The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

MADLLE. CAROLINE DUPREZ. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that this Theatre will OPEN SATURDAY next, March '22, on which occasion .Madlle. DU ZEZ will maze her first appearance in this country, as Lucia, in mizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. To be followed by a naw and original Ballet, a la Watteau, entitled VILE DES AMOURS. 7oraposed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by M. Nadaud, the .4nexy by Mr. C. Marshall, in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris will )ear. The grand Opera of GIIatAVUS is in actve preparation, and wbe -oduced on Saturday, t he 29th March, in which Madame Fioren ill tini will support the part of Madame Ankerstrom. The part of Oscar by Madlle. Caroline Duprez. and Gustavus by Signor Calzolari. --_— THEATRE, ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING will be presented by her Majesty's 52.: vent* THE TURNPIKE GATE. To be followed by a petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ KEL, I E PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander a ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucher's, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. ...after; Jepbtele, Miss F. Vining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lis, 111,111 e. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who as been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. AcT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TENT, Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. 21.1 e Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gilt—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain. Zne ensemble by Madame Louise, Meddles. Falser, Julie, and Coryphees. The Gamester—False Diee—Azael's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPIIIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphecs. &zael recovers the Stolen Scarf — the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT 111. TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers —Degradation of the Prodigal- the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift R es Dream.ed—Despair of the Prodigal. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. 'iIIEATHE ROYAL, HAYMARK . r. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, 01 a Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. Rogers ; Macbeth. Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Howe ; Mac dull, Mr. J. Wallack ; Lady Macbeth. Miss L. Addison ; Hecate, Mies P. Horton. To be followed by a new anct original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. To Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste.. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled nELPIIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax., alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Iladeliene, Madame Celeste ; Mini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitetlyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major stiff, Mr. Freeborn ; air. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Real' and Mr. Keee)". Tins EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new Melodrama, entitled PAULINE, in , Lich Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Ceder the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathewl. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TSE HA SOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma llows, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. C. Horn. Atter which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, Ilorneastle, Suter, Bellingham, and llonner ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss kit. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with _ THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews 3aall Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Parma. THIS EVENING, Will be nerfor ned CHARLES KING. After which SEXTITS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE WHITE STATUE, In which Madlle. Adele, Miss Lees, and Torn Mathews will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal llighnetS Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Eztranrdinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of JOIN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or leans_with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with TEKELI ; or, The Siege of Mentgatz. &a-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tan DAT —Morning 5 min. after 3 Evening 28 nln. after 3 To-Molaow—Morning 46 rain. after 3 I Eveniag S rain. after 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, INILRcH 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.63. WIND W.—dull, hazy weather, with rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Hues at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (Dont.pr)—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. Poor—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast. 13mairros—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTlNGS—Calm—overcast. SouTmunrrox—Wiral S., gentle breeze—rain. FoLKEsToNs—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. uNuRIDGE—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. 9asniagroxx—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. SWINDON—Wind S. gentle breeze—rain. LEIGHTON—Wind S E., gentle breeze—rain. rloulEsTEn—wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. PETERBOROUGEI—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. LYNN—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. CozewAT—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. HoLvHEAD—Wind,S., strong breeze—heavy rain. LivEnroor...—Wind gentle breeze—rain. LaNcasTnn—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. WHrrny—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. SHAY—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. BitarrocK—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. BERWICK—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. Tbe returns from the following places indicate the state of 'ha wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :- 301/lc—Wind W., light breeze—rain. LIMERICK—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy rain. U LLINGAR—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. POOLE—Wind S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. LisiciwroN—Wind E., gentle breeze—rain. BIRMLNGIIAM —W ind N.W., gentle breeze—rain. PETERBOROUGH —Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. Layßuroor , —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. LaiDs—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. LANcesTsit—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy fog. SHAY—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WiirrEHAvEN—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BErrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 650 inches. The mean temperature of the week was 40Q.5, which differs little from the average of the same week in ten years. At laewisham rain fell to the depth of 1.72 inches on Saturday, between the hours of midnight and five P.M. This fall is unusually large at any time, but particularly in March. 7 , X 4 ( i t? • i• , t., . coat • 4 cs. • t •!lig g • ; 1 413116, .• zo— • 6 • 11 1, ,, • (gtottninc auz LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1851. In the House of Lords, last night, Lord ToRRINGTON gave notice of a motion for Tues day week on the affairs of Ceylon, and stated that he should take that opportunity of refuting the calumnious misrepresentations of which, as Governor of Ceylon, he had been the victim. Their Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned. In the Commons, The Cs.ancF.l.Lou of the EXCHEIVER stated that he should not make his financial statement on Friday. Mr. SADLEIR then moved the following resolution:— " That it is expedient to substitute for the existing mode of varying the amount of tithe rent-charges in Ireland a self-acting system, whereby the amount of all tithe rent-charges in Ireland shall be increased or dimi nished every year, according to the average prices of corn, as ascertained by public advertisement, in a man ner similar to the existing method of varying t h e t i the rent-charges in England and Wales." Sir GEORGE GREY suggested that the Hon: Gentle man s hould bring in a Bat on the subject, which he would not oppose; but he hoped the resolution would not be pto.sed. After a short conversation, in which Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, Mr. FRENCH, Mr. S. CRAWFORD, and Sir H. W. BARRON took part, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. ANSTRY proceeded to call attention to the al leged obstruction offered to the claims of the infant Raja of SATTana, in the denial of a hearing before the G)urt of Privy Council, complained of in the petition to 'the House of Commons of the next friend of the said infant, presented on the 14th instant; and moved a re solution to the effect that the grave matters contained in the petition referred to deserve the serious attention of the House. The motion fell to the ground for want of a seconder. The adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles As. suinption Bill was then resumed. Mr. BLENfirr did not think the POPE intended either to injure or insult the people of this country, and there fore he opposed the Bill. Sir RALPH LOPES would support the measure, al though he should have been better satisfied had it been of a more stringent character. Mr. WALTER considered the establishment of the hierarchy a violation cf the compact of 1829. Ile re joiced at the letter of Lord JoRN RUSSELL, and at the agitation which it had occasioned, as it showed how deeply-rooted was the Protestant feeling of the country. He had, however, no desire to see the provisions of the Bill extended to Ireland. Mr. ANSTEY opposed the Bill. Lord ASHLEY denied the right of the POPE to make any spiritual organization he might think proper in this country, and considered that in his recent proceedings he bad violated both the law of nations and the law of the land. The Bill was not sufficiently stringent, but it was valuable as a protest against the encroachments of Popery, which had become so enormous on the con tinent, that in Austria the rights of the Crown had been infringed upon, and in France the Protestants were per secuted, their churches and their schools were closed, and they were in a worse condition than they had been since the time of Louis XIV. