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y et &/ I:rz J t. inartr+ TUESDAY ifORXLYG EPT. 13, 1853 TLrEweather during t ith ver seeptions, been favourable for harvest operations :clmowled that the lat Wheats abundant crop, it has been peculiarl , nabling the farmers to )od cond We may ply of 'horn, .own. food articuta ;er portion of the Wheat h msed, and what still remains out is in excell are still some complaints of disc he Pot but not t any extent to ex appears to be an abundant supply of mmittee, on Thursday, the Goc Birkenh( mnent id, had been cot poration agreeing to pay £ the projected works for Shi out, and the he foreshore at used by the Cor- will enable to be carried ttlement is, therefore, so far satis- factory ; but we cannot unc the equity of the Corporation bein 1 the justice or g called upon to pay anything, except, indeed, it be for costs in curred in adjusting the rival claims. Whether the title of the Corporation to the land in question was clear or not, the right of the Government Board, supposing it to be well founded, was solely in trust for the interests of the general public, and therefore could not be disposed of I a money con- ment to decide whether the occupation of the fore shore was injurious or not. If it were so, they ought not to have surrendered it ; and if it were not, but on the contrary a public advantage, the right ought to have been conceded on public grounds. As it is, the taking of the £4,000 is a robbery of the Corporation perly be asked, What becoi Her MAJESTY left Holy and it may very pro- Palace on Tuesday mer retreat in the Highlands, morning for her s and is now enjoying the picturesque scenery in the neighbourhood of Balmoral, surrounded by her numerous c said that the young Prince ARTHUR, who is little more than three years of age, is already destined for the sea, as his royal mother has had him equii )ed in sailor's attire. has afforded some The NORTON correspc crumbs of excitement to the daily papers at this has had a few ; but the lady has declared her ;ason. as ( more last wo: intention of relyi h of ti von the flee of England for the vindication of her re determination t tions. If a magistrate, like C be abov( uspicion retain his posit ,ble to ion, and avowed to any accu s wife, should Alification to )tice the con- of Liverpool, tinued healthy state of the popi at a time when the scout yellow fever are sad tine that some cas occurred but they have been confined to foreign immigrants, who, no doubt, brought it with them. That celebrated ship, the So left the Mersey on Thursday, with an enormous cargo, for Australia. Several other fine vessels are a of the Seas, announced for ilaP same destination, and our enter prising shipowners anti merchants have shown their determination that Liverpovl shall not be second to any port in the superiority of her mer- cantile marine. The race of the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club took place on Saturday, and the wind being mo derately fresh, it was an exciting affair, and at tracted a considerable number of spectators. The club has had a successful season, and, though the size of their vessels is comparatively diminutive, the competition for superiority has been carried out with much spirit. The Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy,which was open to private view on Saturday, contains many pictures of great merit, and a large propor tion is considerably above mediocrity. Taken as a whole, it presents a very fair specimen of the ap preciation of the fine arts in Liverpool, and will, no doubt, attract a considerable number of visitors during the season, which, owing to the exertions of the committee, deserves to be a successful one. The anxiety to listen once more to the singing of Gam and 111Auio, previous to their final with drawal, has led to an extraordinary demand for tickets for the grand concert on the 4th of next month. Such a brilliant assembly of the elite of Liverpool as will be attracted on the occasion could only be accommodated in the spacious Philhar monic-hall, and it is becoming doubtful whether that vast building will be sufficient to answer the numerous requirements for admission. IRELAND REFORMATION IN DI BLIN.—On Sunday last two re spectable Romanists abjured their errors, under the in struction of the Priests' Protection Society, and received the Lord's Supper in St. Thomas's Church. Tire PRICE OF WHISKEY.—Owing to the feverish state of the grain market, the price of Dundalk whiskey has advanced to 3s. per gallon. In Glasgow the price of Whiskey is 3s. Id., in Belfast 3s. 2c1., and in London 3s. 4d. per gallon, the rise being from 4d. to 6d. per gallon. Wumcx ow THE COAST OF GALWAY.--On Saturday the schooner Susan, of Sligo, Captain Sandford, from Liver pool for Galway with salt, was wrecked off the Blasketts. At in the morning she struck upon a sunken rock, ans immediately commenced to fill. The captain, who was sta.-ling on the deck, at once set the pumps to work, but.before trNs. minutes e iv laPset with the beam. n,- the water was on a level barely time to escape gra to i the jolly-boat, and had e sc i, s)o i n in er ,, n co -h ni en n shl e tu t i i i t t tes HARVEST PnoSPECTS.—TI' that the market was considerably less e....14-pd than it had been for several weeks past; and, although to,". were a few speculative bargains, the general feeling was to - 1.1,1 back." The weather has been most favourable for the harvest. The potato-markets are amply supplied, and the quality is, if possible, improving. No such thing as a diseased potato is seen about Dublin. Mr. John Lamb, who has just completed a tour of nearly the whole of Ulster, says, --" there is throughout that entire district a greater breadth of land under flax and green crops this year than last, and, consequently, less under grain. Of the latter, the falling off is principally in wheat. BELFAST FAIR.—In consequence of the fineness of the day, and the throng of harvest work among the farmers, the attendance of buyers, with the exception of the horse fair, was only limited. Horses for farming purposes sold at about previous prices. The prices of black cattle also ruled at about last rates, beef selling at 40s. to 555. per cwt. The small quantity of grazing stock forward was mostly disposed of at good prices. Sheep were rather more plentiful, and those in good condition sold at 51d. to 61d. per lb. The supply of lambs was small, and all was rapidly bought up at 6d. per lb. in sink. Pigs were not of good quality, but prices were, as usual, high, the prospect of a good potato crop inspiriting the farmers to increase their stock in this department. , --Belfast News- Letter. THE ROYAL VlSlT. — There was a numerous and fashion able attendance on Wednesday, and the greatest anxiety was evinced to witness those purchases of her Majesty which had not already been removed. Her Majesty, through Colonel Phipps, has ordered two dozen of the Dargan medals, some of which are to be struck in Irish silver, and forwarded to Balmoral. Her Majesty has also ordered copies of some prints in preparation, representing the interior of the Exhibition. Previously to her depar ture, the Queen gave directions to have the principal ''knrtments of Dublin Castle newly decorated, and other eria improvements made in the internal arrange ukents, prepai..-4--,, v _, as it might be inferred, to a repetition 5 her lklajesty's ou s country. The royal inspec `l.°ll, on Saturday week, of tut: .11—c r y brick pile. . 4 all' of truth to this statement. iceewLF.EtICAL COMPLIMENTS. — t N r . ll( gs, with a view i ca c all • • ,, avan Duffy, afforded that handseY (leather Doyle) an opr all da:lseeYturned compliment I Mildly de s 2 whether priests, pr as traitorsll(3llneing the Keoghe attd • truth" a n d i n YerJurers, he of Irish polities Plain Englisl ha corruption of Irish mo p . it we theme, he p roceeded etrstf of getti a " grand banquee Aleman's great cle- unity of paying some his co-relikifiLists of , or simple laymen. irs, and O'Flahertys g auditory in `.` plain the gloomiest aspect I the rottenness and tat the men, Who hay( Dan of the _ ou stache," be t inflicted a deeper NI country than the bitterer i er that Mr. Doyle and h • is together: f Rome. No won ishap" do not pull well CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. LECTURE BY THE REV. V. ➢I. WHIT} Ox Friday evening, the Rev. V. M, WHITE, minister of the Presbyterian Church, Islington, in this town, delivered a lecture in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Civil and Religious Liberty in Ireland, as manifested in the recent mission of 100 ministers from England and Scotland to that country*. The hall was densely crowded before the hour announced for the commencement of the lecture. On entering, the reverend lecturer was received with loud cheers,. and several thstinct rounds - of applause. Having obtained silence, he proceeded to deliver a brief but appro priate prayer, which was listened to with the most marked and respectful attention. -- He then addressed the meeting as follows : e . My Christian Brethren and Friends,—lt is my desire to appear before you as one anxious to giye a lecture on a subject which he deems of vital importance, and on which he can speak from practical experience. Under this im pression, I thought it better to dispense with some of the usual forms attending such lectures, and to come before you direct and without ceremonial introduction. The reverend gentleman was here understood to refer to his not having a chairman to preside over the meeting, as is customary. He then proceeded—My subject is Civil and Religious Liberty, as it has been displayed towards the members of a mission lately undertaken to the West and South of Ireland, of which mission I was one. (Cheers.) I sent an intimation of my intention to give this lecture to Dr. Cahill, who has not thought it worth while to answer me. My intimation was to the effect that I meant to expose the treatment we had received, and to show the intimated my willingness to hear and answer whatever he might think it requisite to state in explanation or contra liction. That gentleman has not considered it desirable to take any notice of my intimation ; I have now, there- y to say Leman re other Romish priest, will come forward after I have con cluded, I will promise him a full and a fair hearing; but I cannot allow any other person except the gentlemen I have alluded to, to make any statement, nor will I permit any other to interrupt the proceedings. Civil and religious liberty is the boast of Englishmen— civil liberty, that is, the right of every man, without respect to his creed, to claim and to receive the ftill protection of the law, and the might and majesty of this country. In such transactions his religion is never asked. In religious matters you may adopt any principle you please, and no man dares to ask you why. You may be a Protestant, a Roman Catholic, or a Jew. You have the most ample liberty to (Cheer;.) And thus ii is that, if you look over the land, you will see the Protestant place of worship for what we hold to be the pure service of Almighty God,—the Popish chapel for what we believe to be the idolatrous sacrifice of the mass—(hear, hear)—and the Jewish synagogue, where our blessed Lord is called a vile impostor, all standing side by side, and all are fully protected in the free exercise of their religious rites. (Hear, hear.) Every party makes it their cry. Is it a municipal or a parliamentary election, no candidate has the least hope of success unless he stands forth as the stern advocate of civil and religious liberty. Is it a political or a religious agitator who visits our land to laud France, to praise Aus tria, to extol Naples, to vindicate Tuscany, to hold forth the government of the Papa States as all that is just, and mild, and equitable, as becometh the administration of his holiness the Pope, the vicar of the just and peaceful Jesus : and, at the same time, painful though it be to speak evil of the ruler of one's country, or of the country itself, compelled from a sense of duty to expose the des perate tyranny of England, he is obliged, in order to gain a hearing, to hoist the broad flag of freedom. (Loud and continued cheering.) • What an unaccountable animal is John Jinn, so intensely despotic, and yet so desperately in love with civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) I am quite prepared to hear some one ask, but if these things be so, what do you say about the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ?- Did you not thereby refuse to the Church of Rome the form of government she prefers ? Now I will answer this by a parallel case. You have all heard of a country called Turkey, partly in Europe and partly in Asia, composed of some twenty-three or twenty-four mil lions of inhabitants. About ten or eleven millions of these profess the religion of the Greek Church, and the rest are Mahometans. You have also heard, no doubt, of the Emperor of Russia—a bold, clever, ambitious, despotic and determined man. He wishes to get possession of Turkey, and thinks his best way is to do so through the Greek Church, of which he is the acknowledged head, and by virtue of which he claims jurisdiction over the Greek Christians of Turkey. In these pretensions he is resisted by England, France, Austria, Prussia, and indeed by all Europe. Will any man, I ask, call it a violation of civil and religious liberty, on the part of these countries, to tell the haughty Czar to stay at home . ; your co-religionists shall be free, but not by your orders. (Hear, hear.) The Czar and the Pope are alike ; both claim to be the heads of their respective churches as the Vicars of Christ. They are both about equally sincere, and both equally true. (Laughter.) Now we answer the Pope just as we did the Emperor. Roman Catholics in this country shall have full liberty to exercise their religious convictions as they think fit ; but, by the blessing of God, no foreign prince or potentate shall ever, under the phase of religious privi lege, be able to sow the seeds of treason and rebellion in this Protestant kingdom, and to usurp the rightful prero gatives of our belov txl and Emulous Queen Victoria. (Loud and protracted cheering.) _ Some one again will say, but what about the Nunneries Bill ? You intrude into the privacy of these sacred abodes, and desecrate, by unholy feet, places consecrated as the retreats of peculiar piety and virtue ! I answer, if such be your interpretation of the mad-isterial inspection of nunneries, such is our intention, and, by God's help, we will never cease until such is the law of the land,—(loud cheers) —that is to say, that there shall be no places in this land of liberty, surrounded by high walls and strong bars ; where the property and liberties of British subjects are even said to be interfered with, without power on the part of our rulers to go in and say, you are in a land of liberty, and you are at liberty to go or stay, as you think fit. (Loud cheers.) As well might the brigand, who puts a loaded pistol to my ear ; and demands my money or my life, complain of the violation of civil and religious liberty, be cause he is taken and cast into prison. We protect the innocent ; punish the guilty ; and give liberty to all. (Cheers.) With respect to religious opinions, we must dis tinguish between three things which many confound, but which are altogether distinct from each other, namely,— patronage, persecution, and toleration. We patronise what is good ; we persecute none; and we tolerate all. (Loud. cheers.) We have this evening to do not with mere theo ries, but with facts, which constitute, as I am sure you will admit before I close, a gross violation of the law of liberty ; and unless civil and religious liberty be a mere farce to subserve personal and party purposes, then I think we have a right to demand, and to receive, the sym pathy and protection of the British people. (Hear, hear.) I assert, then, that the Protestants of the United King dom, and of Ireland. in particular, have not civil and reli gious liberty. There is a class of men in this country, considerable in point of numbers, scattered throughout the land, possessed of absolutely unlimited power over the minds and consciences of some millions of our population, who deliberately violate the law themselves and stir up others to do the same, to the injury of life and property. That the governments of the country, Whig and Tory, almost alike see it, and yet either have not the disposition or the courage to vindicate the majesty of the law, they cannot be moved to prosecute. When they do prosecute, such is the reign of terror, that it is next to an impossi bility to get a conviction, and when a conviction is ob tained, then comes the strange inconsistency of a man found guilty of a grave offence discharged upon his own recognizances. Let there be no mystery. I refer to the priests of the Church of Rome. (Cheers.) It shall be my business on this evening to adduce facts to substan tiate these charges, and if so, it remains for yon to say what should be done. Will you not, as one man, rise and inform our rulers, whoever they are, or whoever they are to be, that we give to Roman Catholics the fullest liberty to exercise and propagate their faith as they think fit. They avail themselves of it, and it is not our wish to restrict it by a hair's breadth, but we demand and we must receive the same liberty and the same privileges. (Applause.) Say it like men that are in earnest, say it like men that are determined to have it, and no government will dare to resist you. (Loud cheers.) Tell them that, vast as are your political differences—and upon these I presume not to enter—differences so great, that you do not see your way to compromise them—(hear)—there is still one point of the very last importance, one that lies at the root of all our honour and glory as a nation, one in connexion with which we stand pre-eminent among the nations of the earth, and one on which we are happily agreed, that who ever are our judges, and whoever are our rulers, we ought ‘-%, have, and by the grace of God we must have, equal laws ala .PcAtial administration. (Applause.) Civil and religious linen.) , 4-41 all who are British subjects to receive, adopt, maintain, ana pies they believe to be most 'for the glory of God, and most for the good of mankind. (Loud and protracted applauie.) After these general observations upon civil and religious liberty, I come to state some preliminary facts in connec tion with our mission to Ireland. As all manner of ex cuses will be made, and have been made, to vindicate and palliate the offences of the Church of Rome against law and order —as there are ever those to be found who con demn anything and everything, which takes the attitude of opposition to it, who, therefore, look upon our recent mission as a thing not to be desired, or indeed defended, and who tell us that it is no wonder we met with the re ception we complain of, it was only what was to be ex pected, and what, all the circumstances of the case consi dered, the people were !I', stifled in offering—l shall state so me particulars which , ;Jut for such objectors, I should h av e passed over. First , t hen, I notice the origin of the m• sion. Every movement will take not a little of its type and character from its originators and founders. Immediately after the annual meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in Dublin, last year, three or four gentlemen ma de a tour of the south and west of Ireland. Like all tourists, they were delighted with the country—so beau tiful, so fertile, and so varied in its resources, and with a population so noble and generous, though so miser able and poverty-stricken. As the Romans, long ago, said of British children, when exposed for sale as slaves in the market at Rome, " Not English, but an elsthey were Christians," so did these worthy g, men exclaim,only if " What might not Ireland b ecome if her population only understood the saving and comforting doctrines of Christ crucified?" (Applause.) Accordingly, a plan was adopted, by which it was hoped that this end might in some measure be gained. We shall refer to this plan after a little ; in the mean time we have only to do with the originators, who and what they were. They "." not Tory bigots, nor Orange parsons, nor proselytizing high churchm.pn, who had become odious to the people by reason of the exactions of the Irish Church. The one was an English Baptist, the other a Scotch Dissenter ; they were both Whigs in politics, unconnected with any established church, and opposed, both in principle and practice, to all such institutions. There was nothing, therefore, in the originators of the mission to justify the reception given us. (Hear, hear.) Let us next consider the ministers sent upon it. Had they been all like myself, persons accustomed both to speak and write against Popery, and in so doing occasionally to give expression to sharp things, because I believed them, and sometimes, perhaps severely, because I felt so, then there might have been some palliation for the conduct of the mob ; but such was not the case. At least nine-tenths were men who, , though used to preach the pure Gospel with power ; with .ges of cholera and the of the fonr places. It is complaint have THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER comfort, and with an abundant blessing, were wholly unaccustomed to anything like controversy. The minister with whom I travelled, though there are few preach more sermons, and whose services have been made more useful, assured me that he never preached a directly controversial sermon against Popery in his life. There were many others, I have no doubt, in the same position. Besides, the vast majority of these men were Whigs in politics, and, therefore, the warm friends and supporters of what are called the civil rights and privileges of Roman Catholics. I assert, therefore, in the second place, there was nothing in. the men sent to create such lawless opposition as we met with, but rather the opposite. (Hear,hear.) Then the design of the mission had nothing