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, C- , 11 T • 7 A r • • , 3 , ° " 11 414 -, 4 111' . • ! humbly conceive, cstrtiot in cOliscience 1 k l O, „0, •mip • eV/ •A r t i oo 4 - 0 ` 4111111:5114 ' 16 Ic y am , ) humble /. ; r r • 4'liii l 4 ' )114 ; I 1, , ' 4414.N. - >„ „ v ,1" / a i , -, DIE e h , 111 ''••• 01 1 ' r,,k, " •-; 4y* n.- • t . .„..„ . 1 11';4• e ROI T ~,,, ~~~~ ~~ ,__ No. 16,353 LONDON, TUESDAY If/CORNING SU Ns JANUARY 4 3 1845. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time 'or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is, Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRA.INN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning s Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. (fit IZ tAT LEAGUE MEETING PI IN COVENT -GARDEN. la ' t l i, be NEXT .%GGREGATE MEETING of the LEAGUE, t i j a , e THEATRE ROYAL, GOVENr-GARDEN, will be held --"'°RaolY EIENINO, the 15th inst. GEORGE WILSON ES will take the Chair at Seven o'clock preciselY . ' q" Th e Meeting will be addressed by 'Richard Cobden, Esq., n It ; Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., M.P. ; and W. J. Fog, F Oillees of q vie ‘li e 'ds of a dmission may be had on application at the , • au, fe, a gUe, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven ur o'clock. , ot t ers eaAPPlieatiMoonns for Private loxes to be m a d e persona ll y, or b y ~d ay. I„. a :e Card s of registered Member& will admit, as heretofore, to . the . Ga lleries. D oors to be opened at Half past Six o'clock 1L n a .,. -- --- eiNDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANt At a gpe,,,. this co -,•,-lAL GENERAL MELTING of the Proprietors of eti of ,nany, held at the London Terminus, on Thursday, the January, 1645, Captain B. M. KELLY, R.N., in the Chair. krT.h:, advertisement convening the Meeting was read by the Secre . f.,_ nd , the following Resolutions were passed a-s -nie,7l ed. That the Directors be empowered to apply to Pariia- In . in the ensui -`,NH it:hAchlLnWgASesyssi:niv,tzf._or authority to make the follo win g il t• A br 44,Three ttastr th e commencing from and out of the main l ine at or Bridges Station, to Horsham, i n the c ounty of 2 d. A branch c mrnencing from and out of the main line at or te " Ited St ° 2. ,. . one Hill, to Dorking, in the county of Surrey : haa ' r ' e r A ranch commencing from and out of the main line in the Pariah n°,./„.d°6-eorarnon, tojoin the South-Western Railway, in 6Jt , 7` wandsworth, in the said county of Surrey. 9 ,5 g That to effect the purposes aforesaid the sum of e l. (1 : . ° 8 • 4 C be at raised by the creation of new shares, in sixths, !hares it e . ac h. That such shares shall be called preference r anh tu .: l ,_aina interest in perpetuity at the rate of 51. per c ent. pe the 30; 11 n the amount paid up on each share, commencing from ‘ a teerah e ,, d4 Y 01. June, 1 847, and payable half.yearly on the 31s t o f 14 paid ban d the 30th of June in each year. That such i nte res t Propti Wore the Shareholders receive any dividend. That t he th ee , in et t t 'ra Of such preference shares have the option of merging . Inilhi ba , ° the Reneral share capital of the Company, and of their in- Atid ii ,* ° to do, l ot any time not later than the 30th of June 18 48, !ath op t i on the holder of such merged shares shall dec la re 7 erititZ he or before the 30th day of June, 1847, he is . t o -4 f the t a dividend from such 30th day of June, arising I,aiel, then next hlf ' ' revenue, upon the amonnt )Car S . / I tiOn PC .,: 4 , ' U ch shar a : he shall not declare such to re ei` after the 3eoB;hordain c f as J e une 1847, he shall continue theriC47 interest at 5 per cent . per per annum up to the end of the 41ah'eideneser't,,,alLyear, from and after which time he shall receive I 'thet a -4 ‘ine from the then next half.year's revenue, with ott?teoe ni . Shareholders of the Company , in proportion to the Prieh P , l 7 ... t . il on his share. That suc shares be ontred to those r 21,1 wno shall be registered in the books of the Company on ea ch Of j t. k . ; an d irannarY next, in proportion to the number held by d del, any Proprietor shall fail to accept the shares offere d es „, of t o b n or before the 25th of January (being in the kingdim), detr Ti _. efore ti, •ee 25th of February next (being out of the king. No sold,tehe same, together with any other unappropriated shares, 14,1. 114 T it . ts t hey shall think fit for the benefit of the Company . hithirCt deposit of 2/. be paid upon each such sixth sha re, for t,, et ' days after the allotmeni, and a scrip receipt gl b ve l hat h a ' la nle to each subscriner ; and any subscriber who sal 4 ' 4 4 t all i d such deposit within the time presc ribed, s hall tabs c , b rikht to the shares allotted to him. That is. o let ed r a l a er for • or fielder of, any such sixth shares, shall berre to Iltly diva Proprietor in the books of the Company, or be ent itled ies, 44,4:genii or interest , or other privilege, in respect of any of e ach a , th an six such siXths ; and every subscriber for, or hold t e h r m , each i ntegral share, being registered as aforesaid, who "" not ° of the Co m b to I° Merge his shares in the general share cap the su".shall, until the 30th day of June, 1848, be en titled 'ta as to th e "ithts and privileges (except receipt of dividends) th e like 11 Shareholders ; but from and after the 30th day of Jun e, taerelPerY such subscriber or holder whose shares are . . not so A tli :v. as aforesaid shall cease to enjoy any right and privileges, t t han th ! ligh t e receiptper cent. interest. That if, in the en_ . the ie ' at ° , l of Parliament Acts are passed for ma kin g all ht Pl4e4ed branches, the whole 501. will be called htti t s "Peet of each integral share; but if Acts are Aet i .tet for Makin g any two o f suc h proposed branches, or an Ny s.°btained for making only one of such branches, then tailed , Much per integral share of 50/. will be th e e f or as is required for such two branches, or one branch, as t he pr4,,,,,e may be ; and if no Act be obtained for making any of les t ; ---,used branches, then a ft er payment of the expenses with - 1 , , , hai % -itlone:editvoidthe proposed branches out of the deposits, the surplus ed amongst the holders of scrip for the time being. 44 atte e-er y 'such proprietor to whom such preference shares shall be seiCeei,, as aforesaid, shall, before he is entitled to such scrip .re haia.tforesaid, execute a deed or deeds of contact binding him. ti l * heirs, executors, or administrators, to thedue and punctual saatltsit of the calls as required by the Directors,i n default w h ereo f te tin' 'ro shall lose strandalldepo i . title to th e s h are so allotted lt and shall forfeit his "olved, That the heads of the agreement, new read, which )aile..heen entered into between the Director s of the South-Westem Ikeae"aY Company and the Directors of this Company be, and the lits:re, hereby confirmed. Ae t ° lr e'd, That the shares authorised under and by virtue of the h er °, the 6th and 7th of Victoria, cap. 27, be, and the same are t b a n ordered to be, raised and allotted to and amongst the holders a 4 'art notes, in the manner and upon the terms directed by such ...", With liberty, however, to the holders of such loan notes to .7ePt Integral shares of 50/. in lieu of quarter shares of 121. 10s., :o bl k illinally proposed ; and that the shares authorised to be raised der and b virtue of the Act of the 3d and 4th of Queen Vic '','ia, cap. 129, y for the purposes of erecting the station and other ; 4 kl at the London -bridge terminus, be, and the same are hereby ;Itilted to be raised, and that the same be allotted to the holders i l oan notes to suc h an amount as the Act of the 6th and 7th 'etoria, cap. 27, is not sufficient to effect. It s B. MARWOOD KELLY, Chairman. baaa -lia lted, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chair seat, and Board o f Di rectors for their exertions to protect the intes ' the Conapany. C. R. MACKENZIE Secretary. Isr klti Sti of SAINT MARY, LAMBE:111, . ki SURREY. fi kt t t s. P ht,)340 RAILWAYS from NINE ELMS to HUN. i' ar* P ° T. - ,, - %it'd W ATERLOO-BRIDGES; and from the --It l ki h insT r a 4 4,.O the same places ; called t he SOUTH WEST brit ~,a ' anet a "H.EA STERN RAILWA YS . E - se vil l'att the t ha land through which the above will . pass, or the l :it?, -- i 4 liC u te ef, have instructed us, the undersignet t l, t h o e c in a g th e ' sl; lo . ~' , l the C t ETING of all persons whose pro f per it th 1.1 . e itdij - "' e °r near it, will be affected br the orma y ;i i o li n n o f ly ane e ar i a . rtis , ; ' il a v Ys e i and such meeting , will take place accnr . e .1 ' 4 41. 