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

;lale le, were ;t th e° aw into „ r hero respic t ,uld Do' , that so ate cow attemp t d, aft er measur e e (Air. pe that bette r o Corn- . - THE SUN, L .OND Illeelerer.lllllell less the laity, had been consulted on the this Papal aggression now, they would have to wit hstand considered it vras, in some sort, an aggression it hereafter, whirl it would have greater power. I t i r h 'l ,,,, "the i rights vested in her Majesty's subjects. They had beard appeals made 'von the More of conscience , e. evile for the division ot the dioceses of Cloyne and t with refere n c e t o this Matter. He would ask them whether Rots -r d o 11 Ireland h a d it s or i g i n in Ireland, and the Pope had 1 the introduction of the word conscie n ce wa s to be a s p ell for l ne e e , u e u t t ) hieg more than confirm the arrangement which had 1 which they were to be bound. ' that mi g ht be pleaded in a s he lotted to him on the subject. In that case there very e xtraordinar y sense. It was p ut forwent in the case of h let been lotted o aggression ; and consequently there had not Archbishop Franzoni, in Sardinia, who claimed exemption ha an 7 thmg to jastify the monstrous attempt to include for ecelesiastice from the jurisdiction of the civil courts, and lin h ia . l ° the provisions of that mesaure. He thought that that they should be all subject to the ecclesiastical courts lan atic r B tY's Government had come to a very proper deter- alone. The Government of that country repudiated this as %well when they had resolved on not extending the sumption, and maintained it. Yet the resistance presented be t cr! ts in the Bill beyond the requirements of the case; in that case to the Government was called a matter ot con ny ~reY lead carried tenet detertnin -tion fully into effect, science. In this case, the assumption of territorial titles was th e a °ll _ lel have confined the operation of the measure to called a matter of conscience. He would ask what had afee o 'of a foreign power conferring titles in this country, territorial possessions to do with the domain of the kb , w uld not have extended it to the conduct of British spirit ? The Honourable and Learned Member for Ply the't.iri assuming certain titles. He had further to say, mouth said that for the exercise of the liberty of conscience, neat any case the Bill ought not to be extended be- they required that they should use these titles, and ob lik 'le country in which the alleged aggression had served that they were legislating against the natural bathe laoe- The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member use of language. They had on other occasions, b o w - the city of Oxford (Mr. P. Wood) had talked a good ever, legislated against the natural use of language. the Kett,the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church ; but They did so after the expulsion of James H., when they pro teinie and Learned Gentleman had in his (Mr. Anstey's) hibited the assumption of the title of James 111. in his son. Te e '' evinced but a very-imperfect knowledge of that law. (Hear, hear.) The legislated against the natural use of fast was, that the canon law varied in different coup- language when they found it necessary to repress a moral no:eat:Li-for his part he trusted that some measure would wrong com mitted a g ainst an y individual or any p ortion of th e "" taken, if not directly, at least indirectly, to prevent the body politic. They called this Bill a persecution, and ebilrension 'to this country of that jus eanonicum from also argued that it would be inoperative. He would ask itis e ie t ,i,le extracts of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had how could that be called a persecution which confined itself he a e elli ' instead of the ancient canon law of England. to forbid a foreign potentate from conferring territorial titles th e ase 7oved there would be great difficulty in reconciling within these kingdoms. This was a new plea. It was not VateT u rso e , n law of England with that new canon law which argued that territorial titles were necessary in 1829, when try " 4 ', Willman seemed anxious to extend to this coon- the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act was passed, which tee' es teface was, that the new canon law was not the was received by the Roman Catholic clergy, although it forbid S, lv of England, in which there was a distinction be- the use of territorial titles which they used before. It struck ?l-Plaituals and temporals, bat the canon law of the him forcibly that if there was any persecution in the case, it aili th tates, in which no such distinction was known. The was on the p art of the Po p e a g ainst the Roman Catholic laity, en under their consideration dealt not with a real who were forced to ado p t ultra-montane opinions. It was said elek o, Uto, but was framed in compliance with a popular pre . it would be ino p erative. The Bill, no doubt, disappointed 4, 0 i n It was,- in fact, insufficient in one sense, and execs- many. It was weakened in the withdrawal of two clauses, tate oe i toother. 1 t would give no protection to the Roman but the residue was in one respe ct exceedin g l y valuable as llee ee ee° laity in England, while it was most improperly and a Parliamentary protest against this aggression- (Hear) -by h ee 7.!iarily to be extended to Ireland. On these grounds which it would be proclaimed that it was denounced by the ot th '':old certainly give his vote against the second reading Queen, by her nobles, and by her people. He thought the thelllossure • • . . case required some authoritative declaration of this sort. re e eeASHLEY e notwithstanding all that had been saidon The Court of R me insidious and worldly, wise, used all its Neil l ject, would, revert to the first question-" should the appliances to familiarise the people of this country to a pro tile r e kite or should it not, legislate upon this subject?" minent church. They constantly saw advertisements in the W u :Asserted that they should. The rights and liberties papers of services to be performed in Roman Catholic e ke IS .: _e class of her Majesty's subjects had been invaded, churches.-(An ironical " Hear, hear.") He did not wish 'k er . e who opposed the aggression were denounced as il- to prevent that; he muted the fact to them, the design on he s : • They, did not. however, anticipate-they did not foot, to familiarise the people with the Church of Rome, and eisejethat a British Peer-would denounce the proposed le- in order also to put the people on their guard against these Iltie' l l against the Papal aggression, as "persecution," efforts. The same priests, walking through the streets in le te trdid they foresee that British senators would denounce their peculiar costume, and soon they would have before PlCllouse those who considered the aggression corn- their view the pomp of a gorgeous hierarchy.-(Hear, hear.) ifiec e " of as a lawful ground for the defence of the Queen His object was, not to prevent that, but he thought they Ilhe e r Government in this country. Should they, then, were bound in duty to make a declaration that these were Nea e leeeed the step taken as an aggression and an insult, the works, and for the behoof of a power they repudiated Yr. I d they not come to the assistance of the Sovereign ? and utterly abhorred.-(Hear, hear.) They should look to ift e ; e uld be show that this movement of the Pope was an the real peril of the case. They were mistaken if they be ,,tetts4e inroad on tbe prerogative of the sovereign of this lieved that Rome was changed, or harmless, or incapable. 1 144 1 Ihe thought it would not be disputed that the Par- Milton had foreahown what was her policy when he said,- t 1 1: 14 , Was called upon to legislate on the subject. One " Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names, foesiauowever, had said that everything done to oppose the Places, and titles, and with these to join Isk 1 4 the step he had taken amounted to persecution, Secular power, though feigning still to act tte e t i lue interference with the free exercise of h i s s p iritual By spiritual . . . ha k e "- Now if that doctrine was admitted , it would im e And from that pretence k ot Don the Protestant subjects of this realm absolute sub - S p iritual laws, by carnal power, shall force tee e ?tl to the decrees of the Pope. The Legislature of this On ever y conscience." 4 4 - t st ry had made concessions to the Roman Catholics by the Rome was not changed.- (Hear, bear.) Those who spoke nil of 1829, an d it was not, he must say , thouht, when of her w i t h contem p t were the most likely to become her SeLetestants of this country had consented tomake those victims. " The history of the world," says Ranke, " does 'sole7,°oe'- concess i ons which had made their Roman Ca- not present a time in which the clergy were more powerful tte e i tt tellow-subjects equal with themselves-that they than at the end of the 16th century. They sat in King's ttia t. " placed by any act of the Pope in a subordinate po- councils, and discussed politica: matters before all the people uee e j - ( l lear hear.) There was another party in this from the pulpit; they governed schools, learning, afforded, whole domain of letters; the confessional I ;iir t i ,who wis ' hed:for legislation on this subject, and in his ael Ashley ' s) opinion they were now deliberatinganot on them opportunity of prying into the se- he e ct which would have a mere transient effect, ` but" cret conflicts of the soul, and of deciding in all ltee er d n a subject which, if not checked by legislation, the difficulty and doubtful circumstances of private life." ekte,,e' e uwe a dominant influence on the institutions of this In France the power she had lost was restored in 1815. ' tt a La' Ile must say that, of all the measures which had In 1830 she suffered something, but afterwards regained !ear introduced into this country, this of the Pope had her power, and in Austria ruled with . undiminished power. IN b ore than any other to disturb the privileges en- The effect in France was perceptible, for the charter ` 4 14 ,7 the Roman Catholics, than whom, he must say, was there revoked as regarded Protestants, and in fact they were placed in as hard a condition as they were asejeld not exist a more loyal or more deserving class of Si - f . s • -- (Hear and cheers.) The Protestants of England under Louis the Fourteenth by the revocation of the edict of eal/led that ' this step o which the Pope of Rome-a Nantes. The condition of the Pr aestants was worse now in lasso priest and potentate-bad been guilty was a viola- France than iat was under Napoleon or any of in the an prece Sl,'" only of the law of nations, but of the law of this monarchs of France ;in , worse than y for ding mer ‘ 4 ti - 1 1 Iear, and cheers)-and a deliberate innovation on period, excepting the Dragonades. It could not be required „ktl i P a t . e roaative of, and offence offered to, the Queen of this of them to support such a power as that, or to give facilities met ea, (Renewed cries of " Hear.") He maintained that to promote its ends. It was an ecclesiastical power spread `stt il'll had violated the law of nations, and he would prove over the whole world, under a perfect system of discipline, tat o , nea, reference to the Papal brief to restore the Roman with one heart. The Wesleyan Methodists, Church of Scot let he. 