in it so very'unjustifiable. We are constantly told that if you keep free of agrarian concerns you are perfectly safe in Ireland, you may go where you like, or say what you please ; they are only landlords and - agents and bailiffs who need have any fears for their personal safety. We felt that the preaching of the Gospel was God's own ordinance for the world's conversion —(hear)--that the command of our Lord was, " Go ye unto all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." That Ireland was a part of the world, and although the power of the priests and the prejudices of the people were strong, they were not too strong for the arm of the Lord to remove. To guide us in this duty we had the example of the apostles, who went from city to city, and from village to village, preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom " in the synagogues to the Jews," and " in the markets daily to them that met with them." It was thought, too, that whoever else might object to such a design, the Church of Rome surely ought not. She had her propaganda, the object of which was the end which we contemplated—the bringing of all nations and countries to her own faith. (Hear, hear.) The distinctly avowed object of Cardinal Wiseman's settlement in this country, and the establish ment of a Romish hierarchy, was " to convert England to the true faith," " to restore her to her orbit in the eccle siastical firmament." (Cheers.) There were also the bulls of her popes, and the decrees of her councils, and the efforts of all her agents, from the pope on his pontifical throne down to that quiet jesuitical servant-maid, seeking to make Protestant children familiar with popish ob servances. (Cheers.) The mission of one and all was the work of proselytism. (Loud applause.) It must also have been well known to the Church of Rome, whose priests were so familiar with our movements long before one of us set foot on Ireland, that in every circular which was issued by the committee we were requested to preach the Gospel as contradistinguished from controversial sermons. Such, then, was our design ; and I most unhesitatingly assert that there was nothing in it to justify the reception we met with. (Hear.) Then, next,to speak of the arrange ments made for giving effect to the design just noticed. The field selected was the south of Ireland, chiefly the province of Munster. This was cut up into divisions, each division having so many districts, and each district again so many stations. A certain number of ministers was set apart for each division, according to its extent. These were to go two and two, taking each district in order till they went over the whole of their division. Each minister was expected to preach twice every Sabbath, and three times each week ; so that by the hundred ministers, in the period of one month, two thousand sermons would be preached up and down through the land. A book of instructions, specially written for the occasion, was handed to each. It is needless for me to add that the services of these ministers were in every instance gratuitous. I might, however, beg attention to this, as both by priests and in newspapers it has been broadly stated that we were paid, and the sum actually named that we received for our work. This is not much to be wondered at, seeing that the Church of Rome takes very good care to make the people pay well for all the services of her priests. (Hear.) Such, then, were the arrangements ; they may have been good or bad ; with that I have nothing to do ; the committee who made them. are alone responsible ; but whether good or bad is not now the point. If good, there was no just cause to assail them, as was the case ; and if bad, there was no need to do so ; whether good or bad, they gave no just ground for the violent reception we met with. (Applause.) The next step in my argument is to show that the execution of these arrangements by the missionaries was altogether unim peachable. I beg attention to this, as it has been stated over and over again, that our own violent language brought down upon us the violence we complain of. Dr. Cahill brings the matter to a point, by asserting that the cause of the conduct of the mob in Limerick was the indigna tion the citizens felt at being called " Priest-ridden idolaters" by the missionary who was preaching. The same vindication is found in the Tablet and other papers. Had such words been used, I would have made all due allowance for the excited feelings of the people. But they were not used, nor any similar expressions, either by the ministers in Limerick, or by any others of the hundred. (Hear, hear.) The plain fact was, that, in almost every instance, they were assailed and ill-treated before they uttered a single sentence. If they could have used them they would not. If they would they could not, and, as a matter of fact, they did not. (Loud cheers.) I assert, therefore, that the execution of the arrangements was in the most complete accordance with its design and spirit, and gave no just ground for the savage opposition we met with. Such, then, was the character of our mission, and now I challenge any man to lay his finger upon a single point to justify him in condemning us, or in vindication, or even palliating the conduct of the priests and the peo ple. If he can, let him produce it ; if he cannot, let him honestly acknowledge the truth. (Applause.) 1 come =At to stars, in detail, the reception we met with. There may be a measure of sameness hi tive, but that very sameness is one of the strong points of my case, because it proves to a demonstration that go where you will, no matter how, or -by whom, or under what circumstances the Gospel is preached, the spirit of Popery is ever and every where the same—the enemy of civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) Although you were stoned in Kilkenny, and again in Clonmel, you would find in the narrative many points of difference. I shall begin with myself. In company with about sixty ministers I left Dublin on Saturday, 30th July, reached Kilmallock on the same evening, about four o'clock, along with my companions. I proceeded thence to Bruff, at which place we were to commence our labours on the- next day. The population of the village is somewhere about 1,400. We spent the evening of Saturday in walking about the town, and taking counsel with each other and with our Great Master how we should proceed the next day. We re solved, in accordance with the terms of our mission, to preach twice, if it were possible, and fixed upon half-past ten and two o'clock as the most suitable hours, because they did not interfere with the services of the Established. Church or those of the Roman Catholic chapel. Accord ingly, at half-past ten o'clock, we went out, conversed with groups of persons up and down the village, told them who and what we were, spoke to them of Christ and his love, of their souls and eternity ; they received us most kindly, thanked us for what we had said, and expressed their willingness to hear us at two o'clock. We then went to the parish church, where we heard an excellent Gospel sermon on the parable of the sower. We happened to be shown into the same pew with the sergeant of police, who, with five men out of the twelve stationed in Bruff, were Protestants. At the close of the service, we told him of our intention to preach in the streets at two o'clock. He replied, " I am afraid they wont let you. I have an engagement myself at that hour, but I shall tell two or three of the men to be about." We felt it to be our duty, as a matter of courtesy, to acquaint the incumbent also with our intentions. He said, " I wish you all success, but think it would be a wise pre caution to have:the police at hand." We then went to the street again, and taking our place about 50 yards above the police station—took off our hats—as if about to speak to a few individuals who were around us. The people were evidently prepared for us. A service had been held in the chapel- since we saw them in the morning, and the priests had no doubt instructed them how to act. In, less than two minutes we were surrounded by a dense crowd of from one to two thousand individuals. I will not attempt to describe the scene that followed. My friend, who opened, before he closed his first sentence was met by such a demonstration of hooting and yelling as baffles all description. He was obliged to desist. I thought I would try what I could do. I said " we had not come there to attack any person, or any system, or any religion, and if you will only hear what I have to, say, I give to every man in the crowd the privilege to interrupt me at any time and to demand an explanation. If I can not satisfy you, I pledge myself at once to leave." I then began to speak about Christ, but met with no better re ception than the brother who preceded me. Finding it impossible to proceed, we thought it best at once to retire. The crowd determined that we should not go alone ; they accompanied us ; when we reached a bridge, over which we had to pass on our way to our lodgings, a sudden rush was made upon us, as if some plan had been agreed upon by the people. We stopped, turned round upon them, and asked what they wanted; they had refused to hear us; if they had anything to say, we were willing to hear them. They retired for a few yards, the police stepped in, and we reached our hotel in safety. The crowd remained shout tug auuut, Luc unmet tur some MAU'S. I am a native of Ireland ; I spent the greater part of my life there ; but I never knew the meaning of the expression "Wild Irish" trill then. Unwilling that any of our friends should come to Bruff, we left in the morning for Kilmallock. We found that the same scene had been enacted there the day before, and the ministers there were preparing to leave. We agreed to go to Limerick to see if anything could be done there, but on our arrival at the junction, met with the ministers leaving that city. They implored of us, "For God's sake not to go there; if you do, you'll be di;covered, and your lives will be sacrificed." (Loud cries of " Shame.") We then joined them, and arrived in Dublin on the evening of Monday, Ist August. Finding it impossible, from the state of feeling in the south, to carry out the design of the movement there, I turned to my native county, and there, from Sabbath the 7th August till the 14th, I preached twelve sermons, ten of which were in the public streets, to audiences averaging .at least 300, and in towns distant from each other from five to twenty miles ; heard in every instance with the most profound attention, and treated with the greatest respect, although, in some instances the half, in others the third, and in many, three-fourths of my audience were Roman Catholics and persons unaccus tomed to hear the Gospel. (Hear, hear.) I shall next refer to the, brethren who visited Limerick. They were eight in number. Upon their arrival they heard various reports from friends as to the course of procedure they should adopt. Some told them to go on in their attempt to preach, and others