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parlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY On the Irish Poor Law 'being further considered in committee, Lord STANLEY proposed the addition of what are gene rally known as the "Bentinck , cia.uses" to the bill, im posing the burthen of the rates upon the occupying tenants. He denied that the proposition was a landlord's invention. The object which he had in view in making it was to adopt the best posSible mode for carrying out this perilous experiment. What he asked their lordships to do was, to deel with Irish property as they would deem it safe to deal with English property. His object was to relieve/the pressure of the poor fates—to supersede the necessity for pauperism by furnishing the means of in dependent labour. He denied-that the rates were equally distributed between landlord and tenant, or that an equal diz-tribution would be the effect of the proposed bill. - The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in opposing the amend ment, characterised it as one which would be disastrous in every way to Ireland, hazardous to the peace of the country, and incompatible with the successful operation of the measure before the house. The object of the bill was to equalise the burthen as between landlord and tenant, and it was essential to do this if they would carry with them the feeling of the people of Ireland in carrying out the measure. Would they be taking the best way in which to carry the feelings of the people with them, in throwing, when they were about to impose a '`great and unknown burthen" upon Ireland, the whole burthen upon the occupier, to the exemption of the landlord? After a 'debate in which Lords Redesdale, Hardwicke, Malinesbury., and Clancarty supported the amendment, which was opposed by Lords Monteagle, Walsingham, St. German's, Wicklow, and Rosebery, and the Arch bishop of Dublin, Lord Stanley withdrew his amendment Lord MONTEAGLE then moved .a clause, operation of the temporary provisions of tr Ist of Septembf limiting the e bill to the 1850. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had mo objection to the clause being inserted into the bill for the information of the house, reserving to himself the right of dealing with it in a future stage as he might deem mast advisable. The house then resumed, and the bill was reported by the Chairman, the report to be brought-up on Friday. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS -MONDAY Lord J. Russell gave notice that he would on an earl day move the continuance beyond September of the sus iportation of noble lord also said, in answer to a question, that he was not prepared to - declare what course he would pursue relative to the use of grain in distilleries. _ The house resolveditself.into committee on the Loa❑ (Discount on Instalments) Resolutions, and the Cum./- of the EXCHEQUER - moved a resolution to the ____.et that a discount. of 5 per cent. should be allowed to all persons who might make advances on account of the eieht million loan on or before the 18th of June, and of 4 per cent. upon all advances on the instalments on or before the 10th of September. The object of the propo sition, as well as that of the increase of the interest on Exchequer-bills, was to relieve the pressure in the money market, and he believed both measures were necessary to to aid the credit of the country, and to give relief to its monetary transactions Several gentlemen expressed their opinion on the pro- position. Lord G. BENTINCK said the measures proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were very helpless efforts to ease the money market, and appeared to him only calcu lated to save himself as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and not to benefit the trading and commercial interests of the country. Sir R. PEEL cordially approved of the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and deprecated any con. tinuance of the discussion on the currency, which could not be more inconveniently argued than on the question before the house. The re , olution was ultimately agreed to Lord MORPETH announced that it was his intention to confine the positive operation of the Health of Towns Bill at present to municipal corporate towns, and to give up the clause authorising: the crown to appoint one-tiii: of the commissioners in -cer in cases ....... 1 1...-._ Earl of HARDWICKE asked the Government if they state the_ quantity of wheat which wai now in the The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed that the question asked was such as it was impossible for the Government to give any definite answer to. There were no sources of information open to the Government which were not equally open to others. As, to the import of corn, all that he could say was that during the first four months of the present year, upwards of three millions o quarters had been imported into the country ; the impor. Should that importation continue during the remainder of the year, the whole amount imported would be nine millions of quarters. HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. PUSEY postponed the further consideratio =WEDNESDAY Agricultural Tenant Rights,Bill f , r the present session. Lord JOHN MANNERS then moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Pious and Charitable pur poses bill. Sir R. INGLIS strongly opposed the measure On a division the bill was lost by • -FRIDAY Mr. Hume, Mr. M. Gore, Mr. Watson, Mr. French, :and Mr. - Hudson - supported the motion. Sir W. BAARON asked leave to withdraw his motion, .on the novaground that he saw the house unanimous in its favour. Lord G. BENTINCK and several other members objected to the withdrawal of the motion. _ Sir H. BARRON implored the house, with many.gesti culations and amidst much laughter, to allow Min to ex tricate himself from his perplexity. The gallery.was cleared for a division. The government were evidently about to be placed in a minority. When it was opened, Mr. AGLIONBY was addressing the house, urging the unfairness of forcing the hon. baronet to an untoward di- 7ision, and.charginegerrtlenien opposite with treating the luestion lightly. Mr. DISRAELI repelled the charge of unfairness act was th had communica intention of bringing forward this motion to Lord G. rßentinek, and had asked the noble lord to be present and to 'tie his in- finence with IT s supporters in its favour. wall" be included in the motion. Mr. H uMC would rather have " The South Sea Whale Fisheries" included. r. Visa I favour of the bill, 46 on recorc The Poor Rates (Ireland) bill then went through com mittee pro forma, but on the question being put that the report be brought up,_ that the report be received on that day six months. • On a division the amendment was carried by a majority of 26, consequently the bill is lost. . . was negatived without a division. On Mr. SPOONER moving the second reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Prevention Bill, Sir GEORGE GREY said there were many of the provi sions ,3f the bill which were objectionable ; and he should therefore recommej thehon. gentleman to withdraw the bill, and ask leave of the to bring in a new one to award punishment to procuresses and those who assisted in obtaining females for prostitution. The bill was consequently withdrawn, and Mr. P 99 7 ,;;;;;. gave notice of his intention to ask leave to brink in a bill be committed pro forma COl. SIBTHORP objected that the city of London was excluded from the bill. Lord MORPETII explained, but the_ answer not being he gallant member moved that the house be counted, and there not bein house adjourned. 