4 ' 0 4N t n. 'Kennington, on r . 11 . 1:1111DAY, D7 l Nth ~,' a t Eleven o'clock preclse ys the 16th day o f l for the purpose of ate- ,.. thi! '3 - h e a : tlr e 3 as may appear necessary te oppose the same. wiL t t i ' , ay of January, 1845. ---.- `"-- 1 , 1 , lits , e,„ l.l WITHAL, Parliament.stre s e u t, rr t e N y 'estininster. tls"----__:, aIARPUR Kennington-cross, ,ssaterci----,----- ' --- at, Th e u r,i) . " . U.4 SUP EH SEDED e Avl s , hr the use of 4 41 ~e -e et i s ~ , S C ALORIFIC, or MEDICAT ED ffi SH ee lE itt L a D ll . 'hetet, Pa.Pable and immediate ; one trial will su ffice g e s i d Or oth ee r h, e 'l . ttiri ng a warm application, usually derived from CO, (~.. '4 ga'"'re e xpensive means. latie L s ith ollt h Paek eta, at 4s. 6d. and 7s. 6d., by J. Parsons and 1 )4, b - wid e it-cse signature none are genuine), 9, Ave Ma '4144 itin.t;heankdinzni7 had of all the principal Stationers and 4 II . - t. -.0 ,Aith... J-PY NEW YEAR! W e • is. 11 the . coei d ~.... eason of pleasure and joy, 1 04 11E 1 1 .4 :i , InUch better a moment employ, Ild 14,7 !I: accents of kindness sincere, o h I ha 1 the public a happy new year ! May trade thrice happy, and bless'd may it be ; tia, thze” still extend and our commerce be free ; Ari d cro w " ra ":: 1 ' ine o. peace in its glory appear, mar the . a bright hopes of " a happy new year! " May Ma y c i,,,_ 11 : 1 1 be endear'd to the poor by their worth ; i v , v f: and harmony dwell on the earth ! 4,11,1 alr:heinancl truth in their brightness appear, )4,y t h ' " combine for a happy new year! With ..7 P ... _ e° Ple be "clthed " as brave Englishmen should, /1,1141 Y theB,wenle „ o f use fulness —gorgeous and good ; y igLP:,.tchase of Hyam, and then it is clear k it, II . '" aalf their cash for a happy new year! :Ltb.'d hiclar_rn:a endeavours be proudly confirmed. .!1 4 , hi, vits:tthe bright laurels already he's earn'd .1.L44 a dd to th% s.till brighten the vast hemisphere, Th,, „. e 1 076 of a happy new year ! 4._ 1 -, Yle oyi s ,, a 1,',7 . Uch a . :"_.' b rments, their beauty and make, , l ir rk_ 17cedence must proudly now take; 4 ~.,„ the savlng effected, distinctly and clear, ri, 'l ' l at Mar ki-ilert,cash, on each happy new year ! ce i All trti, l , 4 wei r , .gArroents at this establishment are marked the 4. is axeitat..:2,glires .. from which no abatement is made. Any 2 titth2iyAltilsz! .wh . ich is not approved of, or the money returned. *,,r..' 36 , ar.ellortng and Outfitting Establishment, rantech. Ittlieti ateet_h_urch.street. 1:1641,0 it cheneADY'MADE DEPARTMENT. g Ole b-P at up_. 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"Ntal, L'l' dress Trou%eany pattern, • from ... ........... •15 • ' f' n .tl. ll : w ith lunabi. vent, in endless fr0m....... ............. .. ~• • 1 • 5 ~ variety, from , ... • 0 7 0 Iti, stial osk entitled' N;c 14_ HittLs of p.,_ The Age of Wonders," containing tet7,,, seaon.i:.ecsa,,Fbashions, and Description of material for g: a eth e _ e had ley applying to Mr. L. lIYAM 8g Gracech arch-street, London, ' ttki ------ --- ''' tl._ u. e , _ ON - MEDICALIsir 0 Igee t ti 'g r r• SIALSE, late of this county, but now of 11,:l`elbsras- C''',.., 41 %_ 11 . 1 CAL "4 ,,P . 4 n. London, has lately published a pamphlet ass ..° 1:44i.,,15hm .._`-`. .fki.V. ANISM, the contents of which have real , / ;';' 3 : sOing,.e. 41.:;heref it be true that galvanism can accomplish such .;.: 4144,4 _ _..instated, the galvanic apparatus must take as cases E. ,`r re, ch P,sitover medical science as the steam-engine does yf 444411 t0",..tel science. It is true that galvanism has long been i 1 ,7 , remedial It but the old form of batteries were o 14 d id "a in their action as to almost do as much harm al t: t it „,_(1. Mr. toes like a true philosopher conceiveal .2 , , 14 ;" 1 . be possible elect the good and discard the evil 1.4 ', ,`r th e - ti, %phi,. .mparatus, and after years of intense study he has t 4 ‘i "" * bat he desired viz., to regulate the power of the 14444 - e:,4l,Paratus to the gre atest nicety. We consider this to h, "7 greatest improvement which has ever been made in se'ttl th:Tschibat.tery. In the pamphlet we noticed an extract • 44, 4 rt hi pp i ng andl Mercantile Gazette' of March 14. We I,,.ottieedaztiele for the benefit of invalids;—. Our readers may t „'ltt 4 , _ ,avieGral the we have given from Mr. Halse's .4E414,,1tet:"1i _ Galvanism, We have reason to believe that every ~..ip l , 4 - ifn that pamphlet is perfectly true, wonderful as they cer. ltridut;,:i toor,.a short time since, we called on Mr. liaise, and were tj4t, Psit%t I n .. tn bY a gentleman who was undergoing the operation. 14, , inc,,_, fetednnorrn us that it was not at all an unpleasant serail -014,,t:, we it ourselves, and there was not the least un 41itted ,_' usibout it. This gentleman's case was paralysis, and he b : ~ „; ...._ . that before he came to Mr. Halse one leg had withered '4 stiltn4re skeleton ; `bu t now,' said he ' you perceive it is , 44k ts by tiZhealthy.' Such, indeed, was the case. If we can e‘,4,fe tool_ ve toer of patients Mr. Hattie has, we should say he is ;424 1 , ti ll ' . etY wonderful cures, for his house is crowded from heN • 'Ught• h• ' ~. st „ Tic s e invites invalids to send to him for his teitiriveri; al Galvanism, we recommend them to do co -- Exeter 4,,, it gratuitously. His residence is at 5, relbarn.cres. • -tpton, Loudon.' "—Exeter Flying Post. •••••.. ~...... ream , son?' rear° D IRUCT NORTHERN RAILWAY from LONDON to YORK by LINCOLN. STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND MERITS OF THE ABOVE LINE OF RAILWAY. When ass Direct Northern Railway was first announced to the public its promoters pledged themselves to the principle of forming a line of railway between London and York as direct as the nature of the country would admit. The announcement ofthis principle was most favourably received, and assurances of support were given to the Committee by numerous parties possessing influence on the line, and others practically ac quainted with the results ofrailway communication, who were desirous of seeing this great means of public convenience and welfare, in this instance, rightly applied. The direct principle claimed also the sup port of all that portion of the population of the United Kingdom north of York, whose course of personal communication or of correspon dence lay through that city, and the Committee had great satisfaction in finding this claim warmly responded to. Since that period the Committee have been actively engaged in perfecting the numerous preliminary details essential :for making good their position as applicants for legislative sanction to their measure. Until these were completed, and until the scope of the various other schemes which have been recently proposed for esta blishing a communication by railway between the metropolis and the counties of Lincoln and York could be precisely ascertained by the deposit of the plans, the Committee felt that they could not usefully call the attention of the public to the character of their Undertaking. But now that the Committee have complied with all the requirements incumbent on them, and that they are in every respect prepared to prosecute their application to Parliament at the commencement of the ensuing session, and since, also, the competing schemes have been fully developed in all their details, ,they conceive that the time has arrived when it is their duty to bring the particular merits of their proposal more prominently be fore the public, and to challenge a comparison between it and the others which are in the field. The principle above stated, of taking the most direct line to York that the nature of the country admits of, has been steadily kept in view, and the following results haVe been obtained : The actual distance from London to York by the proposed line is only 1761 miles, to Stamford 814, to Lincoln 121 i, to Gains borough 134, to Selby 165, and to 1-lull, by the proposed Gains. borougn and New Holland line, 166. The main trunk at York is carried onward by a bridge over the York and North Midland Rail. way, and joins the Great North of England line at a point about a iind half