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT saw no cause for alarm, and should oppose the Bill. He could not imagine why Protestantism should be in more danger because Dr. WISEMAN called himself Archbishop of West minster, than it was when he called himself Bishop of Melipotamus. Ho believed the Bill would be absolutely ineffective. Lord PALMERSTON treated the question merely as a political one, and considered it the more necessary to repel the aggression, because wherever, as in Spain and Austria, the Papal power acquired influence, it was used to control and undermine the civil authority. He did not think this was a case for negotiation, neither could he approve of the warlike recommendations of Sir R. INoLis; but he considered this Bill, which was not a measure of persecution, but merely an enforcement of the provisions of the Act of 1829, would meet the ne cessities of the case ; and as he could not bring himself to believe that the Catholics would wilfully violate the law, he did not consider it would be inoperative. The debate was then, on the motion of Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, adjourned to Thursday. A fortnight longer and the documents relating to the recent government, or rather we should say the recent misgovernment of Ceylon, will be at length in the hands of the various Members of the Imperial Parliament. Until then no clear notion can possibly be arrived at in reference to the policy of Lord Toa ursGTole. Any premature decision upon a question of such extraordinary importance would be unfair not only to the Administration condemned, but also, and in an especial manner, to the Legislature pronouncing the sentence of condemnation. Judgment must con sequently be deferred, no matter how vexatious the delay, or otherwise the estimate formed by the House upon the matter at issue might be very inconveniently contradicted by the subsequently printed papers and correspondence. Therefore it is, upon these con• siderations, that we must, perforce, acknowledge the reasonableness of the course pursued by the Ilo nourable Gentleman the Member for Inverness-shire, although to ourselves, as well as to the rest of the community, this further procrastination of the debate on Ceylon is an exceeding annoyance. Had Mr. B kILLIE adopted any other line of proceed ing he would have jeopardized his own character, that of Lord TORRINGTON, and that also of the Commons House of Parliament. He finds himself, to employ his own expression, placed by the Prime Minister in the invidious position of a person ob structing the business of the country at a period when the popular patience is already very nearly ex hausted by a succession of impediments to the labours of the Administration. He perceives at the same time that the official documents, which are alone capable of throwing light upon the difficulties in volved in his particular motion, are reserved yet a while for later publication. Embarrassed, therefore, by these very serious reflections, he comes to the only conclusion consistent with his duties as an honest representative. He refuses to hurry the Ceylon question before the House prior to the appearance of those documentary evidences which common sense assures us are alone capable of enabling its Members to arrive at a judicious decision. He objects, moreover, to place himself in the situation of one creating new stoppages in the way of her MASESTY'S Government—and therefore he naturally, we might even say inevitably, determines to remove his motion from the notice book, reserving to himself, of course, a full and perfect right to bring it forward whenever he may deem himself justified in so doing. What we insist 'won in reference to this delicate point of Parlia mentary etiquette is—that the Hon. Representa- tive of Inverness-shire was compelled to adopt the course already specified by the curt and peremptory announcement made by the First Lord of the Trea sury, to the effect that the financial measures of the session should not be brought forward so long as the motion respecting Ceylon remained undetermined. Startled by this rather remarkable declaration, Mr. BAILLIE objects to stand before the community as the stumbling-block - of the present session of the British Parliament. Already the country has been sufficiently irritated by the consciousness that this same session is flitting rapidly away, and that as yet absolutely nothing whatever has been done, not merely in the way of wholesome legislation, but actually in refer ence to the carrying out of the annual projects of ad ministration. The Budget is still in nubikus—the multitude remaining in the most profound ignorance as to the nature and amount of the supplies. What taxes are to be remitted and what to be retained, are still left as puzzles for the conjectures of the popula • tion. The masses know no more now than they did on the 8d of February of the chances of anything like financial retrenchment. They continue still, as they did up till that period, doubtful as to the possi bility of relieving themselves of the miseries of suffer ing taxation under the Schedules D and E. Nothing has happened as yet withi❑ the walls of the New Palace at Westminster to relieve the popular mind from its prolonged uncer tainty. To the Chancellor of the Exchequer, there fore, the public still look with unabated, or rather inflamed curiosity ; and those who appear, however unwillingly, to interpose between the nation and the long-desired financial statement, call down upon their heads the accumulated vengeance nurtured by pro crastination. As to the objection raised by the Prime Minister against the line of conduct pursued in the present in stance by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for In verness•shire, namely, that he is unfairly holding the Ceylon question in terroreni over the occupants of the Treasury benches—that is surely a most preposterous quibble, seeing that Ministers have been able to manage the affairs of the empire during the last three years unembarrassed by the threatened in • vestigationa in Lord TORRINGTON'S govern ment all along looming down heavily upon the Cabinet. A sword of DAmocr.Es, the in quiry may still be, but it has hung quivering over the leader of the Administration during three years past, and the nerves of the statesmen trembling under it may be presumed to be no weaker now than for merly. At any rate Mr. BAILLIE cannot be charged with the continuance of the Ministerial dilemma in this particular matter, seeing that he is only induced to remove his motion from the notice-book by reason of the threat held out to himself, and through him to the country at large, that the financial statement shall be made subsequently to the period of its settlement. Acting as the Member for Inverness-shire has done in regard to the Ceylon inquiry, he has provoked the complaints of the First Lord of the Treasury. Had he decided, nevertheless, differently he would have infallibly excited against himself the indignation of the entire community. Embarrassed for a moment by finding himself between either branch of the alter native, Mr. BAILLIF has judiciously decided upon selecting the lesser—thereby enabling the public to arriv e somewhat Earlier at some definite notion as to the character of the financial statement of the Go vernment. Al esnw hil e i t canno t b u t h e gratifying observeo the gallant announcement made last even ing in the Upp er Rouse of Parliament by Viscount TORRINGTON, to the effect that the Noble Lord would now himself bring the matter at as early a date as possible under the seriou s • • consideration of the Legis lature. Th an ks to the thetim a u p l u ? s ro i a m ch l3 lanratedto Exhibition, the enterprise unde ; - 2 toafkainllgclasses by t h e most diversified charact er h ave b een a d v entured i:POU _ i n all directions. Th ese efforts, moreover, it must be observed, have generally speak ing been planned by their originators upon a scale of corresponding magnitude. In scarcely a single in stance have they been restricted to merely national limits, embracing all races indiscriminately, and holding out inducements fur co-operation so large and impartial as to excite the sympathies, we doubt not, of every genuine cosmopolite. It is surely needless to remark that in all this we see reasons for entertaining sentiments of very earnest satisfaction. The ardour displayed on all hands is about the best assurance that could have been afforded that the Great Industrial Exposition is not calculated to prove fruitless. On the contrary, we may now very reasonably rest assured that the Crys tal Palace will turn out to be in plain matter of fact (fanciful though the phrase may seem) a gigantic hot-house for the development of emulation. Among the various enterprises commenced almost simultaneously with that suggested by his Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, it may possibly be re membered that on a