40 members present, I CILS HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, in answer to a question from Mr. Aglionhy, stated that the commission appointed to enquire into Captain Warner's invention having examined - . it under very thvourable.circumstances, an( to the conclusion that it was one of the gi tions ever attempted upon human credibility, it was no bis intention to take any step in Parliament relative to that pretended invention. _ _ having come Dr. BOWRING brought forward a motion for the reduc tion of the duties on foreign wine, which was seconded by EWART, but, being opposed by Government, the doctor withdrew it Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved that " An humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be pleased to appoint a Commissioner to inquire into the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed an urgent hope that Lord George Bentinck would not oppose the withdrawal of the motion. tt reprobated the bringing forward 'of sham motions, such as that made by the honourable baronet, and severely condemned the government for allowing•the evening to be -wasted by ad capiandum speeches, while the real serious business of the country (the second read ing of the Loan Discount Bill, and the discussion on the monetary condition of the country) was thus indefinitely postponed. He -recommended the government, to grant this and every other committee that might be asked by any hon. member.; it would materially assist them in the coining general election to be enabled to say that they had After another appeal from Mr. LABOUCH ERE, Lord G. BENTICK said he would bend to the custom of the house, and allow the motion to be withdrawn ; but the Irish nation would understand that it was not for want. of zeal in promoting Irish interests that he and his friends abstained from pressing the motion to a division. Mr. BANKES and other hon. members persisted in ob jecting to the withdrawal of the motion ; and ultimately the house divided. For the motion, 22 ; against it, 73 — majority against the motion, 51. Sir H. Barron was un derstood to have voted against his own motion. _ E ealledsattention to a petition from Jam. praying for free trade in that colony, and for an additional supply of labour as requisite for the prosperity of that island ; and, moved a resolution in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners.—After a short discussion the motion was negatived without a division. Mr. SPOONER moved for leave to bring in a bill for the more effectual suppression of trading in seduction and prostitution, and for the better protection of females. Mr. H UME objected to the bill, and divided the house. against it, 11—ma: HOUSE OF LORDS jority in The report on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill having been 1 _ received, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that all the words introduced into the bill, at the instance of Lord Mont- eagle, in committee, making it temporary in its operation, should now be omitted, this proposition being supported by Lords Campbell, Clanricarde, Ripon, Fortescue, and Conyngliam : the speakers in favour of limitation bein g Lords liroughain, Monteagle, Wicklow, Roden, Fitzwil liam, and the Archbishop of Dublin. On a division, the amendment was carried by a majo rity of 12, the numbers being 54 to 42 of peers present, consequently the aid of proxies was not invoked, and the bill was thus restored to its original state of permanency. The Earl of CLANCARTY trioved a clause, the object 'd which, he state d, was to make in-door relief the rule, and out-door relief the exception, which was negatived with- I The Earl of Luc/ix proposed a clause to the effect, that no person shall be - entitled to relief in an electoral divi- the workhouse, Cr receiving relief, he had occupied some tenement, or have usually slept in such division for thirty a was agreec Lord STANLEY then moved his rating of teranf a clause, which had been rejected in committee, with a view to hav- a was now negatived Lord MONTEAGLE having proposed and withdrawn a clause, the report of the amendments was ordered to be brought up on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, UME moved a resolution to -FRIDAY Irailway company at present authorised by act or acts of parliament to construct, purchase, or take on lease, any )wer to raise additional capital for such purposes, unless clause be introduced therein, providing that the corn. pany shall not raise such capital until Ulm realised the whole of the amount which, by existing act?, it is autho rised to raise, or so much thereof as is sufficient for the uy rarliainent, and that no railway company shall be allowed to lease or sell any other line of rail Way until the whole capital shall have been subscribed, and one-half paid up. A. debate ensued, when at the suggestion of the Govern majority of 146. meld, as the subject was one which required deliberation as to rise extent of any restrictive power which it might oe considered proper to impose, the debate was adjourned until Friday, the 21st instant. subject of diplomatic relations between the courts of Rome and England, expressed his belief that more formal - • bringing in a for its alteration at the present period of the session—he did not think it would be safe to advise her Majesty to send an accredited minister to Rome. He did, however, hope that hereafter some legislative provision in reference to this subject would be made. The currency debate on the Loan Discount Bill was then resumed, and occupied the remainder of the sitting; the house meeting to receive the report, and for further discussion, on Saturday. LAW INTELLIGENCE, r roo At. ♦ PAT Tilt! Al A fITCPT2 ATI wicke Greenwood, Esq., who for some years has sat at Clerkenwell Police-court, has resigned his appointment, and H. P. Tyrwhitt, Fsq., of Brick-court, Temple, special pleader, has been appointed in his stead. CAN THE DESTRUCTION OF A WILL REVOKE CODI- his important question in testamentary proceed ings was raised upon motion before Sir H. Jenner Fust, at the Prerogative Court, on Friday. The property at stake is about X 20,000 of realty, and £17,000 of personalty. The testator, in the presence of_Captain Walcot, tore up property was to be made The court was asked to grant probate of the codicils, ex the will that had been torn up and burnt animo revocandi. The court on motion could not, as minors and others abroad were not represented, grant lite motion. The question at law being new, must be formally brought before it. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, The extension line, from Hawick to Carlisle, of the North British railway, has been thrown out by a parlia- mentary committee. The F hareholcien of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and :Car- . . affinity, and to marriages solemnized abroad, or m the their directors, for bran( hes, &c. The title of the com- British Colonies." The hon. member alluded in his pany will be hereafter " the Glasgow and South Western speech principally to the Marriage Act of 1835, which Railway." rendered void any marriage between a widower and his LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN. — May 13.—The ex deceased wife's sister. He contended that such marriages press train from Liverpool. due at Euston-square at were valid by the common law, and that that act. had not 11 p.m., did not arrive till 1 5 a.m. The train ran into a • , iinplislied any of the objects for which it was intro- goods train, on a curve in the line, a little below Wolver- Ms' - -t respectable clergymen—as. for in- ton, by which the guard's brake-waggon was broken to ' and several of .any most . stance, the late Dr. Tattershall, the Itev. Dr. Close, of pieces. No lives were lost, but the guard , Cheltenham : Dr. A , burst, of Plymouth ; Dr. Hill, the the passengers were slightly injured. It is occurrence Archdeacon of Derby, and several others—concurred with like this which create the necessity for quadruple rails. , vcr 10 RA him in thinking that th s were not and that t wring the case he could not see why an the numbers who arrived by the Chester and Birkenhead inquiry should not be granted. line were—on Tuesday, 2,428 ;on Wednesday, 9,563 ;on Sir G. GREY, on the part of the Government, expressed Thursday, 3,198, and on Friday, 2,270. The Chester and his concurrence in the grounds which Mr. Wortley had Birkenhead Railway Company received no less than laid for his motion. He thought that a sufficient case £2,174, the average weekly traffic being about £6OO only ! had been made out for inquiry. The law of marriage was The Chester and Shrewsbury line received £6Ol. at present in a most unsatisfactory state; and the Act of I IMPROVED REVENUE OF LONDON AND NORTH-WES -1835, instead of removing uncertainty, had increased it— , TERN.—Having noticed, a few weeks since, the falling off 1 instead of checking, had increased immorality. The which until then had appeared in the receipts of the Lon feelings of any individuals were in a painful situation in i don and North-Western for 1847, we may now advert, consequence of the vagueness of the law. and it was only with sincere pleasure, to the marked improvement that has fitting that they should be set at rest. He concurred since taken place from the very moment in question., So with Mr. Wortley in thinking that a commission would 1 rapid was the rebound upwards, during the short space of be a better mode of conducting such an inquiry than a four weeks only, that whereas the gross revenue up to the committee. In acceding to the motion, he gave no 3d of April was reported less by £5,400 than the amount opinion as to what the law of marriage hereafter ought to received within the corresponding period of 1846, the be. account up to the Ist of May, on the contrary, shows a Sir R. INGLIS expressed his regret that Sir G. Grey difference to the credit of 1847 of £4,7s3—which of court e had consented to this motion, and compared the 153 cler- gives for the single month of April a gross total of more gymen who had signed petitions in its favour with the than £ll,OOO in excess over the same month of the year 15,000 clergymen who, by their silence, had declared their preceding. approbation of the present law, and the proportion those MONEY FOR RAILWAYS.