The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

Y.6otta,al *tiiiib.arV. TUESDAY VORNING, S. PT. 13, 1853 WEEK THE weather durii ith very slight THE exceptions, been favourable for harvest operations _ _ _ and, as it is acknowledged that th are by fa [ate Wheats the most abundant crop, it has beer Peculiarly beneficie secure their pr 1 in enabling the farmers to Eon. We may )1y of home- ater portion of anticipate a ye: grown food, particular' the Wheat has be( fair six housed, and. what still remain is in excellent condition. There are still sonic complaints of disease in the Pota but not to any extent to excite alarm ,ppears to be an abundant supply of sound ones At the meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, i the Government, as to the right to the foreshore at Birkenhead, had been compromised by the Cor- poration to pay £4,000, This will enable the projected works for Shipbuilding to be carried out, and the settlement i therefore, so far satis- factory ; but we cannot and the equity of the Corporation being stand the justice or 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 %vas 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 for a money con sideration. It might have rested with the Govern- 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 oublic grounds. As it is, the taking of the £4,000 is a robbery of the Corporation ; and it may very pro perly be asked, What becomes of the money ? Her MAJESTY left Holy-rood Palace on Tuesday morning for her summer retreat in the Highlands; and is now enjoying the picturesque scenery in the neighbourhood of Balmoral, surrounded by her numerous children. It is 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 equipped in sailor's attire. The NORTON correspondence has afforded some crumbs of excitement to the daily papers at this dull season, as each of the parties has had a few more last words ; but the lady has declared her intention of relying upon the justice of England for the vindication of her reputation, and avowed her determination to reply no more to any accusa tions. If a magistrate, like CESAR'S wife, should be above suspicion, Mr. NORTON'S qualification to retain his position is more than doubtful. It is gratifying to be able. to notice the con tinued healthy state of the population of Liverpool, at a time when the scourges of cholera and the yellow fever are sadly afflicting other places. It is true that some cases of the former complaint have occurred ; but they have been confined to foreign immigrants, who, no doubt, brought it with them. That celebrated ship, the Sovereign of the Seas, left the Mersey on Thursday, with an enormous cargo, for Australia. Several other fine vessels are announced for the same destination, and our enter prising shipowners and merchants have shown their determination that Liverpool 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 GRIST and MARIO, 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 ilite 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 DIIBLIN.—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. THE PRICE OF WitisßEY.—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. ld., in Belfast 3s. 2d., and in London 3s. 4d. per gallon, the rise being from 4d. to 6d. per gallon. WRECK ON 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 ten in the morning she struck upon a sunken rock, and immediately commenced to fill. The captain, who was standing on the deck, at once set the pumps to work, but before five minutes elapsed the water was on a level with the beam. The crew took to the jolly-boat, and had barely time to escape from the schooner when she sunk. HARVEST PROSPECTS. --The Dublin "corn note" states that the market was considerably less excited than it had been for several weeks past ; and, although there were a few speculative bargains, the general feeling was to "hold 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 558. 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 fild. to 64d. 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 apartments of Dublin Castle newly decorated, and other material improvements made in the internal arrange- rants, preparatory, as it might be inferred, to a repetition 9f her Ivrajesty's visit to this country The royal inspec tion, on Saturday week, of th air of truth to this statement. k pile, given an LERICAL COMPLIA I public meeting held in g up a " grand banquet" %v Ross, with a view of getta. '„? Mr. Gavan Duffy, afforded tha hand ally (Father Doyle) an OPP , . :.entlemar f paying some mild; 7, whepier as t ra iarlouncuigtb truth" a. " 6 „,aPA,perpy of Irish plain firrupti, tu Ad his auditory .in ' that the gloomiest if Irish constit •oceeded to say me men who have ro Lan of the moustache" be en, have 64" theme, lie calmly Priests, or - lay- 4t xi a deeper wound on laiblic morality in I the bitterest enemy of Rome. No won )Yle and his "bishop" do not pull well togetbui CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. -.