'ie heirarchy. The Noble Lord here quoted the follow- land, and the Free Church of Scotland, the Free Episcopa taClaage from ill° Papal brief ;-" We, of our own proper lien Church of England, need not be denied synodical action o ril a, e a on certain knowledge, and of the plenitude of our because they . were not subject to a foreign . power. Thee' of En 'power, constitute and decree that in the king- were British in all respects, but because this was projected t a " England, according to the common rule of the by the Pope of Rome, that was the reason why they abhorred IV, there be restored the hierarchy of ordinary bishops, it, and would never submit to the synodical action * all b ,h, e named from sees, which w constitute in these of bishops under the influence of a foreign power, who le a 'ners. To begin with the don o rLo istrict, there will would exercise their spiritual influence for political It was on these grounds that they offered to c h it two sees, that of Westminster, which we elevate purposes . Sedegree of metropolitan or archiepiscopal dignity. it an uncompromising and indignant resistance. Though ` 4 tr' then, in the most flourishing kingdom of England he respected the religions opiniens of the Noble Earl of Arundel and Surrey), yet he should say that t ,fe will be established one ecclesiastical province, con- (Earl tt e : r ig e of one archbishop and twelve bishops, his suffragans. too much power was assumed by the Pope of Rome, and lla 1 , tore, we new reserve •t o ou r s elves and our successors, thee such an extraordinary exercise of power should be keea c , n itiffs of Renee, the power of again dividing the said checked. He did not want that any coercive law should be w ee into others, and of increasing the number of dio- introduced, but he required that the Protestant Church e 'ere ; din general that, as it shall seem fitting in the should be preserved against the insidious attacks of the mete w e may f ree l y d e cree our limits to them." Was Court of Rome.-( Hear, bear.) When he looked to other I tenl lt lYthing, he would ask, more imperious than the countries which would not allow any innovation on the M ail ge a te of the Pope of Rome as expressed in that brief rights of their fellow-citizens, he felt at a loss to know why tre ee lage in which he claimed to exercise a sovereignty any trueborn Englishman should submit to the insult and ,te goes realm ?-(Hear and cheers.) He would now refer indignity lately offered to this country by the Papal autho teinse to the argument used by Dr. Twiss in reference rity through its emissaries.-(Hear, hear.) e ctt r - t i° question. Dr. Twiss, a learned civilian, said-" The Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT did not see any danger in the if proceedings of . the Roman . C itholic . hierarchy in this coun ,lttirnellt could not have been externally more complete, e ‘tli e ten of England had plaeed her realm, at the disposal try. In his opinion, if it was considered necessary by the ;, (1 11e - I,"' °l Y See for all ecclesiastical purposes, -nor could the Government to strike out the second and third clauses from :4061 4 ve dealt with his own territory in a more free and the measure, it was as necessary to strike out the first, for if I'llie' e raanner. But, if there be any one principle of law those two clauses placed such obstacles as they were said to do in the way of Roman Catholics holding that faith which kkte a u lis received the sanction of that high usage and ~..„ which constitutes it a binding obligation on all the they had a right to hold, the first clause placed as much ,it . ti;': °T Chestendom, it is this, that the Pope cannot set restriction upon them as the other two, and therefore it see "et of a bishop within the territory of an independent ought to be struck out also.-( Hear.) What would be the le e e .Without his consent. Common sense suggests that effect of the first clause? They professed to be great ad- In ee utaera than the sovereign power of the land can vecates and admirers of civil and religious liberty, but koe a see within the land. The Pope may give a bishop the first clause rendered invalid any document signed by a lab'ell, i. e., may authorise him to go forth as the spiritual bishop, and no legal effect could be given to it. ' Now that ki ni t isador of the Holy See; but that the Pope should esta- w as a m o st un j ust attack, and would lead to the worst 1t1 g4. 4 territorial seat for his bishop in the realm of a Sove- consequences. For instance, as regarded the ordination of e in e llower without its consent, would be to usurp an attri- priests, the bishop who conducted the ordination had to sign ~,tt,„°f local sovereignty, and to take Possession of the land the certificate of ordination of er the name of his see, and tki el es iastical purposes ;" and Lord Stowell, as cited by consequently to assume those titles which the clause prohi- Ne e iv uoi, says, that " a course of conduct to be legal must bited. Now, should the clause pass, that would be an e 'ne s. 'wn to be conformable to the usage and position of ac- illegal and invalid certificate. The priest whose ordination it was intended to certify would be considered in law to be , e a t .A. great part of the law of nations stands on no other no priest. The marriages celebrated by that priest would ~,P k tl`t °o •" New he (Lord Ashley) maintained that that ne e - a that the Pope had been guilty of an interference with be invaid, and the children, the issue of such marriages, would be illegitimate children.-(Hear, hear.) But sup kl (e r e te ik r °gative of the Queen, and a - violation of the law of that his Hon. Friend he Member . for East Surrey the — (near.) He would refer the House to an extract posing e ast 4 opinion of Dr. Twits. relating to the temporalities (Mr. 11. Drummond) succeeded in restoring those second and eseti be kept in mind," said learned civilian, " that: third clauses of the Bill in Committee, which he was p bound klanceileoralities were a civil; accident of the sees, into to say that Hon. Gentieman had every reason to exect he 'let their were put in possession by an act of the Crown, would be enabled to do, what would be the consequence test, o heir consecration had taken place at the house of the then ? Why, the consequence must inevitably be, that Go , e l p t eib thditan. It was not, therefore, in any way, by reason vernment would be obliged to vote against the third reading ellelia,Poralities being connected with the sees of the of their own Bill.-(Hear, hear.) He confessed that to him hivan " bishops over whom the Pope exercised ecclesias- it would be most painful to see things come to such a pass I t t lisdietion , before the Reformation. that the Pope was as that. For some years past signs of peace and harmony ;IT%Claim and use an usurped authority ; it was not in had, to a great extent, prevailed between the Catholics 1 1 i „ t i ll matter , but in causes which he called spiritual, that and Protestants.-(Cheers from the Government benches.) i' l, ; 1 ' to dispense with the laws of the realm was disputed In regard to what had been said about toleration, he must 4 0 ile _ ea. , Crowe o f England, and ultimately declared to be un- say that the sentiments he had heard expressed in reference ?el len . So muc h f or the law of nations, and he (the Pope) to it, did not coincide with his views. One Hon. Member gitZ 3 hovrit any more respect for the law of the land. had said that toleration was limited, that it mus - be kept „ e toe h e, of 1829 was framed to protect the priviliges of the within bounds, so as that the persons tolerate I did not injure an d you ; and, in that case, the onus probandi lay with that 141.t0f the of the . Established Church in this country ; ~t th e conditions put forward for passing that Act was Hon. .Member to prove in what manner the privileges had ''`tit'ta' er e • should be no other ecclesiastical corporation been violated by the interference of the Pope. He also heard p . 'st 11 4 territorial power in this country; and ho held that the Hon. Barone . t, the Member for the University of Oxford, uttet a sentence in favour of toleration-(Laughter)-but his 'st ti l l td been violated. He would go further, and say same hear, o a p a i d n i eau titer. s te t r h o e Hon. xo w ,Ba neitherro et was o iel : ‘. lipssatolic letter had violated the law of the opinion of the matter was, that the person tolerated must be V4:'',l t it he was now quoting from the "authorised ver (o of I the h a e r . , OW the 'Latiii-Brief, ' printed and published bz -- ",i` ttf'er, atethg Metropolitan Catholic priuting- office.' structions he would put on the term toleration. His impres tlhioimsesecifo.-n- -,4% extract it appeared that the Pope had ap- s=on was, that in this country whether a man held religious ' at ~ a bishop to the Protestant see of St. David's truth or error as . the ground of his belief, being an English- Oh)4, act was this :-" In the district of Wales there will man, he had a right to hold that truth or error, because he inveigled • e that of ShrewshurY, and that of Menaira believed such to be the truth.-(Hear.) No doubt the argu tee t• 11 • Pr , l -• • • yki e• Ig e , avias a unite with -ewport w e m e ant adduced by those who supported the measure, were all very good as directed against the Roman Catholic reli -154,4 Lo the Bishop of St. David's and Newport, as his l i Itt 0 1 , the counties of Pembroke," &c. Now he must say gion. But he denied the correctness of their mode ) , l iitc' e re was something very insiduous in this.-(Hear, of reasoning. Were they prepared to say, that while they were members of the Established Church, they weuld not .t0 °414 e aAnd should they allow it to pass without notice, it s"' some future time be said, should objection be raised tolerate that religion , but hedge round that Church with enactme nts, as a means of preventing its operation? He PieliteP, that the House , when legislating on .the subject, notice, and made no objection to it. The bishopric was a sincere member of the Established Church himself, I,lf * ey was a case in point, and referred to by Cardinal but he confessed that be thought such enactments would 1 1 44, 4 , 11. in these words :-" Bat there has been a more re- rather weaken than strengthen that Church, by rendering it lat re ale . instance of the exercise of the Papal supremacy in obnoxious in the eyes of the world. His rotion of tole a- Galway i not an tion was this - they tolerated all religions, they admitted to %a et ,lon of bishoprics nearer home. l'ent /e e t see until a few years ago. . . . . . It was seats in that House Members of all religious denominations 'i tae by a warden ..... The Holy See ch a n ge d who were Christians, and while they had an Established li a ! 'ram ~-.4%ensbip into a bishopric. . e • • Bishop Church, they gave the fullest liberty and license to every Nee lias conseeratedlin -October, 1831. No re rnon - form of religious faith under the voluntary system. True, fl a tial . wa s made, no outcry raised at this exercise of if they thought the voluntary system wrong, they ought to all - Mater:" Now there was a case nearer home. vote in favour of the measure; but so far as he was con lk /e llY • •made a bi- cern ta r , within the last few years, had been . . h ed, he did not think it wrong,,, and his reason for not Si4o, and Dr. Browne was appointed bishop of that dio. doing so was, that he knew the Churc of England was Ter - Meta, hear.) Thus it was clear that the steps taken not able to cover the ground. However, that was 1tri,,7, ; 41 Pope were highly improper as interfering with the the state in which they were placed in this country, . kgative of the Cr - own, and an - insult offered to the Queen having an Established Church tolerating all religions, realm,- (Hear, hear, and givin gcheers ) 13e (Lord Ashley) and the greatest liberty and license to all. dad that it was an interference ;Rh the functions of Because he was a mem b er of the Establis hed Church llee l lneen, and if not checked, who, he would ask, could was he going to ask a man whether he belonged to this lo th what would be the consequence of the Apostolic brief or that Church, or what were his opinions in regard tee l e Protestant institution of this country ?