—A parliamentary return in marriages bore to the annual average, which was in En- forms us exactly what we have already undertaken to gland 100,000. He disputed several of Mr. Wortley's spend and to pay for railways. The acts passed in the assertions, repeating the arguments he had used against two l a st sessions authorize new calls arid loans to the Lord Francis Egerton's bill, and contended that these amount of £154,675,655. The portion of this sum actu- Tha e rriages were contrary to the policy of society, and to ally so raised is £28,320,020. It follows that the sum yet the happiness l of families, and that they were contrary to to be raised in order to complete the lines granted in 1845 of the of Scripture and to the canons and the practice and 1846 is £96,355,635. Supposing this to be spread church for the last 1,500 years. lie therefore over two years, it results that the popular average of a should give his decided opposition to this motion . a few observations million a week is not far from the truth. There are, in- Afte r froM Mr. M.MINESand Mr. deed, very few of the lines which the projectors do not WATSON in support of th e mot i on, and f rom D r. Ni c h o ll, con t emp l a t e fi n ishing by May, 1849. We have our own declaratory - of his opinion that it was impolitic to institute opinion—the opinion we have alway s entertained and de an inquiry into the operation o f .2_ I—. -s to the Possibility of this gigantic am egate of morality ....... to a law because a number dared—as _ pos., of individuals thought fit to evade it it. undertaking. We believe that it will in v o lv e t he w h o le Sir R. INGLIS contented himself with crying " No" mercantile world, and with it all the industrial classes, in to the motion, but declined to divide upon it' difficulties beyond our present experience. However , The motion was then agreed to. Sir H. W. BARRON moved for a select committee what is done cannot be helped. it seems agreed on all inquire into the meal of improving t he n tsh v ei i r te e n s t. in Ire- out. The public attention is rather directed to the fresh land, and thereby aff biz profitable - ern c i p to hands that this part of the experiment must work itself undertakings now before parliament. They can be con- Mr. FREWEN secon ed the motion. fined to a safe compass, or subjected to prudent condi- Mr. LABOUCHERE said that many inquiries had already tions. What, then, is their extent ? The capital pro been made, and abundant evidence was before the house I. posed to he raised by the bills of this season is altogether on the subject of the Irish fisheries. £l6 32.5 £47,486,674, 01her of which £31,161,674 is for extensions and Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought the reasons given for improvements of lines already opened, and refusing the motion the weakest conceivable. He rejoiced 2 is for railways not yet opened. Some of to find it established on the authority of the Irish Secre- these are tau, that the Irish people are not the idle characters they pining all the object lines. Some are competing. Sup to be sanctioned, considerably more are represented to be--because the right hon. gentleman than half the bilis ect l o il fo . If only half pass, there - will boastfully asserted that it was only necessary to provide a . then be an addition w a about £24,000,000 to our railway market in order to stimulate the Irish fishermen to the engagements, entailing a/le outlay of about£2oo,ooo most energetic enterprise. The noble lord promised the a week for 120 weeks to ATend of August, 1848, and. rais motion his warm support. in; the weekly expenditure for two years to 61,200,000. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FOREIGN 6- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES, BY the Cambria steamer, which arrived in the Mersey onThursday evening, we have received New York papers to 30th" April. Politically, they are exceedingly unimportant; no military operations having taken place in Mexico since the previous dates. It appears that Santa Anna has suc ceeded in putting down the disturbances which distracted the capital, and he is said to have marched towards Jalapa, to meet General Scott, who is advancing, - from - Vera Cruz, with an army of 10,000 men. Fresh proposals for peace have been made by the United States government, but apparently without producing the slightest effect. The government and people of Mexico seem equally deter mined to prosecute the war to the last extremity, notwith standing the unvarying reverses which their arms have experienced. If, however, they should carefully avoid fighting pitched battles, and confine themselves to a har rassing and desultory warfare, they may yet succeed in wearying out their opponents, though at a terrible cost to themselves. General Scott will, no doubt, force his way to Mexico without any very serious opposition ; 'but the real difficulties of the Americans will then only commence. The procuring of supplies for, and the maintenance of communications between, so many isolated bodies of troops, scattered over the country, will be a work of great labour and hazard, and, above all, of very :great cost,—a cost which the people of the United States may endure for a time, but with which they will eventually become greatly dissatisfied. The commercial intelligence by this arrival presents a rather chequered appearance. The continued rise in the rate of exchange, which, for the packet, was 106- to 107, puts an •end to the apprehensions of a further demand for gold from this country, and is consequently favourable. On the other hand, we are informed that the steamer has not brought so many orders for cotton goods as were ex pected. The exports of grain and flour from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist of Sep tember to the latest dates, consist of about 1,100,000 qrs. of wheat and wheat flour, and 1,400,000 qrs. of Indian corn and corn meal, with about 50,000 quarters of rye, oats, and barley. The probable amount of future export is variously estimated ; but it is now pretty generally ac .knowledged that the statements pretty generally promul gated and believed on this subject a few months ago, were utterly extravagant and unfounded. From present appearances, it seems probable that the entire export of wheat and wheat flour, for the whole year, will not much exceed two millions of quarters. Of Indian Corn, no doubt, the quantity will be large; but, if we may judge from the estimates which we find in American circulars, grain the supply will fall far short of the san muine anticipations so common a few weeks ago. even of that The internal navigations had remained dosed to an unusually late period, and the quantity of produce arriving at New York was so small, and the number of vessels in the port was so disproportionately large, that the freight of flour which a few weeks before had been at 7s. 6d. to Bs. per barrel, had declined to 3s. Considerable supplies, hOwever, were expected shortly; when, no. doubt, the become active following is an extract from a private letter received per the Cambria, from a highly respectable and intelligent merchant of New York, dated April 30. After a pressing invitation to pay a transatlantic visit, he remarks:— • We have plenty to eat here; but &cirri the number of poor starving Irish you would meet every day, landing from vessels just arrived and constantly arriving, you would think yourself in Liverpool. Such pictures of distress and objects of misery I have nevet before seen. What a blessing it is to this country that we have provision enough for ourselves and for all Europe; but too much prosperity may he our ruin. Our Mexican war is as unpopular as it is iniquitous and unjust; I hope it may politically kill the administration that has prosecuted it so foolishly. Pennsylvania now regularly pays her instalments every six months ; but a part of it in a depreciated currency." From New Orleans, a letter, dated April 20, states that "Indian corn is arriving plentifully,- rates exhibit a down war tendency (partly attributable to the extravagant freights), price 73 to SO cents per bushel, and