former occasion we especially alluded to one of a rather novel and attractive species, now tolerably well known by the title of the Grand Chess Tournament. As admirers of that most noble and most venerable of all intellectual pastimes, in its nature leas a Game than a Science, it was impossible for us to observe the first crude announcement of the jousts to be held in its celebration without referring to it, however in cidentally, in terms of encouragement. Now that it appears to be advancing steadily towards its realiza tion, we may be forgiven for alluding once more to a scheme which promises to aid in regulating the whole mass of the chess laws, a labour of revision so long and earnestly desired by its votaries. According to the very expressions used in the Prospectus, it appears indeed that the promoters of the undertaking look to it, and not unreasonably, for "an authoritative decision upon the differences existing between the chess code of Italy and that of the rest of Europe, and the establishment of one con sistent and uniform system of notation for the whole chess community." Added to all which advan tages, it must be remembered that, for the first time in the annals of the game, a general congress of its most distinguished players will be convened—the year of the Great Exhibition affording them, in fact, the first available opportunity. Besides the pleasure experienced among themselveS in personally making acquaintance with each other, we are sanguine that more substantial benefits may be derived from the circumstance of their competition. The world will then be enabled to judge correctly of their proportionate abilities, and without much trouble to decide as to the relative value of their reputations. In all this we cannot but perceive matter for real gratification, coinciding cor dially as we do in the opinion expressed, that, of all intellectual exercises, chess is indubitably " the most sharpening and bracing to the calculating powers of the mind." Its excellence as a means of cultivating those powers to a very lofty pitch of mental adroit ness has been attested not merely by the professed masters of the game, but by some of the most illus. trious warriors and statesmen whose names have been emblazoned on the scroll of history. It is thus that in the annals of chess we can trace its incomparable merits by its many glorious illustrations—and thi., we repeat, not merely by, so to speak, technical illus trations, such as the great PHILADO or the greater DE LA BOUADONNAIS, but by others of a more exoteric renown, from BADJAZET to NAPOLEON. Bearing in mind the dignity assured to itself by the major of games and the minor of sciences, we must be permitted to direct public attention towards the progress made in the carrying out of the Grand Chess Tournament. It is satisfactory to find, after the lapse of a comparatively brief interval, so much accomplished in an enterprise surrounded from its very novelty by such numerous difficul ties. Intimations of the sincerest sympathy have directly or indirectly been received, it would seem, already from the majority of the most distin guished players on the European continent. Kia- SERITZKIJ has not only expressed his readiness to aid in the development of the project, but has undertaken in Paris the duties of a secretary to the Co-operative Committee established in that metropolis. From the great Ilungarian player SZEN communications not less satisfactory have emanated. JABNISCU has ex- pressed his willingness to participate in the enterprise from his distant residence at St. Petersburgh, and has been the medium of transmitting a imilarly gra tifying announcement on the part of PETROFF, the first of Russian amateurs. VON OPPEN likewise has intimated from Berlin not merely his own ready acquiescence in the scheme, but that also of HYDE BRANDT VON DER LASA, the Prussian Secretary of Legation at Frankfort, and one of the most illustrious chess•players in Christendom. When it is borne in recollection that we ourselves, as a nation, are repre sented in London by the greatest master of the game now living, we may look forward with eager anxiety and with no small degree of confidence to the opening of the future Tournament. Happily the funds already collected in furtherance of the scheme more than justify its originators in promot ng the labour of its completion —no lass than 350/. sterling having been subscribed among the members of the managing committee alone. With the celebrity of HOWARD STAUNTON as an en couragement, with the enterprise of its originators as a perpetual incitement, and with the munificence displayed among the members of the managing com mittee as an example to subsequent promoters, the brilliant enterprise we are , alluding to cannot but close with the happiest consequences. After deduct ing all necessary expenses, it is proposed that the residue of the money collected shall be divided into seven; graduated portions, the first one-third, the second one-tenth, the third one fourteenth, and so on to the seventh one-sixtieth, and that a supplementary prise consisting of a set of ivory chess-men, with a suitable chess-board, inscribed with the winner's name and victory, shall be played for by the principal competitors. These wo have already shown will include some of the greatest chess-players of our generation, and, acting with a liberality deserving of every imaginable praise, the committee have decided that.the Tournament shall be open to all parties without distinction, either in regard to country or association. Under such auspices as those we have indicated, we are sanguine that the enterprise will turn out in the highest degree satis factory, and this in spite of the most shameless calumny and the most ungenerous opposition. At the late audit at , in Bedfordshire, the landlord returned 20 per cent. to his tenants. A farmer of the olden days thus expressed himself:—" Thankey, Sur, for duing as you du, and i hopes ye'll allus du as ye du du!" GREAT ANTI-PA.PAL LEAGUE.—Yesterday the foundation was laid of a religious league, which promises to become the greatest of the kind which modern times have witnessed. A number of noblemen, gentlemen, clergymen of the Church of England, and Dissenting ministers, of ♦a rious denominations, met in Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, for the purpose of consulting together as to what ought to be done by evangelical Protestant denominations, with a ♦iew to resist the aggressions of Popery. Among the noblemen and gentlemen present were—the Earl of Ducie, Lord Ash. ley, Sir Culling Eardley Smith, the Hon. and Rev. Monta gue Villiers, the Rev. W. W. Champneys, the Rev. Edward Auriol, the Rev. T. R. Birks, the Rev. Dr. Morison, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, the Rev. Dr. Bunting, the Rev. Dr. Beecham, the Rev. Dr. Steane, with a great number of eminent lay men. The meeting lasted three hours, and was characterised throughout by the greatest unanimity and cordiality. It was resolved that duly organised and most energetic measures shall be forthwith adopted in order to enter the arena with the hosts of Popery. Advertiser. To-morrow (Wednesday) we shall have the highest tide of the year.— Livrpool Standard of yesterday. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--Last night a performance took place at this theatre by the members of the Western Dramatic Society, in aid of the funds of the Dispensary for Consumption, Ma*garet- street, egent-street. The per formances commenced with Colman's admirable comedy of the Heir at Law, in which Me.sre. Fawdon, J. H. Emery, Spicer, Edwards, Chester, and G. Harrison sustained the principal parts in capital style. Mrs. Nowbery made an excellent Lady Duberly, and Miss Sydney a very pretty Cecily Home spun. The farces of the Day after the Wedding and the Turned Head concluded the evening's entertainments. Taken as a whole, the acting of the gentlemen last evening was the best amateur i.erformance we have witnessed for come time, and we consider we pay them a high compliment when we say they equalled the ladies, who are always the t est performers on these occasions. It was to be regretted the house was so thinly attended. • THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE SiR ALEXANDER HOOD, BART., M.P., OF WOITON HOUSE, SOMERSET. —Yes terday morning the mortal remains of the late Sir Alexander Hoed, Bart., M. P., were removed from his late town resi dence, No. 43, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, to the Great Western Railway, where the body was conveyed by special train to his late country seat, Wotton House, Somer set, whence it was removed to its final resting-place in the family vault of the parish church of Buttle. Among the principal mourners were Sir Alexander Bateman, Perian Palmer Acland Hood, Bart., Lieut. Arthur William Acland, R.N., Sir P. Acland, Bart., and several of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood. THE SUN, LONDON, WED:NESDAY EVENING, THE SHARE MARKETS. nrixTISII RBILWATS. Railways. Business done to-day. 174 X 15% [lb4 54 4% [14% 15% 14% 15 34 4 23% 26 25 i 434 % 7% 34 6% 4y 17% 4% 364 36 374 b% 504 lIN 1 4 % 6 % % 12m N, x d 191,4 88% 8934 1434 % id 62 61% 62 61 p 4 62 x. 4 5 4% 19% 18 19% [l9 % 96% 97 96% 129% 22% [39%% 4 9954 90 SS% 36% 2yi 1% 2 363( 37 36 34 [ash dia. 64 63M 61 22 !,‘ 21% 8 % % % t• 9( 1% Y. % 1 (10% i 0%%% 9% 11 )1 )6 19 189,: % 19 178( 1 , 4 i 17 104 4 3% ji dim. 3% % yi dia. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast andCouuty Down Woiverharnp., and Stour Valley •• Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., ;ate 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 60/. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., d)l. • . Bristol and Exeter • • • Caledonian . • • • Cheater and Holyhead .. Direct Lond.and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Bingstown— Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian ~ 251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .• Do. (181. E. k H.) • • Eastern Countito Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & d shares East Lancashire Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh and Glasgow }Ain., Perth, and Jundee Do. Newport Exeter and Exmotth Glasgow and South•West,l Do. do. G. D. & C stook Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deirred Do. halves, B, 6 Pr ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Great Western • • .. Do. Now, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisis Do. thirds • • • • Lancaster and Prestos Lancashire and Yorkilire Do. quarter shares Do. fifths .. • Do. West Riding Unon Leeds and Thirsk .• Liverpool, Crosby, aid Southport .. „ London and Blackwell.. Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, aid South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters. Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., Al.& It (c, London and 8.-Westeril Do. new 501. .. Do. new 40/. .. Londonderry & Colerains Do. half shares Londonderry and Bailie- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, iiheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. Binning & Derby, Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford .. • • Newry and Enniskillen .• Newry, W arrenpoint, k Rostrevor Norfolk Do. New 201. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British •. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. North & Stli.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central •• • • Scottish Midland Do. new Shrewsbury & Binning. Clas Do. Class 8.. • . • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) .. Do. Halves Do. Oswestry • . Do. New.. .. • . Shropshire Union .. • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Devon South-Eastern• South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and B.lverl Dun Shelf., Roth., and Goole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool ivvarisea & Loughor, raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and, Railway •.. • • Vale of Neath • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall • • West London • • whiteriaven and Furless York, _Newcastle, k Ber wick .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • York and Ncrth Midland, LINES LEAS: Nernizal Frio's. 17% to 18% 3% 3 Etts. 10% - 114 O 4 -8G 15}i -15 N .... - 25 20 -18 Jl3 4 --sq Syy- 4_, -7% G%-7 j ( 4% - 6 174 - 17% 3% -3% 38 -39 9 -10 I( - % 18% - 11% - 6 XI 12% - 12% 43 —45 x.dl 90 —9l 2}4 2 ills. 84 —67 x.d 11 —l2 pa.d 29 —3l p x.d 624 —63% x.d 9% —9 d.xd 64 Ms. 54 dad 194 20% - 83 za 96K —97 K 1204 —131% • 6 p. • G p. 90X, 91% • 4}‘ dia. 3K dis. • • 111.. . . 3% —2% dad 86 -38 aX —2% diti. 0 —65 N, 13 —ll 3 dii, 37 —39 • 8% - • 9 6 —4% tie, •• 2$ —3O 13 —l2 cll3. log 11 6 —5% (Ifs. % -A P 18% 19 18 IS% 10% —11 K 7% j ai 4 —2% ids. —2% 18 —9O 9 —lO 131 14% % dii. 3 —3% fili 20 ;6 — WA I 27% 27% x.d 3b)i —3654 dis.x.4l 3% - 434 - 5 W. 3 104 3 d. 6 7 19 --, .• .-7% 34 —32 id ,4 3 dl3.x.d dls.x.d i 28!4 211004% 16% % 7% 27%%%%% '1C.&1.8. AZ' Railways. Leasin g 1" -- ald - . Cil:slng ia L I T: * 1 Coispauic. Burks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Bir. and Ox ford Junc.,eallsduly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. • • 10 28% —• 2,34 Do., without a guarantee .. Do •• 90 37 —23 Birm., IVol., & Dud.,ealls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. .. 15 6% p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 6 p Buckingha nsh. Lon. &N. W. 1736 1731 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 3234 _ 33 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 101% Do. % Shares Do •• • • 26 50 —6l Do. % Shares Do • • •• 11N 22% 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland • . 5 5 97 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . 12 114 1 1 lj— 11% Do., Pref. • • Do • • • • 30 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • Norfolk • • 30 15 —l6 14% N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E• Counties • 50 54 —66 Do. New .. Do • • .. 43 4 6 p Preston andl L. & N•W• Wyre S & La.& Y. 25 41 —4l x.d Do. % Shares ADo •• • • 1% 63{ p.x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate .. 8. Easter' , 21 —22 zd x.d Roy. & liitchin G. Northern 5 14 1, 0. Shep. Ex •• Do •• •• - p. South staffords. Mr. li`Clea Lx 3% 2% as. x.d Wear Val. 6 pe Cent. gtla. tOCk.B4 Dar 21 24 —25 Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 60 4b —46 45% •REFER; 8841.1i138. Paid. 1 6 10 15 Railways. Aberdeen •• •• •• Caledonian 101. •• •• Chester and Holyhead .. East Anglian (31. 10a.) Gper cent. .. .. • • Do. (5/.) 7 pr. ct. Fret Do. (7/. 170.) 7 p.c."Pref. Eastern Counties Elton., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 1 • • • • • • Do. New 6 p. cent. stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. • • Do. 101. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. Glasgow & S.-W. Consol Gt Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (It eland ) eighths .. . • Lancashire and 'fork.' shire, F. 201.. • • • • • Do. 6 per cent. Stock . Leeds and Thirsk, 6 par cent., No. 1. • • • • • Do. 6 per cent., Ns. 2 , Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . Do. quarters, 1848 .• London, Brighton, and, South Coast guar. 5 per' ct., late Croydyn thirds' De. pref., i p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 Do. new guar.. 6 per et. London &S.-W., new • • Londonderry and Ennis- killen, half shares ••1 Manch., Sheffield, and Line , quar. shrs.. No. 1 Do. new, 101. •• •• Do., 61. .. • • .. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stack Do. Comte!. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do. Bristol & Glances. Do. do. do. Do. Erewash Talley Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. Not folk Extension tic. guar. 5 per cent. Di. Waveney Valley North British .• Shrewsbury and Aim,' New Guaranteed Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) g per emit. South Devon •• • . South-Eastern, 4 % P. et. Waterford & Kilkenny, 81. West London, lit Cl. (101.) Do. td Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N . of E. Fur. York and North Midland It. *ad S. Porch. Bonlozne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara . Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. .. ,• Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula • . Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto •• •• • • •. Madrid and Talentia Maria Antonia • • ~ Ditto, New •. .. Namur and Liege .. .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen •• .• Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .• Sambre and Meuse •• Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasson • Weet Flanders •• .3 14 0 17% 100 1 1 0 100 li 6 2 25 12% 12% 11 13 4 47% 100 11 6 $ 100 42}4 34 4 2 0 ICO 100 100 47% 100 95 17% 17 22% ;3 5 3 912 t pail np Pall DP X 204 20 19}1, 2 1 %Mi%51 33% 35 46 lai 14% IL 13 par 36 p 6% —7% 17 —IT% 2% —2% 2% 34 % 3y — % P par P 10 11 % 1714 - 17%► .. - .. 13% - 13% li .- 1 p. 1% - 00/1". :•• --- •. P • • ••••• • • .. - . Oi -3 P • • ••• • • 114 -Ixl 67 -( 10 116 -1 39 2 - P. . . 0... • • 14 34 —b% 12 is% %p 131 —l3 .. .... • • .. 0.• •• •• 17 - 1 $ 4 %__4; 16% I "At 14% —1 53 i lb —l6 .. ••••• • • . . ...• • • 16 —l 7 ' 4% 136-76 dig* rOREXON. I 90 1 10% - 1011 IS -1113, •• dbl. 14 Pt 4 - 36 P• - P. 1 - 9 3 -34 • 6 7 2 —3 9%_ 9 153 -- 4113 % 4 di,. 37 .- 33 '" 1634 --Sni 11 1 2 34 5 8% di'. '~~ ~ iz Nominal Prices. 'Business done to-day. pm % 17% 17 34 U pm par ion 11 6 13 i 6 13 i 10 614 100 124 2% 100 46 3 3 10 6 100 20 5 2 a 139;4 111% 11li x.d ►036 Xs I 7 NU % 17% 4 % 11% 3 2 3( 91 9 lb% % 4% % % 27% 6 4 % 12% 12% 1I 4% 6 % 4 %54% Efo4% 90 11% MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business don, to-day. --- Anglo-Mexican(ls. 51. p.) 100 .. Asturian . Australian • • ...• ••• • • . 4 3% 2% Barossa Range .. • • .... 113 Blaenarrou Iron and Coal 50 .• Bolanos Scrip ........ • • • • British Iron .. .•.. • ..... 13 5 .. —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% —• • De. Cocaes and Culaba 30 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey • • 15 14% 13% 14% Cobre Copper • • Coplapo .•••• • • ..... 14 5% 7 General.. • Real Del Monte, Unreg. 14 % Do. Black Debentures. •• Do. Red Debentures • • —• • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 7% —6% Tin Croft .. • . • . • • •••••• 7 10% 11 United Mexican— • .....128 28% 6% 514 5 jOINT STOCK BANKS . Australasia British North America.. 50 42% 42 Colonial .....• ........ 25 97 —l2 Commercial of London.. 20 25 25% London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27% 27% National Provincial Eng. 85 National of Ireland 22% 17% 111 Provincial of Ireland.. • • 25 42 43% Do. New ..•- •• •..... 10 15% 15 Union of Australia .. • . 25 33% 33% Do. New ............ 3 —3% Union of London • • 10 12% 133( Union of Madrid • 40 3KISCEMLANZOITS. Canada 82% 42% —4B Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27% Peniu. lk Oriental Steam. 50 68% 72% Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. 60 73 —69 Peninsular and Oriental Stearn, 5 paid, has been done at 12 11% 1 '5101713.. 42% 48 26% 27% G 8 —72% ,73 —69 paid, has been done at 12 11% 12. is errors of the Official Lists, and correspondents.] We cannot be answer: will net be Influenced by able for tt intereetei MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken on speculation. The market closed firm at an advance of %d. per lb. on American under 74d. per lb. Other kinds are without alteration in price.