strongly dissuaded them from it. Feeling it was their duty to try, Mr. Dickenson, a Moravian minister, and Mr. Henderson f rom Scotland, went out in the evening, and having selected a quiet place, out of the highway, Mr. Dickenson began by singing and a short prayer. The crowd, evidently pre pared, began to collect and to show the most angry symptoms. The prayer over, he selected his text, and had scarcely done so when he was thrown on his face. (Shame.) He rose and endeavoured to gain his lodgings, but the crowd increasing, both in numbers and violence, this became impossible. He took refuge in a house, the door of which happenened to be open, and remained there till the arrival of the police, with whom he again attempted to reach his lodgings. The crowd outside still continued to increase, so that even the police were unable to bring him through, , and felt it necessary to take shelter in the station, where he remained for two hours. (Loud cries of 'Shame.") Meantime the intelli gence spread through the city, and Mr. Lewis, another of the missionaries, resolved to go out and look after a brother in trouble. He was immediately recognised, although, let it be borne in mind, he had not preached, nor attempted to do so, nor been p reserr , w ith th ose w h o h a d , b u t h e was " one of tb.em " and was treated accordingly, when the police came to his rescue. A priest also came up as if to protect him. Mr. Lewis took hold of his arm, but he shook him off as a viper, and asked " How he, who came to abuse his religion, dared to touch him ?" (Indignant cries of " Shame.") He then turned to the police, and by them, and not by the priest, his life was saved. (Hear, hear.) Next day an investigation took place before the bench of magistrates in the case of two persons made prisoners during the riot. Here I cannot help remarking upon the extraordinary fact that, although the whole police force of the city, with Major Caldwell at their head, were on duty for two hours, and although the major stated that at least 10,000 persons were collected in what appeared to him about the worst mob he had ever seen in Limerick, only two prisoners were made. The attorney for the defence plainly stated, that "the circumstances of the case would almost justify the conduct of the populace on thislocca sion-; and Imust Prorest against the system thu - s orga nised to disturb the public peace." Not only the attorney but the bench seemed to have the interest of the prisoners at heart. They-asked "if there was any one to prove that the proceedings were calculated to disturb the peace." This question was three times repeated. As much as to say, here is a minister who attempted to preach the gospel in a retired part of the city, and when 10,000 of a mob attempt to take away his life and that of two friends who came to his rescue, if there be any witness able to prove that such a proceeding was calculated to lead to a violation of the peace, here's a bench ready to hear him. (Cries of " Shame.") At a consultation in private with the magistrates, the missionaries were i n f o r m ed th a t suc h was the state of public feeling, that if they attempted to preach in the streets, they (the magistrates) could not guarantee their lives ; and if they took any building, they could not ensure it against being destroyed by the populace ; they, consequently, made up their minds to leave ; their lodgings were surrounded for an hour and a half by the mob, shouting, " Bring out those fellows that we may paradise them." At length they reached the rail way in a covered car, guarded by the police. Such is the liberty given by . Popish priests, Popish mobs, and P o pi s h magistrates. (Loud and indignant cries of " Shame.") The Rev. lecturer then proceeded to detail the reception of the ministers in Cahir, Fethard, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Waterford, Tramore, Nenagh, Thurles, and Borisokane, where they were covered with mud and dirt, and pelted with stones ; and in every instance receiving treatment more like what might be expected from a company of African savages, than the devoted members of the only Catholic Church of Christ. At Parsonstown, Mr. Egan, the parish priest, came with his solicitor, and stated that he was desirous of having a conference with the magistrates. He informed them that some of ,the missionaries were going to preach in the street, and that if they did so he had no doubt there would be bloodshed and riot. This parish priest, however, mistook, his men. The magistrates, one of whom was a protestant minister, told him they were much obliged to him for the information he had given them, as it would enable them to make provision suited to the circumstances. They informed him that they would summon in the police from all the adjoining stations, that if these men broke the law, they would hold them responsible ; and that if the mob broke the law, they would deal with them accordingly. The next day a placard was posted up on the walls to the following effect : "CATHOLICS OF BIER, LISTEN I LISTEN ATTENTIVELY ! ! "A set of men, bad cobblers; perhaps, by trade, may . have come amongst you, and they .want to preach to you in the public street, and they want you to listen to them ; and if you listen to them you will hear your priests insulted, your Holy Religion abused, and, most likely, the Virgin Mother of God blasphemed. In a word, you will hear everything calculated to provoke you to anger, and to a breach of the peace, and if you break the peace you well know before whom you have to go, and what you may expect. They did know it, and if they had not known it there would not have been a placard issued. The placard con tinued— And, besides, any . anger on your part, or any insult offered to these Ranters, will only get them the better paid." The priest advised his people not to have anything to do with our friends,--7" to let them alone" But mark, this was after the magistrates had told him what they intended to do. The result was, that Mr. Matheson preached a sermon of an hour long to an attentive and anxious con gregation. Now, I think I have given you. a sufficient sample of the civil and religious liberty which is guaran teed in Ireland, as exemplified in our recent mission in the south of that country. But, you may tell me that it is not to be wondered at, that these hundred ministers had a formidable appearance, and that it looked likean attempt to take the country by storm—that it was a challenge to the priests, and the priests would not be beaten. "If you, had gone to Ireland one by one, and under other circum stances, you might have done what you liked, and you would not have been received with such warm demonstrations." I shall now, therefore,. ask you, in reply, to turn with me to other times and other places in Ireland. We have been speaking of the province of Minister. I will now take you to another district. Sometime before we arrived, two men attempted to preach in the market-place at Drogheda, and such was the violence of the mob, that they were pelted with stones, and so seriously injured that they had to be carried to the infirmary, to have their wounds dressed. On another occasion, in the neighbourhood of Cork, a scripture reader and one of the inhabitants met in the morning, and had a long conversation together. Theymet again in the evening, and discussed matters for a consi derable length of time, until the scripture reader was obliged to return home. He had not gone far, however, before be heard footsteps behind him, and had just time to turn round, when he received a. blow on the head which Imookcc.l him down, and loft him insensible ; the person who inflicted the blow then quietly walked away, thinking, no doubt, he had done his work in having given the scrip ture reader a little Popish soup. (Hear; hear.) By and by, the wounded man recovered, sufficiently to hear steps, and lookinc , up saw the man that struck him coming towards him in company with the man with whom he had been discussing. Fear gave him strength ; he rose, and fled and escaped; but such was his state, that his depo sitions were obliged to be taken. by a magistrate. I have not heard since whether he- lived or die. (Hear, hear.) I will now take you to Connaught. I dare say you have all heard of the Rev. Mr. Nangle. I hold in my hand a letter, which was recently written by him to Lord Aber deen. The letter refers, in the first instance, to a riot which took place, instigated by two priests, in the village of Keel, for which they were tried. The jury not agreeing, they were discharged. They were, however, again ar raigned, and tried a second time, when a Roman Catholic convert, of the name• of Flannigan, gave this evidence against them on oath. He stated, that he heard the priests address the multitude in these words : " Scald them, scold them, shout after them, hunt them, persecute them to death, and pull down the houses over them." _ A person of the name of Joyce, a scripture reader,. who was present when the priest made these remarks, mildly remonstrated with him, and on doing so he was suddenly thrown down and violently assaulted by the mob. When all these facts had been given on oath at the trial, =con tradicted ; and when the case on behalf of the crown had closed, the learned counsel for the defendants made a speech on behalf of the priests, and addressing- the judge, said, " Would it not be better to have • done with this matter ?" In answer to which the judge, Chief Justice Monahan, a Roman Catholic, said, ' Well, I think so ;" and the jury, who had been sworn on oath to give a ver dict accor ding to the evidence —not one syllable of evi dence having been tendered to invalidate the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution—said, " Well, we think so too ;" and the consequence was, that these two rev. gentlemen, who had made such abominable and monstrous statements—who had incited the mob to hunt Protestants to death—were set at liberty, the Chief Justice saying to them, "Now, be pod boys, and don't do this any more." (Cries of " Shame:') Well, after the trial, the witnesses and others concerned went home from Casdebar. Joyce, the scripture reader, travelled on the top of the coach, along with one of the two priests. The guard, who was a Roman Catholic, left his seat at the boa of the coach, whilst on the journey, and coming up beside Joyce and addressing him, insultingly told him that " All people who changed their religion, as he and others did, should be shot like dogs." Mr. Nangle describes the circum stance in his letter as follows : "As Patrick Joyce returned to this Island from the assizes, in company with the Rev. Mr. Henry, on her Majesty's mail, he was shouted after and abused as he pasted along. The guard of the mail even left the seat assigned to him at the rear of the coach and came forward to the front, where he sat beside Joyce, for the purpose of insulting him, declaring, among other things, that he, and all 'like him who changed their religion, should be shot like dogs.' When the coach ar rived in Westport a number of ruffians were