-(Hear, hear, to matters of . faith and doctrine, and all such, before which ,, the members of that Church enjoy.-- y e' te 4f o ,, tiq c h eers. ) w as th ere , h e would ask, ever , any act of he would admit him to the same privileges as a free citizen, s Ali •- ,1 It the ^ave .4* gn potentate or foreign state more insulting than N e t , ololent brief ?- Hear(, hear.) It the Parliament would tolerion an in d it i s v. proper sense, it was ridieulons to put such 11 1 :',T, Queen and the country would not.-(llear, hear.) queries;nad thy to pleve n ift , a as n tolerat r ed to , t,,,,.., , J GORMAN MAHON-The Queen? take all proper means for carrying they did, that toleration,. what i,, system of religi- Zia V . ASHLEY-The Crown would not yield. Whom ous belief. And that led him r m-of the aggres nee'erope sent to take possession of the kingdom? A s=on by the Pope, so much talked theb question g d o e u n t om th i e n i a r tna tion was concerned, it was notorious to all f that as Zel l ° the Church, a noble of his own Court. The , ' out. Soa for a long i' 4, th e W hich that person had used were remarkable, Period the Pope of Rome had this country marked out and l i k o ie erit ey oll would not forget the tones of that dulcet divided into districts and dioceses, over which he had placed that ques- O N . 1 , • It reminded him of the animal with %%two By vicars apostolic. And he wanted to know in what respect the ititf , 1 , 14 q a ram which spoke like a dragon." changes of late made in the establishment ofh'erarchy in Itit us, 9th of September, his Holiness was pleased to ap- lace of that, could affect either their status a or 'their privi- IttstaA tt ough most unworthy, to the archiepiscopal see of f ea . • • and, in respec . might talk to him of lane e, e a aa Bt er, established by letters apostolic, giving us, at es, civil or religious? They gas, e but that was another thing ; an d • t to that, 4 tith;te time, the administration of the episcopal see of k e° l a n e lt rk, so that at present, and until such time as the he g m ' iaht state that sounding w tensions on the part of ecclesiastics ; who little wise toprovide, Ctll ` l5 shall think fit oteer we govern, and had got a ii and high pre ewer' conferred upon them. was no new thing, and ought k -e ' t l : n e ue nt_inue to govern ~t he counties tif Middlesex, Hertford P - • • ' not to astonish them, while, at the same time, he admitted t, at, il_' , as ordinary t ereo h f . , and those of Surrey , Sussex, that the language of the Pope's bull and the manifesto of 4-ismtil•-•ie.r.ksshire, and Hamps ire, with _the . islands annexed, the Cardinal was of the most offensive description,- (Hear, te en or ae trator with . ordinary jurisd . iction," Such is the I Bear.) It was said that one great evil attendant upon the I n ell ' e the letters missive of all the bishops taking jurisdic- I ,' , le N der this authority. If they could mistake that, let means of intro ' aggression would be that it would be the • ducing the canon law into this country. But the canon law i e l lith 4t reled to as extract which he would read to them, more or less, ever since the Refer - ' 41 not important, as bearing upon this question. Thereenation.- a ot [ (Hear, hear.) It e. is a' red under the system of ' vicars aposto n .e t l e ,It child in the country who was ignorant of the 1 a I had existed, be t % e a t career of Thomas A'Becket, who claimed for the 1 lic, or at all events such portions of it as the Pope chose to enforce, while, at the same time, as he was told, those vicars leat; ° toi lll itlion ever all the estates of the . kingdom, and whose most offensive to the great majority of t Ho -1116 wh , was that the Church should ride roughshod overapostolic . And then, again, in Ireland 4, e! ee ?le realm. The extracts he wou read would show 1 man Catholic la ty. , the e y had there it did not clash with ei. not f h • Here• t ib t ite i 0 t ese transactions. 'was one ex rac 1 . . were t, ' the whole canon law; but here, the and if the e t e f 4 , mind you where and howhave been - , 11 4 - ro • I mini-lied te h e N ith? Is it. like that I shall be behind any other, , people . were emightened enough to resist the as , melllm o v f , a l s rel i a t n e d vas pretended it would do -41 '• - e °Pli te or Cat h olic o f ancient stock, in defending sumption of that law, who could doubt for a moment but that ri y the Roman Catholics of England would do the same? In f elleh ens of m Lord and master ? The second altar at ! Pot knelt 'II 1 C' that , which marks the f t e a h ,in the o y ay, was the next place, as to the synodical action, which the Attor ney-General had told them this measure was revent so I llt e reon Ste Peter cemented the foundations of his un- : tlet4thrune with his blood. The first was that of our own ,e It was allowed far as the . Roman Catholics were concerned , tat t he' I 1 ' , e i c a as e it v s e e r r y loul l it a i r n e rted tlp a re e c • o en a t atry h that before sSt. Thomas (of Canterbury). For 22 years I daily ' except the Est e e- Ot the body representation of his martyrdom ; at blished Church, and it was not allowed in it be ttit to n ''' . - 1 - partook even of the bread of life ; there, for the cause that Church being e tabli,bed did rot require th e eph, e • I celebrated the divine mysteries ait I received I e it. Perhaps it differed in form s in different denominations, L i ef., h e coPal consecration. He was my patron, he my fa- but in them all it in some shape or other, a l p et il lY model. And, withdrawn from the symbels of , and why deny it to the exist ed ßoman Catholics? They talked ae ro e . i 'edit i age by the supreme will of the late Pontiff, I of the `>> nod of Thurles, and they blame the bishops then Lei c)ri un . tray , tir:i of lit, r:hes at Sees, and with felvent • 1 'al ma e eeemble;l for inteifetine- with e• • • 1 - I tend oral term. Ici to, nits acked and obtained the mitre which had crow tied . , . ~ • ' l ' ' ."" . ' • those les, tai , „„ - -of ~ ~ IN oil ,henas an assn mg party to the establishment ot . -agil e . ... newt. - ' - i orus Peace and Justice, eN e t - colleges which called forth the --4 illsonnua, 1838. If they did not witbotold I • • a di fi g • i oso/6111 IQ army , And by gmutta w tow WAWA strongest expression of their ments because he thought they would be the means, by dif frising education among the middle classes in Ireland, of greatly lienefitine that country; but had they never heard of any of the clergymen racket In this country interfering with secular affairs? Why, in 1845, when there was such a noise and commotion ,in the country respecting the remcreal of the Wee. on human food, had they not Dissenting ministers from all parts of the tottetry meeting ln Manchester for the pur pose of considering how call could in his own district best forward the repeal of the corn-laws.- (Hear, hear.) Cer tainly that was synodical action.. Some Hon. Members, in proof of the tyranny and intolerance of the Roman Catholic Church, had alluded to the Sicarli laws, but that was the Church of Rome in Italy. It was monstrous to say that there could be any comparison between the system here, and. what was carried c n in Italy and Spain, and it was as ridiculous to say that even if t here was, they could get rid of it by declaring that such a one, instead of being Archbishop of Westminster, should be a Bishop of Melipotamus. But in Ireland no danger was dreaded on the part of the Roman Catholics who supported these colleges, notwithstanding that they had been denounced by the bishops; for he found Sir Robert Kasse, who was at the head of one of them, instead of quailing before the manifesto of the bishops, coming forward and boldly defending the rights both of Roman Catholic and Protestant, in utter oblivion of all religious differences of opinion. From the speech of Professor Kane he had derived mu .h pleasure, and he would not conceal the spirit of satis faCtion with which he had witnessed the elL.ct produced on the intelligent portion of the Roman Catholic mind in Ire land by the deliberations and resolve of the Synod regard ing the national colleges. So far from yielding slavish obe dience to the dictates of that body they had increased their support of the colleges. The Honourable Baronet, the Member for the city of Oxford, had aalsed why th•y did not negotiate with Rome, and endeavour through diplomatic agency to receive satisfactory apologies for the aggression that had taken place. Now he was not certain that in the eyes of Europe they should be justified in proceeding to those extremities. If, as they had been advised by more than one Hon. Member who took: part in the erscussion on the Bit', they were to proceed in a hostile manner against the Pope, might it not be asked, had they not, to a certain ex tent. given an invitation to an aggression of the description now loudly protested against? There was much truth in the statement that a proclamation might have got them out of a struggle which threatened to be fatal to the tranquillity of the country, and was likely to result in ridicule on them selves. But when they went striking out clauses, now said to be unnecessary, and leaving an insufficient preamble to the Bill, e state of inextricable confusion would be sure to follow. In pursuing the course recommended by her Majesty's Government they were striking a blow, not at the Pope for au act of foreign aggression, but at the Roman Catholics of England and Ireland,and this was:not the consti tutional mode of grappl ng with the difficulty. When the Bill came to be properly understood It would be regarded by the great bulk of the people as a penal law, and he believed that the spirit of the English people was decidedly adverse to persecution. Without having one of the advantages expected from the measure, they would be deluged in all its discredit. It might fairly be characterised as a sham piece of legislation. If, as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General said, the conduct of the Pope was an act of invasion of the Royal Supremacy, why were not the provisions of the Bill of 1820 put in force to stop it? The assumption of the title of Bishop of St. David's was clearly a direct violation of a clause in the act of 1829. Well, that being the case, why did not the Government put the law in force, if they really meant that the Bill now under consideration should not remain a dead letter? But, in truth, the Bill was a Bill to satisfy the feelings of the people, and at the same time to deceive them. The feelings of the people, however, were mistaken. The recent demostrations throughout the country meant that the Roman Catholic religion was ad vancing, and that active steps should b e taken to prevent it. - (Hear, hear.) The people deprecated