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Prorratngs In Vartiaintxt. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. After the speeches on the Government measure against the Papal aggression inserted in our last, Lord ASHLEY denied that it was necessary, for the exercise of episcopal functions, that territorial titles• or jurisdiction should be enjoyed. The office of a bishop was entirely spiri tual; and the claim to possess territorial designation must be set up for some purpose other than spiritual. If Dr. Wise man's object was simply spiritual, why did he not assume the title of "Archbishop of the Catholics in Westminster," instead of "Archbishop of Westminster." In the one - case, the juris diction was restricted ; in the other, it was universal. Mark the conduct of English Protestants. When it-was resolved to send a bishop to Jerusalem, the p'ermission of the Sultan was asked and obtained ; and in tbedeed of confirmation, care was taken not to claim or assume territorial jurisdiction where none existed. The words were, " Alexander, , Bishop of the united Church of England and Ireland resident in Jerusalem." Mr. GRATTAN contended that, as the titles and position of the Irish Roman Catholic prelates had been repeatedly recog• raised by lawyers, ministers, and acts of parliament, Ireland ought to he excluded from the bill. The debate was adjourned until Wednesday. Mr. A NSTEY was refused leave to introduce a bill for the re peal of ail enactments against the religious profession or disci pline of Roman Catho!ics, by 173 to 35. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsE Petitions were presented from all parts of the country against the Papal aggression, for a repeal of the window tax, for mea sures to relieve agricultural distress, &c., &c. Sir B. HALL gave notice that it was his intention, on Friday, - to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the . govern nent, whether it was his int en tio n d ar i ng the p resen t session to brinr , in a bill, with the concurrence of the archbishops-and Inshops, to prevent the continuance of Roman Catholic forms In the Protestant churches, of which the archbishops and bishops had complained. In reply to a qUestion from Mr. 13.(ILLIE, Mr. HAwEs said that it was the intention o' the.government to lay upon the table at the earliest possible period the evi dence taken before the Ceylon committee, with the exception .of the portion of it relating to Capt. Watson, which-wouid be withheld, as that gentleman was to be tried by court martial. In reply to a question from_Sir J. WALMSLEY, I,lrd . J: RussiLL said he did not intend to introduce in the present session any measure to extend the suffrage. He still believed the Reform Bill might he improved, and when what be thought the proper time should arrive be would introduce bill - a - t. (This announcement was followed o:. .ge sulJec about of laughter.) THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. Mr. DISRAELI then proceeded to move the resolution of which he had given notice—" That the severe distress which continues to exist in the United Kingdom among that impor tant class of her Majesty's subjects the owners and occupiers of land, and which is justly lamented in her Majesty's speech, renders it the duty of her Majesty's ministers to introduce, without delay, such measures as may be most effectual foi relief thereof." It was, he said, his intention to have bro forward evidence of the depressed state of the agricultural 'in terest. but it became unnecessary tbr him to do so now that it was admitted in her Majesty's speech, and not disputed by any hon. gentleman on either side of the house. Experience proved the fallacy,of the calculations upon which the house was in duced to embrace the doctrines of free trade ; but the govern, inent would not be taught by experience, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have every year exceptional. The hon. gentleman proceeded to contend, that recent legislation was nothing less than a war on the middle classes in the rural districts, tending to reduce the agricultural population to two classes only—the proprietor and the peasant. He wished the house to understand the ground I desired to occupy. He had tention to make any attempt by an underhand proceeding T a restoration of protection. That was, as lie had said ssion, a proceeding which he would not undertake. It e done, if done at all, out of doors, and by an immense 'erance of public opinion. His object was to show that Lrmers could not compete with the foreign grower, owing to the weight of taxation which had been placed upon them, when prices were artificially high, and which had not been reduced now that they had fallen to such an alarming figure that it wasoimpossible to go on cultivating with a profit. The hon. gentleman reminded the house that the noble lord at the head of the government had said that the farmer must no longer depend upon his wheat crop; while at the same time they prohibited his growing tobacco, in furtherance, of course, of the principles of free trade, and laid an enormous amount of taxation on his crop of barley. The right hon. member for Ripon, a practical agriculturist, and well acquainted with rural life, had declared if they repealed the corn laws they must also repeal the malt tax. This tax, however, they were still left to contend with. Thus a large portion, nearly one-half, of their foreign revenue was derived from the restrictions placed on the British agriculturist against growing tobacco, &c., and a larr, 210 to li last must t)( preponc our Englis 7oportion of the inland revenue was derive'd from a tax species of the produce of the agriculturist—that of har t malted. To these were to be added the local taxes the land, and which amounted to an enormous I that these burdens were counterbalanced, as on ( ley -pressing,' ( sum. He d( .some r exemp It was impost upon protection could contir of pros( ion was Bay that he ought to be prep,. . they hat his own vi - longed selves admitted any particular retned) house upon the The CHANCELLOR of the I on the ground that, let the ho de that a financial system based to exist when the whole system he government might perhaps t .1 with a measure to carry out ,a,l no right to do. To them be duty of .)n to remedy an evil they them- His resolution did not seek the adoption of -it was only a call on the part of the • - and he trusted they would JER Opp , le upon it as they the motion '-t. it could follow. After replying to some o the -.0 his decided conviction uressure of a tem- no practical re arguments of Mr. Disraeli, he expr( that the agriculturist was suffering porary character, and that ere very long itiprosperity would be restored. The present pressure he attributed to the abun dant harvest of 1849, and the bad quality of last year's harvest. In further support of . the theory of free trade, the right hen. gentleman quoted the " admission " of Mr. - G. F. Young that with food very cheap wages had still not fallen materially. He then referred at considerable length to the diminished cost of pauperism, and other free-trade statistics, contending that even in the agricultural districts, where wages had fallen, the price of food had - fallen in still greater ratio, so as to leave a larger balance to the labourer to purchase other things. He asserted that the distress in the agricultural districts was exaggerated, it being by no means general, for in Scotland the re was a con siderable competition going on for farms. He defended the prohibition to growing tobacco as necessary, owing to the uncertain and gambling nature of the crop; and the permis - o grow the plant would be of little use, for, although the amounted to £4,000,000, the value of the leaf itself was e5t0,000. With respect to the malt tax it was !mid by • ' gricniturist. The right lion. , did to st gentleman then procc ..low that within -the last item years taxes had been repealed to the extent of £10,000,000 per annum. New taxes had been imposed to the extent of £5,000,000, leaving a balance in favour of the public of £5,000,000. Mr. SANDARS supported the motion, and remarked upon the fact that, according to the arguments of free traders, the dis tress in the country was to be attributed at one time to an abundant harvest, and at another to a scarce one. In 1848 our harvest was too great—in 1850 it was too small; and in each case it was said to be the cause of the depression under which the country iaboured. Mr. W. hnowN defended some statistics which he had used in the house in a speech last session, and which had been im pugned by Mr. Disraeli. he motion of the Marquis of GRANBY, the debate was ourned until Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was XS.. YID VT - • . - duty to st _ wno said that be now felt it his I up for his faith as had been done by his ancestors ;; and he felt the more energy in doing so, from that as the question now stood, its cause was. with that of civil and religious liberty. nopposed the bill, and Col of it. TIIdNIPSON, Mr. SPOONED :, in support A remark, from one of the Irish members, called up Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who