reclamation Company, had not received notice of the slab of Loughfoyle being re quired for the purpose of the railway. Mr. EILICONIBE maintained that the allegation could not be sustained, inasmuch as it was not proved that Mr. Dimsdale was an undertaker on the 30th of November last. Mr. BAK En was unable to adduce evidence to that effect Allegation not sustained. Mr. BAKER submitted that no subscription contract had been lodged in the Private Bill-office with reference to the branch line, and that consequently the standing orders bad not been complied with. Mr. ELLicomBE explained—The subscription contract had been included in the 500,000/. for the construction of the railway. The Committee were of opinion that the standing orders in this instance had been complied with. Mr. BAKER said the subscription contract was invalid, inasmuoli as the parties signing the contract were not sufti - ciently bound. Mr. TYRREL, of Guildhall, argued against the allegation. The room having been cleared, after deliberation the CHAIRMAN said, — the standing orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the parties subscribing do not bind themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, for the payment of money subscribed as respects the present Bill, the contract bearing date the 17th day of February, in the present ses sion of Parliament, and all the signatures also bearing date in the present session, but the contract applying to an Act of Parliament, to be applied for in the next session of Parlia• ment. _ _ _ The effect of this decision is to throw the Bill out for this session, unless the Select Committee on standing orders shall see fit to dispense with the non-compliance. The Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock on Friday. BLACKBURN, BURNLEY, ACCRINGTON, AND COLNE RAILWAY.—(Group D.) The Committee. re assembled yesterday at twelve o'clock, and shortly afterwards proceeded with the adjourned business ; Mr. Bernal in the chair. Mr. Cawley, the engineer, was the first witness called, but in the course of his examination was interrupted by the Chairman, who observed that he thought the standicg orders had not been complied with in one particular instance; but after an explanation from Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, the Chairman was satisfied that they had been complied with. Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM put in several letters to prove that a satisfactory arrangement for compensation had been made between the Company and Mr. Parker, who was op posed to the Bill on account of the railway passing through his property. The examination of Mr. Cawley was then resumed by Mr. CALVERT, when it was elicited that the gradients be tween Bromley and Accrington were favourable to the con struction of the line. There were several embankments necessary to be made. The distance between Blackburn and Bolton, by the present means of conveyance, was twenty-nine miles, but if the contemplated railway were made, the distance would be reduced to twenty-two miles. The best means of bringing cotton from Liverpool to Bolton would be by the North Union Railway, and then by the Blackburn branch to Bolton, and this would afford greater facility for the transmission of goods than by any of the present modes of conveyance. Mr. GREGORY, who appeared to oppose the Bill on behalf o wro f hre lS tth i h r ee . rpPtuahbrelkitcee,r would ne th luel e sd n shi e te xamined Mr. Cawley, and inquired waneyree m nt a r d a e nc t e h to tl h ie Br v om at l e ey pr S e t p a e t i io ty n in Royal-street at Bromley, h ro . u /i g ir. P C n awley replied that the public station would be made w t in that street, but he The CHAIR3IAN then obserLiiatheatp!itopweeratyldorhneont.ecessaty was ignorant whether it was private to bring evidence to prove if it was private property or not, and he further suggested that, in the examination of Mr. Cawley, it would tend to facilitat e the d business if be would m iffi e c d u a lt ft y er in tir d . e.: ir r e i g b o in: " w st as at an io r n es s ; make a sketch examinationyaps w pt h o e a n ch t h t o e r t e h w e the Ca means e f had stated that he would not press the point to delay the time of the Committee. In reply to Mr. Gregory, Mr. Cawley stated that the land in the neighbourhood of Bromley,ibe longing to Mr. Parker, would not be materially i n j ure d b y the passage of the railway, and that at an interview he had had with that gentleman, he expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which it was proposed to carry the line by a deviation through his grounds, only requesting that as little land might be taken as possible. The Act would provide for all compensation for injury done to the property by the making of the line. The limits of deviation were necessary as laid out at present ; and Mr. Cawley presumed that it was necessary to retain the powers of deviation over every portion of the line until it was executed. Mr. ST. JOHN then proceeded to examine Mr. Cawley, bt.t nothing further of importance was elicited. After a long conversation between the Committee and Counsel, the Chairman stated that it was admitted on both sides that the proposed station at Bromley should be cal rlt d into Royal-street, within the limits of deviation. Mr. Gooch was the next witness examined, but his evi dence merely tended to corroborate the evidence of the for mer witness, Mr. Cawley. The Committee then proceeded to the consideration of the traffic on the proposed line, so far as regarded the distance between Accrington and Haslingdon, but what transpired was only of local importance. Mr. Sergeant WHANGwAmthen rose and stated the grounds of his objection, on behalf of the Blackburn and Colne Rail way, to the formation of theßlackbum and Darwen Railway, which he maintained would not afford any remuneration to the promoters, owing to its being merely a competing line between Manchester and Blackburn with the Colne Railway, and that there was not sufficient traffic between the two points to support two lines of rail way. lie put it to the Committee whether the Company which he represented was to submit to the great loss which they must inevitably suffer, if the line of railway between Black and Darwen were permitted to be made. Witnesses were about to be called for examination, when an Honourable Member suggested that the room should be cleared, for the Committee to consider some plan for shortening the proceedings. The room was accordingly cleared, and on our return the Chairman stated that the Committee had come to the decision that it was useless for Counsel to pursue the cross examination of the witnesses at the present stage of the proceedings, for prima facie there was no evidence before the Committee that one line was preferable to another, or that the Black burn and Darwen line would injure the traffic of the Collie Railway. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHA3I then proved compliance with the standing orders as regarded the traffic of the Blackburn and Colne Railway, &c., when it appeared that the whole ex pense of construction was estimated at 530,000/., the gross income, 62,0001. a year, and the net income, making allow ance for cost of working, 37,0001. a year, leaving as nearly as possible 7 per cent. as the returns upon the money laid out, while the fares on passengers would he half the present charge by coach, and the cost for conveying goods only one third. Mr. GREGORY, after making a general statement of the grounds of objection on behalf of Mr. Parker, called Mr. Ward, whose evidence tended to show that there were two modes of access to the station at Burnley. At the close of the examination of this witness, Mr. GRE GORY requested that he might proceed to examine Mr. Locke, when, as he was proceeding to the table, a messenger from the Commons announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Committee then adjourned till twelve this day. ACCIDENT RELIEF SOCIETY. The annual dinner, in aid of the funds of the Accident Re lief Society, took place last evening, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, Lord