---,--- LECTURE BY THE REV. V. M. WHITE ON Friday evening, the Rev. V. M. WIUTE, minister of he Presbyterian Church, Islington, in this town, delivered lecture in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Civil nd Religious Liberty in Ireland, as manifested in the ecent mission of 100 ministers from England and Scotland o that country. The hall was densely crowded before the Lour announced for the commencement of the lecture. On ntering, the reverend lecturer was received with loud heers, and several distinct rounds of applause. Having btained silence, he proceeded to deliver a brief but appro riate prayer, which was listened to with the most marked attention.' He then addressed the meeting as follows : My Christian Brethren - and Friends,—lt is my desire io appear before you -as one anxious to give a lecture on a mbiect which he deems of vital importance, and on which ler this im- can speak from practical ex ession, I thought it better to dispense with some of ti ,ual forms attending such lectures, and to come before 111 direct and without ceremonial introduction. The nrirlArcfneul 1, w.f.. 11 ict GI , CI VIM • • --- lot having a chairman to preside over the meeting, as is !ustomary. 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.) [ lent an intimation of my intention to give this lecture •I II 1 .1 I to Dr. Cahill, who has not thought it worth while to answer the. My intimation was to the effect that I meant to expose the treatment we had received, and to show the means employed to secure for us that treatment ; and I intimated my willingness to hear and answer whatever he might think it requisite to state in explanation or contra diction. That gentleman has not considered it desirable to take any notice of my intimation; I have now, there fore, only to say, that if the gentleman referred to, or any 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 full 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 worship God according to the dictates of your conscience. (Cheers.) And thus it 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 Papal 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 gull, 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 beloved and gracious 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 magisterial 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 thconsistency 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 you 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 to have, and by the grace of God we must have, equal laws and equal administration. (Applause.) Civil and religious liberty to all who are British subjects to receive, adopt, maintain, and propagate whatever religious princi ples they believe to be most for the glory of God, and most for the good of mankind. (Loud and protracted applause.) 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—is 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--,tified in offering—l shall state some particulars which, but for such objectors, I should have passed over. First, then, I notice the origin of the mission. Every movement will take not a little of its type and character from its originators and founders. Immediately after the annual meeting of the Evangelic Alliance in Dublin, last year, three or four gentlemen made a tour of the south and west of Ireland. • Like all tourists, they were deli g hted with the country o beau tiful, so fertile, and so varied in its resources, and with a population so noble and generous, though so misagoer able and poverty-stricken. As the Romans, long , said of British children, when exposed for sale as slaves in the market at Rome, " Not English, but angels, if only they were Christians," so did these worthy men exclaim, " What mig ht not Ireland become if her population only understood the saving and y, comforting doctrines of Christ crucified ?" (Applause.) Accordingl a plan was adopted, by which it was hoped hopsedhauthrastferthisto tehnids might in some measure be gained. plan after. a little; in the m ean time we have only to do with the originators, who an d what they were. They were not Tory bigots, nor Orange p arsons, nor proselytizing high churchmen, who had become od ious 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.) Le t 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 have , perhaps severely, because I felt so, then there might been some palliation for the conduct of the mob ; but such was not the case. At least nine-tenths were men who, tlieugll Wed to Preach the pure Gospel with power, with 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 a,grxlan concerns you are perfectly safe in Ireland, you go where You like, or say what you please ; they ar t e n 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 tidins of the kingdom " in the synagogues to the Jews," and ` d 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 hulls 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 aasert that there was nothing in it to justify the reception we met with. (Hear.) Then, next,to speak of the arrange- meats made for giving effect to the design just noticed. The field selected was the south of Ireland, chiefly the province of ➢Zunster. 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, begattention 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.) I come next to state, in detail, the reception we met with. There may be a measure of sameness in the narra 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 engagenient 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 ing about the house for some hours. 