admitted into the yard, by one of whom Joyce was struck immediately, came down from the coach, and when be ran in at the back door of the coach-office he was nearly knocked down with a stone which struck him on the neck. Mr. Henry was looking on at all this, and seemed to enjoy it as excellent sport. About nine of this hand of ruffians pursued Joyce into the house, where they knocked him down, striking him on the head, and kicking his body, and were it not for the interference of a woman who threw herself upon him, and raised a cry of mur der. bg think. his aa..n.wts would have killed him. T. the arrived, and with difficulty protected Joyce. It is but justice to state that in this they were aided by the Rev. R. Burke, a Roman Catholic priest, residing in Westport. The police ac companied Joyce some distance out of the town; but when they left the violence was resumed; he was pelted with stones for nearly a toile of the road, one of these struck him on the head, cutting through a strong hat, and inflicting a:vvound on his skull ; he was also bruised in several parts of his body. At Newport the doctor dressed the cut on his head, and he proceeded, under an escort of police, to Achill Sound." - This is not the only case that Mr. Nangle notices in his letter. In another part, he refers to a school that was under his direction. On one occasion, a nimber of Roman Catholics came to the school armed with pitchforks and crowbars, and insisted upon the parties within leaving ; on their refusing, the mob began to pull down the build ing, until at length the occupants of it ere obliged to fly Some of the assailants were afterwards tried for this offence, but the jury disagreed ; subsequently they were tried again and pleaded guilty; and what,think you,was the decision of the bench ? Why, that the law had been vindicated, and the prisoners must be discharged ! This is civil and religious liberty in the west of Ireland. — (Hear, hear.) I will . neit ask Your attention to another district in the same province, and I will give you an in stance of the treatment which a Christian minister re ceived in that part of the country. In the year 1847, the Rev. Dr. Dill went to the county Mayo, where he had been invited by the Rev. Mr. Rogers to go and preach for him in his school-room. The people assembled, to the number of upwards of 200, to hear Dr. Dill. There were so many present that not more than one-half of them could get into the school, and it was, therefore, agreed that the women should go inside, and the men remain outside. While the doctor was preaching, a cry was heard, " the priest is coming," and scarcely had the cry taken place when his reverence suddenly came up on horseback, and rode over Dr. Dill, throwing him in the mud and tearing his clothes. When he recovered himself, he found the priest horsewhipping the people. He remonstrated with him, and said, " Would it not be better to come and reason the matter with me ?" on which the priest replied, holding up the horsewhip, " I'll drive it down your throat," " you're a damned imposter," and, addressing Mr. Rogers, he said, " d—n you, Rogers." By and bye the priest went away, and the people again collected themselves, when the doctor began to preach. After a short time the cry was once more heard, " the priest is returning, and with him a number of people." On the priest and his men again coming up to the school-room, they assailed Dr. Dill with several Popish arguments,—stones and mud. The door of the school-room was closed and barred for their protec tion, but superior force drove it open, and there they remained from four o'clock until nine in the evening, when an escort of police saw the doctor home. All these gets were taitified to ora oath at the trial of the rutin which took place at the Quarter Sessions of Ballina. And now I cannot refrain from giving you an extract from the Judge's remarks to the jury during the trial of this case. He was a Roman Catholic—(hear, hear)—and it is neces sary I should remind you that it is not the speech of an advocate I am about to read, but the observations of the judge in his address to the jury. He said : • " That Dr. Dill bad sworn to conduct and language, on the part of Mr. Timlin, which would be discreditable to any gentleman, hut, above all, to one filling the office of a clergyman ; yet if Mr. Timlin had done nothing but what had happened in the first instance, perhaps our time to-day would not have been occupied so long; but Mr. Timlin returned the second time, and his conduct then aggravated the assault considerably.. It was alleged in defence that Ekins had struck the priest, and it was natural for him to resist the in jury. That might avail if the provocation bad been resisted immediately, and such the law might allow; but, gentlemen, yoU areto hear in mind that Mr. Timlin returned after an interval of fifteen minutes, when it might have been supposed that his excitement had time to subside, and he had returned to his ordinary composure. * * * It was said that Mr. Timlin came to preVent a breach of the peace, but it was most unfortunate that no riot took place t.xcept when the priest was there; and if be came to prevent a problematical riot, it was also unfortunate that he did not wait to see if such a riot would take place; but the very moment he arrived he com menced to beat those he met, and thus the very means he used to prevent a riot was the only cause of it. * * * On a review of the whole case, there is nothing to invalidate the testimony of Leech, who swore to the assault committed on him by the priest. Leech's statement is consistent with that of the other witnesses ; and there has been no attempt made to invalidate it in the slightest degree, neither has it been disproved that M'Andrew assaulted Eking. It has in deed been sworn that Ekins struck the priest ; but as to the fact of Mr. Timlin having assaulted Leech, and M'Andrew having assaulted Ekins, that remains uncontroverted, no re butting evidence having been tendered." . Now this is the Judge's charge, and I ask you what would your verdict have been as jurors in such a case ? The jury, however, considered it a very difficult case. Why ? Because a priest was the defendant. (Hear, hear.) They retired to consider their verdict, and, after being absent for some time, they returned into court with a ver dict of not guilty. (Hear, hear, and shame.) That is ano ther specimen of civil and religious liberty in Ireland. Now from Dr. Dill I pass to another Presbyterian minister in much the same position. Here is the document, [hold ing up a letter,] but I am afraid that I am going on too far. (" No, no," and cries of "go on.") My dear friends, if it be trying and warm to us in this place to hear these things, it is far more trying in Connaught and far warmer to bear them. This letter is dated August 23rd, 1853, and written ar—, and signed D. Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson says in the letter : " Sta,—Since the Rev. William Nl 4 Dermott, C.C., became an occasional resident here, almost every day discloses new acts of violence and outrage. From Ballycastle to Bealderig peace has been completely destroyed. Were it not for such reverend agitators from Maynooth, I can testify, from some years' experience, that the inhabitants of this place would not only be most peaceable, but also most obliging. Some leading facts, which have occurred within the last three weeks, will both prove the above statements. On the 30th the priest entered the house of a man named Foy, whose only crime consists in sending his children to my school, and allowing his son to be an Irish teacher. and there he was guilty of the shameful and impious act of contemptuously burning some volumes of the Word of God. He feels, no doubt, that the Bible is Popery's greatest enemy. On the 31st he gathered a mob on another person, who also sends his children to my school, and attends preaching himself ; and when, by my interference, he was extricated from impending violence, both priest and people became very much agitated, and threatened bodily injury to the man. The priest also came up to myself several times, in the most excited and menacing manner. Having accomplished my object, I re turned to my house; and his reverence and mob retired to a shebeen shop to soothe their agitated nerves, and they re mained there till it was announced that the police were ap proaching. This caused a very speedy adjournment." Now this paper (holding up an account of a trial of priests) contains the trial of the priest alluded to for burning the , Bibles. There were four in all ; one in English, and three Irish Testaments. They were the property of a lad named Foy, who swore informations before the magis trates, setting forth the facts of the priest burning the Bible • but, in the meantime, before the trial, the priest got hold of the lad, and so trained him that at the trial he swore so entirely opposite to the affidavit made before the magistrates, that the bench unanimously committed him for perjury. (Hear, hear). Mr. Ferguson says "On the 2d ultimo, P. Foy, while fishing on the shore, was knocked down, kicked, and pelted with stones, because he told the truth about the priest burning the Bible. On the 10th, M. Foy was knocked down and beaten by a number of boys. Had I not received intelligence, and gone to his rescue, he might have been much hurt ; but, as soon as the guilty party saw me, they fled. On. the same day my servant was threatened by a woman, who said that if she came again to that well for water (it is a public well), she would make her sorry for it. On the night of the 12th, Foy's curragh was maliciously injured. Seven or eight holes were put into it by some sharp instrument. And when, on the 14th, Sergeant Cooke, who is very active since the place became disturbed, came to see the injured property, and sent two of his men for Foy that he might make the necessary inquiries in such cases, they found the parish priest with him. To keep mat ters as quiet as possible, his reverence has proposed to give as much money as will repair the curragh. On the 15th, I was prevented from taking water out of the well already men tioned. The woman, who threatened on the 10th, was more furious and determined on yesterday. She was digging pota toes near the well, and when the servant went she ran to pre vent her, and said that she would break the boy and can on her head. The servant returned, and I went back with her. When she saw us approach, she ran with a noggin to throw the water out of the well and stir up the mud. She threat ened violence to both myself and servant, and lifted up stones to throw after us. About sixty perches from the place, forty or fifty persons were watching the transaction—the greater number of them at the shebeen shop already mentioned— and when passing them on my return, I spoke of the conse quences of such acts of violence ; but, instead of condemning the act, smug were su bold as to speak in its justification." Now, my friends, you have no croubt heard of written notices being placed on doors in Ireland; and