beyond the city of York, for the purpose of avoid ing the detention that now occurs to onward passengers, whether proceeding north or south. This mode of crossing the York and North Midland line has been adopted in conformity with the following recommendation con. tain,d in the fourth report of the Railway Commissioners in 1841 (P. 43) :—" We consider it improper that the traffic of any new line should open upon the York and North Midland Railway, with which so many lines are already in connexion as to render delay un. avoidable, and collision not improbable. In consequence of the numerous trains of luggage and passengers using this line nearly two hours are sometimes occupied in passing over a little more than thirty miles from York." Notwithstanding the opinion thus de cidedly expressed, the proposed competing line of the London and York comes upon the Yorsc and North Midland Railway in the very mariner objected to by the /tailway Commissioners as likely to lead to danger and certain to cause delay. The Direct Northern line supplies the benefit of railway inter course to a very large district of country intermediate between the midland counties and the sea, which has hitherto been left unpro_ vided in that respect; and takes its course through nearly the centre of that district at a distance varying from eighteen to forty miles from the lines proceeding north from Rugby. It Cannot, therefore, be held to interfere needlessly with the interests of these lines, which, although they have conferred great benefits on the wealthy and populous districts they connect, were not originally intended to be carried to York, and cannot consequently be re garded as furnishing such a communication as in the due applica tion of railway power the public have a right to expect. The subject should be considered also in relation to cross lines or branches w hi ch may now or may hereafter be proposed to tra verse the sa me country as the Direct Northern, and to become con nected with it, trunk as the progress of industry a nd of population may on this require, and point the Committee believe that the best main having been rightly chosen on the principle of direct communication, line munic ation, that pri nc i p le w ill b e f oun d to a ff or d every f ac ili ty for the advantage ous working and connexion of such lateral lines oTrhbisran.ches as the amount of local traffic may hereafter demand. branches, subject—viz., the relations of probable future and they lion of late r r e received the serious consideration of the Committee, best advantage prepared to promote and to co-operate in the forma bayndothceorst lines, so as to arrange them with the main line to the ' to the local and to render the communication, both direct and lateral, as perf ect regards tim y e as Possible. But they do not propose to sacrifice (which may .of means th e b l e a p r g r o e v m i as of a town of a few thousand inhabitants d a ed sse f s o o r) f , N th and be pouilnattieornestths,abtoltihe at s t beyond the termini of • • Committeethe line On this ground the Provisional confidently • of England, and fro rely on receiving from the northern counties and support, m the whole of Scotland, cordial cooperation The demonstrat gradients are of a very favourable description, as the section es, and they are obtained at a moderate expense. The tunnels will be four in number, the longest being 1,450 yards in length, and the aggregate length of the whole four less than one mile and two-thirds. No engineering works of great magnitude or difficulty occur, ornamental property is avoided, and the drainage of the fen country will not be interfered with. The gunge will be the same as that of existing railways north of London, and the line being fur its whole length under one management, a higher average and more equal rate of speed may bo attained and ren dered compatible with safety, than can exist on lines where the frequent change of Companies renders vexatious delay unavoidable, superintendence difficult, and responsibility incomplete. Wher ever the Direct Northern may be connected with other lines, every arrangement that experience has pointed out, or that a careful study of the question can suggest, will be adopted to ensure the safety and convenience of the public. It is without doubt a most important consideration in regard to safety as well as speed that the control and arrangement of the traffic of a line of great magnitude should be subjected to one go verning body, as ha , been most forcibly urged in a communication made to the Railway Commissioners by the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company. (See Fourth Report of Rail. way Commissioners. IS4I. Appendix, page 10.) In regard to the cost of working, it needs no argument to prove that, where gradients are the same, the shortest line through a given country will be the cheapest worked, and that if the capital required for its construction he the same per mile, the shortest line wily be the cheapest to the public. The Committee believe that a general conviction now prevails that, for the purpose of communication between the metropolis and the north, a new and independent line of railway is required between London and York, and they assume that such a work will certainly receive the sanction of Parliament. It can be proved that a better engineering line may be made to York 421 miles shorter than that which at present exists; that by thus shortening the distance, and avoiding the delays that necessarily attend the transference of traffic from one line to another (the present line belonging to four Companies), the time consumed in the journey to York may be reduced from nine hours and upwards to less than six hours, without any increase of speed, and likewise that the fares and freight of goods may be considerably lowered. These facts appear to the Committee to be conclusive in favour of their undertaking, and they look to public opinion to confirm and support their views, In comparing the proposed Direct Northern line with other schemes, the following moat important fact should be kept in view, viz.:—Every additional mile of railway distance is equivalent to a tax amounting to the fare charged per mile for every passenger and ton of goods conveyed, that is to say, approximating on an average to Od. per mile each way, besides the time lost in the transit. gi. t E I L > . : "f, 5 f%. : 3 / 4 7 z -'°ll,%'llll 111 I I E. . g 2 w mot .4 7, 5?, X 2 C 1)) -.4 0 , • -.;=.. z g 'l7l' p 0; CJ CO OS tr: On 0 r, 7 . 0 00 0 C ., 0 ti 0 0 •-••-• C 4 ~~ ~- v ~_ ~~ - 3 -11 41 E-08 ..;.44 It is thus clear, that upon the amount of traffic which on the Brost moderate estimate will pass over the line, an impost on the public of many thousands per annum (independently of the sacri fice of time to passengers, and of delay in the transmission of mails) would be perpetuated by any needless elongation of the line. Another consideration will present itself to parties who are inte rested in existing railways, an shonld be kept in view by those disposed to invest their property in new ones, viz., that lines which are circuitous, and therefore capable of improvement, and liable to he interfered with by other parties, must become depreciated in value whenever public accommodation may demand that improve ment, and that consequently lines on the direct principle alone can be regarded as a permanent property. A striking illustration of the progress which the direct prin ciple is making, and of the importance of saving a few miles on the main line of a railway, is most opportunely afforded by the ► 4Sd 44411 P." t .&' ;ft ,---.. 0 , 4 O :0 C 4 OD OD .... •-• C. 4 ." = 1. 