said—" I come now to another roint -which that this i has been urged by the hon. memb er f or Ath l one, namely. a . - with my fo y di!ferent an, - n hear.) * , sir, lam not about to say that it is rations not so, or that my former Now declaration did not amount to this, that I thought it was puerile and child ish to fear anything from the pretension of the Pope to create English bishops or archbishops—(hear) —or that that opinion is consistent with those opinions which I now entertain, and have just pronounced. (Hear, hear.) But, sir, I think lam justified in saying this, that w h a t ever may have been my confi dence with respect to the conduct of the Pope —l h.v. mice that time that that confidence was misplaced-7cvh7esearUa and I therefore thought it bette r c l ear l y and plainly to avow that I was mistaken in the opinion which I entertained for the subject—that I had trusted too much to the for - _ .: . pect for the Sovereign power of this country the Roman Catholics, and, therefore, seeing that my was misplaced. I brought in this measure as more jib the altered views I now entertain." In another speech his lordship said—" I wish as much as - Roman Catholics should have the fullest 'ous liberty and .of political and of civil , k I should ever be induced to introduce _...sure by_ which they would be. prohibited from having entirely their own mode of worshipping according to their own belief, or by which they could be prevented, in consequence ' h lief, from obtaining any honours of the state. But I will not be frightened by the word perse the due authority of the crown and the I do not think that we ought bearaince evinced I confidence portion c possible I do not this ie sovereign ibmit to this, wi country." HOUSE OF COMMONS. -I'x c Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to a question, said he in tended to bring in a bill for the establishinent of a Vice-Cban cellor in the place of Sir James Wigram, and intimated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would communicate the ren t--•- red debate tress. lle on Mr. I The Marquis of GRANBY tlien. !slimed the ad.) ltion, relative to agricultural had been more injured by tl argued that t poorer cla t upon f se imp* prosperit The coo s speech WWI requ statistics to sh ow -__ In rani. ...,,:eman concluded peen by ...ppose tlie'motion before th e h ouse, .. net to be a t ra i tor to those principles which The QuP Aeration, proved so beneficial to the country. - denied tile right of the ii7ri culturist to corn ' '''i of protection, and contended that the ••- -...,q.sses, could only be relieved THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.-Dr. Knoblecher, the Pope's Vicar-General in Central Africa, has arrived at Vienna from his travels. He has founded an establish -. those of - ..i. Khartum, where the main river separates into . to twelve. It ~ catexpenditur e . . - white and blue Nile. Along the former he travelled to which did not terminate before a quarter the Some time was of course required for this operation, that, however disguised by the within 4 deg. 9 min. of the equator. In this latitude he was probably to shorten the agony of the pit and boxes 1, the question at issue was equal.'y twice ascended a mountain called Lognek and saw the that two brigands went from spectator to spectator, col J e .would not consent to throw the- ertainty upon that subject. He main- Nile trending'' • until . away in a south-westerly direction, lecting hatfuls of watches, purses, chains, rings, and even lad been shown for the adoption of the it vanished between two mountains. The last natives he umbrellas. When the harvest was gathered ' and the , as found to be sufficient; th ere was a visited, Lila Barry negroes, informed him that beyond booty h a d b een h eape d up on th e s t ag e, the brigands - suer;employ . ment,e ven in ag r i cu l. thes e mountains the river came straight from the south. all owe d th e curta i n to f a ll, an d qu i e tly w ithd r e w , car ed, and _owe diminished, B e Th e Nile was, in 4 deg 45 min. north latitude, about 625 rying all with them. iingtztst, is of The money thus obtained amounted 0 —: to a reversal of the policy of Beglil.th feet broad, and from 9 to 15 feet deep. Dr. to 7,000 Roman piastres, or about 40,000 francs ; and the Kvoblecher, a nativeof - a'l3 h in Carniola, and a great bijoux, objects of art, &c., at double that sum. The Air. DISRAELI, in reply, denied that his motion was equiva- . • , opinion lent to a demand for protection, and accusal the opposers of his motion of evading the question.that the source of the Nile is to next day an Austrian detachment set out in pursuit . of the south e'f the equator. He is confirmed in this idea the band, which probably had dispersed by that time in After a few words from Mr. Munts and Mr. Greenall, the by the I ` , tct that the river was rising on the 16th of the mountains or passed the Tuscan frontier. Their -e divided, when there apPeared — For Mr- Disraeli's Janu ar y, which he attributes to the rainy season having number is supposed to have been about three or four , 267; against it, 281; majority against the motion 14. set in in dist,iets lunch further south. Dr. Knoblecher hundred, it is probable that they were in league with _______....._____ left Khartu m ot the I.3th of November, 1849, reached the some of the inhabitants. However this may be, private HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. country of thel3CrTY negroes, whom he estimates at about houses and public treasuries all have been plundered with Earl ST. GERMAIii, in reply to a question from lord Camp - 2,000,000, 16th of on the January, 18n, and arrived at the excepti on o f t h e M onte de P i eta, t h e fasten 'n of . hp h a d p ostponed the second reading of the Marriage Khartum on the 7th ,I March.---.Teh ra B u ll . which resisted till the attempts Mule to break it," g' freeTra7 motion IREL.AND. Cattle stealing is still of nightly occurrence in the Cork county. On Saturday night a fat heifer was killed on the farm of a man named Driscoll, at Blarney, and the carcase stolen. A number of pairs of stockings knit in the Industrial School of Fermoy, have beenellotted a place at the world's exhibition. They are valued by hosiers at a guinea per pair, and are said to far exceed in design and fabric any hosiery heretofore produced. ',A soldier of the 92nd Highlanders, named James Gran dison, committed suicide on Saturday week, at the bar racks, Kilkenny, by shooting himself through the head with his own musket. Tt appears that the poor fellow had suddenly received an account. of his father's death, and that his mother.had been ill-treated at home by another son, and this affected his mind. ROMAN CATHOLIC FRIARS.—The Cork Examitzer states that official instructions have been received by par ties in that city " to institute inquiries as to the exact number of the friars belonging to the different religious orders established in Cork." That journal adds, "It is presumed, whether justly or not it is impossible tp say, that those inquiries, which have been also commenced in other places, are with a,view to some hostile movement on the part of the Government." PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— , On Monday & considerable number of the most respectable inhabitants of Mitchels tovvn, Cork, were assembled at an auction of books, prints, and articles of vertu, when the floor of the room in which the company was assembled suddenly gave way with a fearful crash, and the greater part, including the auctioneer, and several ladies of the College, were pre cipitated, together with tables, chairs, a heavy side-board; glass ware, &c., &c., and also a large supply of razors just in the act of being sold, into a vault beneath, which had become nearly full of water, the drainage of many years. To add to the danger and terror, a partition wall gave way, encumbering with a heap of dust and rubbish the unhappy sufferers below, while for some minutes it was apprehended that the whole building would fall. Fortu nately this did not happen, and assistance being soon procured, the parties were extricated, having suffered only a few cuts and bruises, and the fright of so sudden an immersion in a cold bath. HOUSE OR COMMONS.