the enactment of penal law. The question weighing upon their minds was a religious question, and not a political question. Their attachment to the reformed faith formed the groundwork of objection to the progress of a religion which they regarded as unscriptural. Public opinion could not be beaten down by an Act of Parliament. For two hundred years that system was tried with the Roman Catholic people of Ireland, but ultimately the G Nernment had to yield to fear that which should have been frankly given to justice. Were they now going to retrograde and to adopt a course , of legislation inconsistent with the character of this country ? If they wished to repress acts of aggression by foreign Powers-if they wished to prevent the introduction of bulls-why not legislate, not against the Roman Catholic community of this country, or against the Roman Catholic Church, but against the foreign potentates who committed those acts of aggression on the royal prerogative? That was the practice pursued in other countries. He had gone at greater length into the subject than he had intended, but he would say this, that he did not think there was the slightest fear to be es tertained for the increase of the Roman Catholic body. He must add his belief that the doctrines of the Church of Rome were foreign to the genius of the people. The right of private judgment, to which they had long been accustomed, they could not enjoy under its institutions. Let them only look at the Index ex Purgatories, for a list of the most excellent books which were prohibited on political economy, history, and religion. Amongst them were the " Scapulas Greek Lexicon," invaluable to a Greek student. If he studied political economy, there was Jeremy Bentham ; if history, there were Hume, Goldsmith, and Robertson ; or if science, then he must not look into Chambers's Philosophical Dictionary, or Locke, and a number of others , down to a small tract, called " The .Dairyman's Daughter." Such a system, therefore, was. in his opinion, unsuited to the habits and spirit of Englishmen. Without intending any offence to his Roman Catholic brethren, he must assert his confidence in the truth of his own religious faith. A certain element of persecution still remained, but anal that spirit was extir pated the work of the Reforination would not be complete. Those who thought themselves Protestants because they acted in hostility to those who were not so were not true Pro testants, and he believed the time was drawing near for the triumph of the old maxim " Magna est veritas et preva'ebit,' and when they would seek t o me et Romish aggression in the the only way in which it could be met , b y spread of our Gospel principles, letting in light where darkness existed, and trusting with confidence to Almighty God for the result. Lord PALMERSTON said he must crave the indulgence of the House for a few moments; but would take care he did not encroach too much on their attention. There was, in deed, a great part of the speech they had just heard from his Right Hon. Friend which belonged more properly to the Committee than to the present stage of the; discussion (Hear, hear)-and there were some parts wh ich he thought it would better to leave for the further consideration of his Right Hon. Friend, who, perhaps, if time had permitted, might have settled some questions which at present appeared to be undetermined in his own mind.-(A laugh.) First, what he would do, objecting, as he did, to what the Go vernment had proposed; and next, perhaps, he might come to a decision as to whether the Bill to which he objected was a nullity or a persecution.-(A. laugh.) For his part he would freely confess that he never remembered, since he had had the honour of a seat in that House, any dis cussion that had been so painful to the mind as that in which they were then engaged.-(Hear, hear.) He had hoped that when the disabilities were removed in the first place from the Dissenters, and afterwards from the Roman Catholics, that discussions and contro versies on religious questions would never again be heard within the walls of Parliament.-(Hear, hear.) He had hoped that when they had established, not what gentlemen called toleration,-for he, like others repudiated that word - (Hear, hear)-and said that the principle that was estab lished was not the principle of religious toleration, but the greater principle of religious freedom.-(Hear.) He had hoped, he said, that when that principle of religious freedom had been faily established by the Legislature of the country, those odious controversies with regard to religious doctrines would never again be heard within the walls of Parliament. -( Hear.) But whose fault was it ?-(Hear.) Was it our fault? (Hear.) It was not.-(Hear, hear.) We were met by an act of aggression by a foreign authority-an ag gression of a political character - (Hear) -and in that re spect only would he address himself to it. It was an ag gression on the independent sovoricgnty of the country which lie held it was our bounden duty to repel.-(Hear.) He said the aggression was by a foreign authority. His Right Hon. Friend had drawn a broad distinction between a foreign sovereign and the 'Pope, and said that the measure might have proceeded front the Pope, and when he might have been driven from his th rone and lodging in Brook-street ; but he (Lord Palmerston) said that still the Pope would have been a foreign authority, and it was because it was the act of a foreign authority that he objected to the power the Pope had attempted to exercise in the realm of England.- (Hear, hear.) But it was said that this act was partly the fault of the Government; that certain indulgences had been shown to the Catholic episcopacy of Ireland ; that certain courtesies had been shown to the priesthood of Ireland, and certain opinions bad been expressed in debates in Parliament; and that all those things, and, moreover, the silence of his noble Friend three years ago at Rome, when a supposed paper was shown to him, and he was said to have been told that that regarded England ; and that after those things they had no right to be surprised at what the Pope bad done, because he was sufficiently borne out and encouraged in his expectations that they would meet it with indifference. He did not think those grounds were sufficient to justify the act. Either the Pone thought the measures he attempted to adopt would be agreable, or not at least disagreeable, to the Government and the people of this country, or he would not care whether they were agreeable or disagreeable to the Government and the people.-(Hear.) If he attached any value to the cir cumstance that his measures would be acq uiesced in by this country, why did he not, in the three years that elapsed since the supposed conversation with his Noble Friend, and the period anterior to the publication of this Bill and other letters -why did he not take those steps that were in his power, to ascertain what was the opinion of the Government and of the people of England.-(Hear.) Where was Dr. Wiseman? Was he not in England? Had he no opportu nity of seeking a p ersona l i n t er view with his 'N o ble Friend at the head of the Gover n ment, and ascertaining positively and beyond doubt and dispute, whether the measure the Pope r con tended contemplated, and of which he was conscious and aware, w not gv that offence a that to the course Government a f praproceeding iaangd had the people of this country ?-(Hear)- and, therefore, he (Lord Palmerston) to o s r would n been studiously omitted, it was hnpossible for either the Papal authority or those who advocated his cause to shelter themselves under the pretext that things had taken place to justify the Papal Government in supposing that the step it was taking would not be offensive to the people of this coun try.-(Hear, hear.) Well, being then, this -an aggression of a foreign authority, what was the authority by whicn that aggression was made? It was an authority of an ecclesias tical nature, which had a double action on the minds of men. - (Hear, bear.) He entered not into the question of the simple theological difference between the Prosestant and Catholic Church. With that they had nothing at pre sent to do. lie was sincerely attached to the Pro testant Church, and while he respected the difference of opinion of his Catholic brethren,-and far be it from him to utter one syllable that would be painful to their reli gious feelings,- he must say that the Catholic Church had another aspect,---it was not merely a theological body, but was a political and temporal body also.- (Hear, hear.) The character of the Catholic Church was not merely contra distinguished from, but exceeded all others in its encroach ments on temporal power. Churches were corporate bodies, and corporate bodies were naturally encroaching; but there was this difference between the Catholic Church and the Church of England :-The latter was a British Church, having its beginning and end in this realm. The Church of Rome sprang from a foreign centre, and endea voured to spread its authority in every place over the whole Christian -(Cheers.) But what was the action of that Church? What was its temporal and political action? Lock at those countries in which the Catholic Church was predominant. Look at Portugal-look at Spain-and look at Italy. Look also, he was concerned to say, at Austria.- (Hear.) They would find that wherever the Catholic Church was allowed to seize hold of temporal authority, that there its influe nce was painfully exercised over the m oral and political interests of the nation.--(Hear, hear te .) Then, he said, that some measure was rendered necessary by the course the Panel Government had adopted, that it was neces sary to satisfy the feelings of th'e country.-(Hear.) He thought that no Man who bad haul his eyes and ears open during the Lit few months could for a moment dispute. He knew it had been said that they wished to keep up a de hiii9nl that the agitation of this country was a partial agita- A tion, the agitation of interested men, and was not at all the spontaneous feeling of the English nation. That was a state ment it was not worth while to refute.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever might be his opinion on the merits of the Bill, or on the necessity of doing anything, no man who knew what had been passing in this country could entertain the slightest doubt, or dare to deny, that that agitation was a movement of the whole Protestant body of the country— ( Hear, hear) —and ho said, that while he treated with respect and de ference the opinions of those who differed from him on reli gious questions, yet, as attached to the British Constitution, and the liberty and freedom of thought and action which belonged to that Constitution, be should be sorry indeed that anything should. take place that should shake the political Protestant establishment of the kingdom in which he had the happiness to live.—( Hear, hear.) Then he said, that the voice of the people of England required that something should be done.