recommends immediate sale here of the stuck on hand, as the supiq is likely to be very considerable. Flour is being bought extensiveiy for France, and Rothschild's agents have operated largely; foi good ship ping qualities of Ohio $64 per barrel is obtained. Wheat is Purchased as fast as it arrives for the French market, at from $1 21c. to -81 35c. per bushel of &nibs 'The prospects for the trrowing crop of cotton are very unpromising, the weather un favourable both in the southern and the Atlantic States Pub:ic opinion estimates the crop at 1.800,000 bales, but some regard it overrated. As arrivals have for some time past rapidly diminished, and do not average 200 a day, exports are , . more limited than customary at this period ofthe year, and vessels have difficulty to till up at even a halfpenny a po un d. '1 he filling up refers to the advantageous use of bales of cotton The New York Herald estimates the expense of the American war at a million of dollars weekly. The King of the two Sicilies has, by decree dated the 26th of March, suspended the duties on the import of all kinds of grain. Distress is becoming universal in all parts of Germany. It has already led to many excesses, and is, unfortunately, likely to lead to more o great is the distress in some parts of Bohemia that horse flesh has become a common article of food, and is openly sold. FRANKFORT.—The house of Rothschild has under taken to pay the bakers in this town the sum of six kreutzers upon every loaf, so that the poor may be all supplied ; but even then a famine is apprehended. Accounts from Lisbon to the 9th instant, state that Madeira had pronounced for the Oporto Junta, and that the last of the Queen's steamers had run into the Douro, and joined the insurgents. On Good Friday, an interesting ceremony was performed at Jerusalem. The bishop, aaetsted by his chaplain and two missionary clerirvmao -it" -- J g y, ~ baptized five Jews—, wee men and two women. A considerable number of English were present; but the service was read in German by Dr. Ni- A letter in the Brussels papers, dated Berlin, April 21, says that it was " reported that, in consequence of the great scarcity of potatoes, the distillation will be prohi- bited in the - whore monarchy, from the Ist of June to the Ist of September this year. It would certainly be very de sirable that this measure should be immediately adopted." The Morning Post mentions an attempt to assassinate Queen Isabella, by firing two pistols, or a double-barrelled at. her Majesty as she was . returning from the Prado in her carriage: The Post will not believe the version published at Madrid of its being only a couple of crackers ! The Queen took her departure for Aranjuez on the sth, unaccompanied by her husband. MAMMON v. MUMMIES.—The insatiable spirit of Mammon will not even allow the mummies of the Egyp tian sepulchres to slumber unmolested. It is actually proposed to strip them of their manifold wrappers of sumptuous linen, in order that the cloth may he manu factured into paper for the profit of the Pasha's govern ment. ROMISH RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.—About ten days ago an English gentleman named Wilton committed sui cide at Madrid. The authorities gave permission for the interment of the body ; the parochial clergy of St. Mar tin's placed it in a cellar of an old convent Of Porta Cceli, and kept it there for 36 hours, whilst deliberating what to do with it. They at first thought fit to assume that the —ease(' - 'ncr ar Er - ' , man was necessarily a Pr o- , "cans ...41 ,44011, _ , but at last allowed the body to be buried in the public cemetery, on an assurance being given that he was a " Catholic," though not a " Roman Catholic." The corpse was accordingly conveyed to the ground, followed by a few friends, and was there interred without any re ligious ceremony. The coffin, which closed with a lock like a trunk, was, however, opened to allow the body to be recognised, and the key was given up to the British Consul. Care was taken to impress a belief on the minds of the cemetery people that the British government would in all probability have the body examined at a future pe riod. This was necessary to deter them from removing it —a thing by no means improbable if they believed the de , osvcrd to harp hePn a Protestant.— Gationani. testant POLITICAL GOSSIP Sir William Feilden will not offer himself again for the representation of Blackburn. Sir John Hanmer retires from the representation of Hull. The committee for inquiry into the cultivation of cotton in India will not be appiiinfed until next session. Sir George Grey has consented to become a candidate for North Northumberland, in opposition to Lords Os- sulston and Lovaine, the Conservative candidates. REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER.—TWO new candi dates have appeared—Mr. S. Gregson, a liberal and free trader, and Mr. E. D. Salisbury, a tory. Mr. Egerton, M.P., has issued a farewell address to the electors of North Cheshire. He has represented the divi sion for fifteen years. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—Lord John Russell gave notice on Tuesday evening that on Friday, May 21st, he should move the adjournment of the house till Friday, the 28th instant. Mr. J. I. Blackburne, the present member for War rington, has issued his address to the electors, a step, he intimates, rendered imperative on him, in consequence of Mr. Allcard having announced his intention of becoming a candidate. THE TEN HOURS' BILL.—A report is abroad to the effect that, through the influence of certain millowners brought to bear upon the Lords, the Ten Hours' Bill will be sent back to the Commons in the shape of an Eleven Hours' Bill, and that the government has so decided a leaning towards the eleven hours, that they will support the lords' amendment. REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Mr. Estcourt has announced his intention of retiring from the representation of this University on account of the infir mities of advancing years. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Edward Cardwell, Esq. lq.P. for Clitheroe, have been put forward to supply the vacant scat. Mr. Cardwell has written to his constituents at Clitheroe, re signing the trust with which they had honored him. The following were the only members who voted in favour of Lord J. Manners' Pious and Charitable Purposes Bill:—T. D. Acland, Viscount Adare. Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Colonel Austin, J. M. Balfour, R. M. Bel lew, It. D. Browne, Hon. W. Browne, R. A Christopher, F. H. Dickinson, G. Duncan, Marquis of Granby, Sir. J. llanmer, Sir. W. Heathcote, Lord A. Hervey, A. H ope, Earl Jermyn, Viscount Newry, S. D. W. Russel, H on . G. Smyth, Lord J. Manners , and Viscount Clive. FURTHER SUSPENSION OF CORN DUTIES.—Lord John Russell has given notice of his intention , to move the further suspension of the duties on foreign' grain beyond next—a proceeding that would have been quite • under the old and ill-abused sliding scale of duties, inasmuch as, on the arrival of the averages at 73., September - next unnecessary under tbr some time past), ' mizial duty of Is. pt notable scheme adopt of the corn la on t' averag of not letti that, under the opt to a higher any former per' IRELAND. The ucgroes of Antigua have subscribed out of their scanty resources the sum of £144 towards the relief of the distressed poor in Ireland. AN IRISH LUXURY.—During the last-week several dead bodies were carried through the town for interment with out the " luxury" of coffins.—Castlebar Teleyraph. The Galway Industrial Society have 300 poor women in daily work at knitting. spinning, and sewing, and had they funds could increase them to 3000. MURDER IN THE COUNTY DOWN.—A most respect able farmer, named James Paxton, residing at Dechomet, county Down, between four and five miles from Rathfri land, on Tuesday night, was murdered at his own door, and his person was frightfully abused. POVERTY.—On Monday, two country girls went to the shop of Mr. Delahunt, hair dresser, in Clonmel, and sold their hair for two shillings and threepence per head. This certainly is both an original and extraordinary mode of obtaining relief. AWFUL AND TRUE.—In the parish of Kiglos this week the skeleton bodies of seven wretches were found inside a hedge. The dogs of the surrounding villages had the flesh almost eaten oft The police were called out, and shot seven dogs, in the mouth of one of which was a heart and a portion of the liver.