-FRIDAY The adjourned debate.on the Papal aggression was :resumed by Mr. FAGA.N. who defended-at great length the conduct of the Roman Catholics as a body, .and condemned the bill proposed, to be introduced by the noble lord at the head of the govern ment, who might rely, upon it that he was mistaken itusuppos, ing that the Catholics of .Ireland would ever give up their hierarchy, which they had maintained through centuries of persecution. The bill ,he was then bringing in might :yet be the means of overturning the Established Church of Ireland, with all its revenues. Mr. F. Pest thought the discussion might have' been, taken with much more advantage on this question had the.house allowed the bill to be brought in, so as to enable them to be come acquainted with its-particular provisions. At matters now stood, it was clear the noble lord at the head of the go vernment was unlucky enough to tender a bill which satisfied neither side of the house. That bill could not be considered as a permanent settlement of the question ; indeed, it did not profess to lay claim to support on any such ground. Ile, how- be .governed in the course he should pursue upon measure by two considerations—the one the position of Roman Catholics in this country, the other the constitution Qf the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to show. that the measure of the noble lord would be an interference with the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, by preventing them from having the ,usual gradations which constitute a hierarchy. He enlarged upon the difficulty of legislating at all upon such a subject, upon which, if they went not a .little way, they did nothing—their bill would be a nullity ; and if they passed a stringent measure, they went too far; for they, would thereby make subservient to temporal power the voluntary submission of the mind. It.w is, in his opinion, a matter not for legislation, but Inc discussion -"^ r,,_ - • • the Church ^f ever, shout( t h .:ontroversial writings, and to the activity of _a Q. England, which was making such praiseworthy exertions in the establishment of schools and the spread of education. That church, he was convinced, had nothing to fear from the assaults of the Church of Rome, or from any other church ; for, in the face of all their efforts, she had been, and still was, constantly extending the circle of her influence, and he had no doubt would continue to do so without any assistance in the shape of parliamentary enactments. Sir JAMES DUKE contended that the meetirgs held through out the country, on the subject of Papal aggression, were the result of the spontaneous feelings of the people, and were not to be attributed to the ietter of Lord John Russell to the Bishop of Durham. Mr. C. BRUCE said the measure must go further than it did to satisfy the people either of Scotland or England. Mr. F. MAULE contended the government had taken the right course, viz., the middle one, and had been forced into action to defend the Protestant constitution. Mr. EcuLoy treated it as an attempt to re-enact the penal laws. Colonel Sinrnonp had no confidence in ministers, but his duty to his sovereign would not allow him to oppose the bring; ing in of the bill. Mr. MUNTZ supported the bill, as lie knew no country where the Pope had power to nominate bishops, or any Roman Catholic country that enjoyed real liberty. Mr. BROTHERTON, considering that the rights of the sove reign had been infringed, and the independence of the people invaded, supported the bill as a question of civil rights rather than religious liberty. After a few words from Mr. O'CONNOR and Mr. SCHOLE FIELD, who opposed the motion, the house divided, when the numbers were—For the motion, 395; against it, G 3: majority for the bill, 332. The second reading was fixed for Friday se'nnight, and the house adjourned. The following is a summary of the House of Commons the night of the division on Mr. Disraeli's motion :—Majority (tellers included), 283; minority (ditto), 269; paired, 28; absent Liberals, 35; absent Conservatives, 31; seats vacant (Notting hamshire, North Staffiardshire, Bedfordshire, Glamorganshire, Falkirk, Pontefract, Dungannon, Dungarvan, London), 9; speaker, 1; Sudbury, 2-658. The foliowing are the pairs :--Against: R. B. Armstrong, Sir 11. F. Davie, James Duff, T. S. Buncombe, J. E. Denison, T. C, Granger, C. P. Grenfell, Lord E. Howard, Grogan Morgan, Hon. E. Russell, J. L. Ricardo, R. B. Sheridan, C. K. Tynte.— For : Marquis of Chandos, Sir P. Egerton. Mathew Bell, Ormsby Gore, N. Sutton, Hon. T. Vesey, Sir J. Hope, Lord Brooke, C. St. George, Lord Villiers, Sir E, Filmer, Lord Castlereagh, Colonel Chatterton. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES' BILL. The following formed the miserable minority of 63 who voted on Friday against the introduction of Lord J. Ras sell's bill to resist the late papal aggression : Anstey, T. C. Higgins, a G.'o. Reynolds, J. Arun ael and Surrey, HobhOuse, T. B. Sad tier, J. Earl of Hope, A. Scholefield, W. Blake M .1 Howard, P. H. ' Scully, F. Blewiit, It. J. Hutchin's, E. J. Simeon, J. . Bright, J. Keating, It. - . Smith, J. B. Butler, P. S. ' Keogh, W. Smythe, Hon. G Clements, Hon. C.S. Lawless. Hon. C. Somers, J. P. Cobden, R. M`Cullagh, W. T. Stuart, Lord D. Corbally, M. E. Magan, W. H. Sullivan. M. Deveretix, J. T. Meagher, T. Talbot, J. H. Fagan, W. Mahon, O'Gorman Tancred, H. W. Fagan, J. Monsell, W. Tenison, E. K. Fortescne, C. O'Brien, Sir T. Towneley, J. Fox, R. M. O'Connell, J. Trelawny, J. S. Fox, W. J. O'Connell, M. Wall, C. B. Gibson, Rt. Hon.T. O'Connell, M.J. Walmsley, Sir J. Goold, W. O'Connor, F. Wegg-Prosser, F. It Grace, 0. D. J. O'Flaherty, A. Grattan, H. Oswald, A. Greene, J. Pechell, Sir G. B Henry, A. Power, Dr Heyworth, L. Power, N Tellers Roche, E. B. Moore, G. H. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA AND CHINA.—The Haddington, which arrived at Suez on the 3rd, brings letters from Bombay of the 17th, Calcutta, Bth January, and Hong Kong, 30th Dec. Sir Charles Napier had arrived at Bombay. He was to leave by the packet of the 3rd. He was the guest of the governor-general. The works of the Bengal railway were suspended in consequence of the incompetent powers of the committee. A continued system of canals is to be carried out toward 3 the North West frontier of the Punjaub. Sickness continues to prevail in Lahore, and cholera exists amongst the native population of Bombay. Some important failures have taken place among the native merchants. The Bengal journals gave an account of a mutual exchange: of visits between the governors general and Gholab Singh, on the 27th and 28th Decem ber, near Hazerabad. Sir G. Gomm left Calcutta on the 7th January for the north-west province. The Hindo sten arrived on the 4th January at Hoogley. Commerce heavy, purchases small, and prices on the decline. Ex change 21. The Chinese journals announce the suppres • c a• sion or tne insurrection in the provinces of Kewangsee, and the reported death of the Imperial Commissary sent to quell the insurrection. Fever • continued at Hong Kong. Commerce doll in all its branches. Freights of ` tea to England from Canton as lo w as 30 s . Money nues scal FRANCE.—The National ASSE nt's Dotation Bill on Mond ainst 294. The nbly rejected the Presi y last, by 396 votes, Moniteur on Tuesday last, contained he President's refusal to accept the funds which it was tttempted to raise by private subscription in his behalf. The PreSident considers these attempts as a vote of confi dence on the part of the nation, but he thinks himself bound to sacrifice his private feelings to his public duties. On Tuesday, the assembly adopted a bill, extending from three to ten years the time allowed to French subjects residing in foreign countries to dispossess themselves of their slaves. On Wednesday, M. Dupin was re-elected ' a 'nt of t' -tir ..ne national assembly by 371 votes out of 583 votes. M. Mathieu de la Drome obtained 71 votes ; General Lamoriciere, 64 ; M. Baroche, 38 ; and M. Michel de Bourges, 16. Only three vice-presidents were returned, namely--MM. Bedeau, by 354 votes ; Daru, by 353; and Leon Faucher, by 321. The fourth candidate, M. Bencoist d 'Azy, not having obtained the absolute majority, a second ballot will take place. NAPLES.-The Italian journals contain no intelligence of interest except an account of the sentence passed in Naples on 42 persons of the " Italian sect." Three of these had been condemned to death, three to perpetual imprisonment. and one to the galleys for 24 years ; the re mainder to lighter punishments. The king had, however, remitted the sentence of death. Much excitement is said to prevail in Naples in consequence of these proceed ings. 1 the ports and coasts of Samos are blo c k a d e d b y th e - - e of the new tariff of fees being, in their'esti matio too low. Wild Cat, the Indian clief, who has formed a settle- ment in has been app, ted a justice of the The N lexicon Government. says, " A man who was rescued ght or two since, in Boston, abused ed him, because he did not save his York Post - the man who res hat." l'he pnbtisl and of New cork Herat,. r pro -slavery papers what is called " a full report of the Earl of Car cture on America," but whole passages relating y are omitted, and others are much rarhlpri_ ne Leipsic newspaper gives an account 9f an Austrian ler on the march being condemned, at Gabel, to the the stick. He received on the first day nd on the next day, after sufferinz forty fifty blows hands of the executioner miracle of the aisbelievers in which ceding picture at St. Saturnin, the ire anathematised in the Univers as been condemned as a piece of LUC COUMSSIOn appointed Dy the Archbishop )n to examine into the matter having reported not a true miracle of a princess at Lisbon, on the 3d. and afterwards chris #ened Donna Maria, whilst the Times correspondent, riting on the sth, states briefly that " the funeral of the s taken place with great solemnity. n is well TIE LIVERPOOL - -STA-NDA RD. On t ad as