—(Hear, hear.) His Right Hon. Friend said that what the Govern ment had proposed was not the proper thing to do. If he could understand at all the vague suggestions of his Right Hon. Friend—(A laugh)—he should infer that what he would have proposed would have been, to have entered into some negotiation with the Court of Rome. His Right Iron. Friend said, he thought it was absurd to legislate against our own subjects. He (Lord Palmerston) presumed that his Right Hon. Friend did not mean that they ere to legislate against the Pope —(A laugh)—for if he thought our l would not be obeyed by ourselves, surely he could notima gine they would have much force with the Pope—(A laugh) his Right Hon. Friend very properly repudiated the idea that had been thrown out by some that they ought to have sent a hostile force to Civita Vecchia. He agreed with his Hon. Friend that bulls were not properly met by cannon balls.— (A laugh.) lie sv,s quite of his Right Hon.'Fr.end's opinion that that was not a course fitting for this conntry to pursue, or likely to lead to any satisfactory result. 4 (Hear, hear.) But then he said he thought it would be unbecoming in this country to meet an act of unprovoked awgression by sending an envoy to sue from the Bishop of Rome.-411ear.) He thought the dignified and proper course for this country to take was to legislate for itself and not to go to" the Pope and say, " You have done that which has been a great affront. You have done that which we look upon as a great violation of our national independence, and an infringement, on the sovereignty of the Queen, and therefore we come to you to do something—either to retract what you haver,done or to modify it in some degree." Of co urse our suit frould have been rejected, and in what a humiliating position should we have stood under such circumstances !;--( Hear, hear.) He WAS quite ready to admit that it would have been'yery incon sistent with the course which either the members of the Go vernment or the majority of the Legislature hal pursued if they had proposed to Parliament anything thaeivonld have justified its being called a penal or persecuting enactment. He must, in passing, say, however, that when; he saw the letters and declarations emanating from Ronian Catholic ecclesiastics setting up the cry of fanaticism, and persecu• tion, and intolerance, and looked to the course of proceeding in regard to toleration that prevailed in countries where the Roinish priesthood were dominant, he felt tempted to ex claim, " Quis Merit Gracchos!" The words " persecution and intolerance" were surely words that Catholic prelates ought most studiously to eschew.—(Hear.) But he, for one, never would consent to be a party to what was pro perly called a penal enactment; and he utterly denied that the Bill now proposed deserved in any . senee whatever to be so stigmatized. (Hear, hear.) In point .ef fact, it was merely a complement of the measure which 'removed from the Catholic people of England the disabilitlei under which they laboured. The Bill of 1829 prohibited Catholic pre lates from taking the titles of sees, or of jiny diocess or province which belonged to the British estaMishinent. Whe ther by accident or not, it omitted to extenO , , that prohibi tion to other places in the realm. B nt wad Ole law consi dered as a mere protection for the English: 'Church ? He would not accept it on so limited a groii4i as that. He held that the law of 18:9 was to be a defence of the sove reign rights of the country ; and it was to M defended, and justly, on the ground that they would not ' Ormit a foreign authority . out of the United Kingdom to givb to any person titles derived from any place within the Vriited Kingdom. He contended, therefore, that the Bill now Eefore the House was in principle precisely the same as the , set of 1829, and that it made good the gap that was left in, Act ; and he was extremely surprised that any persons 'AO were parties to that Act, whether the proposers or supp'etters of it, should on principle object to the measure the GoViroment had now proposed.— (Hear, hear.) The Bill they; ,proposed was, in its principle, exactly on the sepia ground as the measure which formed part 'or ,the arrange ments of the Emancipation Act; and he co tended, further, that being on the same ground as that met Ore, it could not i be justly deemed as partaking in any d., dire, of a penal or persecuting character .—( Hear, hear.) was said' the Catholic Church required officers of the rif of bishops, but for 250 years the Catholic Church in t 0 country had gone on with vicars apostolic, and he , 'd heard in the course of this debate no satisfactory reasOti,yelay, with vicars apostolic, it might not still go on as Ilsretofore.—(Hear, hear.) He contended upon these various trounds, that the measure that was now proposed applied, ditestly to the evils for which a remedy was demanded—(tear, hear)—he con tended that it imposed no restriction on the Catholic hierarchy in this country which was inconsistent with thesperformance of their sacred duty—(Hear, hear)—anass,o those who raid they thought the measure, if passed, would be inoperative, would be of no effect, would not be obeyer, he would reply that he wholly differed from them in tjaat opinion—( Hear, hear) —he considered that if, on the e` hand, it was a Peculiar characteristic of the Church '6 Rome to be ag gressive and encroaching, on the othbk hand, it was also c h ara cteristic of that Church to be obeilleiit to laws, to re spect enactments, and to make its; agtrthsions and its en croachments without openly violating the, laws of the land in which it was operating.—(Hear, heat.) Judging from past experience of the Irish Roman Catholics, he did not contemplate that this measure, it' passed into a law, would be disobeyed by the Roman Catholic bishops of this country. (Hear, hear.) He believed, too, that the measure would meet the general feeling of the British people; and it was not to be forgotten that there was nothing in the measure to pre clude the Legislature from taking further steps, if furthe r steps were required, which he earnestly hoped would never be the case.—(Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. H. BERKELEY, the debate was then adjourned to Thursday. The House adjourned at Twenty minutes past Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Trutes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, )(mica 18. HASTINGS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, ." That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided : MINORITY—AYES, 21. Adair, R. A. Greene, John Perfect, Robert Barnard, E. G. Gue - st, Sir John Power, Dr. Bellew, K. M. Higgins, George : Thompson, Colonel Cowan, Charles Inglis, Sir R. IL Villiers, Charles Cartels, H. M. Lennox, Lord A. Wawn, J. T. Forbes, W. Mitchell, T. A. VELLUM!. Forster, Matthew Moore, George H. Pigott, Francis Freestun, Colonel O'Connor, Feargus ' French, F. MAJORITY—NOES, 59. Alcock, Thomas Farnham, E. B. T Mostyn, E. Arkwright, George Ferguson, Sir R. Naas, Lord Ashley, Lord l Foey, J. H. . Parker, John Patten, useii , J F ..I C V . . 11 . Bernard, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Best, John Gaskell, J. M. Blair, Stephen Gwyn, Rowel Boldest, Henry Harris, Richard Sandars, George Bramston, T. W. Ilastie, Archibald Smith, J. Benjamin Brisco, M. Ilayter, W. G. Spooner, Richard Staffor Augustus Thornely Br o adwood, Henry H eald, James d, T. Br o therton, Joseph H ill, Lord Marcus, Tynte, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodges, T. L. Carew, W. I'. H Verner, Sir W . Child, E. J. Tyrell, Sir J. T. Child, swath Kershaw, James . Clive, 11. 1;. Lowden, I'ryse Walter, John Divett, Edward Lygon, General Williams, W. Duncan, George Iklanners, Lord C. Wilson, Matthew Duncult, John Martin, C. W. Wrightson, W.B. Evans, Sir De Lacy Masterman, J. Evans, William Matheson, Colonel v rewen, C. TELLERS. Swart, William Morris, David .r C. 11• Hollond, Robert PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS• (From the Tines and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That in the case of the Thrharn Markets Bill, petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dis pensed with : —That the parties be permitted to introduce their additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on proving to the said Committee that the notices have been inserted in the county newspaper for three successive weeks. That the Committee on the Bill, if they shall introduce such additional provision, do report to the House how far such order has been complied with, on the Report of the 13111. 2. That in the case of the East Anglian Railways (No. 2), petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That is the case of the Leicester Waterworks Bill, petition for dispensing with standing orders Not. 105 and 166, the said standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. First Resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAy, MARCH 18 The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morning in the park and grounds at Osborne. His Royal Highnes s the Prince of Wal es the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family took t h e i r accustomed walks and rides. Colonel and the Lady Catherine Harcourt had the honour of joining the royal party at dinner this day. A Cabinet Council was held at the private residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, Ileigrave-square, yesterday afterno on. The Ministers present were—Lord J o h n Russell; the Lord Chancellor, the Bl arqu i s o f ,Lans downe, the Earl of Mi n ts, Sir George G rey, Viscount Pal merston, Earl Grey , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Brouhton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchthere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and e Right Hon. Fox Mettle. The Ministers met at half-past two o'clock, and broke up soon after four o'clock. The Oxford University Commission met,, yesterday at the official residence of the F irst L ord of the 1 reasury, in Down ing-street. Present : The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of P em broke. the Rev. 11. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq . ; the Rev. Professor Povrell, the R?v. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the 11ev. A. 1. Stanley (Secretary). Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of th e Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission held a meet ing yesterday at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (Chairman), lion. .Cowper, Sir James Gordon, K.C.R. ; Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.13 ; and Captain Stephenson Ellerby. Lotd Hobart, Secretary to the Commission, was in attendance. A deputation at tended at the Board of Tra de, an d had an interview with the Commissioners. The deputation includ e d L ord Mont eagle, Mr. O'Brien, Id.]'., Mr. O'k laherty, Mr. Blake, 111:P., Mr. 11PCullagn, M. P. , Mr. Mulvany, Randall, and ' Mr. Long, C.E. A TouGu SUPPEE.—On Wednesday evening the large serpent at our Zoological Gardens, Who seems, by the way, to possess a remarkably good digestion, had two live fowls put into hie cage for su pper. He immedi a t e ly killed and gorged one ; after which, leaving the other bird intact, he satisfied the cravings of his appetite by bolting his bed consisting of a piece of drugget two yards and a half long and a yard wide.