John Manners, M.P., in the chair. The Noble Chairman was supeerted by W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. Henry Cole, on his right ; and by L. J. Hansard, Esq., and Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P., on his left. There were about fifty gentlemen present, and shortly after six o'clock they sat down to an excellent dinner, which was put upon the table in the usual admirable style of the Messrs. Staples. The dinner em braced every delicacy of the season, and there was a good supply of wine of excellent quality. The cloth having been removed, and " Non Nobis Domine," sung by Messrs. Ransford, Lloyd, and Shoobridge, the usual loyal and national toasts were given and drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. In giving the toast " The Church," The CHAIRMAN dilated upon the advantages which a con nexion with such a body as the mit.isters of the Church of England was calculated to confer upon this Society. His Lordship dilated upon the advantages of "parochial system—a system 'consonant with the feelings of the English people, and said that the old ballad-mcinger was not far wrong when he said But to my mind You cannot find, By hunting near or far, Sir, Any beyond The Parish plan To keep us where we are, Sir.—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with three times three, The Rev. HENRY Cote returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Army and Navy," and as there was no gentleman present connected with either of those services, he would couple with the toast the name of a gentleman most extensively connected with the merchant marine of the country, Mr. Joseph Somes.—( Cheers. ) The toast was drunk with all honours, and Mr. J. SOMES, in returning thanks, expressed his regret that no naval officer was present.—( Hear, hear.) They might rely on it that, if it were not for the navy and the army, they would not see the flag of the merchant service of Great Britain floating, as it now did, in every quarter of the world.—( Cheers. ) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Accident Relief Society."—( Cheers. ) The manner in which they had received the toast testified to the heartiness of their wishes for the success of the Society. He also wished it, and he augured that their wishes could not be disappointed.—(Loud cheers.) And why did he so augur? It was true the metropolis boasted of its great hospitals, which were a glory and an honour to it, but when the unfortunate victim of an unforeseen casualty was received into one of those noble institutions, the work of bene ficence was but half complete. The head of the family was relieved in one of those munificent institutions, but those who were dependant on the earning of his hand, on the strength of his arm, or on the ingenuity of his brain, were reduced to a state of the deepest distress. In such cases this So?.iety came in; and while the head of the family was labouring under misfortune, assisted and supported that family.— (Cheers.) The records of the Society afforded ample proof that such was the case. (l 4 ear, hear, and cheers.) But this was not the most gloomy pic ture of all. While life was spared, hope had still some abiding place, but when death, a sudden and violent death, snatched away ajourneyman mechanic or a labourer from his distress and despair took possession of his homestead. There had been during the present year four cases of death, in which the family had been relieved through the exertions of their excellent Secretary.— (Loud cheers.) He recollected once hearing a Birmingham working man say that the reason of the faili.re of many institutions intended for the relief of the working classes was, that those who had founded them did not understand the wants and wishes of those whom they were anxious to benefit. He had been much struck by the observation, and he augured favourably of the success of this institution, because it had been founded by the working classes themselves.—( Cheers.) It was planted in their wishes and their affections, therefore he anticipated its prosperity and its success.—( Cheers.) True the tree was watered from above, but it was planted in the deep rich soil of the affections of the working men.---(Cheers.) It was a plant of truly English growth and not a spurious and sickly exotic.—( Cheers. ) He would couple with the toast, the thanks of the Society to the Committee and the Secretary for their labours. The toast, which was drunk with three times three and one cheer, was responded to by Mr. L. J. Hansard, after which Mr. Bruton gave an extempore song in praise of the Society, in the course of which he managed to introduce the name of every " notability " present. The song was much ap plauded. Mr. EWART M.P., then proposed the health of the Chair; and, after paying a well•merited compliment to the virtues and abilities of the Noble Lord, made a brief allusion to the present anomalous state of parties, in conse• quence of which he and the Noble Lord who might, by their position, be supposed to be politically opposed to each other were frequently found meeting amicably on what might be termed debateable round of politics.—( Cheers. ) They had heard much of Old England. He believed that all that was good in Old England was renewed in Young England. —( Cheers.) He believed they were right in gomg back to the principles of the old Constitution for political freedom and thought. Their attempts to adapt our ancient institutions to modern wants was most praiseworthy.—(Loud cheers.) The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthusiasm was briefly acknowledged by the Noble Chairman. The next toast was the " Patrons and Patronesses of the Institution," after which the Secretary read the list of subscriptions, and prefaced it by saying that last year their subscriptions had been 1,089/., and this year he was happy to say, that he thought that amount would be ex ceeded. This announcement was received with loud cheers. Among the subscriptions announced in the course of the evening was Sir T. Baring, 100/. ; M. J. J. Coly, 50/. ; Dr. Silver, 211. ; Mr. L. J. Hansard, 20/. ; the Duke of Rutland, 101. ; Lord Skelmerstiale, 10/. ; Sir E. P. Glynne, 101.; Mr. Somes, M.P., 10/. ; 1-16 n. P. S. Pierrepoint, 10/. ; Lord J. Manners, 5/. 55., and 2/. 2s. annually ; and Mr. Ewart, 51. ss. Several other toasts were drunk, and the party broke up shortly before eleven o'clock. SHAPWICK MURDERS. EXECUTION OF SARAH FREENIAM. This wretched culprit expiated with herlife,at Taunton, yesterday, the diabolical crime of which she was convicted. ft will be in the recollection of our readers that the unhappy woman was committed upon four distinct charges of murder, viz , for having athuinistered arsenic to her husband, her illegitimate son, her mother, and r brother (of whose murder she was convicted at the late Spring Assizes), which caused her death. On Sunday the condemned sermon was preached by the chaplain from the Ist and part of the 2d verse of the 14th chapter of Hosea. A most impressive discourse was delivered, and every one present except Sarah Freeman appeared to feel its power. The individual who, to all human knowledge, stood most in need of spiritual conso lation, was the only one who evinced indifference. She rather courted than avoided allusion to the crimes with which she was charged, but invariably pro tested her innocence. Ever since her condemnation she slept soundly and ate heartily. On Monday last she asked permission to dispose of her clothes to the pri soners with whom she had been classed previous to htr trial—this being granted, she wrote the 'Janus of the articles and the persons to whom she wished them to be given. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1845. THE EXECUTION. The last dreadful sentence of the law was carried into effect on the top of Wilton gaol, near Taunton. The time appointed for the execution was eleven o'clock, but each was the anxiety to witness The death of this noto rious murderess, that long before that hour-thousands of people were congregated in front of the prison. The wretched culprit retired to rest at twelve o'clock last night, up to which hour the chaplain was in attend ance upon her. She slept soundly till six this mornin g , when she got up and ate a hearty breakfast. She was visited early by the chaplain, the Under-Sheriff, and the Governor, and again strongly protested her innocence, saying that she bought the poison for herself, and that her brother John took it from her bag and gave it to her mother and brother. When entreated by the Under-Sheriff, about ten o'clock this morning, to tell the truth, she very snappishly told him not to press her with any further questions on the subject. Shortly after ten she attended the chapel, and partook of the Sacra ment. At the conclusion of the service she was con ducted to the press-room, where preparations were made for her execution. Shortly before eleven she appeared on the scaffold; she joined in the prayers, and again protested bAufrtfed r hangingin t h he erptrhce noose was adjusted, and she was launched into ternity. usual precincts of timethe prison.thebod y was cut down and We hear that the colliers in r v ongton and the neighbourhood are in an unsettled state, although their wages have been advanced, in some instances as much wenty-five per cent.—Stigkedshire Advertiser. IMPERt. AMENT HOUSE - OF COMMONS, April 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. TATTON EGERTON, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Wood stock, in the room of the Marquis of Blandford, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The Spoad (Clun) Inelosure Bill, the Kendal Reser voirs Bill, and the London and Greenwich Railway Bill, were each read a second time. The Ely and Huntingdon Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Mr. LOCKHART presented petitions in favour of this Bill from the parishes of Carluke, Old Monkland, Both well, Glassford, Rutherglen, Shotts, Hamilton, Lishma hagow, Dalzill, East Kilbride, New Monkland, Dalserf, Cambusnethan, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Stonehouse, Carnwath, Carmunnoch ; and from the towns and vil lages of Rutherglen, Airdrie. Lanark, New Lanark ; also from the following parishes in the county of Mid- Lothian :—Colinton, Currie, Ratho, Kirknewton, and Midcalder. THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. Mr. WAWN presented a petition from shipowners and other inhabitants of South Shields, in favour of the proposed grant to the college of Alayn , oth. Lord CIIARLES MANNERS presented several pe titions against the grant from Rlsecs in Lincolnshire. Mr. PLUMPTRE presenteil a great number of pe itions to the same effect from various places in different parts of the kingdom. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr. Cobden, Sir John Tyrrell, Mr. Beckett Dciaison, Lord Clive, and Colonel Wood. - NOTTINGHAM INCLOSURg. Mr. FERRAND presented_ a petition from Notting ham against the Nottingham Inclosure Bill. SETTLEMENT BILL. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Stour bridge against the LawMAYNOOTH of Settlement Bill. Captain PECHELL presented petitions from diffe rent parts of Sussex agamst the grant to the College of Maynooth. Sir W. HEATHCOTE'presented siLailar petitions. Mr. DUGDALE presented similar petitions from Warwick. Mr. ROSS presented petitions from Belfast in favour of the grant. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from diffe rent places against the arrestment of wages and the grant to Maynooth. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented petitions from Northamp tonshire and Stafford against the grant. Mr. B. DENJSON presented petitions in favour of the grant. Mr. HAWES presented similar petitions from Surrey. Mr. HINDLEY presented 111 petitions from the fol lowing places against the Maynooth grant :—The in habitants of West Hackney, Middlesex ; Brockwear, Gloucestershire ; Burkett Green, Berks ; Covesham, Oxon; Knowl Hill, Berks ; Woodly, Bucks ; Linlithgow, Bannockburn ; Bush Hill, Berks ; Teigh, Rutland ; Little Fransham, Norfolk ; Great Fransham, Norfolk ; Wendling, Norfolk ; Protest ant Dissenters, Ebenezer Chapel, Camden Town; Chiswick, Middlesex; Falcon- squire, London; Glasgow Jamaica Chapel, Bermondsey; Woolaston, Northamptonshire ; West N ile-street Cha pel,; Ebenezer Chapel , Upp erhead Mill, Saddleworth ; Brooken Hurst , H ants ; Church street, Windsor ; Ruthin, Denbighshire ; Groes wen Eglwysilan, Glarnort,anshire ; Earls Colne, Essex ; Thorfield, Hants ; Salem Chapel, Mashylith, Montgomeryshire ; Crown-street. Chapel, Soho ; East . Dean, Gloucester.; Endless-street, Salisbury ; Wring. ton, Sornersetshire ; Bethlehem Chapel, Pene gross.; Blandford, . Dorset ; Dry Drayton, Cam bridge ; Dryffryn, Brecon ; Howe Kinson, Dor set ; Green Chapel, Assett, York ; Dogly-lane Chapel, Kirkburton, York; Ranelagh Chapel, Chelsea; Mapple well, York; Henrietta-street Chapel, St. Pancras, Mid dlesex; Tenby. Pembrokeshire ; Sirhowy Iron Works, Monmouth; Zion Chapel, Whiford Flint ; Lampton Chapel, Heston, Middlesex ; Portobello, Scotland ; Heol Mostyn, Flint ; Salem Chapel, New North road, Hoxton, Middlesex ; Howard-street, Shrews bury • Beauleaue Rails, Boldoe, Hants ; Village Preachers, from Castle-street Chapel, Reading Sway, Boldoe, Hants ; W est GI orge-street Chapel, Glasgow (Dr. Wardle%) ; Salem Chapel, Ipswich ; Falkenham, Suffolk; Sutton, Suffolk; Sidburv, Devon; Romford, Essex ; Blaena K for, M onmoutwith ; BiTredW llesden, Skeffington ; Maidstone, ent; Tinstle , stun, Brecon B rec hfa, Brecon ; New North Free Church, Edinburgh; the First United Secession Con gregation at Alloa, Clackmannanshire; Wesleyan Me thodists, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire; Neath, Glamor ganshire ; Seven Oaks, Kent; Deptford, Kent; Inverary, A berdeenshire; Shoreham, Kent; Molina and Killaloa; May's-lane, Antrim; Knockholt, Kent; Bingham, Nor folk; Calvinistic Methodists, Hill's-lane Chapel, Shrews bury; Cwmian ; Baptists, Zion Chapel, Bradford, Wilts; Hales Owen, Worcestershire ; Redcross-street Chapel, Cripplegate ; Sunday School Teachers, Hollinworth ; Hatherton Chapel, Stockport ; Woodley, Berks ; Bute gay, Suffolk ; Padfield; Sidbury , Devon ; T intwi s tl e ; inhabitants of Sparle. Norfolk ; Southminster, Essex ; Lingfield, Surrey ; Protestant Dissenters, Zion Chapel, Cwm Cvin, Glamorganshire ; Poultry Chapel, London ; Wimbledon, Surrey ; Whitestone Chapel, Withington, Hereford/hire ; Old Chapel, Llantyn Mair, Montgo meryshire; Elswick, Lancashire; Chowbent, Lancashire; Bedford streatChapel ; Stroud, Gloucestershire; Cross street Chapel, Cheshunt - Ebenezer Chapel, Boston ; Rowley Regis, Staffordshire ; Pengllys Llanfehaenyal, tigiliVirAl nihk,141g53,W1,0k1521,fi1t'1,..,909,1Tf5, Mont shire ; Baptists, Stockwell-gate, Mansfield ; Union-place, Longford, Warwickshire ; Llannefydd, Denbighshire ; Chester-street, Wrexham, Denbighshire ; Teachers of Sunday- school, Barking, Essex. Mr. PATTISON presented several petitions to the same effect. tep e t t i h t i e o n grant. against Mr. p the grant. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the Presbyterians residing within twelve miles round Lon don in favour of the Maynooth Bill, and two petitions fromcer l t ‘ a ß in K PETITIONS. in E d ß ie p id re ur s t againstd a Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Derby against the desecration of the Sabbath. An Hort. MEMBER presented petitions against the London and York Railway Bill and against the Man chester and Sheffield Railway Bill. The petitions were ordered to be referred to the Select Committees on the Bills. Lord MAFICYN presented a petition against the plans of the Eastern Counties R YN ailway. MA Mr. GEORGE BANKES presented petitions from five parishes" in the county of Dorset against the grant to Maynooth. He also presented several peti tions from landowners and labourersrespecting the exist ing agricultyral distress ; and petitions from the county of Dorset against the Poor-law Settlement Bill. CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would, on Monday next, state the terms of his motion in reference to the condition of the labouring classes in this country. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, in answer to a question from Mr. E: Den ison in reference to the law affecting u ti ner om terms s of leases, that the Hon. Member must be e" Mistake with regard to the time he had spoken of. But he begged to assure the HOD. Member that the subject to which he had alluded had been under the consideration of a Committee ; that Committee had made a report ; and as the rule adopted upon that report did y c ry materially affect the interests of many in this country, he would not have the least objection to lay it upon the tal)le-Pf the House. LANDS CLAUSES CON LL SOLIDATION (SCOT LAND) 81. Mr. LABOUCHERE begged to know from the Lord Advocate of Scotland when it was his intention to lay before the 'Rinse the Lords' amendments on the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill of Scotland? The LORD ADVOCATE said something in reply, but it was inaudible in the gallery. ACADEMICAL-, EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Lord ASHLEY, in postponing till Friday nex t the Committee on the Calico Print Works Bill, said—Sir, I take .this opportunity of put ting a question, of which I have given notice, to my Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government. Sir, in reference to A communication made by my Right Hon. Friend last year to this House, and in refe rence to the opening statement he made in the grant to Maynooth, I wish to ask him whether it is his intention' to propose any further plan of academical education in Ireland, and if so, whether he could, before going into Committee, or im mediately afterwards, state the simple outline cf the schemes which he is inclined to propose? Sir R. PEEL—I am much obliged to my Noble Friend for having given 'me notice of this question, and I beg to state THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO PROPOSE FURTHER MEASURES . WITH REGARD TO ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. It was my intention to proceed with this Bill now before the House, and ,to bring it to a close before any other business was gone into, with the excep. tion of that of which I have given notice for Friday ; but I will undertake to say with respect to the measures which we intend to.Propese, having the same bearing as that at present under discussion ---1 will undertake, be fore the third readirg of the Bill, that either myself, or some other member of the Goverment, shall give a gene ral outline of the measures we intend to propose: Mr. M. GIBSON presented four petitions againA the Ma3nooth grant. Mr. B. ESCOTT presented a petition from a place in mg S r , e , a m ansu e t. r r s e e , t in favour o f the grant.—(Hear , hear.) b it y y t . eri r a r ti h s, The Mr. NE o W ne f DE r G om AT a E bo p d re y sented a petition ag ainst the Sir R. PEEL p r e sent ed four petitiOns in favour of the signed by per sons o f ver y olifigEhngrelis.sphecPtart7l petitioners stated that they had the strongest feel ing against the tenets and doctrines of the Roman Ca tholic religion. They did not think that they were vio lating any principle in. supporting an increased grant for religious education in Ireland. Another petition V. as from the ministers and elders of the Old Presbyterian Church of Affleek ; the third petition was from the Presbyterians of Armagh ; and the fourth petition was from the north of Ireland also. MAYNOOTH—APPROPRIATION OF THE IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL REVENITES. On the motion that the Speaker du leave the Chair, Mr. WARD said that they had now reached hat tap the Bill at which, n concurrence, he believed, with the wishes of a large number of his friends, and in perfect accordance with those principles which, as a party, they had advocated far the last ten years in that House, it became his duty to place on record—not their hostility to the Govern ment plan, because in every measure of concession of Boman Catholic rights—in every expression of justice or of kindness which had fallen from either side of the House towards those whom they called fellow- countrymen and fellow-christians, they cordially and entirely participated—but they refused as to the mode in which the measure contemplated for their benefit might be rendered one which would give permanent satisfaction to Ireland ; and he must beg to remind Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House that they had a double duty to perferua on this occasion— they had not only to look to tis natural desire of conciliating 'lreland and sooth ing and healing the wrongs which had been done to that country for three centuries, but they must also look to England—they must not do away with one injustice by committing another ; and they must be aware of counterbalancing the good which they ill hop,d to do to Ireland by sowing the seeds of just discontent in this country.—(Hear, hear.) Ile remembered, when the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies came forward in that House with what he called a great measure for Catholic relief by taking off the vestry cess in Ireland, that Noble Lord desi;,nated the vestry cess as a galling blister to the Catholics, but he said that the Irish Church, which would benefit most largely by this cause of discontent, ought to bear the whole charge. He wished to amend this Bill by the principle included in his amendment, and not by any means to throw it out ; and he had given some proof of his sincerity, by submitting to the obloquy which he received by refusing to concur in a movement, the object of which was to throw out the Bill on the second reading. That party had, by the result of last week, proved itself hostile to the Government measure. A Mem ber of Parliament had, in these times, quite enough to do to answer charges against him founded upon truth, without submitting to misrepresentation. He had been accused, by implication, of having betrayed a cause in which he never embarked. He had had a long ac quaintance with the lion. Gentleman, who had taken a very active part on the Anti-Maynooth Committee, and placed himself, at a very early period, in commuica tion with him (Mr. Ward)—in fact, as soon as he understood the nature of his motion. He suggested various alterations in the form of the motion, so as to make it more palatable to those who acted with him ; but he (Mr. Ward) declined to accede to every one of them, assuring him, at the same time, that the motion he intended to move had no reference to religious grounds. They wished that time might be given to the country to express its opinions, but he told these gentle men that he entirely concurred in the opinion of the Right I lon. Baronet at the head of the Government, and in that of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, and added that he would not give half an hour more than the forms of the House absolutely required. [Here the noise in the House became so great, and the bustle at the bar so loud, that the Hon. Gentleman ceased until the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms cleared the bar, and order was in some degree restored.] He proceeded to soy, that he said so because he considered, with the gentlemen with whom he acted, that during the time which had necessarily elapsed since the introduction of the measure, the parties who opposed the Bill had succeeded in lighting up a flame dangerous and even discreditable to the country. How anybody after that could take into his head to write to the Times to express the grief of the Anti-Maynooth Committee which had expected that he vvould push on his motion, but instead of doing so had 'withdrawn it, and thus prevented the measure being defended by the com bined votes of " true Protestants," and some of the adherents of the Whig party. He had the greatest respect for his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) but he feared that, if he wanted a character, that Noble Lord would say that he was not among the most obsequious. When he had differed from that Noble Lord, he had taken his own line, but on this question his views certainly concurred with that of the Noble Lord, and with that of every one of his supporters on his side of the !louse. When these gentlemen told him that Protestantism was going to ruin, he could not help thinking how miserable and small this English Protestantism must be. With their Universities at Oxford and Cambridge, and with all the revenues of the richest church in the world, and a bench of bishops in the House of Lords to watch over its interests, he could not see how they could justify coming trembling and whining to that House for assistance upon the ground that the small sum of 26,0001., was about to be voted to the Catholics of Ireland. He dismissed this part of the question at once, and he thought he had got rid of the charge of anything like bad faith. His prin ciples had been too long befote the world to render it likely that such acharge could be maintained or supported He had never taken the low tone that religious conces sion to Catholicism in Ireland was a matter of grace or favour. With him it was a matter of right. He had always considered that as the Catholics were the majo rity in the sister country, they had just as good a right to a Catholic Church establishment as they had to a Protestant Episcopalian Establishment in England, or a Presbyterian Church in Scotland. Their truth was not our truth, their church was not our church, and they had just as much right to resist Protestantism, as England would have a right to resist the introduction of Presbyterianism, or Scotland to resist the introduction of Episcopacy into that country ; and it was now time for doing away with the Established Church in Ireland, which only re- land's disgrace. He entertained the warmest sympathy with what the Hon. Member for Newark the other night called "Indefinite Protestantism," and so he believed it was called during the last hundred years by such men as Swift, Burnett, and William 111. His own principles were sanctioned by the leading dignitaries of the Irish Church, and were clearly and explicitly laid down in in important work published by Archbishop Wheatley. Those were his sentiments ; and though he could not help honouring the name that first asserted the rights of mind against the Papal power, he could not less honour the men who, in spite of revolution and of the change which had taken place in the aspect of their creed, still clove to the faith of their ancestors. It had been told the House by the Honourable Member for Elgin the other night, and he (Mr. Ward) could not avoid referring to it, for he considered this but an ad journed debate, that the Catholics ought not to be admitted to the same privileges with the professors of the Reformed religion, and it was added that the Duke of Wellington might say then, what the Duke of Ormond said two hundred years ago, that he had been acquainted with the Catholics for twenty years, and that in that period he found them destitute of truth and unworthy of trust. It was time they dropped their prejudices, for they made their measures weak, and the Legislature ridiculous. He said it was time to discon tinue this one-sided policy, but they should take care, in altering their course, that they should at last adopt the right course—'hat they should not again embark in what would ultimately pruve to be - a ruinous course. As to the fact that they had taken a new course, he had never seen a point on which such a mass of evidence had been brought to bear in that House. They had first the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London ; then they had the Bight Hon. Baronet the Member for Devonport; they had the Secretary for the Home Department, and they had the First Lord of the Treasury. The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department had told them that this was *the first of a series of measures for the amelioration of her Majesty's Catholic subjects in "island. The First Lord of the Treasury had told the House that this measure was a Government one, and by it the Government would stand or fall ; and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who ought to have been the most cautious, proved himself on that question the most incautious, They might have occasion to admire the courage of the Right Hon. Gentleman, but they could not at &I give en dit to his sagacity. He (Mr. Ward) would like to see what they v: ere likely to do. He appealed 'to the House, if they were not establishing here a progressive prin ciple ? and if they took this step at all, they must be prepared for - all that would fol low. The question was simply this. How they could best settle the necessary and just claims of Ireland, and how they could best reconcile the people of S:estland and England to those principles which they considered necessary and right for that purpose. The Government were about to do that in a way which he thought the most likely to prevent any legitimate objec tions which might be urged by those parties. The ques tion involved some of the most important principles that Government could propose or Pediment sanction. It involved a principle of endowment as contradistin guished to the voluntary system—it involved the principle of endowment out of the general funds of the country. As the particular funds which would be properly applicable were under the authority of Government otherwise applied—he would not say mis applied. As to those who objected to this measure, on the voluntary principle, he might saf e ly l eave t h em in the hands of his Honourable Friend the Member for the City of London, and the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool. They, at least, had nothing offensive in their views ; they said that religion was never so healthy, that the power of truth was never so great as when disconnected with the State. They alleged nothing offensive to Catholic principles or Catholic rights. He (Mr. Ward) admitted that it was a great principle, it was his own prin ciple some years ago, when he brought forward a motion with respect to the Irish Church. Equality was to be attained in Ireland, but be had no hope of obtaining that in the way they proposed. Was he to go on from year to year without any attempt to do away the anomaly of an endowment in Ireland which placed the clergy of one-eighth of the population in the po•session of all the church property ? They provided another one eighth with a reyium donnal, and the re maining six eighths had nothing. That appeared to him to be a sort of lop-sided liberality ; at the same time, it would not be denied that the voluntary system had not yet bet n sufficiently tried ; Ireland had not yet been prepared for it. In England it might succeed probably worse, as the professors of religion in England, who would depend on the voluntary system for their sup port, would be farther from degrading themselves by pandering to the passions of their flocks. What did it do in Ireland ? What did it do in the United States ? He alw ryes turned with pleasure to the speech made by his Noble Friend the Member for the City of London, on the debate for the motion which he (Mr. Ward) brought forward last year, when he (Lord J. Russell) dealt a ith the voluntary principle in that highly philsophic spirit, which was almost peculiar to himself in that House. Here the Hon. Member read the passage from the speech to which he had referred, and which was to the effect that in the United States there were ministers of various religious sects who were sup ported by the voluntary principle ; yet even by es * opini nlis those men was the cruel, and unchristian and accursed 1 of that House, refrained from expressing their ~ . 