in favour o; GRAHAM refer T any r coma) ercia Mr. LAI UCHERf ration 1; s " w " s I t ',000,000 resolved had, in t T greater means ( life must AflinitiesßillKromn-Tuerday tbe_2stb, at the requestoaLseveral noble lords who would not be able to attend in theirplaces on that day. He should regret if the postponement halthe effect of preventing the noble lord from being present, but.it was his full intention to bring on the question without further delay. Lord Mormr.Aonii then diew attention to the4mportance of establishing a communication by railway between Halifax and Quebec, and uro• ' ed_ the house not only to advance this peat national object, but to take care that neither the Colonial nor the Home Government stood in the way of its accomplish. ment. Lord STANLEY supported the object, and counselled prompt and energetic action, as.best suited to the interests ofthe coun try and thehonour of the government. Earl Gaßy, in reply, admitted the importance of the work, and said the subject was now occupying the serious _attention of her Majesty's government. • GBAM Arrr. —The Bavarian government has ordered that from each county a nraeter tradesman, a manufactu rer, and two journeymen wall be .eent at its expense to the London Exhibition. The masters are to receive £26 12s. 6d. each. the men £l7 Iss. eacb, for their tra velling expenses. The government will also send over scientific men tareport on the results of the Exhibition, and point out in-what way the information gained may be made available for the 'promotion of Bavarian industry. DENMARK. —Advices from Ham burgh of the 12th instant state, that the Austrian commissioners, Count Mensdorff, and'Baron Warnstadt, had left Hamburg for Kiel. The mission of count Von Sponneck has been brought to a satisfactory •termination. The count passed through Harnburgh on the 11th, on his way to Kiel, whence he will proceed to Copenhagen. The Assembly of Notables will be speedily summoned, either at Schles wig or KieL The Danes have given up 1000 of the Holstein prisoners. MURDER IN CALIFORNIA.—Mr. Edwin Moore, a re spectable young gentleman of Bolton, has been murdered by the In dians at the mines in California. His brother was with him at the time, and gives the following account of the murder. As Mr.. Edwin was eating his breakfast, on the 26th O ct ober last., a party of Indians, about five or six in number, came to their tent. They had a gun, a rifle, and an ld pistol , but no apprehension was felt of them, as they had always been very peaceable. Mr. Edwin Moore gave his brother some medicine, and then went away with the Indians. About half-anehour after, Mr. H. Moore saw - an Indian stealing his gun from the tent door ; but he pursued him and wrenched it out of his hands. He then cried out for his brother Edwin, as he could not see the spot where he was at work, on account of a large rock intervening. Receiving no answer, Mr. Henry Moore went down to the place, and, finding blood on the ground, he conjectured that the Indians had thrown his brother into the river. He followed the stream for about a quarter of a mile, and then turned back. When he got to a few yards nelow where the blood was, he saw Mr. Edwin Moore lying on his back, in the middle of the stream in about three feet water. Mr. Henry Moore rushed in and hauled him out, but he was quite dead „and cold, hav ing received five wounds on the head chest with an axe, each one of them sufficient to deprive him of life instan taneously. Mr. Henry Moore hastened to a cabin ten males off, and obtained the assistance of five men, who . helped him to bury his brother. That night, a party of 28 men of all nations, well armed, prepared to att ac k th e I n . diens in their village, if they refused to deliver up the murderers. On the following morning, as soon as they got near enough, the Indians let fly a volley of arrows at them. An affray ensued, and in it:seven of the Indians were killed, including two women shot by mistake. Valleyo, on the bay of San Francisco, has been chosen as the future capital of California. A STRUGGLE FOR THE BLOOD OF A MURDERER. — The following extraordinary story is told in a letter from Ysiatl, in Sweden. dated the 20th ultimo, and published in the Daily News:—" This morning having been fixed for the execution of a journeyman butcher, named Mar cusson, and a woman named Botilla-Nilsdotter, for having murdered the husband of the latter, a vast num ber of persons, of all ages and both sexes, and especially of peasants in their national costumes, arrived last even ing, and bivouacked in the town all night. Although for upwards of sixty years no exec u ti on h a d taken place in the province, and for upwards of eight years none in all Sweden, it was not so much curiosity which attracted the multitude as the desire to swallow a drop of the blood of the criminals at the moment it should spurt from beneath the axe of the executioner ; it being the popular belief in Sweden that it renders the weak strong, cures all sorts of maladies, and secures a long life. When the scaffold was erected, the people assembled round with cups, glasses, bowls, some even with large saucepans, to catch the blood. The soldiers had the greatest difficulty in forming and keeping an open space. The two culprits, who were very penitent, arrived on the ground at seven o'clock, and after listening to the exhortations of the priests, gave themselves up to the executioner. The woman was first beheaded, then the man. The anxiety of the spec tators was very great, and the moment the man's head was severed they broke through the line of soldiers. The soldiers, to drive them back, lustily employed the butt ends of their muskets (the muskets were not loaded), and a desperate conflict ensued. At last the crowd succeeded in reaching the scaffold ; but, in the meantime, the police had placed the bodies in a cart, and had sent them off under a strong escort of cavalry. They had, however, to take the precaution of removing, by spades and pickaxes, . the portions of the road on which drops of blood hap pened to fall, to prevent the people from lapping up the blood. When the bodies had got fairly off, the crowd gradually dispersed : two hundred of them were griev ously injured, and a great number had received severe contusions." A JEALOUS WIVE.—A grim matron of 50, named Madame Torteau, dressed with all the eccentricity which on the stage, is represented to be peculiar to English women appeared on Saturday before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police to lay a complaint of adultery against her husband. When the case was called on the names of •28 witnesses, summoned on both sides, were presented to the President. " Twenty-eight witnesses !" cried the judge in astonishment : " I will not hear them—three on each side are enough, and let the parties choose three each." " M. President," said the defendant earnestly, " three are not enough—l must have eleven at least." " No, sir; you shall have three, and no more." man ac cused, M. President, should be allowed to prove his inno cence by all possible means. When Galileo, M. Presi dent—" " What have you to do with Galileo ? You are 'accused of adultery, and in such a cause we will only hear six witnesses—three for the accusation—three for the defence." This decision caused evident mortification to the 22 rejected witnesses, nearly all of whom were old women. The plaintiff then entered the witness box with great solemnity, and said_she complained of her husband's adultery. "My wife is an old fool, M. President," cried the unfortunate Torteau, " and insupportably jealous. By her stupid jealousy she has caused me to be condemned to fifteen days' imprisonment for neglect of duty as a National Guard. It is enough to drive one mad to be tied to such a woman, and I often think of blowing out rni brains or running away to California." " But let us hear the plaintiff," said the judge. "Ah !" exclaimed_Madame Tortean with a profound sigh, " ah, sir ! his conduct to me is shameful ! ' " Good God !" cried the defendant passionately, " no husband in the world could be more regular than I was, but you disgust me with my home with your infernal jealousy." ""I have long seen, sir, that my husband's conduct has been irregular." "Oh !" groaned the defendant. " Yes, sir," continued Madame vehe mently, "he goes to his office at eight o'clock in the morning, and ought to return home by ten minutes past six at the very latest; but it is sometimes a quarter past, and sometimes half-past. And yet, M. President," con tinued she,'bursting into tears, " he is only a simple clerk, and I have 3000 f. renter.' ° " But come to the point, madame," said the judge. " Oh, sir, the thought makes me tremble and almost faint. Well, sir, on the 20th of December last I was ' --t looking out of my rindow to await the return of this monster, when I saw him enter a house opposite. It was as if you had plunged a dagger into me. I hurried down stairs, went to the house, and asked to whom the gentleman had gone. 'To a woman who lives here,' said the concierge: ' And is she pretty ?' I asked faintly. 