—Bristol ..liercury. DEATH Or A CENTENARIAN. --Died at Cloghjordan, on the 13th inst., Mr. James Armitage, aged 109 years. For 89 years be was in church nfembership with the Baptist Church of C:oglijorclan,. To the last moment his intellect WAS clear and unumpaireds—Leinster Expres.o. SUPPRESSION OF STREET BEGGING. ST. JAMES'S PARISH. " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE OF THE LEICESTER- SQUIRE SOUP KITCHEN. " Gentlemen,—ln forwarding my report for the month of February, I have much satisfaction in drawing your attention to the annexed table, showing the gradual diminution of beggars detected asking alms in St. James's parish, all of whom were strangers, and igno "rant of the measures adopted for their suppression. The street guardians continue to carry out your instruc tions in an orderly and systematic manner—meeting at given points, every half-hour, and communicating to each other the description of vagrants seen; this plan proves an insurmountable obstacle to the beggar, as he cannot possibly pursue his calling within the parish for a longer period than half an hour without detection; when once seen and cautioned, ho deems it better at once to quit the parish than run the risk of a conviction by a repetition of the offence. " The duties of the street guardians were extended on the 27th inst. to the visitation of the principal streets, and the public-houses therein, from half-past seven to ten o'clock in the evening. " The success attending this evening duty the past two nights has proved most satisfactory, and will, here after, do much towards removing from the streets a set of desperate prowlers, who, under the cloak of night meet you at every turn, and, by unceasing importunities to your remonstrances, as they walk side by side, create considerable alarm in the timid—especially unprotected females. " The licensed victuallers esteem this arrangement as a great boon to themselves, as well as their bar and par lour customers; their attention to business being inces santly interrupted from dusk to closing time, in order ing out stalwart men beggars asking for money to pay a night's lodging; and women, boys, and girls, pretend ing to vend lucifer matches, combs, prints, ballads, &e. " The nuisance complained of in my report for January last of a large number of juvenile pretending crossing sweepers infecting the foot pavements for the purpose of begging, has been removed; the crossing sweepers now seen in the parish amount to about twelve men and six boys, all usefully and publicly em ployed. A considerable number of lucifer match sellers, on being taxed with begging, have withdrawn themselves. " There can be no doubt that several thousands of vagrants will be drawn from the country to the metro polis this summer; it therefore behoves parochial autho rities—now that it is proved mendicity can be easily suppressed—to adopt stringent measures for checking the inroads of provincial mendicants, and for putting down the present existing intolerable nuisance in our streets. " PEGGARS DETECTED. Total English Total Iriih Gross total " J. ETTERSIIANIE, StlperVi3ol"." " MONTHLY REPORT OF THE LEICESTER-SQUARE SOUP KITCHEN AND ASYLUM FOR FEBRUARY, 1851. " I beg respectfully to forward my report of this in stitution for the month of February, 1851. The table of the number of recipients at the kitchen shows an in crease of nearly 4,000 persons over that of the month of January last:— " TABLE OF NUMBEItS RELIEVED. Relieved in Soup Kitchen. Men, 9,317. Women, 1,605. Total, 10,022. Families and Sick Resident Poor. Men, 2,466. Women, 3,086. Children, 12,132. Total Families, 17,684. Total number relieved, 28,606. " THE REFUGE. " 280 women and 488 men have been provided with beds, supper, and breakfast. From the large numbers of deserving applicants applying all hours of the day, a further number of 356 poor men and women have par taken of a morning and evening meal of bread and coffee. " LAVATORIES AND WATER-CLOSETS. " The free benefits of this establishment have been bestowed on 8,395 men and 4,516 women and children. " FREE REGISTRY. Number of persons registered 7 Obtained situations { Male Female l2 "RIGGED SCHOOLS. " Supplied to ragged schools, 146 gallons of soup and 78 quartern loaves, besides frequent entertainments to the children of a neighbouring ragged school of an evening meal of tea, coffee, and bread, at the kitchen, with which they were pleased. "WANT OF BREAST MILK. " I am happy to state that all the poor female suf ferers applying for relief, with infants in arms, arc now free from this complaint. By dint of care, and good nourishing soup and bread, they recovered their milk, and their babies have been restored to health, and saved from an untimely grave. They were very grateful for the protection and relief afforded them in the hour of trial. "John Brownring, aged 78; James Kearney, 67; John Long, 10 weeks; and Wiliam Barton, 74—died during the month in this metropolis from starvation. " R. CRATE, Superintendent. " Ham-yard, Great Windmill-street, Feb. 28, 1851." " The principle of filling the famished and desti tute individuals who cry for help, with good, wholesome food, instead of giving coin which may be ill or disadvantageously spent —is one which recommends itself strongly to the notice of the humane; and as the machinery for carry ing out the intention of the founders of this kitchen is now practically perfect, and its economical working rightly understood, it may safely be assumed that sub scriptions destined for the amelioration of the houseless and suffering pauper cannot be placed more fruitfully than here; for inasmuch as they are at once applied to the purchase and administration of nutritious food, so is there security against the alms of the philanthropist bt jog viciously and intemperately dissipated. We do no wrong, therefore, in inviting the attention of thoso who are blessed with affluence, and are not indifferent to hu man sympathies, to the soup kitchen in question—the resources of which, long before the winter has passed away, will no doubt require eleemosynary replenishment. The recipients in the course of a week amount to seve ral hundreds, and no real difficulty is put in the way of any one who unhappily needs succour. We halo before enforced the claims of this praiseworthy institution, and eulogised the comprehensiveness of its plan, and the cha racter of its management; and we reiterate the appeal which the statement involves, with all the confidence suggested by an unmixed faith in its wide and vital utility." THE VERY POOR OF THE METROPOLIS. It is a terrible and heart-rending fact, that numbers of persona annually die in the streets of London of hunger end destitution. However anxious the public may be to shut their eyes to this appalling reality, it cannot be qualified, much less refuted. The fact stares us in the face in all its hideous deformity; fain would we shun the reflection, but it is impos sible. Great privations are endured, especially in the winter months, in many foreign countries where the severity of the weather is most acutely felt. In the north of France, in Belgium, in Holland, and in many parts of Germany, the sufferings of the humbler classes are very great; but the cases are of extremely rare oc currence in which deaths from sheer starvation are re ported to the authorities in the principal cities of those countries. In London, however, the wealth and material greatness of which exceed that of any other city in Christendom, deaths from actual want of food are of daily occurrence. Strangers to our laws and social regulations may be in clined to question this fact. They may say that such cannot be the case in a country where the Government raises an enormous sum per annum in the shape of poor rates, and where a simultaneous collection of private bounty, unparalleled in amount to that received for similar purposes in any other city in the world, is constantly going on. The truth of these statements cannot be denied, and hence the marvel that there should be in the metropolis so many of the very poor. The solution of the difficulty ir, however, instant and in telligible. Enormous as is our national establishment for the relief of the poor, and numerous as are our pri vate charities, they are unable to meet the pressing exi gencies of those who die in the streets from want of food. There are hospitals in all quarters of the city where those labouring under every description of human in firmity may repair. The existence of present and palpa ble disease is the only qualification required for admission to those magnificent institutions. There are other esta blishments supported by the bounty of the aftlaent, or by the assistance of the prudent, in the hour of prosperity, which are the receptacles of those who have " toiled all day, and nothing spun." and where they may pass the declining years of their lives. But there is no adequate asylum for the wretched way farer, whose hard lot it is to wander hungry through the great thoroughfares of the town, and whose necessity ought to be sufficient to entitle him to immediate relief. The class of per sons who perish in our streets from the want of the commonest necessaries of life, are not what are com monly called vagrants. Far from it. The vagrant, according to the accepted term, is the, knave who haunts the streets, ever ready to plunder or to beg, as the opportunity arises. The assiduity with which he follows his profession secures him an ample return from the credulity of his victims; but the very poor of the metropolis are those whose wants aro not paraded to view, who live in attics and cellars, and whose necessi ties for the most part are caused by waut of employ ment. Immense numbers of the resident deserving poor of this class aro at this season suffering the greatest privations. Another class, whose necessities are even more pressing, consists of those who are sojourners in the metropolis, and who flock from the provinces in the hope of obtaining employment. In many cases strong men, or men who were strong when they com menced their journey, have trudged on foot perhaps 50 or 100 miles, in the expectation of finding some descrip tion of employment on their arrival. Their hopes, how ever, are frustrated; no employment awaits them; and as their slender resources are consumed in a few days, they are forced to become outcasts tu the streets, with no alternative except starvation or crime. They have no claim upon the Metropolitan Union-house, except as casual poor. The utmost relief they can hope for is a morsel of bread and a roof to cover them for the night, and for one night only. Many of those workmen never return to their native place. To use an expression familiar to political economists, they are " consumed" in the me tropolis—that is, some find employment, but many, alas, the greater portion, are struck down by disease and, f a mine, and ultimately become the subje ct for coroners' inquests, when the stereotyped verdict of " died from want and destitution" is returned. Within the last few days the public journals have re corded no less than three deaths resulting from want of actual food. Ono of these wretched beings died on the n tra 1, desolate and alone, w hilst pavement in the open - thousands of his fellow -creatures were avvarasing around him; Here is the officiel record:-- " John Browning, aged 78, a labouring man from Fromo in Somersetshire, I for Mr. Reeves in some part worthy of his powers; fell exhausted from inanition, in Mornington-crescent, on I Ernani is promised in the course of a few days. I must Sunday, February 9, 1851, and died a few hours after- not close my letter without quoting an opinion given in wards. The verdict of the jury was, Died from want the foyer upon Reeves by the most celebrated composer and destitution.' " A policeman, giving evidence, in France--' He Messieurs, donne:. moi ce gaillard la stated, that a short time previous to the deceased's fall- pour trois 71201 . 