4 tz. Cf M ca ;r4 csi N ei v r"-' ~'± ~ ^a fro r- o c+ .74 fact, that the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Rail way Companies have consented (after several years of opposition) to join in the formation of a new line from Stafford to Rugby, 48 miles 77 chains in length, at an estimated cost of about a million, for the sole purpose of effecting a saving of 9 miles 39 chains be tween London and Stafford is distance of 141 miles 15 chains), and this, too, although the effect of the alteration is to carry all the through traffic past and not through the important town of Bir mingham, which is thus placed, as it were, on a branch with refe. rence to the main line of cemraunication. It is also remarkable that the line in that direction originally contemplated and submited tafarliarnent was laid down so as to save the distance now to be curtailed at so great a cost, but local interests prevailed at the time over the direct principle, and carried the line round by Birming. ham. Successive alterations, at great cost, it is well known, have also been made, or are about to be made, in several other principal lines, viz„ in the original Birmingham and Liverpool, the Bir mingham and Manchester, the Manchester and Leeds, the South. Eastern, and others ; all of which alterations must be considered as adoptions of, or approximations to, the direct principle. The Committee are confident that neither the Legislature nor the Board of Trade will now sanction a line from London to York on merely local grounds, but will regard the question as one of general national importance. For it is evident that all perseni te) the south of the London terminus, or the north of the York ter minus, who desire to travel or transmit goods in either direction, have a clear interest in the formation of the shortest through line, and (for example), while it may be for the convenience of persons residing at Peterborough, when they wish to travel or send goods to London, that the main trunk should be brought round by that town, it is equally clear that it is not for their convenience that it should bend round by Grantham, Newark, and Doncaster, when they wish to travel or send goods to York, any more than it is for the convenience of persons residing at Grantham, Newark, and Doncaster, to be carried round by Peterborough, or any other of the other towns, when they wish to travel or send goods to London. In short, nothing but the direct principle (facilities for lateral branches being always provided) resolves the question of general aggregate convenience. It has been stated that the Direct Northern line does not accom. modate the same amount of local population as the proposed London and York ; but, by reference to the plans of both Companies, it will be seen that this is not the fact and that all the towns of im portance on the route (Doncisier not excepted) are brought nearer to the metropolis and to York, and to places intermediate, by means of the Direct Northern, than by the London and York, with the single exception of Peterborough, to communicate with which the Direct Northern avails itself of the Northampton and Peterborough branch of the London and Birmingham Rail. way, now nearly completed, which it crosses at the distance of four miles and a half from Peterborough, making the total distance from London to Peterborough only about a mile greater than by the London and York—a result obtained by the latter Company at a considerable elongation of their main line, detrimental to the locality itself in its traffic northward, and generally to the cha. ratter of the line. The Committee forbear to introduce into this statement other topics which they might urge (such as the priority on their part in the proposal of a direct line from London to York, which priority has been clearly established), as these might, perhaps, divert atten. tion from the strength of their main position, upon which they are content that their claim to legislative preference and to public sup port shall rest, viz., that, compared with all other proposed under. takings for the same object, theirs presents a great preponderance of national advantage, while, at the same time, it is the most secure as a profitable investment of capital. In conclusion, and in brief recapitulation of the more prom'. nent grounds on which the Committee rely for the sanction of the Legislature to their undertaking as a national line, they beg to sub mit the following propositions, and they court the most searching inquiry into their truth and value : I. That an independent direct line between London and York is required by the public, and will command a sufficient traffic to yield an ample return. 2. That the interests of a large proportion of the population of England, and of the whole of Scotland, require that the most di. rect line should be adopted. 3. That the Direct Northern not only satisfied these conditions by being the shortest line between London and York, but it is preferable by the character of its gradients, and its economical con. struction. 4. That the line being the shortest and cheapest possible, pas. sengers and goods may be carried by it at a lower rate of charge than by any other. 5. That the primary object of shortening the distance is attained by the Direct Northern, with 'due regard to intermediate and local interests, and without needlessly interfering with the traffic of existing lines. 6. That as a question of investment of capital, it is essential that the most direct line should be taken to prevent future corn petition, or expensive alterations for the protection or improvement of the original line, and that consequently none but direct lines can constitute a permanent property. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Offices, 64, Moorgate.street, . , London, Dec, 23, 1844. ropulation according to the Census of 1841, at or immediately be _ _ yond the termini, or traversed by the main line. The Metropolis Hertfordshire ... Bedfordshire ... Huntingdonshire 58,5491 York City Nottinghamshire 2.19,9101 and Ainsty 39,321 Cambridgeshire Rutlandshire ...... ... 21,302 Cumberland... ...... Lincolnshire The whole of Scotland 2,620,184 • N.B. 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Dear Sir,—On reading in the Pilot, of the 10th instant, your interesting letter, addressed to the Right Rev. Dr. Cantwell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, I was surprised and sorry to find that you had ventured to assert that a letter sent to me some time past from the Propaganda was not a canonical document Allow me to assure you that, in the year 1839, I received from the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda a communication of a similar description, in which I was directed to admonish some political ecclesiastics, who had made at public meetings such violent speeches as were not congenial to the mild spirit of their sacred ministry. In ob e di ence to t h e injunction of the Holy See, I endeavour e d t o rec l a i m admonitionsthose misguidednot clergymen, prod ue e the de s i re d effect, his but, as my f ra t erna l Iloliness directed the Sacred Congregation to send me another letter on the same subject, in order that I should more efficaciously admonish such priests or prelates as I might find taking a prominent and im prudent part in political proceedings. " I considered it my duty to lay this document before the assemblid prelates at our last general meeting in Dublin, oho not only acknowledged it to be authentic and canonical, but to be a document of such importance that they entered it on their minutes, and unanimou-ly resolved that they would regulate their conduct according to its iijunctions, and use their influence with their clergy, in their respective dioceses, to prevail on them to follow its salutary in structions. You have repeatedly declared that you would be guided by the decision of the assembled prelates, and lam sure that you will not wonder at my astonishment, when I found that you had publicly denounced a document which met with their unquali fied and unanimous approbation. Knowing the honesty of your heart, and the fidelity with w hi c h you adhere to the authority of the holy Catholic Church, I deem it my duty to subjoin the entire letter which I received from the Propagand a , t oge th er with the resolution of the prelates at their l a t e meet ing, in order that you may not be misled by unsatis factory information, but may. have th ese genu i ne documents fairly placed before your own impartial and powerful understanding : " Ti.T.ME. AC RIVE. DOMINE— " ' Memmisse profecto debut Amp. Tua Batas ad Te die 12 Martii, Anni 1839, ab Sac 'lnc Cungre. fuisse litteras, quibus illud Tibi. SSmi etiam Dni Nri Gregoni P.P. XVL nomine, vehementor commenditbatur, ut Uni vel Alteri Antistiti nonnullisque Ecclesiasticis istius Regni viris, qui tarnquam politicis nogetiis nimium ad dicti, et de Republica minus prudenter coram Populo disserentes traducebantur, seniors, si relata subsisterent, suggereres consilia, ratiouemque sacro ministerio magis consentaniam diligentissime suaderes. Equidem non dubitat Sac Congregatio quin Tu omni studio in id adla boraveris, eamque operam adhibueris, quam rei gravitas postulabat, et