—Roscommon Journal. LORD STANLEY'S IRISH PROPERTY. — It will be inte resting to many of our readers to learn the extent of Lord Stanley's Irish property. According. then, to his lord ship's own statement in the House of Lords, on last night week, it comprises from 8,000 to 9,000 acres, and for the purposes of the Poor-law is rated at £B,OOO per year. Of course this is not the rack rent, but only on a certain scale valuation ; but on what proportion of the rent the noble lord did not make known, probably not more than one-half, or at the most two-thirds of his income. ATTEMPT AT MURDER. — About five o'clock on Wed nesday evening, when approaching the gatehouse of his demesne, near Lismore, in the county of Waterford, Arthur Ussher, Esq. was fired at by one of those " most moral and religious " marksmen so skillful in sending a bullet to a landlord's heart. Fortunately, however, the villain missed his aim, and Mr. Ussher escaped unhurt. This gentleman's conduct as a landlord has latterly been the subject of a lengthy newspaper narrative, not much calculated to propitiate " the faithful," or to secure his life. 'STATE OF CLONMEL.—On Monday this town was 'thrown into a state of great excitement, in consequence of the appearance of vast crowds of country people, who flocked' in from all directions. In a short time the shut ters of all the shops which contained eatables were put up, and every precaution was taken against an outbreak. Sir C. O'Donnell and Wm. Ryan, Esq., J.P. addressed the people several times in terms of kindness, and, at the same time, of determination, and advised them to go home peaceably, and not violate the law,, and that any thing that could be done, would be resorted to, to assist them. However, they seemed determined on riot and plunder. They said two days wages were due to them, and some were hold enough to say " they would sooner fight for it, and be stretched at once." The crowds at this time were immense, and the wages, we firmly believe, were not due to near a fourth of them. Sir Charles O'Donnell seeing that they would not take his advice, and repair quietly home, said he was determined not to be trifled with, and quickly a large force of cavalry and infantry were ordered out, and drawn up in Bagwell street. This demonstration seemed to have the desired effect, and the people separated quietly, but we fear the tranquillity is only of a temporary nature. RIOTING IN IRELAND.—There are bad symptoms abroad. From Limerick the accounts are alarming, and Castlemartyr, Cork, there were some proceedings on Thursday that might have led to blood. Blood, indeed, there was, but it was the blood of a magistrate and of a policeman. There was no sufficient force : to resist the rioters, and, but for the arrival of the military, it is hard to say what might ha': been the result. The mob, who were no "starving creatures," as it is the fashion to fancy all perpetrators of outrage, but. able and atheltic men, not only burst the gates of the market-house, but swore they would "smash all the soup-boilers in the country"—that they'd have no "greasy kitchen stuff, but should have either money or bread," and right ready they seemed to put their threat in execution. Lord Shannon, who acted with firmness and decision, they invited to an interview. His Lordship said that if they appointed two or three deputies he would have no objection to hear them, but he would hold no communication with a mob. They had previously attempted to force the gates of his demesne, and threatened, we understand, to destroy the house. This is the beginning, and what may folloW if such begin nings are not promptly and peremptorily checked, it is more easy to conjecture than agreeable to describe. On the following day there were some kindred doings at Kil leagh. DEATH FROM FEVER, OF THE FEMALE SAILOR, JANE GALLAGHEB.—On Monday, the 3rd inst., the remains of this remarkable female were attended to the h urrial -ground at the Abbey, near the town of Donegal. She caught the fatal malady whilst attending on her husband, who had been for a length of time confined with the disease which took her life. It may probably be within the recollection of most of our readers, that some years ago, and during the time of his Majesty William the 4th, she had been discovered on board a ship in London, disguised in the dress of a sailor boy, having at the time her apprentice ship nearly served. It was thought she went in pursuit of her lover, as she first emigrated to America, missed her design, then went on hoard a ship as a boy, expecting to make good her design. The novel circumstance excited so much wonder and amusement, that it at once reached the Royal ear. She was introduced to his Majesty, had the honour to have wine and cake in his royal company, with an assurance of his future support. A pension was granted during life of £lO a year, which she enjoyed up to her death • she has left to mourn her premature demise a large family of very young tars, all of whom bear the Queen. It is anxiously hoped that the pension will be continued till they are able to appear in our navy, in the dress in which their poor mother was discovered. During her perigrinations she has been frequently in company with ladies and gentlemen, has used snuff, smoked her pipe, drank punch, never was seen the least intoxicated, and was not discovered till in London. COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leiningen, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday af ternoon, from Osborne. vV Her Majesty and Prince Albert, on Thursday, visited the Opera to hear Jenny Lind, and afterwards went to the St. James's Theatre, and heard the last act of Lord •-/V• Ellesmere's rhymed translation of Victor Hugo's " Her nani," represented Co.- the benefit of the destitute Irish and Scotch. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Mr. J. Ba[sir Chatterton harpist to her Majesty. It is stated that Gibson 's statue of the Queen has been lost.at sea during its transit from Rome. The Government have resolved to reinstate Lord Dun donald in the Order of the Bath, which he so gallantly won, and of which he was so unjustly deprived. Cn Wednesday, the entertainment to her Majesty's Ministers and their ladies, and a distinguished company, at the Mansion-house. Gen. Sir H. Smith was present. ,ord Mayor zave a sum ptuous UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. There is no truth in the report that the Rev. R. W. Sibthorp has returned to the Romish church. He is at The curates of Ireland Cave;;lCl;;;;cl;tnenorial to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, stating that they view with "Great alarm the probable passing of the 'Poor Law Amendment Bill,' the operation of which, by diminishing, to an undefined amount, the incomes of the beneficed clergy, will cause the dismissal of a large number of curates, possibly one-half of those now employed." ETON MONTEM.—There is now no longer any doubt as to the discontinuance of this ancient triennial festival on Whit Tuesday. Dr. Hawtrey, the head master, with feelings that do him honour, has remitted to the father of the captain of the school the munificent donation 0f.±:200, as a compensation in softie degree for the loss his son might sustain in consequence of the first abolished Mon tern, which sum is to be applied for his benefit during his years of undergraduateship at college, but on no account to be expended as Montem money, on entertainments or gifts to any person whatever. The provost has signified his intention of sending a donation to the same boy when- above which "th, ave mer there woul ---y been a no- of the society in various parts of the kingdom, “- r quarter imposed; whilst, by the ' dolly amongst railway and canal boatmen, the re l . 'by the propounders of the repeal concluded by cailing on the public further to aid th 4s. per quarter is to be paid : society in their good work. The Bishop of Wind and upwards. This comes ! moved and the Bishop of Oxford seconded the adoption of ferring with satisfaction to the education movement at ! chairman is not to be con t ra di c t e d the report, and both right rev. prelates bore testimony to Cheltsnham, and the strong energetic evangelism which chcermr -9rn laws, this co u ntry the beneficial operations of the society in their respective, characterized the church of- England, observed, that in i The .. ‘cnerity than at dioceses. The Bishop-at Chester, Earl Waldegrave, and , V - ier denominations of Christians there was much sound AP addressed the meeting- them, as for were the d they were 1 The re better understood than Sec:tans} !..r. gentleman; after re- I _ Mr. Si Nester they were some time ago, ion of the )f commercial I I rJtestantism, :anti the would find among in Old Palace-yard -.ppm ucu uy LIJV VI TV 111U1111.0rarg v . mont, and Mountcashell ; Viscount Mandeville ; Sir p; Verner, M.P. ; Mr. Plumptre, M.P. ' • Mr. Id„• e n Mr. Frewen, M.P.; Mr. Coiquhoun, M.P. ; Mr. Shirley,Spooll.; M.P. ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P. ; Captain Taylor, NI t y ; Sir D. Mackworth ; Revs. Dr. Scoresby. R. Montgoii,:=i James Harris; &c. After the toast of The Queen' „ jo , The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the ' t o tional Club," observed that the object of the club was o f disseminate right principles, to alleviate the Fondition, their poor fel' t - )te so- P' .ow-countrymen, to prob.. cation, and to of e-, as they hoped, an effectual resist . ao.,.`a to any further inroads from Popery. Nations were rsit,:o —c ----- A:— 4,, +l,. .... re rnl.ra • Christl,, 1./I knit! ttecuruitis Lll LIIC s.t! men, having certain rights as citizens, and means o' j to fluencing the government of their c wintry, were bolol d. A make conscience of using all their o f p or t un ities for G 0 ; ,j, great opportunity was at hand in th e com i ng e l e ction; ' 4 ll if if st, our rulers, whoever they mi g ht b e , w o u ld pro lo hal d over the country Romanism. (Hear, hear Mr. CoulunouN; M.P., being called upon to re ttl .. r og thanks, recounted the history of the rise and pro:ogr e :lV the club. He had heard a whisper on the benches o'pll House of Commons about the impudence of the tw;i s e 4 . erecting a meeting-house directly in front of the Ho he i4 of Parliament (a laugh), and attempting to tell merfp ieyoug ht ( to a %a-out:1.1)8, adolad, beengu guilty yo of that ow t 1 audacity intended to persevere in it. (Hear , hear.) They 'l:o'6 t o li f e the c l club House had Commons the first trial of their audacity in the case of Mr. Wat s ' 0 4 bill, and the sound Protestant feeling of the countrYby su ccessfully aroused, and the bill was th ro wn out„ t i c si majority obtained without the coun t e nance of a P,°, i i-if s leader, without manifest oes from Tainworth cheers), or sanction from an y s uc h quarter. And th,eoO sociation would not shrink from constantly exposi n bii, resisting the wiles and the efforts of Popery and Libellii4l: to do us evil. He had named Popery and LibeltP t together, and indeed they were but different a spects same nrincinle: both of them displaced Scripture I„.i ever he leaves Eton. The fortunate captain is the son u, the Rev. S. T. Gully, rector of Berrynarbor, Devonshire. The leev. C. PREST moved the following resolution . GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE BISHOPS.—The "That the members and friends of this association have Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertainment felt that Popery, being opposed' to the written word of God, to the members of the Episcopal Bench on Thursday, at must be opposed to the best interests of men, whether as nati ons Palace. At half-past six o'clock prayers were o d s igia7d, i e , n o t t p i r i l a w on a s d t e; l ; i r s ee of misery individuals. That en arethe present i calamitous condition read in the Archbishop's private chapel, the Venerable almost unparalleled in peoplee history Archdeacon Harrison, one of his grace's private chaplains, sires to express its deepest sympathy for their'sufferin m g e tr i e n thre e n, officiating. The chapel was opened for divine service for and feels itself under a solemn obligation to declare its convic- . the first time on this occasion, having undergone exten tion that the frightful misery now desolating that country evident - d ----- o f may and both will prevail."' lt was from one , r pi t i. b e traced ar in part to the principle and policy which the sive restoration and repair during the past twelve months. Court of Sir It. Peel's recent speeches that he was 1 1r- 1 4 0 adopted and Ireland d a xitt m aii e ic a e na tl a ie t . At seven o'clock a superb entertainment was served in and Reformatfo h n o , f witTi m the ha v v i e rw a • to tell us in that case,---.-" Popery is completely etlW ef f the banqueting-room of the palace. The Venerable beeorcing and enslaving the British empire, divine dis p leasure uld it is not what you bigotted people suppose I h igl i t ii! Archbishop presided, and was supported on his right by also regarded as a manifestation of the divine p for enlightened philosophy of Italy, sublimed by th e . ( 0," the Archbishop of Armagh, and upon his left by the Arch- the guilt of the land, and the sinfulness of the nation in endow- principles of modern legislation." And this l' c otl Do 6 ) t statesman who in ' 1838 told a deputation from '.. i inkiell, bishop of Dublin. The Venerable Archdeacon Harrison ing the idolatries of the Church of Rome." and the Rev. Dr. Mill, chaplains to the Archbishop, had The rev. gentleman, in the course of his-speech, ridiculed that so rapid was the progress of Popery, so alar" ce io' i oa the honour of joining the circle at dinner; the idea of liberalism being allied to Popery. A liberal Pope events on the continent, so great the disturbal l 0), 110 CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.--The annual gene- was a contradiction in terms; a liberal Pope was, in fact, that formidable system was producing in Pol e f d if o to ral meeting of this society took place .at Exeter 'Hall. an impossibility. No liberal man could be a good Pope, Germany, that he for one should not be surpris , o e t iA Lord Ashley presided, and the hall was densely crowded. his very liberality would disqualify him for the office. day were soon to arrive when we should be calleo p to, ;g eo , Amongst those on the platform were the Bishop of Oxford. (Cheers.) The fact was, Popery knew nothing of libera- choose whether we would have Popery again set ti e cil ) '„4. o the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, Earl lity, though she had made a great pretence of it since it country or Protestantism, and when we should th e e`' l i r Waldegrave, Lord Teignmouth, &c. The noble chair- came into fashion ; and if any other thing were got into . to decide the question afresh. But the minds 0 , ,,,, man having briefly opened the meeting, the secretary fashion that could aid her in her purposes she would adopt pie of England were made up on that question ( Cli‘ oti f f read the report, which commenced by stating that the it too. Heavy assaults had been made upon the citadel with those of the good earnest men of past times . ; t e 0 , 1 !, oti f Earl of Denbigh, Earl Waldegrave, the Bishop of Mel- of Protestantism in t his countr y , but that citadel was not A resolution calling upon Protestants, "to 1111 i o toy;ili t e , bourne, and Lord Teignmouth had accepted the office of yet decayed. The constitution of the country was yet Protestant national p rinciples in order to ni i ` vib o it , " vice-patrons of the institution. With regard to the funds Protestan t, thou g h there were unfaithful men within the faith a g ainst the encroachments .of Roinanis7;ool a Et' of the society, the total receipts of the year had been citadel. (Cheers.) There were traitors within the walls, attempted insidiously from within or openly , 1 0 1 £29,941 16s. 10d., exhibiting an increase of £7, 435 over and sha me rest u p on them for their cowardice and dis- out.' was moved by the Earl of Wtrtenitss-' ifi l that of the year preceding. The expenditure for the year , honesty . (Cheers.) He respected the noble earl who- conded by the Earl of,RonEN. .. . o f 011 5 co t ' had been £'24,800. During the year 119 new grants had had le ft the house and gone to RoMe. (Cheers.) He re- A resolution, avowing it to be " the dutY 0 prc o crs i - been made, eight of which to clergymen appointed to new spected their conduct as having something gentlemanly in Protestants to support the established chnrcb , ., its il og districts amounted to £660. The incumbents aided during it; but he utterly despised the men who, whilst eatin g the ing to existing and future ages, in its creed4,l o f ,AO the year . numbered 114, having under their care an aggre- bread of the Protestant church of the country, and re- menus, and in its articles, a fixed stand -ate population of 6a,207 persons. The society now mining in it, brought by their doctrines and practices, truth," was moved by Sir B. W. BRIDGES IA , ricutilbents ! having under their care a alien to it, reproach on that which was honourable, and conded by Mr. PLUMPTRE, M.P. ' - a tower 1 A resolution, commending the Nati( which was to guide the conduct of men. If askedv:: s :4 thought of the present Pope. he (Mr. Colquhoun) answer that he believed the necessities of his P4e,, would dictate to the Pope the course which the A.' r I ",f la Mennais was driven from the Romish church :0* soon proposing, when he urged,—" You must do '7: the world what Mr. O'Connell has done in 1re1a0,",40 must liberalize Popery ; unite democracy with 1".3.