'Very !' Sir, I was almost dead, end fell sense.. less on a chair. And that is the proof of the adultery." "M. President, M. President !" cried the defendant, " hear my answer to that mad old fool. The woman in question keeps an office for the sale of stamps, and I went to purchase some stamped receipts for my master. Being accustomed to do so, I naturally exchanged a few words with and that ;^ olleged As it is all my ask. adultery. appeared that the jealous Madame Torteau had really no other ground for her allegation, the tribunal gave her :a severe rebuke for taking up its time with such nonsense, and, to her great mortification, dismissed the complaint.-- Paris paper. ROMAN BANDITTI.—The Daily News publishes the following letter from Rome, apparently translated from a foreign paper, giving the following additional particulars respecting the bold plundering of a town in the Roman States by Il Passatore :—" On the 25th of this month, the theatrical corps of Portico Popoli was playing the Death of Caesar,' Porlim Popoli is a small town of about 4,000 inhabitants, inclosed by a high wall, entered by two gates, and scarcely three miles from the town of Forli, of which it is a. kind of suburb. By eight in the evening, the hours when the theatres open in Italy, all movement has disappeared from the streets, windows are closed, and the inhabitants have retired to their homes, the coffee houses, or theatres. This activity in the is still more _ It may then be under ., rorlim Popoli, and particularly on an even- Ing when the theatre was open, the streets should be so deserted at; to make possible the occurrence now to be related. The first act of the piece had termi nated, and the curtain had just fallen, when sud denly it rose and disclosed—instead of the actors, who bad disappeared—ten brigands of the band del Passatore armed with muskets and cr ' , es 1-- complete stood how tevelled them so as to command the entire range of the pit and boxes. At the same moment another party, consisting of thirty house, the issues of which were guarded, and, armed with sabres and pistols, menaced the spectators. A moment of stupor, during which no one dared move, elapsed ; when the chief of the brigands advanced to the fnntlinhta nrtri ipnv.es ...te 41, _r the town, said—' Gentlemen, you - see by these that you are entirely in our`power : any resistance on your part would lead to disasters which I should be the first to deplore, but which it depends on ydu to avert. Listen, then, to what I have to say. T am about to callthe names of several among you : as I pronounce a name, let him who bears it step forth from his box and repair to his house, in company with one or two of my friends, who will assist him to bring hither all his hoards, and that without de frauding us of a porpetto.' This said, the orator dis played a paper, and commenced reading the fatal roll. Submission was inevitable. A dozen carbineers formed the sole police of Forlim Popoli. Six of these were in the theatre, and had been gagged by the brigands. The six others, surprised in their guard-house, had ventured a The burgomaster was the first victim. vain resistance RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Eastern Counties, the Norfolk and the Eastern Union Railways have agreed to amalgamate. MIDLAND RAILWAY.—We understand that the divi dend will be at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, with a balance of X 20,000. GREAT WESTERN.—At a meeting, held on Thursday, the report and accounts were adopted, and a dividend, at the rate of 4 per cent., was declared, payable on the Ist of March. At a meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway, on Fri day, the resolution of the directors relating to the amal gamation with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Compa nies was negatived, and a resolution was passed appoint ing nine of the shareholders, who, after conferring with the directors, are to consider and submit a plan of amal gamation to a future meeting. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at Wolverhampton on Wednesday. Mr. W. 0. Gore, M.P., presided. A supplemental report from the directors recommended the appointment of a committee of shareholders for settling the future policy of the com pany in connection with the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railways. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, defended the course pursued by the directors. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and the appointment of a com mittee of twelve ; no shareholders to be elected whose interest in the company did not amount to £4OOO. Mr. Cheshire, of Birmingham, moved, as an amendment— " That a committee should be appointed to inquire into the whole position of the line, and also into any arrange ment that it may be desirable to make with the Great Western or the North-Western Company." Mr. Spar row, of Wolverhampton, seconded the amendment. A long discussion followed, rather of a personal character ; and, on the amendment being put, it was carried. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Tarratt, of Wolverhampton, Mr. Scott, of Stourbridge, Mr. Webster, of Birmingham, and Mr. Bennett, of Liverpool, being appointed members of the committee of investigation. The meeting was then ad journed to the 12th of March, to receive the report of the committee. In the meantime the adoption of the general report of the directors was postponed. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, Bees The spring term at St. Bees College has just opened with 130 students. Legal measures have been comme3ced by the Rev. A. Veitch against the whole of the parties concerned in the outrageous proceedings and shocking desecration of the church at Revesby, Boston, Lincolnshire. PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTAWARK.--The standing orders have been complied with in the case of this bill, to empower the trustees of the will of John Marshall, gentleman, deceased, to alter, improve, or re build the parish church of Ch r i s t Church ; the church to be completed within four years, with power to erect addi tional churches, chapels, and schools, and to borrow on mortgage £20,000. The new church of St. James'. Woolstborpe, near Belvoir Castle, which was built chiefly by the liberality of the Duke of Rutland, Lord John Manners, M.P., and other members of his grace's family, has been farther beautified by the recent insertion of several painted win dows. Much, if not all, of the old English lettering, and one compartment of one of the principal windows, has been done entirely by Lady Adeliza Norman's own hand. COURT AND The court arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednes- day last. `I , ISHION. Her Majesty has determined to hold one drawing-room and two levees before the Laster recess. It is understood that the O.u , :en and Court, with the exception of a brief visit to Osborne, will remain at Buckingham Palace till Easter, when the court will return to Windsor Castle for the holidays.—The eleventh anni versary of the marriage of her Majesty and Prince Albert was privately celebrated by the court, at Windsor Castle, on Monday last. - The DUchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leve son Gower have left Stafford-house for Paris. The noble duke and the youthful Lords Albert and Ronald Leveson Gower are staying at Trentham-hall. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Law rence gave a grand banquet on Wednesday at the Ameri can Legation, in Piccadilly. Among the guests were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis.of Breadalbane, Vis Count Hardinge, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Jamaica, and the Speaker of the House of Commons. In the evening there was an assembly ; most of the Cabinet Ministers were present. The Duke of Wellington arrived from Lady John Russell's " reception" soon after eleven o'clock, and remained till after twelve o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. It is said that the Vice-Chancellorship will be conferred on Master Kinderslev. The whole of the Judges, except Mr. Baron Platt, de livered their judgment on Wednesday at great length, in the long-protracted case of the Birds, which has been twice argued before the- Court on the question whether the prisoner Robert C. Bird, and Sarah his wife. having been tried and acquitted for the assaulting and killing their servant, Mary Anne Parsons, could be tried a second time for the assault, the prisoners having pleaded autre fois acquit. There being a difference of opinion amongst the Judges, it became necessary to give their judgments seriatim, which occupied four hours in delivering, when the Lord Chief Baron, Messrs. Justice Patteson, Cole ridge, Cresswell, Wightman, Erle, Williams, and Tal fourd were of opinion the conviction was right, and the Lord Chief Justice Jervis, Mr. Justice Manle, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Parks, and Lord Campbill, that it was wrong. There being a majority of 8 to 6 of the opinion that the conviction was right, it will stand. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Hon. B. Lawley. son o f Lord Wenlock, has been elected for Pontefract by an immense majority. The esti ;now a reduction of about X ed for the or 0,000 from the sum gray sent year Smith Child, Esq., of Rownall, has come forward as•a candidate for the representation of North Staffordshire, upon Conservative principles. The Marquis of Normanby arrived in London on Wed; nesday. Tt is said that he has come expressly to this country to be invested with-the Order of the Garter. A spirited movement is being made by the farmers of Northumberland in order to obtain the repeal or modifr, cation of the Income Tax. Mr. Baird, Conservative, was elected on Friday repro. sentative for the Falkirk burghs by a majority of 55 over Mr. Loah. The Earl of Malmesbury is to present a petition this evening to the House of Lords on agricultural distress, and an important debate will ensue, which it is confidently expected will terminate in a defeat of the ministry. Mr. S. Sanders, of Hemel Hempstead, states a remark able fact, namely, that with the present free-trade the Price of bread to the consumer is only 4d. the quartern loaf lower than when there was practically a fixed duty of 205., with wheat under 50s. the quarter. VIRTUAL DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY.—'-On Friday morning the announcement that Mr. Disraeli's motion had been lost by a majority of only fourteen members, in a house consisting of five hundred and fifty-three, in cluding the tellers and the speaker, and exclusive of pairs, was received with loud cheers. FEMALE FRANCHISE.—In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Earl of Carlisle begged to present a petition, which, though rather unusual, had nothing in it which would prevent its being laid before them. It was from an assemblage of female inhabitants of the town of Sheffield, was signed on behalf of the meeting by the chairwoman (laughter), Mrs. Habithah Higginbotham, and prayed the legislature to consider the propriety of introducing an electoral law which should include females in its operation (hear and laughter.) AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.—Among those who voted in favour of Mr. Disraeli's motion were, Sir T. D. Acland, Lord Anson, J. Bailey, W. T. Egerton, Sir R. H. Inglis, Lord Jocelyn, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lindsay, Lord Man deville, Lord J. Manners, • G. F. Muntz, Sir L. O'Brien, Sir T. O'Brien, F. O'Connor, Colonel Peel, J. P. Plump tre, J. Reynolds, G. Sanders, E. Stanley, Sir F. Thesiger, and J. Tollemache.—ln the majority against the motion we find, Colonel Anson. Sir T. B. Birch, E. Cardwell, W. Brown, Sir E. Buxton, W. Evart, G. C. Glyn, H. Goul burn, Sir J. G ra h am , Lord R. Grosvenor, A. Henry, S. Herbert, J. Heywood, L. Heyworth, C. Uindley, W. Jackson, J. Locke, J. Masterman, Sir R. Peel, F. Peel, S. M. Peto, J. Sanders, R. Thicknesse, T. Thorneley, Sir J, Wanisley, J. Walter, J. S. Wortley, &c. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. An address' signed by 2,746 respectable laymen of Bath, was presented to the Archbishop of Canter ury, depre cating the recent assumotion of power by Rome. On Tuesday an address against the Papal aggression was presented to her Majesty from the three denomina tions of dissenters. Dr. Briggs the Romish Bishop of Beverley was " en throned" at " St. George's Cathedral," York, on Thurs day with the usual display. It appears from the Tablet that it is proposed to hold a Popish Synod for England at Shrewsbury, which is to issue " a uniform discipline for the whole province." On Tuesday an address, signed by 400,000 English Roman Catholics, was presented to her Majesty by the Lords Vaux, Dormer, and Lovat. Cardinal Wiseman's secretary has, in a letter to the Times, contradicted the statement that the cardinal was present in the House of Commons during the delivery of Lord John Russell's speech. Lord Winchelsea calls upon the Protestants of England to repudiate the " milk and water" proposition of Lord John Russell, as utterly inapplicable to the grievance suf fered by the Papal aggression ; and send addresses to her Majesty to dissolve Parliament, and take the sense of the country upon the subject. The Secretaries of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge have addressed a letter to the editor of the Times in reply to the assertion of Mr. Keogh, on Wed nesday, that an address from that society, which had been presented by Sir George Grey to the Queen, had spoken of the Roman Catholic religion as " a tissue of blasphemous fables." They enclose a copy of the address, showing there is not a shadow of foundation in the charge. FURTHER " PAPAL AGGRESSION.—The Limerick Re porter, a high authority on Romish ecclesiastical affairs, announces that his Holiness the Pope has thought proper to confer the dignity of Cardinal on the Mast Rev. Dr. Cullen, " Lord Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland, and Apostolic Delegate." It is also announced that the Very Rev. Tobias Kirby, President of the Irish College at Rome, has been appointed coadjutor of Dro more to the Right Rev. Dr. Blake. TI - CE CARDINAL'S TEMPORAL JURISDICTION.—The Newcastle Journal states, that by a new document, just announced from Rome, Cardinal Wiseman is made pro tector of the hitherto independent College of Ushaw, near Durham, in the new diocese of Hexham. Under the powers so conferred, he will adjudicate in a dispute now pending between the College and the so-called Bishop of Liverpool, who claims a right to divert a part of the funds of the College, and apply it to the purposes of a new Col lege in Ltmcashire. 'LORD MINTO AND THE POPE.—It appears that when Lord Minto had his interview with the Pope, a paper lying on a table was poi n t e d t o as " re f err i ng t o Eng land," but in so careless a manner as not to excite his curiosity, in order that there might be a colour of truth for the averment that the Bull was shams to him, and that his Eminence might be able to hold up his hands in aflected astonishment at the reception given to a docu ment which had been ingenuously exhibited to the British diplomatist, by whom no objection or observation had been made ! Sir J. Stapleton, brother of Lord Beaumont, and a recent seceder from the Church of Rome, writes to the Globe reminding Protestants that the temporalities of every sect are a proper subject for legislation, and that through these "we may strike a blow at the Pope with out endangering religious liberty." He recommends that the administration of charities be left to a central board, and local boards formed of Roman Catholic laymen. At present, the properties are administered by the clergy who depend on the bishops, who, in their turn, are ap• pointed at Rome. " Such a measure," says Sir J. Sta pleton, " would give a death-blow to the ultra-montane party." POVERTY OF ROME.—In the course of his speech, on Tuesday evening, Lord Abinger said, in the House of Lords,—lt was sometimes said, " What is there to fear from the Roman Catholics ? They are poor." That defect was ,vanishing hourly. Almost every peer present must know, in his private experience, of instances, among the body referred to, of that appetite for acquisi tion which, if not checked, would in the course of years, absorb nearly all the property of the State—a tendency which had even been objected to that apparently innocent institution, Queen Ann's Bounty. A case was argued in that house, in which a young lady in Ireland entered a convent, rectived her share of her father's property in, his lifetime, ar.d made it over to the convent; but the father dying intestate, the superior required her to claim a share of his estate again. Some Roman Catholic priests got hold of the son of a deceased wealthy. solicitor in this country, who was possessed of £200,000; they set the family at variance, and got them out of the son's house, and acquired complete control over him.. He tried to run away, but was brought back, and never went out of the house again; he shortly afterwards died, nobody knew how. The priests produced a will in their favour, and, by Sir. W. Follett's advice, the family were obliged to accept £lO,OOO as a compromise. It was not only the deathbed that was invaded ; young women of property were inveigled into nunneries. The noble lord men tioned a case where a young lady entitled to £B,OOO entered an asylum, and £4,000 of the property was parted with by her at once, but the family were refused account or explanation. THE POPE IN PERIL.