i tuo in Apostolicam Sedem obsequio ex pectat licebat. Atqai tamen impensis per Te curis opta turn exitum non appirnd respondisse, ex publicis priesertim istarum Regionum Ephemeridis apparet, übi sermones referuntur ab aliquibus, ed clero, et non ne mine ctiam Episcoporum turn in conventibus et conviviis, turn in Templis ad populum recens habiti, qui eerte, si ita esset, illos annimarum saluti, Reli ' gionis bond, Dieque honori nuke, ut par esset, intentos, atque adeo I politicarum partium studiis, et sreculi negotiis prorsus alienos'rninime demonstrarent. Dissimulandum sane non est id Sac. hurt Cogi.i. ipsique SSmo Domino molestius accidisse, quod in Ecclesiastici Ceetus detrimentum, ac dedecus vergat ; imm° vero Apostolicm Sedi injuriam creet, quasi nimirum ea de salutaribus ad istum Clerum monitis, opportune dirigen dis parum sollicita, memoratis nonnullorum ex illo consiliis faveat, aut saltum coanivere videatur. Et reapse his querimoniis sea potius criminationibus locum jam non semel extitisse Ampm. Tuana fortasal latet, sed Apostolica Sedes tristi experientia summopere dolet. Thee, porro cavea est cur Sacra Congreatio. rursus ad Te de gravissimo hoc argumento scribere, ipso SSmo Dno. Nostro auctore festinet.. Nosti optime, Prwsul amplissime, qum sit Eccletiastici muneris ratio, atque indoles ; quantumqu© deceat, et religionis incolurni tati intersit, ut qui sacris sunt mancipati, Regis pacifici ministri, et mysteriorum Dei dispensatores ; rnaxime. vero spirituali fidelium et regimini prmpo siti, nullimode se negotiis smcularibus implicent ; quietem, tranquillitatem, ac pacem, quae Christianitatis vinculum est, sedulo in populo foveant ; subjectionem temporali potestati:in liss gum ad res chiles pertinent de bitam jugiter exemplo, ac verbis insinuent, et singularom prudentiam animique moderationem praeseferentes, Chris turn et hunt Crucifixum solummodo, praxlicantes, quid quid commissum sibi gregem vel leviter concitare, corn movere, et ab Evangelicas Lagis lenitate abducere possit cautissimi devitent. Ejusmodi est semperque fuit Ca tholicte Ecclesim doctrina, quam Apostolica Sedes ex sui officii sanctitate tradere, et data occasions inculare nun quam intermisit. Tuam itaque erit, Amplissime Domine, his vestigiis studiose insistere et prienuncitos de tanta re Sac. Congis., ac Sanctitatis Sum sensus pro opportunitate aperiendo, quotqut ex Ecclesiasticis viris prmsertim in episcopali gradu constitutis inde ulla ratione devios ag noscas in omni charitate ac patentia efficacissime admo nere. Quod quidem dum satin perspectm prudentim, et sollicitudini turn committo, observantiarn meam Tibi ex animo profiteor, et fausta oninia precor a Deo. " Amplitudinis Ture. " ' Roman ex dEdibus Sac. Congris. de Prop. Fide. die 15 Octobris, 1544. " Ad oflicia paratissimus, " J. PH. CARD. FRANSONIUS, prmfectus. " JOANNES BRUNELLI, secretarius. "' R. P. D. Guillelmo Crolly, Archiepo Armachano totius Hibernim Primati. " Concordat cum originali, "` Gulielmus " At a general meeting of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland, held in the Presbytery-house, Marl borough -street, Dublin, on the 13th day of November, 1844, the following resolution was adopted, the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly in the chair:— " Moved by the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, of Elphin ; and seconded by the Right Rev. Dr. M‘Nally,. of Clogher " That the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly be requested to reply to the letter received from the holy father, stating that the instructions therein contained have been re ceived by the assembled prelates of Ireland, with that degree of profound respect, obedience, and veneration, that should ever be paid to any document emanating. from the Apostolic See ; and that they all pledge them selves to carry the spirit thereof into effect. Also, that the original be entered on our minutes. " k W. CROLLY, Chairman, LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, Secretary." " With regard to the Concordat between the Pope and the British Government, which has so justly excited alarming apprehensions in the minds of all the clergy and laity of Ireland, I can only state, in the most solemn manner, that I know nothing of it directly or indirectly, except by public rumour ; and that I shall join the pre lacy of Ireland by using every influence in my power to prevent any such insidious scheme, which would be de structive of the independence and purity of our holy • I have the honour to remain, with the highest re spect and esteem, dear Mr. O'Connell, your faithful and obedient servant, " k W. CROLLY. "Dublin, Walsh's Hotel, Jan. 11, 1815." MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER ON THE CHA RITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. DUBLIN, JAN. 11.—The following is the concluding portion of Mr. O'Connell's letter, addressed to the Right Rev. Dr. Cantwell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, which appears in the Pilot of this evening : Ninthly. I object to the connexion between our pre lates and the Government, English or Irish, upon the principle avowed, and published, and proclaimed by those prelates themselves when they unanimously declared they would never, never accept a State provision for themselves or their clergy. What is the objection to a State provision ? What, but that it would place them under the imputation of being instruments in the hands of art anti-Catholic, an anti Irish Government ? The State provision would have the good effect of relieving the poor Catholics from the support of their Church ; but our prelates rightly deemed that it would be in its nature contaminating, and therefore they rejected all such connection. " Tenthly. I object to this statute, because I see plainly, and recent events demonstrate thaf however well-intentioned and pure our prelatic commissioners are, this is one great step—l had almost said another great step—towards facilitating the introduction of power and control in the British Government over the appointment of our bishops—a power and control which our hierarchy, and clergy, and gentry, and laity have in dignantly rejected as the price of civil liberty—but a power which the British Government most anxiously desires to obtain, and is now known to be engaged in a dark plot to achieve. " kleventhly. I object to the Act, because it purports to give jurisdiction by Act of Parliament to Commis sioners, eight of whom are Protestants, and two of whom are Catholic laymen, over the usages and discipline of the Church of Rome, and over the title of every bishop, parish priest, or other ecclesiastical incumbent in Ireland. I object to that jurisdiction as being Protestant in prin ciple—namely, emanating from an Act of Parliament, an Act of the lay Legislature. It may be said that there is an inherentjurisdiction in the Catholic priests, named in the Commission, over these spiritual matters of usage and discipline, and perhaps ever what the Act fantasti cally calls intendment of usage.' But my answer is, that such spiritual jurisdiction can exist only within the diocese of each bishop who is a Commissioner, and the power under the Act to decide upon the usage and dis cipline of the Catholic Church is not confined to that dio cese. Another answer is, that no such inherent jurisdic tion can be said to exist in the two lay Commissioners. Sir Patrick Bellew and Mr. Blake are not spiritual per sons. At least, the only title they have to be so is de rived from the Act of Parliament—a derivation the vali dity of which I utterly deny. " Twelfthly. I object to the statute, because the power of the Commissioners extends to deciding who is the lawful incumbent according to the discipline of the Ca tholic Church, as a bishop of any diocese, and as a parish priest of any parish. For example, as to the bishop : suppose a legacy bequeathed to the Bishop of Elphin, and that any dispute arose as to who was, according to the discipline of the Catholic Church, the bishop of the diocese, that question would have to be decided in the first instance by the three Catholic prelates and two Catholic laymen—being Commissioners—it being, as I presume, admittedly uncanonical for them to make any such decision. " Thirteenthly. I object to the statute, inasmuch as it gives jurisdiction to the three Catholic prelates and two Catholic laymen to decide, in the first instance, upon a disputed title to