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 " till 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 discovered, 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 from 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 mi 3 sionaries, 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 present with those who had, but he way "Ql4 9f_thvw; treatoci itcc9rdiAßlis 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 2" (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 I must protest against the system thus 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 informed that such 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 Popish 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 BIRR, 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 X4l l 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 yon 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,-=" 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 art 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 like an 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 Monster. 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 s 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. They met 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 he heard footsteps behind him, and had just time to turn round, when he received a blow on the head which knocked him down, and left him insensible ; the person who inflicted theblow then quietly walked away, thinking, no doubt, lie had done his work in having given the scrip ture reader a little Popish soup. (Ilear,hear.) By and by, the wounded man recovered, sufficierstly to hear steps, and looking up ernv 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 died. (Hear, hear.) I will now take you to Connaught. I dare say you have all heard of the Rev. Mr. Naugle. 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, uncon 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 according 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 good boys, and don't do this any more." (Cries of " Shame.) Well, after the trial, the witnesses and others concerned went home from Castlebar. 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 back 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, be was shouted after and abused as he passed 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 reli t ,oion, should be shot like dogs.' When th e coach ar rived in *estport a number of ruffians were admitted into the yard, by one of whom Joyce was struck immediately, came down from the coach, and when he 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 band 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, he thinks his assailants would have killed him. In the meantime a great mob collected about the house. The police arrived, and with difficulty protected Joyce. It is but justice to state that in this they were aided by the Rev. B. 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 mile of the road, one of these struck him on the head, cutting through a strong hat, and inflicting a'wound 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 number 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 in.., until at length . the occupants of it were 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 next 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 r emained from four o'clock until nine in the evening, when an escort of police saw the doctor home. All these toctl were tegtiftvl t 9 914 9ath At the trhil c the partiv4 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 had sworn to conduct and language, on the part of Mr. Timlin, which would be discreditable to any gentleman. but, 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, en el it was natural for him to resist the in jury. That might avail if the provocation had, been resistedimmediately, and such the law might allow; but, gentlemen, you are to bear 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 i xcept when the priest was there; and if lie 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 caw, 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 Ekins. 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 at" , and signed D. Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson says in the letter : 4 Ste,—Since the Rev. William M`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 anotherperson, 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, some were so bold as to speak in its justification." Now, my friends, you have no doubt 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, airal to settle his worldly affairs if he had any to settle ; but in the west of Ireland they do these things in a diferent manner—they cannot write, and therefore Mr. Ferguson, tells us they adopt the fol lowing expedient : - - • "On the evening of, the lifith ult., we had a specimen of this kind of threatening. Five or six persons went to the house of a man named Faghy, 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 are, 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 case 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 to whom 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 so me 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 M`Loughliu, a miller and corn-grinder, who had been induced 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 r— "‘ I'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." He closed the book, he rang the bell, he put out the candle. These are facts, and I need not tell you what is the mean ing of cursing by bell, book, and candle.