111 system of slavery upheld ; and why was this? because I where they were to be met and refuted, but whe , l l erte f g ave a r rest they were depeedent upon the popular voice for their ' did not themselves speak at these meetings, maintenance ; but this could not be' the case, sanction, which, from men of high standing, Wa s .. ., ( ei g .is sa if they were placed in a position that would imortance, by not expressing their dissent ; anti ' ll t he make them independent of their flocks. The tempt was made to excite ill feeling, and undone same speaker then went on to say, that it would be of good that had been effected in the public mind. , fl t itt b d e immense importance to the Roman Catholic clergy of grant of the last fifty years to Maynooth, men or ma de Ireland if they were placed in a position that wou ld had lent t h ems elves to it. Persons of character woe J put them beyond the reach of the in fluence t he most e xa gg erated statements when heated by of popular passion ; and if the appointment disputes. He would read for the House the speech of of those clergymen was entirely unshackled it Hon. Member for Neweastie-under-Lyrae, in opeus i e n would be of great importance, for then they would be to the Bill. In that House the lion. Member tri b a l ; e e in some measure independent." Now, he did net think speech, certainly opposed to the gramt , hftracter, that their experience of Ireland, from last year, fully so lukewarm, mild, and inoffsnsive a C-- ,Ei . bore out the fact that such an altered state of things that one would he inclined to doubt thn e _f be " r , would be for the benefit of that country. What had taken cority of his dissent, but that Honourable hi ho1"a place in Ireland, in reference to the Bequest Act ? delivered a speech at Exeter-hell which was calcueo_ie The Most Rev. Dr. Murray, who had taken o ffi c e to aroase and excit e the feelings of the entire IPmOO, under that Bid, had been exposed to the most vi olent — that speec h was p rinted by the Anti-Maynoe th i , e nd hostility and assault fur having done so; but he held h is ciation , and publ i s h e d in a pamphlet of Mr. Lor d s ' h a d ground until the storm had blown over, which would in the Churchman's Monthly Review—and whienneee have continued much longer than it did but for Mr. been commented upon and quoted as a text of ima go , O'Connell, who stopped it, seeing that it would authority. If the poor people out of doors knell toti ld lead to no good to let it go on any longer. Mrmhers as well as they knew one another they But But instead of citing Dr. Murray, who held not put so much trust in them.—(Hear, hean) d t ee a deservedly high character in public estimation, as an allowence ought to be made for the period, tha t instance, he would ask, why should even the most humb l e atmosphere in wh i c h t hese s p eeches were delivert:(7.ii; e ' Roman Catholic clergyman be exposed to such speech was made in 1836 ; i t was published i tribunal ? He now came to the motion of endow- Churchman's R ev iew . ment, which lie looked upon as one of the greatest Mr. COLQUHOUN — It was not pub lished by e enob• importance. It was a question which had Mr. WART)—That may be. That speech eeiter taken a fast hold of the minds of the pe o p le of 'jelled by Mr. Lord, and contained the grossest litotes. England, and also of the people of Scotland ; bu t in sion of facts regarding Ireland that he had ever ne,r ii oa s England it had so perver:ed and warped the minds of It staled that at the moment when Mayne cn ue gos the people, that it made them insensible to the man y founde d, and when Dr. Reill y and Dr. Troy were . 0 t ee wrongs their laws had inflicted on Ireland.—Olear.) tinting with Mr. Pitt on that subject, they we ll w it e h The Hon. Baronet admitted that lie could not pretend cies, st connexion with Wolfe Tune, and labouri n s e out to govern Canada or Malta on the same terms that he him to revolutionise Ireland, and to sever t he cennstatett would undertake the government of Ireland to mor row. between Ireland a nd En g land. It further acted They were, he said, bound by capitulation, and they that the Roman Catholic bishops had never s ores were bound by compact, but they were boun d b y loyally except w hen the y were en g a g ed inOs not something much higher, they were bo und b y treach e r ous desi g n—some secret treason which el' :i: t he common sense, and common prudence, and ripe for execution. There was no question as '''' d e . common justice. The Honourable Baronet knew rec eption which ought to be given to a propesitio n t ei i s : h is that a religious establishment was no p art of testable. I t ou g ht to be met with the scorn Christianity—it was only a means of inculcating it . An merited — every lover of his countr y —ever y personn.leillf fa.... ; establishment depended upon its utility , and its utilit y ing the name o f p atriot, he would la y down his was bounded by its extent. The alliance between thousand lives if he had them— H e t 0 the Church and State depended, as was said Mr. COLQUEIOUN—I did not say by the Church on its extent. How did thie. ea r ' the Established in Ireland bear'out this ? Was Mr. WARD—Mr. Lord is answerable for this P s e ISO the Church in Ireland in accordance with Hallam's sion; but as to the statements regarding the Gentle' beautiful definition of a State Church, that it Catholic bishops, he would ask the Right lion. 9 1 r of ought to exist by the will of, and for the people ? man at the head of the Government, the Chalic e ; the a single We In some parts of Ireland th e mem bers of the the Exchequer, or any authority on that side ° pr i s e Established Church were but as one per cent. to the H ou se who was decently conversant with 0 of whole population, and yet every attempt at affairs, whether Dr. Troy was not V e ser change— every attempt to give a proximation the most devoted friends that t Englana_, re. of justice for the present measu re was not ha d ?— ( Hear, hear.) And as to the charge n!! rtbnie intended for anything more than proximat e j ustice— helli o n , i t was well known that in 1793 all th e 1 ' „ r ill' every attempt of this sort was met by the Hon. B aronet clergy of Ire land were in a state of terror lest tite.lere with an appeal to the principles of George the Thir d, ciples of the French Re v ol u tio n s hould take roontha or and Mr. Percival. He (Mr. Ward) had been favoured Many of them had been expelled from France w i l e 0 0 with a pamphlet written by Mr. p e rcie e ns s on, in which, greatest indignity, and the chief exertions of the. ue iple. speaking of the Hon. Baronet, he said, " Sir R. H. [FOL.?, w:re to prevent the taint of the revolutionary Pil e boai the man %%hose public and private character mostnearly re - from spreading in Ireland, and out of the vell e ' re ehc' sembles the character of that statesman whose prophetic of the Catholic clergy of Ireland there was not . cl e 0 0 foresight these pages are intended to illustrate, and who joined in the rebellion of 1798. The rebellinnuut le r is occupied, like him, in endeavouring to save his Queen created in the north by the Presbyterians, and i iveo to and country from disgrace and danger." Why the ar- the Catholics, and the people in the south were deep guments in the pamphlet must be a s di s t as t e f u l to the insurrection by the tyranny of the Gere'Tenieff Hot.. Member for Elgin (Mr. C. Bruce) as to the This sort of appeal to the popular, smart Catholics of Ireland. It went to p rove that there was ought n o t to be made b y men of Parltal We' but one true church , and t hat church was the Protestant sta n d in g in this countr y , and when speeches ( I n e pl Church. Really, it:that argu ment were to p ass current Members we r e q uoted, the y were not to be reli`Ttb,l in that House, Ise (Mr. Ward) could onl y sa y that Mr. as ind is p utable facts. If there was an y breach 0_ 1 ; 0 0 Percival's ghost, which t he Hon. Member for Shrews- wa s certainl y on the side of En g land ; becauseeteuesr bury had invoked, was a mu ch more formidable p erson- notorio us fact that the Union could never have 07rale age than Mr. Percival himself. . In 1807 M r. P ercival ricd if the Catholics had not been induced to en" ess lt had said that it was yain to e x p ect an established church w ith the 'Government and the Protestants. i r b f e oe ts 0 to stand, if the principles up on which' that establish- a large body of evidence and many historical .44. es ment rested were cut from under it. Bat in the very prove that prior to the fulfilment of Mr. Pitt's, f e elee, o same extract Mr. Percival was represented to admit that it was intended that the church property °in ~ to a the " sad and anomalous" state of Ireland gave rise to should be alienated. Evidence of this sort iv''' .. (A bell ) very grave considerations.