—ln Railway Shares a good busi ness was done at lower prices. The market closed very weakly. We noticed a few days since the general petition to Par liament of the merchants of the City, and may now follow up our allusion by a reference to a like memorial from the St. Katharine Dock Company. It is impossible to enter at length into the detail of annoyances occasioned to, and diffi culties endured by, the company, through the mistaken zeal of the Customs' solicitor. The summing up of the case is in the following terms : " That the violent and offensive attack therefore which was, as stated at the outset of 'this petition, made upon the dock establishment by a large - bedy of Custom-house officers on that day was as unprovoked as it was unexpected; and your petitioners will venture to add was as unjustifiable as it was unprovoked and unexpected. There is, indeed, neither parallel nor excuse for it. In the cases of the proceedings by the Excise, a branch of the revenue inevitably requiring sudden visitations to discover illicit processes in the moment of their actual operation, it might be necessary for large bodies of officers suddenly to surround and enter the pre• miser, the proprietors and managers being in all such cases principals in the offence. While in the case of the docks it was quite impossible, as any body conversant with the prac tise and regulations of those establishments ought to have known, that any fraudulent processes could be carried on on such a scale as to require a legion of revenue officers to come upon them by surprise as the only chance of detecting them, there being, moreover, no motive for fraudulent practices du great extent, unless the directors and proprietors were as sumed to have a beneficial interest in the result—an assump tion which was made by the Crown prosecution against the London Docks, but recoiled on the prosecutors. If, however, in the instance of the loge force of Custom-house officers suddenly entering the St. Katharine Dock premises, great quantities of goods legally liable to seizure, as involving frauds on the revenue to a considerable extent, had been dis covered, there might have been a prima facie excuse for so extraordinary an exhibition ; but the actual result was the discovery and seizure of a most insignificant quantity of sugar scrapings and of sweepings of other goods. "It was apparently from disappointment at a result so ridiculously small, compared with the vast means employed, that led to the further examinations, in the course of which the officers of the Customs seemed determined to make up for the insignificance of the first seizure, by seizing the very great quantities in respect of which the numerous informa tions before referred to are pending ; for which seizures, how ever, your petitioners firmly believe there are no justifiable grounds; but your petitioners humbly submit that if there were sufficient ostensible grounds for those seizures, and for the imputations upon the company's officers and servants, nothing can justify the mode of proceeding in respect of them, which has been adopted by the Board of Customs. Every expedient, of the most procrastinated and expensive litigation, with the aid of the great powers possessed by the Customs' authorities, has been resorted to, and your petition ers cannot hesitate to characterize these proceedings against them as involving the charge of a fiagrant abuse on the part of the Board of Customs of the great powers and privileges with which it is invested. "Your petitioners therefore pray Pat your Hon. House will be pleased to appoint a Committee to inquire into the constitution and manage ment of the Board of Customs, with a view to remedy the abuse of its powers, of which your petitioners have such great cause of complaint." At a meeting of the Grocers and Tea Dealers' Benevolent Protection Society the annual report was submitted. This states that the contributions of the past year exceeded those of any previous year, the annual subscriptions being 8901. 78.; donations, 5531. 2s. ; and dividends on stock, 4191. ss.—Total, 1,862/. 14s. The sum distributed in pensions was 8541. to 41 pensioners. many of whom were formerly subscribers to the society. The total amount . distributed in pensions was 6.43/. 9s. The committee had added 6001. to the capital stock( of the society, which now amounted to 13,2001. Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. The report further stated that Sir John Davis, Esq., had consented to preside at the annual dinner on the sth of May. Certain new rules were agreed to, having for their object the immediate relief of widows sued orphans of deceased pensioners and the carrying forward the votes of unsuccessful candidates. The report was unani mously adopted. In the Amsterdam market, on the 17th inst., Dutch Stock had generally a more favourable tendency, and business was animated. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 57. Spanish Five per Cents. were in much request. The English Funds have been steady, but with very little doing. Consols have been quoted 96% % for Transfer and, for the Account 96% %. Bank Stock is shut. Exchequer bills have realised 535. to 565. premium. There has been an increased demand for Spanish Bonds, owing to the decided advance at Madrid. The Passive have been run up to 5%, and the Five per Cents. have touched 21 to 4. The energy of M. Gonzales Bravo, who has dis missed from the Council the gentleman who lately refused to vote in the Committee appointed to settle the debt, has given ground for hope that the creditors will now certainly have their claims attended to. Venezuela Bonds have been 32% to 33, and Mexican have fallen to 33 to U. Grenada De ferred have been at 4 1 A, and Equador at 3A. Brazilian Old Stock has realized 93, and Chilian Six per Cents. have been at 105% to 106. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been firm at Si. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 97% to Y s , and Dutch Info- and-a-Half per Cents. 58%. The Railway Market still droops, and prices are all lower. The decline in Great Western is about 21. cheaper. North Western has dropped I'., Midland 1/. to 1/. 58., Norfolk 2 Eastern Counties are much the same, or say IA worse. Aber deen are 21. to 21. 103 lower. Caledonian are down 11. to 1/. , Great Northern bs. to 7s. 6d., South-Western I t., North Stafford 2a. 6d. to 55., and East Lancashire ss. Am bergate are fie', and South Wafts tolerably steady. French shares are all in favour of buyers, but there is still a disposi tion to de business in them, and many parties are taking them for investment. Consols ••• •• Ditto Account fops, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. March 18. TITHE RENT-CHARGES IN IRELAND Mr. SADLIER (in continuation from our Fourth Edition of last night) proceeded to say—He trusted that the time was not very far distant when the tithe rent•charge in Ireland would be made redeemable by legislative enactment, being convinced that it would be productive of the beat effects. It would relieve many scruples in the Encumbered Estatvs Courts, especially among Quakers, English as well:as Irish. It was argued that if his (Mr. Sadleir's) proposition was adopted some ministers of the Established Church in Ireland would be left without any income. But the answer to that objection was, that the revenues of that Church were not equally divided among the working c'ergy. Before the poor-law, however, the working clergy, on 150/. a year, had, in many cases, to keep up large mansions, the income of the parish going to swell the funds of some choral society in Dublin. At all events, if the in come of the working clergy was insufficient, a competence ought to be secured to them. The ecclesiastical anomalies that prevailed in Ireland were a disgrace to the legislation of the United Kingdom; but of all countries under the sun, Ireland was, perhaps, the only one where an acknowledged • evd, or wrong, as regarded tithe rent-charge, should be suffered—recovering as it was from a succession of famines, and the landlords being, for the most part, Protestants. He therefore conceived that he was justified in calling on the House to adopt the resolution he should propose. The Hon. Gentleman then moved the resolution. Sir G. GREY said the question was one of great com plexity, involving the construction of many Acts of Parlia ment, and therefore the House could not fairly pledge itself to any course without first having before it the substance of any Bill that might be brought forward with a view to amend the existing law. The Hon. Gentleman had im ported in my extraneous topics into his argument, which had no reference to the term of his resolutions, and this was an additional reason why the House should refuse to pledge itself to any particular course without previously having the details of any proposed Bill before it. He was not prepared to say that after an examination of the various Acts bearing on the subject, if it should appear there were no insuperable objections to the assimilation of the tithe-rent charge sys tem in England and Ireland, there would be any disposition to pass over the subject on the part of Government. If the Hon. Gentleman would move for leave to bring in a Bill on the subject, he would say that the subject should have full and fair attention. But again he repeated it would be in convenieat to pledge the House to any particular course; such as would be the case if it assented to the motion just submitted. Mr. HAMILTON considered, if the proposition were carried, it world not materially affect the present occupiers of land in Ireland. The landowners would be very un . . , Ming to gain any right that would give them an undue advantage. The Honourable Member entered