8, et j'en feral le premier tenor en Europe.'" ing, he had ordered him, whilst lying shivering on the pavement on another part of his beat, to get up and move off, as he thought ho was shamming. The other instances to which we have alluded are thus chronicled:—" At an inquest held on Thursday (Feb. 20) on James Kearney, painter, aged 65, at the Goat, Tash-street, Gray's Inn-lane, it was stated that the body lay in a wretched hovel, denuded of furniture, which had been sold to buy food; and the surgeon, at the post mortern examination, deposed that he had not fouad the 16:2.4 particle of solid food in the stomach." At an inquest held the same day, on John Long, at the Three Compasses, Cowcross-street, West Smithfield, the body presented an appalling appearance—was a " mere skeleton." Dr. Walker performed a post mortem examination, and, in accordance with his opinion, the jury returned a verdict —" That the deceased died from want of food and nourishment." These are terrible realities, that must not be per mitted to continue in a Christian land. For the sake of our common nature it must be presumed that the affluent are in ignorance of the existence of such appalling dis tress in the midst of unprecedented plenty, prosperity, and grandeur. It must be that they do not know of it, for rarely indeed is any genuine case of wretched ness unrelieved, when the particulars are fully known to the public. There is only one institution in the metropolis the doors of which are never shut against the destitute inha bitant of, or sojourner in, the metropolis. That institu tion is the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen and Hospice. It is to be regretted that the public are not more fami liar with the objects and practical working of this insti tution, or no doubt its resources would be considerably greater. Its object is to provide a gratuitous soup kitchen, an asylum for sheltering the houseless, a free registry for servants and labourers, and free lavatories, &0., for the poor. The incalculable amount of benefit it has done, and the extent of human suffering it has alle viated, may be gathered from the fact that in 1850 476,111 persons were supplied with an abundant meal of soup and bread; 16,264 were sheltered in the hospice and supplied with supper, bed, and breakfast; and 227,371 were accommodated at the free lavatories with water, soap, towels, &c. An immense quantity of soup and broad was also distributed to ragged schools, and 237 deserving persons were placed in respectable situations. The total number of persons relieved at the soup-kitchen in January, 1851, was 24,642, of whom 11,189 were famishing children. But it must not be supposed that this relief is confined to the necessitous, who are unable to work in consequence of infirmity or old age, and who are struggling to keep out of the workhouse. A great por tion of the relief is given to labourers and skilled work men for whom there is no employment, and who would have been in all probability driven to the , commission of crime had not this timely assistance been afforded to them. In the month of January last the institution relieved 3,870 labourers, 960 excavators, 548 carpenters, 734 bricklayers, 392 plasterers, 41 butchers, 37 bakers, 185 clerks, 167 waiters, 39 watercress sellers, 115 cos termongers, 26 bookbinders, 11 map-colourers, 21 wheelwrights, 13 blacksmiths, 369 shopmen, 8 harness makers, 507 painters, 432 glaziers, 557 servants, 621 female servants, 127 sailors, and 107 distressed foreigners. To descant upon the usefulness of such an institution would, therefore, be idle. There is, however, another class of persons to whose wants this admi rable institution has directed its attention. It is well known that hundreds of infants an nually die in the metropolis in consequence of the want of their natural food. It is impossible that the wretched mother, whose form is wasted by famine and exhausted by inanition, can replenish the fountain from which her infant ought to draw its life stream. Within the last twelve months 180 infants are reported to have died from " want of breast milk." This calcula tion, however, gives no idea of the number who ac tually died from causes more or less attributable to a deficient supply of their natural food. In order to remedy as far as possible the ravages of this de plorable disease, the institution has notified that medical advice and nourishment will be afforded to all poor women applying under such circumstances. The result has been, in the highest degree, satisfactory and gratify ing, the poor women rapidly regaining their strength under the kindly and judicious treatment which has been afforded them. An institution achieving so great an amount of good, and founded upon principles of such unostentatious philanthropy, is surely deserving of the countenance and support of all good men. To satisfy the madden ing pangs of hunger—to assuage the pains of disease— to allay the agony of mental distress—and, above all to snatch from the paths of temptation and ruin the young and guiltless, is a high and holy vocation. Great, indeed, will be the reward of those who assist in such an object. We feel assured that the claims of the Leices ter-square Soup-kitchen and Hospice will not be.dis regarded by those whom Providence has favoured with ample means. That charity, twice blessed—blessing alike the giver and the receiver—cannot be directed to a quarter where its benefits are more urgently required, or where its influences will not be more sensibly felt. And how consolatory will be the reflection that the assistance thus timely afforded may essentially mitigate the great sum of human suffering—perchance restore to society many of its most useful members; but,- at all events, ar rest the ravages of that disease and famine with which so many of the very poor of the metropolis are afflicted. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following officers had interviews with the Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., at the Admiralty:— Rear-Admirals—The Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, C. 8., K.C.11., J. B. Purvis. Captains—Peter M'Quhae (Commodore for the West In dies), G. Gifford, J. Harrison, T. R. Sullivan, C. 0. Hayes, J. B. Maxwell, J. Hackett, E. T. Michell, Douglas Curry, Thomas Fisher, W. Loring. _ _ _ Commanders—Grey Skipwith, L. S. Tindall, F. B. Mon., tressor W. F. Maitland, T. Belgrave, Al exan d er B o yl e , E. F. N. k. Wayse. Lieutenants—J. W. Dorville, A. M. Noad, the Hon. R. Boyle, E. G. Crawley, W. K. Jollitle, W. Horton, R. B. Harvey. In consequence of the proximity of the Court, the Vic tory, flag-ship, the Britannia, 120, ordinary guard-ship, the Blenheim, GO, screw guard-ship, the Excellent, gunnery ship, and Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord E. Russell, at noon yesterday, fired Royal salutes in honour of the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa Ca roline Alberta, her Majesty's youngest daughter. The day for holding the court-martial oa the officers and crew of the late steamer Flamer is not yet fixed. We hear that two other courts-martial are likely to result from this vessel, one on a marine for shooting a Krooman, and one on a subordinate officer for drunkenness—but this we only give as a report. We are sorry to announce that Deputy Medical Inspector Dr. James Allan (1845) died yesterday, after a protracted illness, at his residence, Hasler Hospital. We also regret to state that Master Charles Penrose Bel lamy (1822), late master attendant at Chatham Dockyard, died yesterday at Hasler Hospital, after a very long illness. By Allen's New Navy List we find that Mr. Bellamy served in the Apollo, fire-ship, at the attack of the French fleet in Basque Roads, and in the Walcheren expedition in 180; was midshipman of the Termagant, in the operations is defence of Sicily, incluiing the attack on Reggio and Leg horn, and takirg of Genoa, and of the Albion, at the battle of Algiers. We understand that when the troops for the Cape em barked on board the Singapore steam-vessel, the crew of tke American frigate St. Lawrence gave them three cheers. MORTALITY ON BOARD AN AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR.-... The Preble, 18, recently returned from a four years' cruise in the Pacific and China, has lost the whole of her original crew, 145 in number, except one commissioned officer and two foremast ditto.— Halifax Journal. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Vice-Admiral Sir George Sey mour, K.C.8., in the Cumberland, 70, dropped down to St. Helen's on Sunday night, with the intention of getting into the Channel with the then favourable breeze, but it chopped round, and she remains at anchor. Commodore Bruce hoisted his red broad pendant as Com modore of the first class and Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa station yesterday, on board the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, for the purpose of saluting. The Vengeance then saluted the Port-Admiral with 17 guns, which the Victory acknowledged with nine. The pendant was afterwards removed to the Blonde receiving -hulk, which is hulking the crew of the Commodore's flag-ship Penelope. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen, Master Commanding, proceeded to St. Helen's to-day with Ad miralty dispatches for Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour. We regret to announce that Mr. Alfred Balliston, Acting - Master Commanding her Majesty's dispatch yacht Elfin, met with an accident whilst on duty with his vessel in attendance upon the Queen's commands yesterday, at Cowes, by falling off the paddle-box. PLYMOUTH, MONDAT,—Her Majesty's seam-vessel Alecto arrived on Sunday, at noon, from Woolwich and Portsmouth. She will be paid advance of wages here and proceed to the coast of Africa. The Sanspariel, 80, screw-propeller steam-ship, was launched from No. 5 slip on Tuesday, March 18, at four P.M. Her dimensions are as follows :—Length, 200 ft. 6 in.; breadth, 52 ft. 2 in.; depth in hold, 22 ft. 8 in. 'f he yard gates were thrown open to the public at three o'clock. WOOLWICH, MARCH 18.