—(Hear, hear.) After having bees 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 coining 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 Blithe 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 illustrate 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 w hole mass, desPotism, under its worst forms, reigns t r iumphant trampling i n the dust every vestige of civil and religious liberty. (y e , hement applause.) gWC NAM* 9f Ale ciitia§al tide frQrA the pit• mine lately character Dr. Cahill. (Hisses a friend of 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 Carlish mere political confederation to too, how he spoke of British government You remember "Tor fire 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 'Europe and the faith of the Apostles be neath the ruins of nations." _ . . "From tliese 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 rais up enemies to execute the will of heaven and the scourge of public national retribution. (Loud "And whilst I a ,ius proudly acknowledge v•---, - I - As me by my fellow- rislimen 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, I have met nothing but kindness, cordiality, and brotherly love amongst the pe)ple of those countries. (Cheers.)" - " I have to add, that many of those who might have been naturally classed amongst the ranks of my enemies —I 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 going 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 tyranni, 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 majestyand beauty, Untarnished. by a single stain of civil or rell.gloua (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 bnow 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-seientific 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 have been killed' by it. I wish. Dr. Cahill had 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 hands 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 thejury-box, and hear evidence, com plete and convincing, and uncontradicted, having taken a solemn oath, before Almighty God, to decide according to the evidence, and then refuse to give a verdict at al. (" 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 hn 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 remarksds worse 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 in 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 poinsn 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 rages 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 longs, demands a passing notice. The author of these 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, wider 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 unparalleled 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 sueing 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 doing, 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 inclosing 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 violence to the Protestant missionaries in the south—the editor of the Nation —and the joint secretary of the religious equality committee. (Loud and veheme n t cheering. ) I have thus followed the t movement through its various stages, and found one grea result, that, whether in city or country,clergy, or laity, , priests or people, the platform or the e pr , es e s r , Young Ireland or Old Ireland, north, south, m a r one west, in Popish Ireland, there is on soul—civil and religious lib er ty continuallymon their lips, and intolerance and persecution continually on their hearts. (Cheers) v cage? (Woo of ( I ask you, thou, ban Px9YO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. id cheers.) Well, if so, the only point to ;. antv 2lt is not enougMo !nett:: wnat as your L., 0 , and do nothing• k hear, and applaud, and go away hear.) Are we to treat Rom an Catholics they hear.) us ? I answer, No, no—a thousand times no ; b we will not persecute them, so neither Will We be Peas cuted by them. We ought to have, and we the equal rights and equal privileges. Liberty to th aw` her e sY,s t _t i ; of Rome, by all lawful means, to propagate and the same liberty to Protestants to propagat tifca If they have a chin.ch in London, we must have 0 1 1 , e c i n . Rome. If priests, parsons, or presbyterian minister'_er; late the law, let the law be vindicated. If present cot be not sufficient, let new ones be granted ; and, Oka, rulers will not do us justice—if all governinentes of Whig and Tory, seem to tremble at provoking th 0 7, 0 the 4 - 0 Popish members sent into the House of Cot_nufer, by the priests of Ireland to be Whigs or Tories, CA'7„,t vatives or Radicals, Protectionists, or Free Tr p o pe, as it suits the interest of their " Lord God' dome r„';e, then let the Protestants of the United Kin " Hast thou appealed to Caesar, unto Car shaltthottrof and by the return, not of 40, but of 400 true frie nds an d civil and religious liberty, settle the question at once for ever. Loud and continued cheering.) We don't to convert ( the House of Commons into an arena foryit`ie logical discussion, but neither will we admit thaten powers that be, which are ordained of God for IT We glory, must become infidel before they can be tise f _ w s olit are not prepared, on the one hand, to sacrifice tbe,„ent concerns of the country by filling the Houses of Parilts,nnt with men ignorant of trade and commerce ; neither tv'Pendia sell our birthright for a mess of pottage, by 6 „ l i g ion , there persons who are wholly regardless al beell and whose only recommendation is th a t they bn ia nti• clever lawyers, or brave generals, or successful tor e a rt , (Loud applause.) There need be no compromisegOf it There are good men in both parties. We Ir ' go .