the incumbency of a parish in the diocese of another bishop—it being perfectly clear that those five Commissioners. or any of them, cannot have any canonical right to decide that question. " Here I am bound, mce more, to take up the pastoral of the Most Reverend Doctor Murray, and accurately to state how he seeks to solve this difficulty. His answer to it will be found at page 22. These are his Lordship's words:— " In cases of doubt, as to who is the authorised priest, fur whom a donation or legacy may be intended, the usagys and discipline of our Church are for the present placed under the guardianship of your own bishops, who will be able, with the blessing of God, to have a rule established, whereby, in all such cases, the certificate of the diocesan bishop shall be taken as conclusive evidence.' " Mark well that his Grace here distinctly admits the existence of the difficulty. He admits that, according to the statute, one Catholic bishop being on the Com mission, gets jurisdiction over the diocese of another bishop. Nay, the Catholic laymen in the Commission obtain from the statute similar jurisdiction. Mark, also, that it will not be denied by anybody that the exercise of such jurisdiction by a bishop or layman is uncanoni cal, and, I believe, therefore necessarily criminal. Mark, also, that it is this statute that thus confessedly gives jurisdiction, the exercise of which would be essentially criminal, which is the subject of the present diseussion. Who can be surprised, then, that many Catholic prelates have strong conscientious objections to co-operate in any way in carrying out a statute that, beyond a doubt, authorises the commission of a canonical crime ? " The existence of an uncaaonical authority in and by the Act being avowed, his Grace suggests a remedy— namely, the making a rule whereby the certificate of a diocesan, in case of a c ontroversy as to who is the autho rised priest, shall be taken as conclusive evidence.' " Such is the remedy suggested by his Grace. A 5 :. lawyer, I am bound- to inform him that such remedy is impossible,' for these reasons:— " First. There is no such rule in the statute, nor any thing to authorise the making by the Board, or any part of them, any such rule. No authority is given to anybody to make such a rule. " Secondly There is nothing in the statute to au thorise the making of any rules or regulations whatso ever relative to the charities. It would require an ex press clause in the statute to that effect, and to give the power of making rules of evidence, and there is cer tainly none such. " thirdly. The controversy as to who is the autho rised priest to receive a legacy, must necessarily include at all events the fact of at least two persons, each claim ing to be the authorised priest ; and as only one of them could be the person appointed by the bishop, so the ether must be- driven to controvert the bishop's right of such appointment. It would, therefore, be against every rule of evidence to allow the bishop's cer tificate to be conclusive evidence of the validity of the appointment made by that very bishop. It would be considered in point of law monstrous to attempt to con clude the person who disputed the bishop's appoint ment, by the certificate of that very bishop. Such a certificate could not be made evidence—still less con clusive evidence—without an Act of Parliament. "Fourthly. The Pith section, that gives to the Com missioners the auth o rity over th e discipline of the Ca tholic Church, takes special care to prevent the doing I any act, and,of course the making any rule, inconsistent with our law. Its provisions, in particular, render any rule for the admission of illegal evidence impossible ; because on the one hand it prevents the certificate even of the entire five Catholic Commissioners from being carried into effect, unless so far as it can be lawfully executed according to the provisions of the Act. And it contains this proviso : " Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or affect the jurisdiction of any court of law or equity.' " The jurisdiction, therefore, of our courts as to legal evidence cannot be limited by the Commissioners, or by any rule they may make to substitute a convenient certificate for strict and technical legal evidence. " Fifthly. The certificate of the Catholic Commis sioners, though authorised by the statute, is not in itself conclusive. They cannot themselves make a conclusive certificate. It would, therefore, be quite absurd to sup pose that they could empower another person to make a conclusive certificate. " Sixthly. Itidoes not follow that if such a rule were made, and were (what it cannot be) validly made in point of law that it would be acquiesced in, or adopted by, the prelates who differ with his Grace Dr. Murray on the subject of the Act. His Grace acts from strictly con scientious motives, and he has powerfully expressed the obligation of that conscientious feeling. He thus strongly expresses it, page 6: Conscience (he says) is 0. stubborn monitor—it is unsafe to .4espise its admoni tions.' But there are many Cathdb3 bishops who think they cannot, without crime, co-operate in carrying out this Act. Conscience is to them an equally stubborn monitor as to his Grace. It is equally unsafe for them as for his Grace to despise its admonitions. The pre lates I allude to would deem it criminal to co-operate in carrying out the Act. There can, therefore, be no use in a rule which these prelates cannot sanction without committing what they deem a crime. " There is another point of view in which the un canonical nature of this Act of Parliament jurisdiction in the diocese of other prelates is beyond the power of such a remedy as that suggested by his Grace, even if it were valid. It stands thus :—Suppose the question of the legacy to arise between two bishops—and it might quite as well arise between two bishops as two priests— wrat certificate can possibly meet the objection of bishops, Commissioners, deciding between two of their equals ? Who is to certify? " In fine, layman though I be, nothing can, in my humble judgment, be more manifest than the uncanoni cal nature of this Commission jurisdiction. It originates from an impure source, having nothing spiritual about it but its usurpation of spirituality. It originates in and by an Act of Parliament ; and it will require to work itself out, that the Commission, prelates or laymen, should exercise jurisdiction in localities where they can have none, except by usurpation. Ido not dispute the right of Protestants to have the jurisdiction of their pre lates conferred, if they think fit, by Act of Parliament. At the same time, I utterly deny any Act of Parliament authority over the usages of discipline' of the Catholic Church. " I now return to my objections : " Fourteenthly. I object to this Act of Parliament Commission, because the Bequests Act contains what is admitted by his Grace Dr. Murray to be a mischievous clause. The Catholic Church of Ireland, in Catholic times, was abundantly endowed. Its wealth and its lands, its churches and its possessions, were all swept away by iniquitous Acts of Parliament, and transferred either to laymen, or for the sustentation of a mode of worship utterly repugnant to the judgment and faith of the original donors. The Catholic Church and Catholic charities were reduced to utter destitution. We do not seek to recover the lands or possessions, but is it not too bad that the heirs of the spoilers should dare to limit the portion of the life of a Catholic in which he may restore Catholic churches and charities to some degree of com petence, by granting his land for church or charitable purposes ? Yet this Bequests Act actually limits the period of the life of every Catholic, during which he is permitted to dedicate lands to the service of religion, and the sustentation of the sick and poor, or other charities. " Fifteenthly. I object to the Bequests Act because the mischievous clause,' as his Grace so well calls it, necessarily implies a foul and false calumny against the Catholic clergy of Ireland. It suggests that our beloved clergy avail themselves of the weakness of dying per sons to extort bequests of land for the benefit of the church or charities. We laymen have challenged inves tigation upon this point, and defied the ingenious and active malignity of our enemies to show any one case where such undue influence was exercised. They have been unable