—Wo have been put in possession of a report to the effect that Pio Nono will probably owe the forfeiture of his throne in the Roman city to his re cent aggression on the spiritual and temporal liberties of England. Our informant is a gentleman of high distinc tion. He assures us that there is at this time organised in Rome a very formidable conspiracy (infinitely more formidable than that which drove Pio Nono to Civita Vecchia,") originated and inflamed, no doubt,. by the Papal aggression upon England. It is inferred from Lord John Russell's letter to the Bishop of Durham (which has been translated into all the Continental languages, and very freely circulated,) that the English Govern ment will no longer support the temporal pretensions of the Pope, and that, quoting as their reason, the recent audacious " aggression" of his Holiness upon the spiritual and temporal pretensions of the British Sovereign, they are prepared to advise the Republic of France to interfere no more between the Pope and his Italian subjects, but to allow the Italians to establish in Rome a republican Government on the model of the French Republic. It is understood that the interference of the Papal See in the affairs of Belgium, and the gross tyranny of the Romish hierarchy, in the recent instance furnished by the death-bed of a Sardinian Minister, have had the effect of combining, in the Roman conspiracy, many eminent and noble families of both Belgium and Sardinia. It is said, moreover, that certain distinguished persons connected with the Austrian " Houses of Peers and Commons" are mixed up in the plot, and that on this occasion the Pope is sure to be ousted most effectually and permanently.— Manchester Courier. DR. PUSEY.—The Tablet thus comments upon a letter of Dr. Pusey, in answer to the charge of Mr. Dods worth that the doctor had recommended the use of "the rosary :"—" What slippery, incompatible, swimming sort of reasoning is this ? Dr. Dodsworth stated that Dr. Pusey had encouraged the use of the rosary.' Dr.'Pusey replies at first that he only meant by the rosary,' a par ticular form of devotion,' and not ' a string of heads.' Some friend has now reminded him, as we ourselves did last weck,that in his translation of the 'Paradises Animce,' there is mention of 'the actual rosary,' as he calls it.' We say there was mention of the larger and smaller beads, and directions given as to what prayers had to be said at each. Dr. Pusey now says he had forgotten this,' and proceeds to supply a fresh explanation, which is given above. But it will be observed that he again tries, in the oddest possible manner, to blindfold the reader as to what the actual rosary,' as he calls it, means. He avoids all mention of the string of heads, or of ' the larger and smaller beads,' and defends the actual rosary' as a mode of using scriptural devotions,' and ' a help to the memory.' He appeals, in conclusion, to the compassion of his opponents, not to multiply differences.' Really, this is a more pitiable subterfuge than that about the crucifix, which he prefers to calla representation of Christ 'crucified. How is it this good and excellent man can thus deceive himself? Why does he not come where he can maintain all those holy Catholic practices without dis honesty and without sophistry ?" We may notice here, by the way, that the Tablet falls foul of poor Lord Shrews. bury for betraying the fact tha the Pope is trying to " govern" this: kingdom over the Sovereign at the insti ion of an Irish clique assembled at Rome for the ex -Church and 'State Gazette, press purpose.- To TEARS OF PROTESTANT FAMILIES.—We earnestly commend the following statement, made a few days since at a mee ting in Edinburgh by Dr. Cumming, to the at tention of our readers :—" There is no system possessed of such versatilility, and at the same time such power, as Popery. The one day it will emulate the despot on his throne, the next it will become the trumpet of the mob in the market-place—the one day it will be a governess in a family,, the next the tutor in a school, and then it will get into a church to promote dissension among Pro testants. You have to deal with a most subtle, most des perate agent ; and when I tell you that by the recent con vulsions on the Continent, the Jesuits have been driven out of every country in Europe. and that they are here in I s i w es ari t ii o s, w l a t t h c ik h n in l have the ec g H o o od ea lc r Eo so F n T t H O E T ß ll o llp ov o E D aII RNE s fa s m - E. By all means get a well-educated governess, but better have a lady whose heart is right in the sight of God than one whose fair hand can touch the ivory keys with the most consummate skill. By all means improve the man ners of your children, but above all take care of their mo rals and their hearts. The virtues of a great nation are the sunken piers below the tide-mark, invisible to us, but on which is based the superstructure in its grandeur and stability. Mothers have waited upon me in London —not one, not two, not three, but twice three—asking me what they were to do with daughters going over to the Church of Rome. One lady came to me and told me that a most cultivated gentleman had applied to be admitted into her family as a master of music. He was a Jesuit, most ac complishedkulel French enb de ehi aesaor fl hd fluently, Here,nht u l , applauded I d at hu w ad t a e and insinuating—spoke Italian without the d sd theyamnnipexcellent , musician. He first began speaking about Protestant mu sic—depreciatedo tregrettedhe grand. ra a t d h at Catholic none o cathedrals the Continent o n n t s t o o f h the ea r least patois, pa rseee I. a s :e j e ct: t gs h irce e —a m td i me n all iheir majesty and s be p a u u p t i y l . they were very good in Si. George's Cathedral (Cardinal beautiful courteous enatifnl t o p t r p riest, t, eye, who en d m a e l i t e t w h e e d m Wiseman's), and he got his there. By and by, there was thrown in their way a very themand sthoe hear e e a d r them attention—shewed thi,:m everything about the Cathedral everything. every delightful to the ear. By and by the young lady's heart changed—the rector, she said, never came to visit her at all, but this priest was so very courteous, so polite, so af fectionate; and she at last knelt the knee to him to con fess everything that was in her heart. The victim was sealed—she is Atm a confirmed and devoted Roman Catholic," Feb.llB, 1851. INNOVATIONS IN THE CHURCH. A deputation, headed by Rear-Admiral Vernon Har court, from the parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea,, had an interview on Tuesday with the Archbishop of Canterbury r to present an address, signed by 1,000 of the Protestant laity of that parish. respectfully laying before his Grace : "Our deep sense of the injury that has been done; and it doing, to the pure principles of our faith and or our Protestant Church,, by the preaching of corrupt Romish doctrines, and by the introduction of superstitious Romish practices into our services; and we would also respectfully express our heartfelt regret that such corruptions have been Dermitted• to . go on Kr long unchecked, and have appeared occasionally even to re ceive encouragement from some of your Grace's suffragans, to the deep concern of all faithful and attached members of our Protestant Church, and to the scandal of her pure character and principles. At the same time we would express our great gratification and encouragement that our Diocesan has com menced to exert the powers with which he is invested to put a stop to these abuses. Under the most presssing conviction of the imminent danger to which our Church is exposed through these fearful evils, we respectfully but earnestly urge upon your Grace to exert all the influence and power of your high office to repress and put them down." His Grace is reported to have replied, in a kind and affable manner that— " Probably the deputation wds not aware of the great diffi culty there was for those in power to settle the matters not agitating the Church, owing to the present uncertain state of the ecclesiastical law. He agreed ith the address, th a t P op i s h practices therein complained of did exist. in the Church,. and deeply regretted that any encouragement thereto should have proceeded from any of the Bishops. He would" use all his influence to regress these innovations, and believed his brethren would do the same. It was gratifying to find that the heart of the public was with them, which would very much encourage and assist them in their efforts to check these ob jectionable practices. In consequence, however, of the state of the law, great difficulty was experienced in bringing the business before the Courts, lest they (the heads of the Church) should be foiled in their attempts to remedy the evils com plained of." In reference to an observation made by Rear -Admiral V. Harcourt, that the subscribers to the address particularly feared the evil of the dissemination of false doctrine, the Archbishop admitted that it was the great evil, but that the doctrine and practice were intimately connected. With respect to erroneous doctrines, so great was the difficulty in suppressing them, that, though they had always existed in the Church, only one case had occurred within the last fifty - years, where a person had been condemned on account of erroneous teaching, and he was a Socinian. To a further observation by Rear. Admiral Harcourt, that the bishops had power to repress the evil by not adthitting into the Church curates known to hold views contrary to its articles and discipline, his Grace said that in this respect the Bishops had power, and might, in the exercise of proper dis cretion, use it. BOLDNESS OF ROMANISM. The Popish party in Ireland are certainly resolved that the Attorney-General shall he at no loss for an estimate of the value of that " effectual" clause