° ll decision, practice. While England and on rt o writing admirable despatches, Russia goes on tranW?ting; her men across the Pruth, acting while they are scri o de nt{ and unless the tactics are changed there c an bed T , pe ecli; of the result. So, while we are writing an making upon civil and religious liberty , the Prl'ioll ' Ireland are working • and, by 40 united men , are , Il.cof trampling under foot the liberties of the Protestaat of ) United Kingdom. (Tremendous applause.) We don t n bO the ground ; but they have chosen it, and we It 0 1 them out of it. Tell them they are British suble e th e y entitled to British privileges They may go aliere,,ef. please, and by all lawful means propagate their sl e ‘ v ;a 11(1 We will meet them, overthrow their argubl_ A F l 7rote c : g despise and reject their principles , whilst we Ww ".ce "P" their liberties and lives ; but we , turn must 112 '' same. We ask no more, and we will take no 1e 55 :,4 too, are British subjects, and " Britons never : I , o' o , slaves." (The rev. gentleman concluded a lecture '90;0, hours and a quarter, listened to throughout witb '!', o interest, amidst the most enthusiastic demon strats' applause, which were renewed again and again , ) Mr. Alderman PARKER, in proposing a vote of bere to Mr. White, said that he never was at a meeting s' tl he heard a subject so ably handled as it had beiii/ena evening by the gentleman who had been so el e l o - re at e addressing. them, and he never saw an a udience teative. (Hear, hear). He felt sure that everSb()",j, retire from the meeting delighted with what t", 100 hard. With these feelings, he moved a vote of to the talented lecturer. Te resolution was carried with acclamation. ,4nelst' The Rev. Mr. WHITE acknowledged the couns'.4oo and said he was thankful to see so many of his I', presuit on the occasion,. He thought they vs' olll ho eit t l with him that, however painful it might hoe them to hear such statements as he had madc,bef, been %impelled to make them as statements of fact. hear, ind loud cheers). ~6 ter The doxology was then sung, and the proce eraPo minatAd about ten o'clock. COURT AND FASHION. TO-NORROW will be the first anniversary of the of the Duke of Wellington. 0 01 VISCOUNT STRATHALLAN was on Wedneschr&p roes' mously elected a Scottish representative peer in tl e saci of the late Earl of Seafield. There is another c by the death of Lord Saltoun. Sbi re. A PUBLIC DINNER was given on' T ues day in the ina tall, Gloucester, to Sir Joseph Thackwell, he h 3 testimony of the eminent military services Whielboarlii) rendered to his country. The mayor (Mr. Was Ras in the chair.tip ANcrriiEn ROYAL PRINCE is intended as a 8 " . "310 5 . may draw any inference from the fact of her . a i 11 . hsving ordered a sailor-boy's outfit for his 1 1 °i„d OP; nos Prince Arthur. He is only three years a a yi n gt . 0 .' maiths old, and is godson of the late Duke of We' . THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER a nd 3 1 ;"filic t : stone, accompanied by the Right Hon. Edwara w oo M.P., after visiting Sir James and Lady Anne 31° 01 at lochluiehart Lodge, Ross-shire, have proceeded Vos robin Castle, on a visit to the Duke and rine Sutherland. 130 1 50 EIECUTION BY THE AXE.—The Duke of , has aecreed that henceforth criminals shall be be o f with in axe, and in a closed place, in the presen public prosecutor, a deputation of the Tribunal, ce a en fie nriml° the prisoner's counsel, and twelve perso ns chos amongst the representatives of the commune. VII ROYAB LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. — A letter froui llic h t of the 31st ult., says that the rapid choice heti , h e Emperor of Austria made of the Princess Nulsoll Bavaria took place in the following way - - A t .1- e d to e j family of Prince Maximilian of Bavaria happe,il 1,0100 present at the court ball. The Emperor appearea,e Le) with the Princess, and requested to be allow' miuuteeconvereation with her ator the h•-. 11 of a few instants the Emperor returned with the leaning on his arm, and presented her to the coon' the future Empress of Austria. with lACP-fe KINDNESS- OP HER MAJESTY. — We record Ir.:, ° o f pleasure a spontaneous act of kindness on the 1 , ! - T; g .un.'.:, Majesty to Mrs. Warner the actress, who is suti n ,e l l,--ivin, a painful and terrible disease—cancer in the 47 The I f , must at no distant period terminate in dr` sn a also t cumstance becoming known to her Ma.let, Y :, n atient er fact that the pecuniary circumstances of 1, " nish 11 become narrowed from being compelled to relnill her 3,i order l , ) . te tO P p professional pursuits for a considerable time Pas' sho uld far Jesty directed that a carriage and attendants a s placed at Mrs. Warner's disposal daily, in possible, to alleviate her sufferings and contri C 21a IP comforts while she remains in this world. —, A SAr. THE FUNERAL OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR CILA'" took place at Portsmouth, on Thursday lne r t , o , troops lined the entire street from the LandPo the garrison. chapel. The hearse, followed by three, ing coaches and four private carriages, entered t‘n,:(l son with a body of Riflemen on each Side, fal l 0;`,,., body of police, the mayor and corporation of tl e u` t i o ' c i eoei , the clergy of the district, the Prussian ConnuPn officers of the Gefion and Amazone, with their„,, L. A. Vandenberg ; the Lords of the Adinivil;eo garrison staff, with a host of officers of both 0 The minister met the body at the entrance of th eme chapel, and commenced the solemn service. 