„,1 00 00 1 Cl ab r. 1111/f. m all 3 Eon of ! 550. After referring to the of ie - 5 . b - ; Mr. G 'OONER, •, In moving a vott , inveighed in strong z, against Sir R. Peel seco nd`"( tl carried ticauin3 THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday the annual meeting of the Protestant Association was held in the large room, Exeter hall, which was denSely filled with a highly respectable assembly. The chair was taken by Mr. Plumptre, M.P., who was accom panied on the platform by the Earl of Winchilsea, Sir Digby Mackworth, Admiral Duff, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, the Rev. Mr. Prest, and a great number of other gentlemen, lay and clerical. The CHAIRMAN said, they were met in critical times, and times of great peril to the church. He had no wish to take a gloomy - view of matters; but, at the same - time, he could not allow himself to use flattering words which the circumstances of the times would not justify. If they looked around them, they would see in the sister island thousands of persons carried off by a famine scarcely paralleled for severity in the history of the world, while at home they had dire distress, depression of trade, and panics in the money market, all of which he looked upon as judgments from God on account of our national sins, and under which it was our duty to bend humbly and contritely at His footstool. Since they last met. a new feature had manifested itself in the relative position of Protestants and the church of Rome. 'lheg, as Protest ants, had always candidly declared that that' could have no peace with Rome as Rome (hear); but, while they had always made this candid admission, the same candour had not been manifested to them on the part of Rome. While their words had been smoother than oil they had often reason to fear that they had war in their hearts. The new feature, however, to which lie alluded was this, that they had recently had an open de c l ara ti on and proclamation of war. They had been plainly told that Rome must and would be antagonistic with Protestantism until the latter should quail, and stoop, and become extinct. They had been told what they were to expect from Rome, and he regretted to say that they knew also what they had to ex pect from the great political leaders of the country All those great leaders had unblushingly declared what their meaning and intentions were, and that they were only prevented from carrying their views with regard to the church of Rome into effect by the difficulties which lay in the way. They took counsel together as to the time and the manner in which they might move, but their inclina tions to move, and that towards Rome, they did not hesi tate to declare. In these circumstances he asked what were Protestants to do? In the first place they must be take themselves to their great commander, the captain of their salvation, and they must. use all legitimate and con stitutional means in defence of the truth. They must de clare boldly that they would not be unprotestantized either by Rome or by Oxford, arid that they were Pro testants, not only by profession, but in reality. The hon. gentleman, in conclusion, expressed the hope that their meeting together would be the means of exciting them to the holy but honourable determination to go forward boldly in the warfare in which they might be called to engage. 'The Secretary then read the report. During the past year the expenditure had been very considerable, and at present there was in hand, £lO3, but liabilities to the amount of £350, chiefly on account of special publica tions. The Rev. Mr. BICKERSTETH moved that the report be printed and circulated under the direction of a committee, which he proposed. The rev. gentleman observed, that they had now arrived at a point when their conflict with Rome must become more vigorous than ever. Rome was getting bolder, and Protestants must get bolder still. The national recognition of Popery had brought down divine justice upon them, as was manifested in the present com mercial crisis and the general state of the country as re garded food ; he had no hesitation in saying that these judgments had come upon the land chiefly on account of our national apostacy from the Protestant faith. In car rying on this contest with Rome, he thought they ought to have a deeper sense of the power of the enemy with whom they had to contend. The danger from Popery was not sufficiently regarded, and its arms were carefully con cealed. He thanked God, however, for the speech of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey ;—(hear)—he liked the honesty of it, and wished that the JeSuits would show only half as much honesty. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey believed Popery to be of God, but he (Mr. Biekersteth) believed it to be of Satan, and that there could be no compromise between light and darkness. (Hear.) But there was a liberal Pope, forsooth! (Laughter.) He believed this, however, to be a great political humbug. They must not allow themselves to be tricked by such plausibilities as the pretended liberalism of Popery, but should bear in mind the words of the Saviour,—" Beware of false prophets, that come to you in sheep's clothing." A more gentle, a more attractive, a more delightful thing than the prEs,mt aspect of Popery, it was difficult to conceive. (Laughter.) But it was their duty to put forth the objects of the Romish charmer in their true light. He thought it was needful that Protestants should exhibit more vigor ous practical measures in their opposition to the progress of Popery, and its endowment, as in the case of Maynooth ; for he believed the country never could be in a safe con dition while the Popish religion was nationally recognised. As another means of carrying on the controversy against Popery with success, he would propose the publication, in a cheap form, of the old Protestant works, in which, in this country, the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation had been so powerfully maintained. This was a duty which he thought the University of Oxford ought to dis charge, but, if not, societies should be established for so great an object, in order that the public mind should be properly enlightened with regard to the grounds on which the Protestant religion stood. The Earl of Wi;, - :cut LSE 4. seconded the resolution, and expressed the heartfelt gratification he experienced at be ing present on such an occasion. He could sincerely say that he rejoiced at being able to support those great Pro testant principles which that association was formed to support, and to come forward at this hour of great nati onal danger to bear his testimony in favour of those prin- England; by departing from them she had been Made to totter on the very verge of destruction, and he did not hesitate to say that, unless she retraced her steps, judging to escape punishment. Looking at past proceedings, could any one doubt that the majority of the members of our legisla 4 ure were suilerirg from judicial blindness? (Cheers.) This country had attained great glory under the reign of that great monarch, Queen Elizabeth, the founder of sound Protestant principles in England. God was pre-eminently with that sovereign, on account of the faith she supported and established in the land, while they found in the reigns of the Stuarts, who succeeded her a , nsequence very c I. allying himself with one who was a zealous adherent of the Roman Catholic faith, the unhappy James 11. was led to adopt that religion which hrnii..ht h;. sion from his throne and country The hou, , e of Briin wick eve tle by which they occupied that th;one ?