—(Hear.) And the author of found in the "Life of Lord Eldon," and he couldutu hereo the pamphlet went on to quote from the notes of his thinking that the nature of this evidence ough t ii t hoeg b p father, in which he admitted that, although he con- prevented the executors from publishing it. 1-1 e ght n° sidered numbers gave no right to education at the ex- there ::ere things in Lord Eldon's life which en y eti: pense of the State, policy m i g ht. (Th e H on . Member to have been laid before the world within tweittl the t quoted the notes at some length o n this p oint.) Now, he after t he y occurred. It was stated in that evnr"e n iedg e s asked, what was the position o f affairs after the la p se of sole and onl y obstacles to the fulfilment of the-4;r 1784 forty years? Catholic Emanc i p a t ion had been g ranted, we s the insanit y of the King. Li e rc e e , and did not every one wh o was o pp osed to his (Mr. there was an anti-Catholic s p irit. Let any c l' t hst it; Ward's) views feel convinced that what they refused the debates of that period and he would fin 0,,00 tor long ago would have satisfied them, and that moderate most perfect unanimity existed in Parliament r W iles conc essions would have prevented them fro m h e arin g eeneral question and it was proposed that the Catbegreto what they now called exorbitant demands? - The Noble Ireland should be emancipated and merged inte vati t ir so Lord 'the Member for Dorsetahire had made the most b o dy o f th e P ro t es t an t cons tit uenc y. He then 0 , (l e s t a t e smanlike speech of any one on his side of the many affecting details on the same subjeetsnee by t e e H ouse , a nd it was remarkable for nothing so much as for Ward) should like to know whether th e Queue tbraie the largenese of its admissions. The Noble Lord said Emancipation Act did not hold possession of b in l ed ,l y the measure was great for good or f o r evil, and that if it by a firmer tenure than did the Kin g who rteh;fol3'se were passed into a law it would at some future time be the rigour of the penal laws? Up to 181 0 _ 0 00 e _, subject to reconstruction. The adopt i o n then of his illn e ss wa s t he sole bar to the g rantin g of the' eur car e (Mr. Ward's) motion would prevent that fut ure recon- sions to the Roman C a t h o lic s. After that g ut al/f ee struction which the Noble Lord dreaded, for it would the dissolution of the Ministry. Thus it wr e t he n w th e give them an opportunity of dealing with t h e Established benefits pr omised b y En g land were one altheluglilie u . Church of Ireland which there had not been for forty lost, and now when they werecomingto seale t ty ye ar, °g ; years; and he appealed to those who had for forty years same policy which had actuated them foriti e prein" i i n i filled the scats of the Government in that House whether they were thwarted in their attempts bp s ' - ne Vug - ,he they had net felt the Established Church of Ireland engendered in the hearts of the Protesta snorios , Z o se hanging like a mill-stone round their necks. (The 'lon. and Scotland, by the works of Protesta n t u d the es l ie Member then proceeded to read passages from the professed not the Toryism of his Hon. Ell e etr 00.4 e pamphlet, which referred to the strong expression of ber for Oxford, but a principle peculiarly t he se that 'e'en feeling which had reached the House from out of doors.) had spoken of the lion. Baronet, who state", -rat io Were those feelings out of doors worthy of the respect was a r:ligious question. Nothing could be ... t o 1°;1 . of that House? Te Hon, Baronet opposite, the Member absurdity. The interest of the people ever wr u n e a o ' for the University of Oxford (Sir H. Inglis) told them to their own security, to have tranquillity at . an. et/a l e . see eLber mot that There was nt:t a har;:h word con- power abroad; instead of that, they seemed to thirg e rter tamed in the petitions pr e sented t o th a t House ; that the whole empire was made for the Chuncheeek be: there was not a word in them which could not be justi- There were other things to which they should I n° , o o l w ' tied from the HoMilies, Liturgies, and Articles of the fore they dealt with the measure which the G()V er c oif ( Church of England. He- did not think that was a very proposed. It was opposed by a great class of, their s ot o wise admission ; b u t if it were the fact, it could only be trymen, who conceived it to be a direct infringvytnio‘ because the Liturgy of the Church of England contained their rights, and he (Mr. Ward) did not know with II terms so harsh, that the greatest dealer in vituperation more dangerous than to connect the conscience but l!_ , .night be satisfied with them. His Hon. Friend the pocket. That was what he wished to avoid , 0 10; Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe) had asked would say that there were a large body of the R e e ,', pe' whether they were not prepared to show due deference this country and Scotland who told them that 07 ,0 jai to those petitioners under whose petitions the table their own clergy, and that it would be an act nrf Mien of that House groaned. The Hon. G, neeman was right justice, for the sake of tranquillising another ilci c an eth 0 in one thing—he was right in defending the clergy the empire, to tax them for the support ° n od I le ; of the three denominations, as they were called, for they Church to which they did not belong. He c '" t tile r were the persons whose views were the soundest, and gainsay that argument—he could not .deny tha b o le whose language had been the most moderate. But was was a great deal of force and reason in i! , , e w . t e aria ti l bee that the case with other petitioners ? In a petition found that the Presbyterians, Orthodox, and ' ni ts - presented by the Noble Lord the Member for Liver- the Independents and the Wesleyan pool, the petitioners stated that this measure was emt- 11,248 churches, resting entirely on voluntary S e "; 0 0 nently calculated to bring down the judgment of God on The Independents had twelve colleges, b e i si at I t a Protestant country. There was a petition from of the Wesleyans, which a ere supported peten, Whitby which made use of the harshest terms with re- annual expense of twenty-four thousan d ,hat b,l e 'elethod is . o pet k Bard to Maynooth, which they considered was especially There could be no doubt, in acting properly' ," n , it," 4 , detrimental to the p eo ple o f I re l an d. There was also a ought to proceed upon the principle of restituttn sir petition from L a nc a ster, presented by the Chairman of had heard, the other night, the speech of th e I RO their Committees (Mr. Greene), which stated that no Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for tr i os/ concessions which could be made would satisfy the Depariment, and he could only regret its con e liase ° Roman Catholics of Ireland. There was also a petition (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then wendi r ° s presented by the Hon. Member for Kent, which stated lung disquisition on the grievances of Ireland' st ov a that the doctrines of the Church of Rome were unsocial, eluded by expressing a hope that these wreeV est 0 1 , 0 , unchristian, and idolatrous, and inconsistent, and irre. cre long be redressed. He believed, from w e , R e ewid concilable with the genuine doctrines of the Gospel. taken place, that it was clearl shown that r ) ,7 W en " There was also a petition from Elein which he pre- weakness was Ireland's strength. The ltigp fles itfr seated himself, and which stated that the petitioners re- Gentleman oppesite had. the advantage of an ° P r t pi s° ,.. garded as high treason against heaven, to apply the which would assist him in carrying out his pre ss him ', revenues of a Protestant country to the education of —(heer, hear.) They were ready to su pport oiesri a Popish priesthood.