death's head and cross-bones over them, these notices intimating to a man to make his will, and to settle his worldly affairs if he had any to settle • but in the'west of' Ireland they do these things in a different manner—they cannot write, and therefore Mr. Ferguson tells , us they adopt the fol lowing expedient : " On the evening of the 16th ult., we had a specimen of this kind of threatening. Five or six persons went to the house of a man named Fa4hy, who, with his family, has abandoned the priest and the mass. By various arguments they endeavoured, at first, to persuade him to return. Faghy, however, remained firm. He was then told that his life was unsafe—that though none of his neighbours would do him an injury, yet some stranger, unknown to him, might come from a distance—say from Castlebar—and with a pistol, shoot him at night." It is something more than: absurd—it is absolutely in sulting to the feelings of the British people, to see priests from Ireland coming over here, and talking to us about soup and meal conversions, when we have facts like these to test the reality of the thousands of conversions which are taking place. I will take you now from Connaught to. Ulster. You ate, perhaps, prepared to ask me, " Ulster ! is that not Protestant ?" My answer is, " Yes, we are going to Ulster, the most Protestant province in Ireland ; and, more than that, I am going to Antrim, one of the most Protestant counties in Ireland." Although this• is so, yet in the north of Ireland there are numbers of Roman Catholics who occupy certain districts, and belong as it were to particular clans ; so that in Down, Antrim, and Derry, you will find certain localities which are almost exclusively popish. Thus, in the county of Antrim. there are " the glens," which are principally inhabited. by Roman Catholics. The friends of Ireland in Scotland have for some time been in the habit of sending over money for the purpose of carrying out the circulation of the Scriptures in these districts. On a late occasion a priest residing in the glens thought he would stop the supplies, and with this view he went to Scotland, and represented that there were no schools, no converts, and that the whole mission was little short of a swindle. He was there, he said, to prove it, as he came direct from the parish, and as a gentleman and a priest he pledged his word for the truth of the statement. This was considered a rather extraordinary communication, and the parties towhom it was made were disposed to believe it. The people of Scotland could not understand that a gentleman and a minister would have made such a statement without there being some foundation for it, and, therefore, they did, to some extent, believe it. In consequence Dr. Edgar thought it his duty to visit the glens, and the result was that he found the priest's statements to be untrue—that the Scriptures were circulated, and that there were many converts from Roman Catholicism in the district ; and, more than that, he found that there were cursing priests, too, in Antrim. (Hear, hear.) He found that there was a person of the name of Charles lll`Loughlin, a miller and corn-grinder, who had been induted to examine the errors of Popery, and to abandon them ; this man became a Scripture reader in the very place where the priest said there were no converts. The priest cursed this man and several - others, by name, from the altar. Here is the sub stance of the curse, as sworn to by competent witnesses, at the assizes at Antrim. The priest said : " 'l'd give them, or I give them, my curse and God's curse, and any person that would speak to them, or salute them on the road, or eat at the same table, or work in the same field with them." Ile clueetl 1..4 lie ran bell lio "...Al. Tnese are facts, and I need not tell you what is the mean ing of cursing by bell, book, and candle.—(Hear, hear.) After having been so denounced from the altar, this Charles M`Loughlin went to the market to buy corn, but no one would speak to him. The people ran away when they saw M`Loughlin coming towards them, until at length he was compelled to employ a man to make his purchases, and ultimately the farmers would not sell to him at any price. The consequence was, that he brought an action against the priest, for damages which he had sustained by the curse, on which the Roman Catholics sneered at him and told him he would not get a verdict, but an Antrim jury decided otherwise, and the man ob tained damages to the amount of £75, and costs. (Loud cheers.) Such is the civil and religious liberty given by the priests in Ireland, and such is a sample of the soup which we are told is so irresistible in making converts, that you cannot believe the sincerity of one of them. (Laughter and cheers.) I have given it as we found it in the year 1853. I have shown, that whether it be the preaching of the Gospel by Churchmen or Dissenters, in town or coun try, in the house or the street, in 'Ulster, Munster, Leinster, or Connaught, it is allthe same, It is this—liberty in civil and religious matters to do just as they please with the person, property, character, and lives of all who dare to resist the command of the priest. (Cheers) And the civil and reli gious liberty of many professing Protestants is no better, it is liberty to the Church of Rome to do all this, rather to justify them in it; but no liberty to me even to speak of it, under pain of being set down as a most intolerable bigot. (Loud cheers.) I come next to illus'trate the civil and religious liberty of Rome, by the criticisms pronounced on our mission. I begin with the platform. It is unfair to make any society responsible for the expressions of its individual members ; but when we are told on all hands that we owe our lives to the interference of the priests, we turn and ask the na ture of that interference. (Hear, hear.) It is possible that, in the excitement of the moment, the people may do more than their leaders wish, or than they in their cool moments would justify. But here we see one spirit run through the whole body. The priests first denounce us from the altar, then the mob carry out their wishes to the full, next from the platform and the press, both by the priests and the people, of the young and old Ireland schools alike, their lawless violence is lauded to the echo, whilst the joy of a meeting of polite Dublin ladies and gentlemen knows no bounds at the blasphemous allusions of the speakers and at the barbarous atrocities of the mob— (cheers)—proving that, over the whole mass, despotism, under its worst forms, reigns triumphant, trampling in the dust every vestige of civil and reli g ious liberty. (Ve hement applause.) T 9 giye pgmee of the criticisms made from the plat- )n, I turn Dr. Cahill. (Hisses and You have all heard something of his recent visit to England, its object, and how it was conducted. You remember, no doubt, the terms in which he spoke of Protestantism in his letter to Lord Carlisle, as being a mere political confederation to secure anarchy, treason, and immorality. You remembet too, how he spoke of B ." For five and twenty years she played the rebel, the revo lutionist, the traitor, the sycophant, the hypocrite; and by this terrific admixture of political poison, she disease the blood of Christian society, which spread itself in due time over the entire continent of Europe; producing in its ultimate development a scene of universal terror, such as has no paral lel in modern history, disputing royalty, shaking thrones, staining the sword in civil strife, and threatening to bury the ancient crowns of Iturope and t neath the ruins of nations." faith of the Apostl e -a be "From these red graves I impeach English statesmen with a cruelty, a perfidy, and an injustice which, sooner or later, will bring a curse on their name and their nation, and which will raise up enemies to execute the will of heaven and the avenging scourge of public national retribution. (Loud cheers.)" _ _ "And whilst I thus proudly acknowledge the enthusiastic regard evinced towards me by my fellow-Irishmen in Eng land, I feel it a duty to seize this opportunity of declaring my grateful sense of the true courtesy and cordial friendship which I experienced at the hands of the English people. _ . Since the Rev. Mr. Sheridan, of Liverpool, and the Rev. Mr. Donohoe, both my dear and valued friends, first introduced me, one in England and the other in Scotland, 1 have met nothing but kindness, cordiality, and brotherly love amongst the peaple of those countries. (Cheers.)" " I have to add, that many of these who might have been naturally classed amongst the ranks of my enemies—l mean various sections of the Tory press—many of these, I say, have proved themselves my most able and strenuous supporters. (Cheers.)" Dr. Cahill is goinc , out to the United States of America, and I hope he will' be as faithful to Austria and Con tinental States as he has been here. (Hear, hear.) I hope, too, there. will be found in that land of liberty those who will test his professions of a love of freedom, and show that, whatever may be the jealousies between Eng land and America, as jealousies there ever will be between two such countries, competing with each other in all the friendly rivalry of commerce, civilization, and religion, there is too much intelligence and honesty and love of liberty amongst the citizens of America to permit the professed advocate of Austrian butchery, and French despotism, and Neapolitan tyranny, and Tuscan persecu tion, and Papal intolerance, to succeed in his insulting at tempt to gain their confidence by unjustly and wickedly slandering the only country in Europe over which the glorious flag of freedom floats in all its majesty and beauty, untarnished by a single stain of civil or religious despotism. (Loud and protracted cheering, which was renewed again and again.) I hope, too, they will not fail to ask him how he, who spent six months in England and Scotland, attacking, in the most virulent terms, all that English men and Scotchmen hold dear, both' in religion and politics, was everywhere received with so much courtesy, whilst, English and Scotch ministers who visited Ireland, without saying one word against the country or the people, or their religion or their priests, were everywhere met with such lawless violence ; and that Dr. Cahill, at a meeting held at the time, sneered at the ministers and approved of the conduct of the mob. (Cheers.) Yes, I refer with pleasure to these facts, because when Dr. Cahill assails English freedom, and represents her before the world as all that is arbitrary and despotic, I turn to his allusions to the religion and the government that English men respect, and then I produce the courteous reception which he himself acknowledges to have received from this very people, at the very time he was denouncing in such unmeasured terms all that Englishmen love as the noblest proof the world can supply of civil and religious liberty. But what does this Dr. Cahill say about our mission ? He says far more about it than our time will permit us to notice. (Cries