to show any such case; yet the mischievous clause' in the Act continues to proclaim the calumny. And though the mischief is admitted and the calumny proclaimed, yet those who admit the one and proclaim the other may be found supporting and carrying out this fatal statute. Would to God it were otherwise. " Sixteenthly, I object to this Bequests Act because it most unjustly takes away from Catholics altogether the power of demising or charging for the necessary purposes of the charity any lands which may be de vised under its provisions. The power of letting Ca tholic charity lands is given altogether to the Protes tant majority of the Commissioners—that being the ne cessary result of the majority. It is true the Act re quires the assent to every such lease of the Catholic in cumbent; but if he shall not assent lands may lie waste, and the Board of Commissioners have thus a power of coercing him into signifying his assent. This is a most vexatious portion of the Act, and would he round most mischievous in practice; but I still entertain the strongest hopes that all Catholics will desert the Act, and let it perish by inanition, unless, indeed, it be sooner repealed. " Seventeenthly. I object to this Act of Parliament from the absolute, uncontrollable, and irresponsible power it gives the Secretary at the Castle, or whoever else represents the Government in Ireland, over the Ca tholic Commissioners. The three reverend prelates that are now in the Commission may be turned out (if I were not speaking of such reverend personages, I would say might be kicked out) at at any moment, without any fault assigned, or assignable, and without the form of even one hour's previous notice. The Lord Bishop of Down and Connor may come up from Belfast to attend his duty as a commissioner, and may find on his arrival that he was superseded, without any other ceremony than such an uncivil letter as that written by Mr. Henry Sugden to the repeal magistrates. In fact, there never was such unqualified despotic authority as that granted by the Bequests Act to the Government over those Ca tholics who have accepted, or shall hereafter accept, the office of commtationer. ‘` Eigbteenthly. I object to this Act because it gives s?insulting a preponderance to the Protestant Commis sioners. It is really monstrous. The Catholics of Ire land are the overwhelming majority of the Irish people ; and are therefore entitled, upon principle, to a majority in the Commission. They would ask nothing more than an equality; yet they are entitled for another reason to the majority—that is, because the Parliamentary returns show, that in the last year 22,0001. was vested in Catho lic charities, and only 8,000/. in Protestant charities. The Catholics being thus in the majority of 9.loths of the population, and paying 3-4ths of the quantity of money devoted to charity, yet this Act of Parliament gives them but five. commissioners to eight. How bitterly do I regret that such an Act of Parliament has received any countenance from any o f our reverend prelates ! " Nineteenthly. I object to this statute by reason of the insulting manner in which it was ca rried. It was passed through both Houses of Parliament without any previous consultation with the Catholic clergy orlaity ; or, if any of the laity were consulted, it was in such privacy as not to have been as yet discovered, and must have been with some one of that class who are neve r consulted except when mischief is intended. It was carried, I need not say, when my son and I were unjustly imprisoned. If I had been in the House I think I would rather have perished on the floor than have all owe d such an Act to pass at t he period it did—the close of the session. Twentiethly. I object to this statute because in its nature it must have tended to create a schism or division among the Catholic prelacy and clergy of Ireland— to raise doubts, dissensions, and distrusts in the Catholic body, clergy and laity ; and above all, to create suspi cions, however unfounded, and a tendency to irreverence towards such of the clergy as may connect themselves with the present anti-Irish Administration. Twenty-firstly. I object to this statute because it is a direct assertion on the part of the Legislature of a right to give to commissioners of the appointment of the Government authority over Catholic spiritual matters ; such commissioners having no other spiritual qualifica tion than that they must profess to be Catholics.' " Twenty -secondly. I object to this statute because it poses duties on Catholic Commissioners which, I they performs, In my _de judgment the administration of Catholic charities should be left to Catholics exclusively—the ad ministration of Protestant charities to Protestants ex clusively—the administration of Presbyterian charities to Presbyterians exclusively—and the administration of Unitarian charities to Unitarians exclusively ; whereas this statute confounds all in one mass, and renders it incumbent on the Catholic as well as the other Commis sioners to adhere strictly to the education of Protestants in Protestantism, of Presbyterians in Presbyterianism. and of Unitarians in Unitarianism. " There is another duty which this statute imposes on the Catholic Commissioners—that is, to sue for and re cover property belonging to the regular clergy, and to apply that property to other charitable purposes. " Upon this subject my opinion is firm and undoubted. I mean my opinion that it will be the duty, under this Act, of the Catholic Commissioners to spoliate the pro perty of the regular clergy, and to apply it to other cha ritable purposes. "His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin has upon this subject preferred the opinion: of Messrs. Smith and Greene to mine. It will be my lovable duty respect fully to show his Grace that the opinle:lef these gentle men is either inapplicable or equivocal, or, at all events, that it is unfounded. But this letter heterunito Such a great length that I must reserve this subjeCi AS the exclusive topic for a second letter, to follow this without any delay whatsoever. I trust by the next poet after this letter arrives in Dublin it will be followed bs , the letter on the regular clergy. " I cannot, however, conclude the present letter with out expressing, in sorrow and in anguish, the apprehen sions I deeply entertain from the facts I have avowed— namely, the existence of a conspiracy betwen the English Government and English Catholic agents at Rome to delude the Ministers of his Holiness the Pope, and to obtain measures calculated to affect the civil rights, but, above all, the religious independence of the Catholic Church in Ireland. " Since I commenced this letter, I find it avowed by the Whig press, that the Whigs whilst in office had an , English agent residing at Rome, in order, if possible, to influence the political opinions of that Court unfavour ably to the liberties of the Irish nation. It is no longer concealed that Mr. W. Petre is actin.. in that capaelky for the present Administration. 1 have already ase serted, and I assert again, from undoubted authority, that his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly is in possession of a letter from the Propaganda relating to the repeal agita tion in Ireland. It is an awful predicament to have the Catholics of Ireland placed in. The secrecy that has been hitherto observed makes the tit, ets at present disco vered only the more formidable. How e.an we be secure if, under such circumstances, any minority of our pre lates should enter into any arrangements with tn; British Government, or sanction any arrangements. uninflue'.need by the judgment of the majority of the Irish prelsitee, and perhaps uncommunicated to the laity or to the re•- sidue of the prelacy ? I do not say or insinuate that any' such arrangement has taken place, or is at all likely to+ take place ; but it is unfortunate, very unfortunate, that at such a moment as this, with a full-blown conspiracy against the independence of our Church just discovered, this Act of Parliament Commission should be in exist ence, and should be accepted by any of our prelates, however venerable or venerated. For one, I tremble at the possible result. " Something should be done to quiet the just fears and necessary apprehensions of the ever faithful people of Ireland. It will not do to attempt to muffle those fears and apprehensions by alleging that more consolatory intelligence