1-I :`, s so was taken into the chapel, during which time the the troops formed into close column on the 00verdr,) Green. At three the body was removed from tnl o o 0,, t ; and lowered to its last resting-place. The proce ss : o ,o returned up the High-street. The several r',,,siet i t o formed four deep, • and marched to their 1. ... 0 0 , 0 quarters. Thousands of persons flocked into PorLvl crowding in dense masses upon the ramparts aI Y available spot, to get a sight of the imposing an choly cortege. Morning Herald. F IRS T PUBLIC SPEECH OF THE PRINCE O. , c ,Alf His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales p resen of colours to the boys of the Royal Hib ernian School in Dublin, on Fridayweek. The colours we l.e o p by the ladies of Dublin, with whom the sugg esa mated. The ceremony of presenting the cob:A.l4oi strictly private, that no persons were prese n „te •R l ' d tr nant. Royal The Highness ceremony,an Countess of St. Germans and some members 0 .;',_,‘1 his 6-111.; of ° 0 d no h t is wit Ex hs c ta ell n e din ncy g, t . he was P 7 o l :p e ir interesting nature. The Prince was received O b is ri'efe salute. In giving the colours to the boys,,, sl" Highness addressed them as follows :—" I have ' 5 4°4 0 pleasure in presenting you with these l i cipe4el l soldiers' sons, and know how to value thew. aof 1 55 4 , 4 1 ' will keep them in remembrance of this d a l , anolieProa' in time to come." The colours consist of the, t i l e and a regimental colour, both embroidered wita l og , and harp, encircled by a wreath of shamrock s l i be o tP l6 , bearing the motto, Fear God and honou, o ti c l to The boys then marched past in slow, quicl ie l time, and, after some manoeuvring, were ma,re,,,, st dining-hall, where his Royal Highness saw tra On the departure of the Prince, he was TO, hearty cheers. Thus ended a ceremony, w tie 0 / those who were interested in it as boys will' 14'3' member as men and soldiers. Tte HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL AT BAL3lolP e jOei, i tO party left Holyrood a few minutes past ii ° eeni,g V s ' e rfue day morning, and proceeded through the i ' a n e' q i. 15. .o. St. Margaret's Station. The party drove a". 0, 1 4 - be etl St. Margaret's, where the Lord Provost was - 0° „'"octq ce royal party immediately entered the saWniriiii r r e ry sary arrangements having been made, the, e igh i t' io as: o s on its way about twenty minutes Pa s ,,' lise ns ( l,i n 'hoo r cordial manner mbeafnonreerenwtietrihntghethsehecariffrrioafgeE, distobtlig.tbg,giitotrjoiwo the train started, her Majesty made a na i , was b",i;,e to those upon the platform. Her Maie s "" wl a - 4 0 3 s ba- ' fin a blue silk dress, royal Stuart tarta n ots ° bonnet with a blue veil. The princes wor e in the potii e r mixture, and appeared to great advantagetwo Kafer dress. The train, which was drawn the ;, r gar e ffe ct and preceded by a pilot engine, reael b : ii , sOm e ..;? bridge station in a few minutes after lea and yr ioe m ori, It proceeded slowly through the station a a, " ss iq f , ( O - 1 0 lin a bie li oB l 4l way on both sides, Gardens, both east and west, affording of her Majesty to considerable crowds , ea s 1g.:0436 1 espec i a lly i n those FT.erA',t t he 1 , 0 4 open to the public. The royal tra in l ar o'e v loc k ' n 3 og el P 4l terminus at Perth at a quarter to 1 11. c a rr in o ar-An about a waiting, by which the q royal paprf Gloashted w e. 1%1, by Blairgowrie and Jo. uarterasty proce --.• •=---_ STBINGE.—On the 4th inst•, says The W al ', - 00 5 :: il ir - , a little time before dark, a storm of inse e 10 c oil" oir from the Delaware up the Pequest. The 501,1. Tile.l,4ll' two hours, resembling a driving snow A rch 11 ' le' ;fse were of a whitish colour, and about lof ail - 1 ,. at t ij o jtli, FRENCH LANCLTAOE .-- Mons. L. P. PLI7Mto intr,es'ti quest of several large families, has fined_ ,t Cl , lo o o , Ladies of all ages to any of the fifteen diller,,:'4olls'oll,,, f o r Y o by him, in Six respectable Educational 1 -:;,, 00 0 iri II for Young Ladies, on the same terms as the Pop.goierso'o,l);, Mons. P. has classes of all gradations, from 1x,,,,,01e,0e., French Alphabet to the Pupils capable not only 'oe Pporl c i ing very well the Classic Works used by 1)0, i s io Zre o „, adopted in the best Educational Establislnea. oe ►n t,' correctly .pg , 6e o but also capable of speaking and writing, w an , „. fyi L tali a effm n e g re u en a n, g t e oc . fl a as E isl a e s c a l go i en L se, a , d int w y ao has e t ililinretereoopbdtoui o ne t re i ds otafli r oc e into, e e .. 4 0 .11 tablishments for Young Gentlemen, on the stiO nc i, fscierA b is e a h t a n d o a m t Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to eLoies , 0 0i 1 ment, Terms, and many Testimonials freltren 11,, 0 1 et e s r e o s t 's:k s . ' o p men, and Gentlemen who have learned the J. ito yet i oso upon Mona. P.'s new system during the Iftteince. ' 1 ; lei tO . rris_ s ie, enenvyertyimdea,ys}trotinbetiParloc.fpeasrtro'snlte esli, wo le I le 0 0 noon. No. 45, UPPER PARLIAMENT" pro Itc,. t ifi r sons for Ladies or Gentlemen, at the Pre ~o n ce 0° at the Quarteres, or 'by Correse,6ctooef. TIM next commences on the aid Q,