of "Go on.") Shall I read the whole of it, it is rather lengthy ? (Yes, yes.) Well, then, in the first place, he talks about our dress. He says we wore white cravats—l wore a black one. (Langhter.) I thought Dr. Cahill had more tact. He is a priest of a church which requires its members to go to college in order to know how to dress. (Hear and laughter.) It is only two years ago that people were startled out of their propriety at the authoritative entrance of our gaudy car dinal into the great metropolis, decked out in his gold and silver and precious stones, and clothed in purple and scarlet, and fine linen, reclining in all his eminence on the back of the Roman bull. (Laughter and cheers.) He sneers at us by calling us cravats. Well, perhaps so. I do not know the meaning of the word, but I know that the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch, and that that which was originally a term of reproach has now become the honour of all Christians. (Cheers.) He talks about " Stilton cheese," and the means we used to make converts. Our only means is the word of God. What, I would ask, are the means which the Church of Rome uses ? (Hear, hear.) If Dr. Cahill, though he is such a glorious politico-religio-scientific lecturer, was as well acquainted with the history of his church, and with the doctrines of her councils, or was honest enough to tell what he does know, he could have told his audience that they had other means than those he professes to use. (Hear, hear.) He could have told them that she had winking pictures and lying wonders ; that she had the scaffold, the rack, and the block, and, besides all this, plenty of paving stones and mud, given away without money and without price. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He says that the apostles never could have met such opposi tion as we- encountered—that they were old men, and that St. Peter- would bavv been killed by it. I wish Dr. Cahill bad studied the New Testament more, and politics less, for he would have found that the apostles lived and died in the very work, and exposed to the very treatment which we received at the bands of the priests and papists of Ireland. (Loud cheers.) Well, he says that we went to Ireland " to make the people liars, hypocrites, perjurers, and infidels." Pardon me, Dr. Cahill', you do not know Protestantism. We did not teach them to go about the country, telling wicked stories about persecuted christians, which we knew to be false. ("Hear, hear.") We did not preach to them despotism, under-the cloak of civil and religious liberty. We did not teach them to go in the jury-box, and hear - evidence, com plete and convincing, and uncontradieted„ having taken a solemn oath, before Almighty God, to decide according to the evidence, and then refuse to give a verdict at all. (" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) We did not preach to them a. system, which, by requiring implicit belief in tenets so monstrous and contradictory as to drive the populace in a mass into infidelity and insubordination, so that im mense armies are required to keep the Pope on his throne, and his subjects in subjection. (Cheers.) I stated in my letter to Dr. Cahill, that every line in the extract of his speeches quoted in my letter to him was a falsehood, and I now repeat it. It is not true, that one of our ministers in Limerick crept under a bed. It is not true, that another was: discovered in a hay loft, by his London boots. It is not true, that a third hid behind a quarter of fat beef. It is not true that they were ulti mately rescued by the priests,. but by the police. It is not true that any of these ministers " called the citizens priest-ridden idolators," and these statements Dr. Cahill must have known to be false when he made them. (Hear.) The spirit of his remarks isworse than the remarks themselves. It is, indeed, a sad and melancholy spectacle to find a man whom Providence has endowed with so much ability, misapplying his talents as Dr. Cahill is doing. And yet we find an enlightened audience, in the year 1853, hearing this man's outrageous statements, and believing m them. It only proves this, that Popery is the same it ever was—that the- life of a " heretic" is in this country regarded by the Roman Catholics the same as it is and ever has been in. Rome ; and, that if Dr. Cahill had the power, the lives of Protestants would not be any safer in his hands than they were in those of St. Dominic or of Pope Paul IV. Such is my answer to Dr. Cahill, and I challenge his reply. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers). In speaking of the criticisms with which we have been honoured, we cannot pass over the press. I shall take one extract as a sample of the whole Porisn prints of Ireland. "Ah, they are not sincere, fellow-countrymen. They are knaves, liars, hypocrites; canting scoundrels who are hired by the farmers of English gold, poured by weak dupes into the treasury of Exeter Hall. _ "Let your comical missionaries look to it. If there be bones broken amongst them, if a catholic people take the law into their own hands and scourge the hypocrites who blas pheme their religion, let their blood be upon their own heads. They have been saved from punishment heretofore by the generous interference of the priests of that faith which they have so wantonly reviled. But if they are to be protected in their impious crusade by the arms of men who are paid to protect the public peace, which they have first violated, we advise the priests to fold their arms and let the' Pagans' deal with them in self-defence. "A little cheap martyrdom of this kind will be amply com pensated for by the substantial wages of Exeter Hall. As a cotemporary has wittily said, 'their crown of glory is only the five-shilling piece of the mint."' I have no time to notice all the points of this extract, nor do they need it: They are so self-evidently false, that they answer themselves. The importance, however, if' not of the individual print, at least of the estate to which it be amse words is pleased to say of me, in connexion with my brethren, that I am " a liar, a knave, a hypocrite, a hired, canting scoundrel." Now I will tell him what I am not. I am not one who, under an action for treason-felony, proved to the full satisfaction of the public that in a pecu niary point of view I was worse than nothing, and yet shortly afterwards I proved to the equal satisfaction of a committee of the House of Commons that I had a pro perty qualification of at least £3OO a year. I am not one who, as the opponent of Daniel O'Connell and the priests, originated the Young Ireland party, and, with others, hunted to death " the great agitator," and then before his body was quietly laid in Harold's Cross Cemetery, was found on bended knee before those very priests, and with faltering voice crying peccavi, and humbly supplicating their fatherly forgiveness and a share of the spoils. I am not one who, when my tried and "intimate" friend lay under sentence of death, was guilty of the unparall eled meanness of abusing a private written communication, by turning it to my own selfish ends, though by so doing. I vastly increased the difficulties of those who were sluing for a pardon. I never wrote an article headed " Ireland for the Irish," in which I endeavoured to prove that the Protestants of Ireland were not Irish, and had no right to be there, that they were a race of mongrels whose grand motherwas a daughter of John Knox,and their grandfather was a drummer in Cromwell's army, and yet shortly after wards took into notice and confidence and partnership one of that very race. I never told the priests "to fold their arms," and the people to take away the lives of Protest ant ministers for doing what Romish priests at any time and place in the 'United Kingdom may do, and in their own way are going, at the very time that I was crying up civil and religious liberty,. and acting as the joint secre tary of a religious equality committee. Such is my reply to the Nation. (Loud cheers.) I trust the gentlemen of the press will take it all down, and I shall take the first opportunity of enclosing it to Charles Gavin Duffy, Esq., M.P., for New Ross, originator of the Young Ireland party—the opponent of Daniel O'Connell and the priests, —the friend of Thomas Francis Meagher—the publisher of the article " Ireland for the Irish,"—the partner of John Mitchell—the instigator of --• Protestant missionaries in the south — the vrolen to 'to ce rof the N a tion—and e _- the joint secretary of the religious equality committee. (Loud and vehement cheering.) I have thus followed the movement through its various stages, and found one great result, that, whether in city or country, clergy or laity, priests or people, the platform or the press, Young Ireland or Old Ireland, north, south, east, or west, in Popish Ireland, there is one mind and one soul—civil and religious liberty continually on their lips, and intolerance and persecution continually on their hearts. (Cheers.) I ask you, then, have I proved my case (Clio of TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. yes," and cheers.) Well, if so, the only P ort to All+, 2 it is not enough. t y Inn-hear, _tdecol is, wnai is your UUI. ••••••••• -- • k .,...- h h e lr . , ) and A r e pla w u e d t , o an t d re g a o t aßowaymanandc do not t s lun as g., heiLt de s us ? I answer, No, no—a thousand times no' fast we will not persecute them so neither will we "e. parse' cuted by them. We ought to have, and we hare' equal rights and equal privileges. Liberty to of Rome, by all lawful means, to propagate her lc ie i r s, and the same liberty to Protestants to propagate on _ it , If they have a church in London, we must hoe a iste Rome. If priests, parsons, or presbyterian rai late the law, let the law be vindicated .. If present pyo'iii be not sufficient, let new ones be granted ; and, aiike, rulers will not do us justice—if all government: ire of Whig and Tory, seem to tremble at provoking th D os the 40 Popish members sent into the House of Col:1) 135er , by the priests of Ireland to be Whigs or Tories, u u vatives or Radicals, Protectionists, or Free TraderhL, the oi,twiee as it suits the interest of their " Lord God the pop e , then let the Protestants of the United Kingdoin all g o, Halt thou appealed to Caesar, unto Caesar shalt tho u , 4) ( and by the return, not of 40, but of 400 true friecenn'A f e o h r il ev a e n r d . re Lo lig u io d us an li d b c e o rt n y tin , suetetdlechtheeerinquge.s)tion at on,, w e don t 0 to convert ( the House of Commons into an arena fornhe logical discussion, but neither will we admit th. 00,0 powers that be, which are ordained of God for lir ice glory, must become infidel before they can be useT l „. e lar are not prepared, on the one hand, to sacrifice the concerns of the country by filling the Houses of Perin with men ignorant of trade and commer ce ; neither wells sell our birthright for a mess of pottag e, 11hD oar there persons who are wholly regardless of re e be e; and whose only recommendation is that