in the Emancipa tion Act, upon the model of which he has framed his new bill. In the Freeman's Journal of Thursday we find the following authentic announcement : "THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, - - - • ----- - - • "The committee for founding the Catholic University met yesterday—the Primate in the chair. The following members were present : His Grace the Lord Primate. IThe Rev. Dr. O'Hanlon. His Grace the Archbishop of iThe Rev. Dr. Cooper. Cashel. The Rev. James Maher The Lord Bishop of Web. Michael Errington, Esq. The Lord Bishop of Clonfert. Charles Bianconi. Esq. The Lord Bishop of Clogher. William Nugent Skelly, Eaq. The Lord Bishop of Cloyne. Myles O'Reilly, Esq." The Very Rev. Dr. Leshy. It probably is scarcely necessary to - inform our readers that " his Grace the Lord Primate" means the Italian priest whom the Pope has sent to Ireland to defy the Queen's authority ; and that the other " graces" and lord bishops are the Pope's bishops. Every one of the titles contained in the above announcement is forbidden by the provisions of the Emancipation Act, which the Attorney-General tells us he has taken as his model. Are we content to see " his grace the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster" and " the Lord Bishop of Southwark" pompously: paraded in the English newspapers ? If not, we must do something more than merely adapt to the English hierarchy provisions which the Irish bishops thus contemptuously set at nought. It is but a day or two since we called attention to a let ter of Dr. Wiseman, addressed to his " Grace the Lord Archbishop of Armagh." The Popish party, we repeat, are determined to give us every opportunity of estimating the real efficiency of a law against names. THE ROMAN CATH OLIC " B ISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM.' r —Dr. Ullathorne has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, in which he says,—" The hierarchy is estab lished • therefore it cannot be aboli s h e d, except t h roug h the physical extermination of the Catholic Church is these realms; or, which God forbid, though universal' apostasy." We may, however, remark that a -Roman Catholic Hierarchy was abolished some three centuries since without, at any rate, physical extermination. If' by the other alternative, he means "conversion" of Roman Catholics to the doctrines of the Reformation, We can only retort an opinion that it would be a " consul:o - devoutly to be wished." Dr. Ullatl , orne adds that he was at Rome when the whole details of the Papal Hierarchy were settled in 1848, and that he " strongly urged the expediency of appointing an Archbishop of London and a Bishop of York, which he argues was not opposed to the English laws, but that the suggestion was resisted on the ground that it might give offence to the British Government. THE PAPACY.—The power with which we have to deal is not earthly, for then we might encounter it with the machinery of ordinary warfare. Neither is it purely spiritual, for then we might safely leave it to wind its un seen course amid the hidden path-ways of the mind of mai? , Unhappily for us, the power of the Roman Catholic y Church osiateviphneeir:Tohs. earthly esyu v .ml o aa t awn a ßnd ri i e iman s ivvgfu i .s s :atdh s sa p aeitl i nyhd r ee i cy t i no : cui a thr l iaadi oinrmanynclusol.epnsarretseriscasttibsorseli invulnerable, t yet, s lnivat n timwnt e hoo a cuto l ls i ees : ends ow th bl e lie r l ce e t w s s t i h r ti prohibit. his the thunderbolt grasped in the hand of the child, the idiot, or the maniac, a power too subtle to con trol, and too dangerous to despise or neglect. We can not prevent that prostration of the mind, that abject one grovelling habitude of the soul, which clothes with a self invested power, a priest neither wiser nor better than 4' self. We cannot prevent the priest from paying to hel ecclesiastical superiors the'same servile deferencelwhich be is accustomed to receive. We Canna prevent these eccle , iastical dignitaries from yielding the like degrading sub mission to the "infallible" wisdom of the Pope, nor can we prevent that infallibility from being in its turn swayed and abused by the weakest, the worst, or the most igno rant of mankind. The layman may be more enlightened than the priest, the priest than the bishop, the bishopihse the Pope, the pope than his evil councillors ; but we can wt the State t s S e t l at e ignorance, tnilhao not break the chain which binds the superior intelligenc o t b h u e t y ti r l e e s y t wuiplolnreuthneite; imaginarythelaw wisdomprisone r at to the ee disposal chariot w o l f l e c e fo l oT s lmlh l ee f , .s t ks h bnw e coo i fw n rod f rl e eeo r d i tl o ae r— which place s existence of this power to s c s p e a e a i r vv io n l ie be n l ri ti o z ieo t t a m ht n d ieo i i s os v ne , i f edfinukbtt admitting r e , bmwa,rhi asunder, f ic m o l he r d e vise means for its regulati on , t o l era ti ng this all-perva di os system of dispotis m , t o res t r i ct i t w i t hi n i ts own domain. -Times SINGULAR CHARGE AT GLASGOW.—The Glasgow , Herald contains a report of a singular case w hi c h was heard at the central police-court, Glasgow, on Saturdal week. Alex. M'Gregor Simpson and John Notmanf professional vocalists, were charged with the crimes of falsehood, fraud, and wilful imposition, by having, on the 22nd January last, feloniously obtained from Hugh Gascoyne, spirit dealer, King-street, the sum of £3, un der the representation that they were officers of the law', armed with a`warrant from the sheriff of Dumfries, for the apprehension of the said Hugh Gascoyne, for participa ting in a prison fight, which took place at Beattockt Dumfriesshire, some time ago. The first witness exam ined was Mr. Gascoyne himself, who deposed that on the 22nd of January last, the two prisoners called on him at his shop, about seven o'clock in the evening, and pre sented a paper purporting to be a warrant from the sheriff of Dumfries, for his apprehension for participating in the fight at Beattock. He supposed they were officer! l a ta s hno a the and he told him th a t h e h a d h the time sh oo ti ng from Dumfries. He conducted the supposed o ffi cers to g private room, when Mr. Notman, after shutti ng th e docr.+. he said " you are my prisoner." The prisoners asked hi m if he did not go p urpos ely vicinity, and had a license. H e as k ed the " officers* tn how many were in the police office for the s ame o ff e n ce ; a nd tohreot.filngdh p st r . prize fight, fought, w a he was told they were e i g h t. Simpson then went swat seen tes wastw at the e to apprehend, as he said, two other parties in the west end of the town, while Notman remained with witness- He produced a baton with what he supposed V. R. u pon it, and a paper with a seal and a piece of tape attached. This was the warrant, but witness did not read it. He . told Notman that he had to pay £l5O next day, he would willingly give bail, or pay any money, if he would not apprehend him then ; and the " officer" accepted of X 3 as a pledge. The prisoners touched him three times is the queen's name, with the baton, and said he was their. prisoner. Befo re th e y s h owe d hi m t h e warrant they told him he must go to Barr's ern adjoining tavern), but he said he had not been there for two years, and would not go. Witness had subsequently been offered the money back; but he said if they would give a certain sum to some charitable institution, and give bim a written apology, he would give up the case. It appeared from the evidence of another witness named Bryce, that the defer dants belonged to a ki n d o f j u d ge an d j ur y c l u b, ca lled " Norman's Club," whi c h h e ld its meetin g s a t B arr % and of which Mr. Gascoyne had formerly been a member. " Defalcators" were tried at the meetings of the club , and Mr. Gascoyne was summoned by a paper signed by the president, and entrusted for execution to the defen dants. There were rules and regulations for the guidance of the club. Some of these rules authorised them to apprehend, try, and fine, any member for any offence which was, in the eyes of the judge...derogatory to the character or interests of the club. In accordance with these rules it was determined to apprehend Gascoyne, and have him brought before the court, to answer to the charge of propagating the statement that all who were present at the prize fight should be apprehended. These statements were confirmed by other witnesses ; and if, appeared perfectly evid en t t h at t h e whole affair originated in a practical joke. The culprits tried by the club were usually fined in wine or other liquors ; and Mr. Gascoynet when a member of the club, had partaken of the produce of such fines. At the close of the evidence, Baillie Play fair said the whole affair, however reprehensible, had evi dently been intended has a joke, and he would therefore dismiss the case.. He recommended to "his lordship (Mr. Bryce) to discontinue such judge and jury trials for the future, as they might lead to more serious results. tt ` i po to t i , bee th l , o rid ta di 4 8 hpt.. 1 11 curdtik,oej `" ! ie , frer; ho fo l ch