—The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley, was to leave Yarmouth harbour to-day, on her return to Woolwich. She could not leave be fore, owing to the small depth of water during the neap tide en the bar at Yarmouth. The African steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich at half-past o' clock A.M. to-day, to take a quantity of stores from the Royal Arsenal to the Rhadamanthns troop-ship at Sheerness for conveyance in the latter vessel to the Cape of Good Hope. THE ESSEX MURDERERS. (From the Essex Herald.) Up to yesterday evening there had been little altera tion in Drory. Rumours had been abroad of his hav ing been attacked by brain fever, but there was not the slightest ground for the statement; his health eon tinnes good, and his manner calm, and he appears to be sensible of the value of the anxious spiritual atten tion of the worthy chaplain. He has not been v isited by his friends since the day above stated, but it is un derstood his family will take their final leave of him at the close of the week. Many persons have been anxious to obtain an interview with him, some, probably, from mere curiosity, but this, of course, has not been allowed. On Friday, Mr. Hammond, one of the wit nesses against him, applied to the magistrates of the Chelmsford bench, for an order of admission, but on stating, in answer to the inquiries, that it was only as a neighbour he wished to see him, and that he did not know the culprit had expressed any desire for the visit, the application was refused. Of course all sorts of rumours have been flying about relative to the cul prit and his connexions, scarcely any of which have the slightest foundation in truth. Amongst other things it was stated that Miss Giblin, the young person to whom Drory was about to be united, was staying in Chelms ford during the whole of the trial—it was even added that she was in a condition that would render the matter doubly terrible to her and to her friends; but we have reason to believe that both assertions are utterly false, and we allude to them only because we feel that the con tradiction of statements that have been so widely spread is an act of justice to a respectable family. Drory's victim, Jael Denny, it seems was not a na tive of Essex. Up to four years ago she resided at Fransden, in Suffolk, where her mother married her present husband, and they then left to enter into the service of the criminal's father at Doddinghurst. Jael is represented by those who knew her in Suffolk as hav ing been there noticed as " a superior girl for her sta tion," and her deportment and personal appearance gave her a prepossessing character. Mrs. Chesham, the other culprit, up to last night had made no confession of the crime for which she is about to suffer. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—Con Monday the 17th, and the day following, the debate was resumed ou the Papal Aggression Bill, with more of vigour than on the day of its introduction. Bit by bit, facts and arguments find their way before the House and the public, wbich were overlaid for a time by the clamour of the friends of Rome and the weakness of the Illinisterial;measure. Nobody now seems to deny, that in one way or other the Bill is not the thing. Some think there ought to be no Bill; but more that the present Bill is aimed at little, and that little wrong. It is beginning to be found out, that the receiving of directions from a foreign power is the evil required to be stopped. John Wesley might divide the country into circuits, and make provision for their governance during his lifetime, and for be queathing his power to a Conference afterwards. But if John Wesley instead of being an Oxford scholar and ex horting his military proselytes to fight to the death for the independence of the British Crown, had been a foreign priest residing at the French head-quarters, or with the French head-quarters established' with himself, his operations would hare been regarded with a very different eye by the people of Great Britain. The speech of Lord Ashley on Tuesday was worthy of the occasion and full of matter. In some way or other that nobleman appears to have incurred the repu tation of being exaggerated; and it would be easy to cite subjects on which there is strong contra riety between his opinions and those which have been often submitted for your judgment. But the truth is that Lord Ashley is a wise man, and a goad ; and even to those who do not ultimately agree with him on a point at issue , _ he comes out with an unexpected flow of reasons for his course. On the present question he doubles the small number of those who have hitherto shown themselves on a level with the case. Two particulars in Lord Ashley's speech struck me as novel; their correctness being of course open to ecru tiny to auy extent. One is, the ostentatious way in which the modern instrument of the Papacy has boasted of baring formed himself on the model of Thomas it Becket. He makes no secret of it; Becket has been all his life the hero of his adoration, and he comes here to imitate him if he can. And the other is, the extent to which the triumph of the Papacy is operating upon the Protestants in France. " With the exception of the Dragonades," they write, " their condition has never been worse." This may be exaggerated, .but it would not be risked without to some extent being true. The man must be demented who does not see, that the power of Absolutism on the continent has come into combina tion with a new element, the power of the Papacy, and that the whole is " rolling onward like a compact solid globe," as was the phrase applied by its friends in our own country ; the end of which is with the Disposer of all events. If any of ns has ever regretted, that he did not live in times when men could bo martyrs in fire or field, a brief term of life may suffice to show him enough to set his mind at ease. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 19th March, 1851. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The only transaction to-day Was — Bristol and Exeter, 85 3 / 4 . LI VERPOOL, MARCH 18. STOCK EXcHANOX.—A good business has been done to-day. The transactions were as follow : Aberdeen, 1814—Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 20—Amber gate and Fast Junction, 2%—Caledonian, 16 1 4—Ditto, Pre ference, 6%—Chester and Holyhead, 2E—Ditto, Preference, guaranteed per cent., 18—Eastern Counties, 7 3 / 4 —East Lancashire, 17 8 —Edinburgh Perth, and Dundee, 10 1 4— GreatlNorthern, (A), 6%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62 3 / — Ditto, Fifths, 6 1 ,1 2 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 5 dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 19% —Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 p. London anti North-Western, 131 c. Ditto, New Quarters, 5% p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39—Ditto, Preference, 12 3-16 Midland, 65w—Ditto, Halves. 12 3 / 4 dis.—North British, 1114 —North-Western, 9% dis. -- Shrewsbury and Chester, Pre ference, guaranteed 5 per cent., 15—South-Eastern and Dover, 28 - York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2218—York and North Midland, 25 1 / s —Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Dutch Rhenish, 3 3 / 4 —Northern of France, par—Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 3'4 dis.— Paris and Strasbourg, 04 dis.— Rouen and Havre, 12 —Sambre and Meuse, 51 —Tours and Nantes, 7 3 4 die. MANCHESTER, MARCH is. Swot EXCHANEM—There has been a fair amount of business, but at much reduced prices, and the market closes decidedly weak. BIRMINGHAM, Manor 18. STOCK ExarimeGv..-1 he only transactions reported to-day were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 34 dis. Midland, 50/. Shares, 13 ois.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 'd2 3 / 4 . YORK., Mime!' 17. &roar EXCHANGIC.—The transactions to-day were aa follow :—Great Northern, 18% —York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 22 3 / 4 —York and North Midland, 28%. AN ENGLISH TENOR IN PARIS. Extract of a letter from a musical friend in Paris:- " An immense interest was excited in the musical circles here by the Milt of Mr. Reeves on Saturday night, at the Italian Opera. For the last two years every singer or other artiste, who has visited London, has brought back wonderful accounts of a certain magnificent tenor, combining tone, power, and expression unequalled since the days of Doneelli ' w ho possessed beyond all question the fi nest voice ever known on the Italian stage. This tenor was Mr. Reeves, and an Englishman. Now, the notion of a fine tenor and an Englishman at tho same time presents a combination which no Frenchman could be brought to admit the possibility of, and hence the crowd that filled the Italiens on Saturday night; not a musician of note in the capital was absent. It was in fact a regular trial by a jury of musicians, and I am ay de lighted, fur the credit et old England , to sahat Mr. Reevei came out of his ordeal most triumphntly. Real talent always makes itself felt, and Mr. Reeves had not sung half-a-dozen bars of his first duo with Madame Sontag before the public felt that a great s inger stood before them; and the manly am p litude of t h e sty le with which he poured forth the andante e ar fo g t e d9wn a thundering round of applause, which wes te lo c w o d up by prolonged and enthusiastic plaudits A at h _1 se of the duet, and settled the question that Ir. Si ms ,,. Reeves —(I wish he would get rid of that infernal Sims") — is fully entitled to the first rank as a tenor, quoique an Englishman! lie delivered the recitative in his ea vatina w ith great expression, and gave the "Sc Canto in ire" air with a mingled power and sentiment that won him another triumph, and set the seal upon his success. A concluding duet with Linda comprises all he has to sing, which gloriously concluded the opera, leaving but oue disappointment upon the mind of the auditory, that he b a d sot had much more to sing. In addition to one of the noblest tenor voices ever heard in Paris, M r . R eeves appears to possess musician-like qualities of a very high order, and above all a perfect mastery over his immense organ, which reaches the celebrated ut of Duprez with marvellous ease. His modulation will require some im provement, for his sotto voce passages, which delighted those of the audience near the stage, were nearly un heard on the second circle. To conclude; this debit was a most successful hit, and will bring the season splen didly to its conclusion. We are now anxiously looking CLIILD MURDER IN HOLDERNESS.-011 Tuesday a country girl, named Sarah Harrison, aged 27, was brought before Messrs. Edward Gibson, Keiro Wat son, and Robert Harrison, at the Sculcoates- hall, on the charge of having murdered her female child. The evidence entered into showed that on the Tuesday previous the body of a female child, verging on a state of decomposition, and with its side completely ripped open, was found in a ditch in the township of Thirtleby,_►,) , , a man named James Kendal, a labourer in the empt l r o m ve r; Hyam. of Thirtleby. An inquest was accordingly put into the the body by Mr. Iveson, the coroner for t t h h e e n custriet, but adjourned to Thursday next. The case wasinendent constable hands of Mr. Anthony Coulthard, fcur hours after the he succeeded in ap. of the middle division of, Holderness, su an t C ? prehending the prisoner within twenty-fear y 5, 1 Alicia-street, Hull, adjournment of the inquest, at g ved with a Mr. Dunn, of Hutnbleton, with her father and mother. It ap peared that she hadn pegnant, she left Mr. Dunn, and went but, on finding herself to the Skirlaugh Unio n , w h e re she was delivered of a c hi ld She left the union on the 4th of on the 14th of Jan ry u that she was returning to Mr. Dunn's February, tel them , - She seems to have remained at Mr. at Humbleton. Dana's when she left, and came to Hull on about a week , T u e sday, the 4th inst. She then went to the house of a pers on , f t h e nameef Ann Hague, to whom she gave the i n f ant ' s clothes, s tating to her that the child died at the union, and had been buried there. A post mortent examination of the body was made by Dr. Kirk, of Hedon, and it appeared that the child had been killed by two stabs in the side, from the spine of the back to the breast bone. The prisoner, who cried bit terly while the case was proceeding, was committed to the assizes by the magistrates, and was conveyed to York Castle on the same evening, in the custody of Mr. Coulthard.—Hull Advertiser. Love—a passion which has caused the change of empires—a passion which has inspired heroism, and subdued avarice a passion which he who never felt never was happy; and he who laughs at never deserves to feel.—Eliza Cook's Journal. 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