they h° l ots , clever lawyers, or brave generals, or successful Mer,c,,,,irt), (Loud applause.) There need be no compromise cu t wa r 1 1, There are good men in both parties. We wall go ofl decision, practice. While England and Fratic e nor tiss writing admirable despatches, Russia goes on tr aus ,Oi ; her men across the Pruth, acting while they are J O and unless the tactics are changed there can bed Uneerly, of the result. So, while we are writing au %ts making upon civil and religious liberty, the ac tin Ireland are working ; and, by 40 united men, are f oe trampling under foot the liberties of the Protestants of United Kingdom. (Tremendous applause.) W e d°) :1 1 1,1 t the ground ; but they have chosen it, and we, u ; t .,, ar' them out of it. Tell them they are British sub,,Pire they entitled to British privileges. They may go ol oe trinc please, and by all lawful means propagate their " tB, Sn We will meet them, overthrow their argniu9 ll ,, tote despise and reject their principles, whilst we have their liberties and lives ; but we in turn must W e ' same. We ask no more, and we will take 1101041 W too, are British subjects, and " Britons neve r 0 0 0 , slaves." (The rev. gentleman concluded a lecture,O, hours and a quarter, listened to throughout with interest, amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrabo' applause, which were renewed again and aga in ' ) f 0 04 i r. Alderman PARKER, in proposing a vote 0 w here to Mr. White, said that he never was at a m eeting tha t he heard a subject so ably handled as it had I ° ll 4ll evening by the gentleman who had been so 60 , 1% a t. addressing them, and he never saw an audience 111.013 tentive. (Hear, hear). He felt sure that everYh ud) 1 03 retire from the meeting delighted with what thetSto heard. With these feelings, he moved a vote of to the talented lecturer. The resolution was carried with acclamation . The Rev. Mr. WHIM acknowledged the auPf r ies°' and said he was thankful to see so many of 1 115 d ete e present on the occasion. He thought y woul :0 t° with him that, however painful it might have b il e ; IrP them to hear such statements as he had rode,' ( ffe3r , been compelled to make them as statements of fi t ' hear, and loud cheers). pig , ter' The doxology was then sung, and the pry e minated about ten o'clock. COURT AND FASHIO I V: • fh deg TO-MORROW will be the first anniversarye lington VISCOUNT STRATHILLAN was on 'Wednesday' ' 1 I ' o 'o mously elected a Scottish re p resen t a tive peer l itth c e s earld of the late Earl of Seafield. There is another by the A death of Lord Saltoun. i the PunLic DINNER was given on Tuesday n c hall, Gloucester, to Sir Joseph Thackwell, 0-. h 011 testimony of the eminent military services vrin c lb ' oer li rendered to his country. The mayor (Mr . Was was in the chair. if s° 14 ANOTHER ROYAL PRINCE is intended as a sa;lor, —gsjet may draw any inference from the fact of he r o t having ordered a sailor-boy's outfit for his 13 . ° •%j tr; ness Prince Arthur. He is only three Yea r S i aliigt ° "a. months old, and is godson of the late Duke of mrs. THE CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUEE and FO e,e e : stone, accompanied by the Right Hon. Ed"Ariao,eo,l M.P., after visiting Sir James and Lady Anneal to PuP:4 at Lochluichart Lodge, Ross-shire, have PreeTesehess " robin Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Sutherland. f Br un deil icl EXECUTION BY THE AX.E.—The Duke ° be hehea has decreed that henceforth criminals sin"' d PA of • with an axe, and in a closed place, in the Presem s public prosecutor, a deputation of the Trib ull a a , °' t ior the prisoner's counsel, and twelve persons l amongst the representatives of the commune. VietEl fr ROYAL LOVE AT FIRST SIGUT.—A letter frow . r 011 0 1. w h„ of the 31st ult., says that the rapid choice Emperor of Austria made of the Princess Eli zabe p e Bavaria took place in the following way At 11 1 tO ll family of Prince Maximilian of Bavaria happene n it e present at the court ball. The Emperor appeared el l fel l , with the Princess, and requested to be alloweit i !, minutes' conversation with her after the ball. At.„.., tl " o cd of a few instants the Emperor returned with the I 114 411 leaning on his arm, and presented her to th e co the future Empress of Austria. KINDNESS OF HER MAJESTY.—We r 6°rd e witrht soifnefiel un de , r l pleasure a spontaneous act of kindness on Majesty to Mrs. Warner the actress, who is neckSUe.—Wiliel a painful and terrible disease—cancer in the T h e riv e must at no distant period terminate in cl eat als o. bal cumstance becoming known to her 3lajesty, and atien t fact that the pecuniary circumstances of t reli nq uish become narrowed from being compelled to her 3 1 , ° ; professional pursuits for a considerable time Pas,i ls old 1 ; jesty directed that' a carriage and attend ants ss fa r placed at Mrs. Warner's disposal daily, in orde.l:, , t o pos com si f b or le t , s to wh all ile e s v h ia e t r e e h m e niu rs THE FUNERAL. OF' LIEUT.-GEN. SIR CH AS. g arrovio took place at Portsmouth, on Thursday The r t 0 0 1 troops lined the entire street from the LandP° _ s ow< the garrison chapeL The hearse, followed by three,e lag coaches and four private carriages, entered t ic " e a suffinertigswoanrldd.nttirin"crayl7l%nosse,-; son with a body of Riflemen on each side, fel l° be roagj body of police, the mayor and corporation of the doe aa o, the clergy of the• district, the Prussian Conor r C olls o officers of the Gefion and Amazone, with th,.. el i ity, , t ee , L. A. Vandenberg; the Lords of the Adl m , r ` ~.ers4 . 4 o garrison staff, with a host of officers of hot' 4 .00.,i 5 , The minister met the body at the entrance of til?;t e chapel, and commenced the solemn service: Ps:ciple was taken into the chapel, during which time the ers ree,), the troops formed into close column on the O',, c se e ber ep Green. At three the body was removed from tic Green. At three the body was removed from ,jo Ol t ; and lowered to its last resting-place. The pre°:,, , inO t e returned up the High-street. The several r; p ertl, h , formed four deep, and marched to their I tos olw r i quarters. Thousands of persons flocked into P r o a!, crowding in dense masses upon the rampart s , a t icie' ' available spot, to get a sight of the imposing a' / choly cortege.—Morning Herald. 81 . $ pa`` 5.'t FIRST PU BLIC SPEECH OF THE PRINCEI 1 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales preseaL)ait,d juiadiri to esubo t lin h f e bou b ub o Frilin ys , o da f wiy the Royal Hibernian bsc o y f h co tooh lo ei urs • v% th - ee w k io Th m e th co e hnio su nated. The ceremony of presenting the g co g l we o s i elt k l' a ' ql strictly private, that no persons were pr es el ' t vm ' the s. Countess of St. Germans and some members Lord l' his Royal Highness and his Excellency the I" ° f 11 , i g rant. The ceremony, notwithstanding, wa s ° •th a,'`, o l l interesting nature. The Prince was received Piece salute. In giving the colours to the boy s ha d Ar e Highness addressed them as follows I have - Pleasure in presenting you with these colell r l or -P o e i l soldiers' sons, and know how to value theln• aof 0. ,0 will keep them in remembrance of this day, Pusioo,o in time to come." The colours consist of the, t t i e e. 14 and a regimental colour, both embroidered it" ri d la • and harp, encircled by a wreath of shamrocks, alie F b id bearing the motto, Fear God and honour 1 - xu a a i!Ito:00 The boys then marched paw , in slow, cl uick i l etl time, and, after some raibuceuvring, were mar e A t wool dining-hall, where ids Royal Highness saw Oleic witbd On the a.parture of the Prince, he was .ilut o e, bp.. - cy cheers. Thus ended a ceremollY, w o o 43° ..,„4 u" those who were interested in it as boys i ll ' P 1W; + member as men and soldiers. _lli -11 /M en' HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL AT BAL3IO/ 1 100' ° l 3 o' t +n party left Holyrood a few minutes past 8 ,° e ed s , p ace ,5 day morning, and proceeded through the : 4- , 1 1 e`.. a. St. Margaret's Station. The party drove a' 01 1 "ece 5 ; St. Margaret's, where the Lord Provost was W ant }, tb ee tlS royal party immediately entered the sak>eltaa sary arrangements having been made, the "„.ht• on its way about twenty minutes past Albert, before entering the carriage, sho 4 ' l ! bk" the train started, her Majesty made cordial manner with the Sheriff of Edin bah , , ,,, e jo T aostf,L - s ttir7o l to those upon the platform. Her MajestYi ;17 and a blue silk dress, royal Stuart tartanslaits of r a ti ld an; bonnet with a blue veil. The princes wore 7 t he,ti' mixture, and appeared to great advantage dress. The train, which was drawn bY t" Wave t l 5. the ar e G and preceded by a pilot engine, mached gsrg4ree bridge station in a few nrhmte fter leaving - -,-,„; s ee 1 ,4 a a an d Dr" It proceeded slowly through the station g Gardens, both east and west, affording P',.7 e a the l at e loee la- r ler of her Majesty to considerable crowds wh ie d h way en both sides, especially in those ra:, e,. t t he open to the public. The royal train ar e v, an d wer e terminus at Perth at a quarter to 11 11. 10 (' c o rriag e i o lal e. Coupar-Angus about a quarter past _ to to in waiting, by which the royal Glenshee. rid, by Blairgowrie and Spinal of party proem.. STEANGE.--On the 4th inst., says The Traomis Di u , , a a little time before dark, a storm of ins,et6 ",ontillfe; from the Delaware up the Pequest. The stor i li l 'The n 4, two hours, resembling a driving snoW 5(1 119t 7, in 10 15 ` were of a whitish colour, and about iof an etch at t i l e! e c ; FRENCH LANnuAGE.—Mons. L. P. PLuwr oT. in trodyr quest of several large families, has determined Lfciases,,fits Ladies of all ages toI any of the fifteen differel'oahra`es. vetted by him, in Six respectable Educational s , a,ae l trig for Young Ladies, on the same terms as the Pupils i" „ers in nd" Mons. has Alphabetsclases of all gradations, from begin. i derst A ,, a s French to the Pupils capable not only of u l b, sa t ris ,) ing very well the Classic Works used by him , ( in l'' O CD adopted in the best Educational Establishm e " " the F re tile but also capable of speaking and writing correctlY_:„„ i 4, Language. Each Lady has the option of r ernal i e ';, L i , Ts. tlemen, different classes one, two, or three hours twice a- ' r of all ages may be introduced al sameo , 7 e a r e g s 11 3 i t s t il le , tablishments for YoUng Gentlemen, on the Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to Ladies, Cle:,;ge ment, Terms, and many Testimonials frono ,ong'.4l men, and Gentlemen who have learned the Fren „ ea rs, '..p, upon Afons. P.'s new system during the 19St ten ' 1 00„0 , be bad at any time. at the Profe ssor's Residence in t o 4'1' 2 0 , is at home every_day Half -past One ta`r o° f r ivsl e ;cl o noon. No. 45, UPPER from PA RLIA NI EN T.50,01.* + g WO 0 , sons for Ladies or Gentlem en, at the Professontcr, ,_ as at the Pupils' Residence, or by Corresponcieloer, The next Quarter co mmences on the 3rd Of 0'