into details to show that the tithe composition settlement which took place in England and Ireland was not similar; for, in the first instance, the tithe-owner got the full amount of his tithe, deducting the expenses of collection; whereas the Irish tithe-owner had to submit to a reduction of 25 per cent., which went into the pockets of the landowner. It would be unjust, he considered, to interfere with the set tlement which had been arrived at, by any new legislation, without taking the different circumstances connected with the composition in Ireland and England into con sideration. He did not deny that improvement could be effected in the existing system, but he thought that a sep tennial ought to be substituted for an annual adjustment of tithe-rent. He hoped his Hon. Friend would withdraw his renlation. Mr. FRENCH would do nothing to promote the objects of his Honourable Friend, and he should be sorry to sup port any measure or motion that would have the effect of perpetuating the mischiefs of the Encumbered Estates Act. He hoped his Hon. Friend would turn the question over in his mind, with the view of founding a Bill on his experience, because he believed there was no indisposition on the part of Government or the House to legislate on the question. Mr. S. CRAWFORD considered the existing difficulties in taking the averages in order to determine the amount of charge were so great, as practically to render the previous legislation on the subject abortive. He recommended his Hon. Friend to accept the proposition made by his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. H. GRATTAN advocated a septennial in preference to an annual average, as more equitable to all parties. His Hon. Friend had objected to the operation of the Encumbered Estates Bill. He believed that the general opinion was, that the Encumbered Estates Bill had operated as a robbery.— (Oh!) He had read in the papers only the other day, that an estate having a rental of 3801. a year could only gain a bidding of 1,5.00/. Mr. SADLEIR would not occupy any further time this ses sion in discussing the question. He had given notice at an early period of the session to move for leave to bring in a Bill on the subject, but he had been remonstrated with by many Hon. Members for attempting to deal with a subject so large that Government only ought to undertake it, and this had induced him to give up his intention and to submit his motion and his reasons in their present form. But since he had received an intimation from Government that a Bill if introduced by him would not meet with Government opposition, and as he hoped that Government was disposed to recognise the principle for which he contended, although the task of introducing a measure of so much importance was usually distasteful and objectionable to a private Member, he would, on the encouragement held out, give his attention to the vestion, with the view of introducing a measure on the subject at an early period. With that understanding he would withdraw his motion. Sir H. W. BARRON hoped Government would take up the matter, as it was not, or ought not to be, a party question, and Government were, therefore, bound to effect practical good whenever they had an opportunity. The question was not one of such immense difficulty as that it could not be grappled with, even by the present Go vernment. QUARTER .. TO 961 TH IREE. ... 96f ONE PRICES OF BRITI3II FUNDS O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Console 9 6% lidia Bonds, 1,000/............• Ditto under I,oool ..... ..... Consols for Account 9 6 1 / 2% Exchequer Bills. 14d. & 2d 1,0001. June 5001. June 53 36 p Small. June 53 56 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 'razilian Bonds 3 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . 105% 106 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. .. Do., 5 per cent ...... ...... Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons D4to, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B5 CLOSI}TO PRICES. 9614 57 p 96% 56 p 56 p b 6 p PRICES. 93 116 100% ex d. Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds Ditto, 41,E per Cent, Ditto, Small 8 , a n 1 a h 5 per Cant. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive S N IXO4 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lot don. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certitleates — VA 32 3 % 85 38 1 4 974 977 21 5% 33 5854 51% COURSE OF Amitordarn .......... n 15% Ditto, three months.. 11 17% Rotterdam .... • • .... 11 17% Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 25 Brussels...... « ....., 25 25 ILunburgh .... • • M.B. 13 7% Parts, 3 days'slght ...• 25 234 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 20 Marseilles .• •• •• •• .„ .. 25 27% 80urdeaux......... . Irraukforton Maine.... 119% Berlin• •• •• •••• Vienna, effeo. 50•..... Trieste, ditt0.... ...... Peter sburga, Sit. Rble.. Madzid •• •• .• •• •• •• •• 60 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 50 K Barcelona •e •• .• •• •• •• 1141Viiie•• •• •• •• •• •... .. 'EXCHANGE Gibraltar•• •• •• - Leghorn •• ——••.• •. • • 30 60 Genoa ..•• •• •• —••— •• 26 67% Milan .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice— •• • • •• •• •• •• •• Naples •••••••••• •• •• Palermo, per0z........ mina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• iabon.. •• •• •• •• Opor• .• •• •• • •• •• •• Me aneiro .• •• •• •• •• Buenos Ayres .. ••.• .. New York, 60 days'aight Philadelphia .......... 41% 125 121 53% 5356 MOEN OF miaow, Paz 01. Foreign G•ld in bars.. S 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Now Dollars ...... 0 4 11% Silveri' bars ........ 0 3 1% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LoNnoa, MARCH 19.—Wind at noon S. to S.W., light breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain. EAL, MARCH 18.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W..—Arrd. Fac tory, Batavia for Rotterdam; Vindictive, Bahia for Ham burgh ; Don, Africa. Put back, Ganges, China; George Dean, Cape Coast Castle. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Wind S. S. E. to W.N. W. —Arrd. Margaret Pollock, Callao; Riverdale, New Orleans; Emma Field, ditto Sld. Queen, San Francisco ' • G arro w, Africa ; Niagara, Montreal. Off port, Electric, Calcutta; Petrel, Africa. NEWPORT. MARCH 18.—Wind W.— Sld. Perseverance, Sierra Leone. QUEENSTOWN,MARCH 17. Wind W.S. W.—Arrd. Hamlet,Mauritius ; Dauntless, Mauritius. ABERDEEN, MARCH IY. Wind variable.--Sld. St. An drew, Davies' Straits. ILFRACOMBE, Mama 17.—Wind W.S.W., yery strong.— The: Dispatch, Newport to Bude , drovo against the rocks, and is sunk in five fathoms off the Capstan Hill; crew saved and part of materials; hull breakinz ... 7 a . m. _ M UMBLES , MARCH 18.—The Wit i and Jamees and Emerald, of this port, got in contact, and ot eived damage to bulwarks and upper works. OFF THE WICIMT, MARCH 18.—True Briton, Citinutta. MARCH 19, 1851. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. C. ANSTEY was not going to bring old topics before the House, but a new topic, which had arisen within the last six months. A petition had been presented by an Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) in relatiOn to an infant, the lawful heir of the Raja of Sattara ; which petition, though printed and sent to Mr. Greville, had not been duly brought before the Privy Council by Mr. Greville, the Clerk et the Council. The petition was to obtain the settlement of claims not of a political character, but to obtain restitution of private pro- perty bel nging to, • the late Raja of Sattara, taken posses sion of by the British Government, on the mistaken assump tion that the Raja died without heirs. The infant, the sub ject of the petition, who had been adopted and recogn'sed as the heir of the Raja, sent a petition to the Privy Council, which petition was not presented by Mr. Greville, who in a note informed the petitioner " that the matter of the peti tion being of a political nature, did not come within the Jurisdiction of her Majesty's Privy Council." This proceed ing of Mr. Greying was in the nature of a denial of justice, and the conduct of Mr. Greville called for the consideration of the House; and with the view of bringing the matter un der the notice of Parliament he should move a resolution to the effect "that the matters of complaint set forth in the pe tition of the infant Raja deserved the serious consideration of that House." He contended that the petition contained nothing at all relating to political questions, but referred solely to matters of private and pecuniary interest. But, assuming that the petition did relate to political matters, it would be found, on reference to the Act of Parliament, that it was competent to her Majesty's Privy Council to enter tain petitions which had relation to political matters. As he could not understand the course taken by the Clerk of the Privy Council, or believe that Lord Lansdowne was aware of the letter written by Mr. Greville, he would move to call attention to the alleged obstruction offered to the claims of the infant Raja of Sattara in the denial of a hear ing before the Court of Privy Council, complained of in the petition to this House of the next friend of the said infant, presented on the 14th inst.; and to move a resolution on the subject. i, The motion not having been seconded fell to the ground. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. The order of the day for the adjourned debate having been read, Mr. BLEWITT wished to make one or two observations en this most impolitic measure. He regretted that on this question the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government had avowed feelings and opinions utterly inconsistent with the liberal tenor of his previous career. It was with great sorrow that he had witnessed the Noble Lord coming forward on this question, and, in the sober garb of woe, proceed to rake up all the crimes imputed to Papacy in the early times of our history. He for one would not be a party to brand as mummeries any religious ceremonies practised by his fellow -countrymen. The bombastic tone of Dr. Wise man's manifesto had not in the least disturbed him. Atter reading it he slept as soundly as before, unvisited by any apprehensions of either purgatorial penance or inquisitorial torture. He could not believe that any insult was intended to the Queen, or any injury to the Constitution, by the late act of the Pope. It ought not to be forgotten that the Romish Church was an episcopal church, incomplete unless f i o t a h n a d d in a a h w ie a ra ri rch w y b . ieb W h i e th b r a e d spe b c e t en to r o e u ad r in o g wn t h C e hautbrceh, other day l by the chaplain of the garrison of Sierra Leone, that episcopal jurisdiction did not exist in that colony ; that consequently the churches and churchyards were at present unconse crated. The author stated that aTdpi s tr o oit m aaa e fle e w p w is ac c bo o ti pl os:ifstt regulation ,eweaosloit. b w i r ts a . bso lf lu t t b e a ly t w ne e c r e e ss aa ar w y i l t o h r r t e h g e a not equally neces-ary fora portion of our community num bering nearly eleven million souls? The duty of th e ope in such a case was clear. The Hon. Member for the Univer sity of Oxford, in his work on Church and State, affirmed that a Mahomedan, conscientiously believing his religion to be from God, would naturally desire its extension, and would be justified in using all prope and blegitimate means for that end. Was the sincere candid )sahy aa hay parson d o tapde whetheraea denies e i e circumstances ethi himselfi such nu s cs a ht t same an e theright?c sperson did a in thnedtosttheele from God -let him be told that po sitionnH n ot twouldjustifyofth aehs Pope, mo a p many more I s e v t er h e im on r t e l i t id e informed of the many courte sies his religion had ea a b y e e e r n s icaoannlceiarettthe himoa and lc be bishopsl faatr in " Hansard" the many speeches in favor of Roman Catholics by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—let him con sider all these things, from then say whether circmstances did not sinp el1'1' 1 .113 1 a : ie d relieve n heomePaope appointed in this a intending eaun t county}-. insult H e and did injury w the no t mean to saythat Pope could appoint bishops entitled to sit in the House of Peers with temporal rights attached to their bishoprics. The bishops whom the Pope had ap pointed claimed none of these things, yet the Noble Lord maintained that their appointment was an insult to the Queen and an aggression on the independence of the nation. He w as as loyal as any other subject of her Majesty; but be did not in this instance feel himself called on to join in pass ing a law against imaginary affronts and problematical mis chieft.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for the city of Oxford had said a great deal about the introduction of the canon law, but he was of the opini ‘n expressed by Sir M. Hale, that the strength of the canon law in this kingdom could only exist either by consent of the Parliament. or in some particular cases by immemorial usage, and that it. would no wore be binding here than our law would in Italy. If the present Bill were passed it would certainly be evaded. An attempt was made in 1 748 to force the Scotch Highlanders to wear breeches, but they evaded the law by going clad as before, and carrying the breeches over their shoulders.—(A laugh.) Some equally subtle evasion would be found to de feat the object of this 13i11, and as it would only create irr tation and annoyance, he readily supported the motion that it be read a second time that day six months. Sir R. LOPES said that but for the very strong speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth against the Bill he should not perhaps have troubled the House with any ob3ervations on this occasion. But living in the immediate neighbourhood of the town represented by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and knowing the almost unanimous feeling of the inhabitants of that town, he felt called upon to say that the sentiments which had been expressed by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman were totally at variance with those of the bulk, if not with thou of the whole of the OM- I stituency, and the great mass of the population.—(He_a r.), Ile, felt called upon to come forward on the present occasion. the more especially as the Pope had included the principal towns of Devon in one of his newly-created bishoprics, with out having taken the slightest trouble to ascertain whether he had any locus standi in the matter. The establishme t n of any such ecclesiastical arrangements by a foreign. power was not for an instant to be compared with ecclesiastical „ arrangements made within our own borders by religious communities who adhered to no foreign power. If Ro man Catholics would disconnect themselves from Rome, and own no other foreign supremacy, there would be an end to the contest, and no legislation would be necessary. The arguments of the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth had been so promptly disposed of by the Hon . and Learned Member for the city of Oxfurd,`that he should not now repeat. them. As a represen ative of one of the most important counties of England, he must state on the part of the lulls', bitants—and more especially on behalf of the inhabitants of Plymouth—that so far from no wishing legislation on this question, they were utterly disapp inted at the inadequacy of the measure brought forward by the G ove rnnaent.—(beee r . hear.) The first declaration of the Noble Lord a t the head of the Government, and his statement ia introducing the Bill, had given much satisfaction. He be'ieved that the .. - ogle Lord was sincere, and that he would have proposed a • very different measure if he had been allowed to have his own way in the matter.—(Hear.) Other legislation was pre mised if the present Bill should be found ineffectual; but the best motto was principiis obsta. The language of the pope proved the unalterable and domineering principle of the lle• mist' Church, which required implicit obedience to its aivi premacy. The Noble Lord seemed to think that the c ountri would not be satisfied with the Bill as attirst proposed- 14°If ' then could the Noble Lord imagine that they would be seal" fled with it now, that the morn stringent enactments were omitted from it? He should vote for the second readar but with a hope that the more salutary parts of the trivially. would be restored in Committee. as t r. m himselfA WALTER Hon.said m h e e m bhadel w ho hsohnhialadr justexcuse down,fo rpre se. for name of the town which he represented had been muna tsil3t the of by the Pope to designate one of the Papal bishoprics. .ell rose for the purpose of protesting against what he deeni n eti,r. be an act of unwarranted aggression and usurpation on , part of the Pope. He called it an act of aggression D Au; it violated the provisions of the Act by which ItOrot t tolics were admitted to seats in that House, and ile i. rp ope usurpation because under no circumstances was tPr ast e e al justified in annexing territorial titles to any eccles _ office he might create in this country. In the dozeil debate the clause to which reference had been ° made, in the Act of 1829, had been misquoted at least a arson times. In that clause it was stipulated that if enY P ine or other than the persons authorised by law should ell a or use any title of archbishop, bishop, or dean, in E „ s n ti a e n to * Ireland, he should for every such offence be *if s c lose penalty of 100/. He had heard it contended that ti-7 1 . a carve referred only to existing dioceses; but having hedrneot fouad fully not only the Act, but he debate, he,, A ny Pal l the word " existing" or any equivalent woru `" s that of the discussion or of the Act. The maxim we' d as he course tie; penal clause ought to be interpreted strictly ; an be wee found no reference in the clause to particular sees, The entitled to infer that it had a general signillesti n e n i erre d to Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon had r Act' and the part he had taken in the Charitable Bequests . d i s . had asked what was the meaning of " officiating 111 . o ne trict," but having a diocese? or "superintendingber. gregation," but being a parish priest? In o°l ' h e dee stance, in which the Right Hon. Bar o net said tha t of the, murred to the right of archbishops or bishops, he Romish Church claiming titles from certain loeell' l r s de supplied the best answer to what he had previousrlYnoat t vanced. The speech of the Honourable and Learned 14 a . e ra tb po et t. -- for Plymouth had been referred to, and he admitted more able speech on that side of the question it W as i s had sible to imagine. The Hon. and Learned Gentian: ow asked whether the first bishops of the Church, ill° ti eing of the early Roman Emperors, invaded any right by o thel the titles which they enjoyed? But that wall might be met by another. What, it might be ea' cl a ds. the notion which the first Roman Emperors had of A ev il tian bishop? The only notion which the early ELnP rab e e could have of a bishop must have been as of a poor, 1 111 . 