—Protestantism. (Cheers.) This he would ever avow and maintain; rnd he called upon the people of England to rouse themselves for themselves, seeing that they had been deserted by leaders, who bad apostatized from the defence of the faith. The maintenance of the true faith had brought down on this country great national blessings, and a de parture from that faith . would lead to the withdrawal of • those blessings. He believed the character of Pole y was little known in England ; be had seen it in its t rue colours on the continent, and in Ireland, he believed, tl era was such an under-current going on, that if they had an honest and firm government to give security to persons and property, a great body of the people would abandon that faith and become Protestants. (Cheers.) Could any one doubt that the Catholic Emancipation Act and the Maynooth grant had brought down the judgments of I God on the land ? They could not suppose that the de- PlorahL - ' be confined to that state o, Ireland woulu country. It was fast approaching our OVVII shores, not merely in the high price of provisions, but in the fever which was spreading among all grades of the people. It was the duty, therefore, of every individual to remove the cause of those sad calamities. Much would depend on the next election. (Cheers.) They had a strong body arrayed against them, for it was not only the powers of Popery they had to resist, but the forces of infidelity, and Socinianism, and Unitarianism, all banded together for one object—the destruction of true Protestantism. He thanked the noble lord, the descendant of one of the most ancient Roman Catholic families in this country, for the open, manly, and plain declaration he bad made as to the object of his church. The noble lord concluded by ob serving, that though he certainly took a ver y gloomy view of the present aspect of affairs,-he yet hoped, that as the God they worshipped was ever merciful, He would send f I t(licehmeearss:)a na tion the help of which they stood in need example among the Wesleyans, to which body he be longed, strong and powerful opposition to the inroads of Popery. (Cheers.) He wondered if any one in parlia ment thought that Protestantism would be tamely surren dered. Such views as those he knew would be called in tolerant, but if he had not a spark of religion about hint he would, as a Briton and a politician, - oppose Poperl. - They would not surrender their Protestantism, and of this they would give earnest proof at the next election. (Cheers.) He knew that it was no easy matter to get right-minded candidates. There were many men who did not like parliamentary life, though well fitted to.discharge its duties, and who were - averse to being placed in a situa tion where they might be subjected to scoffings of such wits as Mr. Macaulay and hiq fraternity. But he did not doubt many good men would be found to undertake the duty. Their chairman had taken up his cross there, and had been able to bear it. What they wanted was other men to take up their cross and bear it as heroically as he had done. For several years the Protestantism of this country had not been represented in parliament (hear); and if they sent back the same men to another parliament let them not come forward next year to complain of it. (Cheers.) Admiral DUFF seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. The Rev. Dr.M`NEILE moved the following resolution " That at this crisis it is more especially the bounden duty of every elector to exercise the elective franchise as a solemn and sacred trust reposed in him for the glory of God and the good of his country ; that the more mature devel.mment of the de signs of the church of Rome r nders it imperative upon Protes tants to return those to Parliament who will oppose Popery, extend the cause of Scriptural Christianity, anti uphold the' Protestant institutions of the country in church and state." This, he observed, was a practical resolution. The time for making speeches was past. and the time for action was come. Their adversaries laughed their speeches to scorn; and, after all their speeches, what had been done? Air opportunity offered now for action ; and, if nothing was really done, he for one would solemnly protest that he would not he a party to the hypocrisy that clapped its hands at public meetings but did nothing afterwards. (Cheers.) The rev. gentl , man then proceeded to say be would imagine a conversation which had taken place in the streets of London between two of the artful brothers of the College of Jesuits who were now in this country ; and accordingly he went on to narrate the imaginary con versation, bringing out what might be supposed to be the Jesuitical views entertained by the parties. These the rev. gentleman made the subject of passimy, remarks, but at such length we find it impossible to follow them out. In the course of his observations he remarked, that in promoting the supremacy of their system, which was the' great purpose of such men's lives, they were ready to be anything that suited the time being—they would adopt no creed or any creed, and they would be zealous or indiffer ent or moderate, just as circumstances pointed out. (Cheers.) After describing the true spirit of Protestant ism as tolerant of the religion of others, and as the grea t defence of civil and religious liberty, and ridiculing the notion of Popery having- any connexion with liberality, he went on to point out the duty of resisting Popery to the utmost. Their preaching and speaking were not sufficient for this purpose. Preaching was no defence against sedi tion or conspiracy. (Hear, hear.) And what was Popery but an elaborate sedition ? (Cheers.) The great object was to accomplish this end, not by force. but by gradual legislation ; and to eTect this purpose they used every' plsible means to influence members of Parliament. The Roman Catholic members were not asked to take a pro minent part in those transactions—aggressive ,measures were left to he taken by nominal Protestants, who were used by the Papists for their own ends, and to pioneer their attacks on the establishment, which they regarded as their greatest enemy. (Cheers.) He then asked whet could he clone by Protestants to oppose this mighty evil ? An election was near, and an organization was forming from which some prospect of mzefulness might be expect ed, if followed up with vigour. (Hear.) He knew there was a movement going on in the country—not' much among the gentry as yet, who were afraid of it—but among the operative c l asses w h o h a d t h e f ranch i se. ( Cheers / The principle of it was simply this, that political differences nsecular matters sh mid be merged at the next election. —(hear)—ard that Protestantism'should be theturiiira. o point at that election. A declaration to this effect had been signed by a good many. to what exact extent 1 1 1 could not say. It had been quietly, affectionately. an d carefully explained, from house to house. among the elec tors—tn Whigs and Tories, and Free . Traders awl Protec tionists, all alike ; and the success of the inea , ure had been great indeed. This declaration or pledge was as follows! —" I, A. 8., do hereby solemnly promise, that at the nett Parliamentary election I will give my vote or votes in fa' your of any candidate pledging himself to resist the en' dowment of Popery, and all its advances an-I c l a ims. if preference to any other candidate whatsoe l e r w ho will n°, l give such pledge; and that I will not forego this my vv°,'„ for any private interest, or at the solicitation of any in" - ',4 whatsoever." (Cheers.) Now the mea n in g of t" pledge was that a man, though a Whig, houid himself t" ,, vote for a Tory if he should pledge himself to resist Popel rather than vote for a Whig who would ult do so ; that in the same way a Tory would vote for a Whig No: - accepted the pledge, rather than for one of his own Ward who refused. (Hear.) He was happy to say that it "' I , receiving numerous signatures in Liverpoo' ; and, thong; he did not anticipate complete success fron the s( him yet it was easy to see what effect it might pr ,duce in mnpn of the boroughs, where the majorities at th last e lectto were not more than four or five, or, in a ewe like London' where the majority was only five. (Cheers.) Then pose that some 30 or 40 elections were eal e V a ,.ii„ men t to wliat encouragement would it not give' those wh o suppor t e d t h e i nterests of Prole , ta n tism,how far would it not go in making th e Minister feel h they were not t o b e t ampered with. (Cheers.) Ulf: the rev. gentleman distrib u t e d a f ew co pi es o f the In''l," printed on cards on the platform ; and it seeme d t° t an understood that a large supply should be provided an.. UST UV/ ltll SC/ICA CIL U,U. .I.IIG rev. gentleman= read, in support of the views he entertained as to the (!t i gerous policy of Popery, an article published in The TIT in 1839, entitled " Protestant or Popish AscoodancY:A and also from speeches of Sir J. Graham and Sir R. on which lie freely commented as he went along ; concluded a long speech by moving the reqplution. Sir D. MACKWORTH seconded the resolution, an d hoP e j that thousands of the electors would pledge themselves return to Parllanient only Protestant candidates. The resolution was unanimously adopted. THE NATIONAL CLUB üb, whit was established in June " in support of the Protestant principles of the col - 1 41 , 1 1,0 tion, and for raising the moral and social condition of 11 ' .4 r dinner on Wednesday, at its I °o9 he Duke of Manchester was info 'traduced weakness into that whi c h oug ht to t • May 18, 1847. 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