—(flear, In ar.) Now, he would carrying out even a more comprehensive Islan'r e , Itig h , ask, in what other country in the world would it be —and, therefore, he (Mr. Ward) called upon . On e n e wt s possible to find one half of the popu'ation of a country lion. Baronet to reconcile his differences with tle:P r Oh' apple ing such language to the other half, because they supported him on this great question, and to con° were eel a different opinion? If they saw such divisions the motion which he (Mr. Ward) now madeo aid elsewhere, should they not at once conclude that they . Captain BERKELEY had great pleasure ill s ec° sigb c could have but the same result which it was seen they t he 3 had in Switzerland. lie could only say, if the un- the motion. He had voted for the measure of be fit charitable language he had quoted, came recommended Hon. Baronet, but he had also voted (ever since , nc iple by the sanction of the liturgy, the homilies, and the ar- the honour of a seat in Parliament) for the P, r gi i eor' ) tick sof the Protestant Church, that Church was which was involved in the present motions - tee - t ar)' anything but a blessing to the country over which .,.. i• OP it ruled.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He I t would not be consistent with his past rates otieo, would give his 'Hon. Friend the Member for Dun- conduct, if he did not support the present 031.00% garvon some specimens o f th e sor t of eloquence, and of whether or not he was allowed the honour - of o° o.o some of the notions which were most rife at these Inr,et. it. He had voted for the appropriation'clatis e i° OA ings, and for these they must go to the Evang e li ca l an d lie thought mode clergymen, and not to the Dissenters, for the peculiar F r i en d the Member for Sheffield was the most resst4iar expressions by which the feelings of the party were elle' e , evinced. At these saturnalia—for he could call them and perfect in which the grant could be stiPe e eee c e j nothing else—an Hon. Member of that House had re- (Hear, hear.) The Irish church wen the great g r e oel e of Ireland. It had been declared such by all the e - , he' leered to Mr. M‘Neile, of Liverpool, as a highly respect- friends of Ireland for the last century, a nd t' d ' j a th able sample of Christian cletge men ; and yet Mr. friends of the Protestant religion had concurr e re eell A M'Neile, in a speech the other day to the Operative opinion. The Honourable Member thea_ sse eable Conservatives of that town, had stated that if they sane- to the address of ten thousand persons, n", , eoll s tioned the additional grant to Mnenooth, they might as at Mallow, to the Marquis of Normau'v e e hu g well found a college for theft or adultery, and in his ratulating that nobleman upon the results opinion the difference betwem the ministers of the g Lord-Lieutena nt ' st o Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuits was nothing government asked of the country as pe e „ them, how could Gentlemen opposite c"r e entr e ft more or less than the difference between a highwayman ( c i o f neiliate Ireland when they had deprived that _; elie e and a pickpocket. And yet the Right Hon. Gentleman the._ Member for Perthshire (Mr. F. Mauls) had moved so good a Governor ?—(Hear, hear.) lie belt the thanks of the meeting last night at Exeter that, in supporting the present motion, he was_ cher° t r o ng w t h h i e ch be h s i e nterests of f the country, and of the Hall. He had been too wise to hamper him,: th° self with any resolution which involved a principle, , e to yet, by giving his silent assent to those which had keen Sir THOS. FREMANTLE said that in objecting ti er passed, he had become a party to all which had trans- amendment, he felt called upon to respect the conststed oe Fired. At that meeting, it had been unblushingly the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Sheffield, whohBo4 ad, stated that this grant to Maynooth was only putting an hered to his own views upon this question, through g° I P° additional weapon into the hands of the Popish priest s , port and thr mig h evil report.—(Hear, hear.) T he fin' and they objected t o i t under the supposition, as they Member had lost no opportunityomfotpiuontt—in(gLofourdward tbel'het stated, that the increase of knowledge would only tend cii le embodied an th present c heers ) : 04 ,19 to made bad men worse.—(Great laughter.) The mi- the present occasion was moo*. inopportune. 9 01 The Fr i ' ell ulster of St. Mary's Chapel, Reading, had stated that was too important to be discussed upon the question of a 0:') either Sir Robert Peel had never read his Bible, or if he had read it, he did not understand it ; or if lie had un- grant of 26,000/.—(Cries of "Hear, hear," and " 49 . 4 tslr e dersteod it, he did not believe it.—(Laughter.) - Such Many Gentlemen who were opposed to the grant rnir r ter were some of' the statements by which these hoe. Gen- this opportunity of voting with the Hon. Ale° 3be . e yias tlemen were in the habit of expressing their opinions on the purpose of defeating the Government. But, iti ' o nes,' their Christian fellow-subjects. At a meeting the other this, he (Sir T. Fremantle) was bound to admit till s ee! clay at Hertford, which hail been attended by the Rev, and consideration with which the Hon. Gentleman , a re see n Mr. Bickersiatf, Mr. holling, "and others, Mr. Bicker- since the debate was opened.—(Hear, hear.) o ir" n e eenet s staff had not been ashamed to assert the exploded do c' other inconveteenses connected with the Hon. 1 -1 an oth'd trine that Roman Catholics kept Co faith with heretics, motion—for C instance, if this motion were carriee _ 0 ,0, 0 and stated that there was nothing which in any way funds s m o it u tee would be necessary to vote the particVll634.7, justified this fraternization with the Roman Catholics in Honoursthlaer. G u e l n e t c l h eni th a e n grant should be supplied. lu ono odi ii ; defeated the Ministry by Pr r e sg et e e God's word. He did not hesitate to compare this fift y this principle. In 1835 the Ministry we e a lee years' grant to the College of Maynooth to Herod's defeated upon it.—( Hear, hear.) In 1836 e," e asel oath, and as that oath led to murder, and there was a the measures. which included the principle °t „,;;t - ol 3l ' prior command in the Scriptures which prohibited tnur- Priation, were rejected. But in 1838, an autr - F a ppr ° ,.. der, so he should say that if there was a contract with tell was obliged to be carried, by the abandon nren,t_._ ° be r 119 ' Maynooth, that contract ought to be broken, inasmuch priation. He woult . therefore put it to the Hen. Ain. ea' as the principles taught were equally prohibited by the t Sheffield, whether he would hazard the overthrow or ores t- ioe (4 4 sure now before the House, by pressino- again the i,i s ters $1 : 11 Sir Robert Peel had been met by a beguiling harlot, appropriation. which had hitherto been'fatal to Gentlemanlqi th,_ with her soft words and smooth speeches,hall wilt, to measures ?—(Hear, hear.) The. Hon. . r.,,sh. I P forced proceeded to quote from a speech made by Lord Mr' e rnstle ° him to abandon all his principles—(Laughter) —and abide opposition to the appropriation principle. The apPrur ,I 0 : language such principleby as that, it was by sentiments - nuch as these —sentiments much better grounds now. He quoted this incons iste ,,rese ° and language which he felt bolted to denounce as false, detestable, and blasphemous—that these persons .endea show that the same arguments would do for tat the re to moment. Nothing could be more dangerous t hem s mee s tle i° - vourcd to excite hostility and contir,utd dissen,', to tack the appropriation principle to it. The prine'rroyerti And vet it was at this very meetingthatms* valved the appropriation of the whole of the Church P er is Member of that House took the chair.--(Hea Aa in Ireland ; and by taking e 6,0001. out of it, for that; Per iS Member whose private character was in the ' highest r.) degree estimable, but who, like others who were Members they oth u e l r d p b u e rpoa they would N iolate their principles, m al l 001 :: to e. the f il. ie fu ar turL s c r olsidg e atio w n ou how u Id call GP ° t would should take.—( Ho op / stn sir cot int Bet for