has been received from Rome. Until now we did not know of the conspiracy at all—the entire was concealed. How know we what it may be the interest of the English agent to conceal ? I believe there is no doubt that the letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh was obtained and trarismitte 1 at a period when the friends of the independence of the Irish Church at Reme were absent, either in vacation or upon business. There was a singular dexterity in obtaining and dis patching thitt letter. " There is no part of the Catholic Church in the uni verse more faithfully submissive in spirituals to the authority of his Holiness the Pope than the Catholic Church in Ireland. Clergy and laymen both join in this unqualified submission. As a layman I myself proclaim, and I trust practise, the most dutiful submission in spirituals, morals, discipline, and doctrine to the see of Rome. Yet I have sworn—and so have all the Irish Catholics—that the Pope has not any temporal or civil jurisdiction within this land. " But we must be vigilant. We are bound to preserve the independence of our Church from all temporal power. We are bound to protect our political liberties from every infringement. It is a miserably unhappy thing that, at such a moment, the Bequests Act should appear to afford any facilities to the British Government for further ensnaring or deluding any of our prelates. We have flung off before, and we fling off again, please God, all vetoistical arrangements. "In my second letter to your Lordship I will not only discuss the state of our regular clergy, but submit some suggestions as to the propriety of a lay deputation to Rome on these most interesting subjects. There is no law to prevent or interfere with such a delegation. In fact, the law respecting communication with Rome is very imperfectly known to our public writers. " The proposition which I shall most respectfully submit, as a rule in future, would be the establishment, by a synod of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in the most canonical manner, of some law or regulation which would effectually prevent any minority of the Irish prelacy from involving themselves in any atatutable commission, or board, without the canonical assent of the majority of the synod. Can and ought this to be done? " There remains, however, this most pleasing con solation.—There never was a period at which the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland, without exception, was composed of prelates of more learning, purity, piety, and perfect devotion to all their spiritual duties. Tho majority of such prelates ought not to be superseded by the minority. " I have the honour to be, my loved and revered Lord, most respectfully, and with deep veneration, your most faithful and devoted humble servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL, M.P. " The Right Rev. Dr. Cantwell, Bis Lop of Meath." NATIONAL EDUCATION.—pRafEsT OF THE BISHOPS. The following protest has been issued by the Primate Lord=Sohn Beresford, and eight other prelates of th Established Church in Ireland. It is really a rotes against the course adopted by Sir R. Peel and his 110- vernmerrt on the question of National Education. " We, the undersigned prelates of the United Church of England and Ireland, have judged it to be our duty; upon some former occasions, to address those members of the Church who are directly committed to our care and government, and all others who are disposed to look to us for counsel and support concerning the question of the education of the poor in Ireland. And as there are various particulars in the actual state of that question, which appear to make a similar address from us pecu liarly needful at the present time, we proceed once more to the discharge of this anxious, and in some respects painful, though, as we cannot but feel, clear and most important duty, in humble reliance upon the guidance and blessing of Almighty God. " Upon theformer occasions to which we have referred, we felt constrained to make known the very unfavourable judgment which we had formed of the national system of education for this country—distinctly declaring that we could not approve of it, or assist in the management of it, or recommend to the patrons or superintendents of schools that they should place them in connexion with it. "It was with much reluctance and regret that we felt ourselves obliged to declare so decidedly and publicly against a plan of education established and maintaintli by the State, to which we owe, and are ready to render, all duty not interfering with that which we owe to God. But this higher duty compelled us to express thus plainly and strongly our disapprobation and distrust of this sys tem ; and we lament that it does not now permit us to retract, or to soften, those declarations of our opinion. We consider it to be the more necessary to state this ex. plicitly, because it is conceived by some persons that certain modifications of its rules, from time to time into. duced by the Commissioners of National Education, have done much to remove the objections on which it ha , been from the beginning opposed and rejected by the greater portion of the members of the Established Church ; and as we are unable to form the same opinion of these changes, we deem it our duty to obviate the mis , apprehension to which our silence might give rise, by stating distinctly that we cannot discern in them any sufficient reasons for withdrawing or qualifying the con demnation which we have deliberately and repeatedly pro nounced. " When the Government first announced its determi nation that this system should supersede those to which the State had before given support, it was very generlly opposed by the clergy and the laity of our Church. The grounds on which this opposition were made to rest were various. The undue prominence given to secular to the I depreciation of religious instructio n ; the disre g ard shown: to the position and claims of the cler gy of the Estab lished Church, tending to throw the direction of nation al education into the hands of the priesthood of the Church of Rome; and other defects and evils, both of the system itself in the machinery by which it was to be worked, were urged as grave objections against the proposed plan of education. While its opponents differed as to the im portance which was to be assigned to some of th ose ob jections, there was one, upon the paramount importance of which all were agreed. The rule by which the Iloly Scriptures were to be excluded from the schools during the hours of general instruction was treated by all as so fundamentally objectionable, th a t w hil e th i s should con tinue to be the principl e o f the system, they could not oththeefrorm groundsersocioeftioeps conscientiously conn ec t t h e i r schools with it, even though all the In opposition ttihoerk education w. akeonfthe away.poor, with which th e c l ergy were connected, they had, in eret ac commodation to the unhappy divisions of this country, consented to forbear from any attempt to teach the for mularies of our Church to the children of Dissenters, Protestant or Roman Catholic, who attended the schools of which they had the superintendence. But they did not judge themselves at liberty so to deal with the Word of God. There was in every school a Bible class, and in every school to read the Bible was a part of the daily business ; and all the children in attendance, of whatever religious communion, took their places in this class, as soon as their proficiency enabled them to profit by the reading of the Holy Scriptures. But the distinction of the new system was that it placed the Bible under the same rule with books of peculiar instruction in religion, and excluded it, with them, from the hours of general education. And, moreover, this great change was avowedly made as a concession to the unlawful authority by which the Church of Rome withholds the Holy Scrip tures from its members. " It could not have been expected that the clergy of our Church, who are bound by obligations so sacred to resist spiritual tyranny rand to oppose the errors of the Church of Rome, would join in a system of acceptance and educa tion, of which thy distinctive clsini to of the most support was the aid which it gave to t w o . n . e . hien is, in fact, Violent exercises of this tyranny—the Ili 1 I ° . . . z § : : O is Jd ! g g *.4 ;1') ; •000 0 0 0 eggg gg o g • 3 3 3 3 3 ,21