9a wbos e forlorn being—the leader of a perhaps despised seell acuted• only claim to distinction was a priority of being rp e 0 He contended that in those early ages the title of bishop4Z-t no poli ical significance whatever. Very' different it w ip h l e st be after the recognition of Christianity by the State',.. & De then would find itself called on to exercise considerab7 jou of trol over these bishops. Immediately after the rest/ Christianity by the State the influence of the laity le rese nted felt, and from that time to the present the laity, I ' o 4 voice by the civil power, had always exerci se d a coneu,r b re L, fie with that of the Church in the app o i n t men t of h' s " e "r te tithe believed that if the measure of th e P o p e was allowe- d°' effe' t the dominions of the Qu een wou ld be the see minions in the world in which the full developinee! of clesiastical functions was allowed without the l east pop e by the laity.— ( Hear, hear.) His quarrel Wi tU r ote' was not for his claim of spiritual authority, but for hi s es° rence with the territorial dominion of the Crown. :gr 3 . objected to the form which was used on that occasioundesarrios most intolerable expression of spiritual dominion fiance pos.ible. It was true forms were but the eh a adows . ef t realities, but although this country might be in receiving any injury at the hands of Rome, still it was bunt ,- power of toe to protest against any extension of the Pow o pt Church which did not want intentions, at least, to pro and its encroachments. He did not agree with an Hon' be g Learned Member who had already addressed the House, t, the Church of Rome or its members should be allowe u ""' decide for themselves that very difficult and delicate qua!: tion of what constituted the difference between civil and r!if. gious affairs.—(Hear.) If they were allowed to decide Weal no dangereci were the limits of spiritual jurisdiction, and the nature territorial titles, the Romish Church should be permitted t,_:s2 decide also on matters of a mixed spiritual and tempora l character. He considered that the State owed to the prof." sors of all religions protection from the abuse of the authority of their superiors —(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Shef field said it was only the submission of one man's mind to atir thets and asked what business was that of any one else.; Now he (Mr. Walter) thought that was neither a humane °` a just view of the question. He thought we had no right Le refuse people the consolation of spiritual advice for the es' erciso of their temporal duties.—(Hear, hear.) In to ( t countries abroad the State exercised a spiritual c entre' over the Roman Catholic Church. In Austria, for example' no sentence of excommunication could b e carr i e d i nto e bec against any person unless the Stat e was satisfied that the offence committed was merely of a spiritual c b racter. The Honourable Member h ere re f erre d t o , an a couple of long extracts from a work by Dr. Twists 01 2. the nature of the appointment of bishops, w hi c h the Wri t ' . contended was a temporal act and not a s pi r i tua l o ne. could not forget the step which the Nobl e L or d a t the lie of the Government had taken in respect of the present le' gression, nor the agitation which that step had given rise t ° ,_" That agitation would open the eyes o f th e R oman Catholi c ' in a way in which they had not been hitherto °Pe ncil '' '. (Hear)—to an important fact, n am e,ly , the deep-rooted Prr testautism of this country. - (Hear.) It might be practicahl tree that the Pope might believe, and did believe, that the country was on the eve of a great Catholic movemen t- sit (Hear.) Even amon gs t R oman Catholics possessieg eat information and knowl e d ge o f t h e world, there b a d prevs: o a great mistake with respect to the religious feeling , D e f ma n country. He had h a d t h e o b servation made by Catholics to himself that the acts of a few bewildered claret men and weak-mind e d l aymen had been mistaken fora i . u rt f liberate intention, on th e part of the Protestan t Lie u : Z i to England, to aband on th at strong position it h a l Urfa maintained with regard t o th e Ch urc h o f Rome'--` their hear.) The agitation upon that question would opets h eyes to the great mi s t a k e t h ey h a d ma d e , end tc c re pt*, Pope to be more cau ti ous i n future i n trust i n g the nce of sentatiens of those who b roug ht hi m intelligi e es the condition of this country. It would sle ° ;na Out the Roman Catholics to be more careful in oar r Y„„ — t 'y.-- 1 their system of proselytising throughout the 07. e. flee system which he thought was a calamity to be ov ° L - sn - e le cause of its evil consequences and results. If the &see; eS , this country were once possessed of the idea that e• s ot isted any danger that an unmar r i e d R oma n Catholic J at olla! would be set up side by sid e w ith th e i r own P s the t clerg) men —if they thought there was an y danger h e ptad death-beds of their fellow -country men wou ld be iet a l es eio* by such a person - if there was any danger of ne in g tying generally introduced, or of their daughters A',;:see ei r a duced into convents—if the people of England p O r a ct - ee - t :tb io er o not under the impression that the law would in such cases, they would be inclined to take the l e t here_. their own hands.—(Hear, h ear .) Th e Hon. Mertt—reSP.C4 briefly referred to the o p erat i on of the measure With a r id aot to Ireland, but in so indi s ti nct a tone t h a t we cciest clearly catch his words. He then went on to say eon' the Protestant co ns tit ut i on i n Ch urc h and lattteelPt tinued in this empi re , so l ong should he resist ev ery a, a fter at encroachment upon it. Al t h ough the Noble Lere.,‘"„seure his memorable letter, m i g h t have produce d a Or: more worthy of the expectations raised bY PO Walter) would support the present Bill in the ali o tter the objects it had in view might be further and coal' carried out on a future occasion when it went ill.- rnittee.—(Hear.) _ ra the Mr. ANSTEY said a reason alleged for sePP°''„ -- pertt present Bill was that it would induce every mall e t / P e ' a i gut'' however small, in Ireland, to leave that country. Or b a sentiment should have been received by tilos° w- thet,': ported the Hon. Member was not '` should not have been repudiated by others was s tran ge ' eoples could not but have an exasperating effect on the Irisb cinch and for his part he protested against such sentiments' o f the he did not think were shared in by the Minist ers . the* Crown. If he thought so he would not only oPPT re the , upon the present, but upon every other Papal m ost arle°r might introduce. It was one of the greatest and MT ee i thet ts ! ing misfortunes of discussions upon the present -,e r t a tine- - it imposed upon its opponents the temptation to re d their by retorting with effect the accusations brought I. t il her selves on its supporters. If one party had their ; ow , sow' to e, the others had their vicars of Wrexhill. gentle respect to the pr sent agitation, he found that ec e , r Y r se ctioe man came forward, in the name of his own partials' all et of the Church, to protect himself and party lead on t" - picion in the matter, by being the first to lea I , g ain* people of this country in the chase of the colon]: might, the Church of Rome, in the hope that the ha rl " - thollg t ' follow carrion and not see the real game. And he deceived the Hon. Members for Oxford and C am bridge peo ples themselves if they suppo se d t h a t i n di rec ting . from the minds to that matter they misled the public gu n " W e jonget abuses said to exist in the Church to which they, WO` The Hon. Member for Oxford city h a d shown 03 a was speech of his - not his l a t e one— b what views be b. The animated with respect to th e Romany Catholic Chur c e n the Hon. Member would pl ace i n t h e h an d s of the Q u i e n t his power exercised by the Pope of appointing bisho e P. s . pellet country and in the col on i es , an d wou ld place te l l te nded without the interferen ce o f P ar li ament. He also nn oit holio that if the Pope attempted to regulate the Roman o f the religion, not only in England alone, but in any I ,:tsee. Queen's dominions, he violated the Queen's prerog.-be Queen" (Mr. Anstey) denied that. Everybody knew that The ef Eng' ecclesiastic 1 law was strictly local. The Ge Roma land was the Church of this realm only. rsr feign Of Catholic Church, every dissenting church, every „ ees e to Christianity, every form of religious belief Il oo o u t n ° l .le, ' e_ ta ian tll: the laws of God and nature, enjoyed as in her Majesty's foreign dominions as the Church of ' n ,g t ee itself; and the Papal bull and the letters patent . 01 Is , upon the consciences of men as they felt impelled to . _ Crown rested there upon the same foundation, bindin °nu ence or otherwise. The Hon. Member for Oxford said tee i ; aggression of the Pope ; but it was not because they w__;. were Roman Catholics who protested against the Pril_ st f, ready to accept the tyranny which the Hon. Member s, P sos posed. The Bill before them consisted of two clause O n e Bill which was to legislate only en the barren qu o esti °Fl f SCOt‘ in prasenti, the other future. He could not agree t__ titles. Did not the episcopal titles of the Church Why should afford as much reason as the Church of Ireland ? ie r s should there be an exception at all ? If there wastoer,. • in Irel aii `' nister ougt to begin. The cases of two bishoprics the° an exemption, he thought it was with Ireland the Mt" had been alluded to, those of Ross and Galway, but in iv , case; the Pope had only interfered so far as to sanction !2::1; t choaudrsbeeteankeanlreinadtyhe dporenseenitnmlartetlearnidn. England, With res h p e ee o t oniesom . he did not approve of it.—(Hear.) He thought it t h e wrong for the Pope to have taken the initiative before Paid. i r t 4 I , ` ilitil