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CONTINUATION OP REV. MR M'GHEE'S S PEECH FROM FRIDAY'S " STANDARD Before I enter upon this subject, I think it will be ad mitted that I h ave p rove d the fir s t 'part of the resolution. (Hear, hear.) 1 think every one must admit that I have de monstrated, as far as docuthentary evidence, and inability on the part of the speaker can go, that the popish bishops, in direct vi o l a ti on o f t h e i r oa th s , have set up these laws in Ire land. I think that must be admitted. (Hear, hear.) The second part of the resolution is this— " That it therefore appears to this meeting, that it is the bounden duty of the Protestants of this empire to unite together firmly, to deliver themselves and their Roman Ca tholic fellow-subjects, from this anti-christian yoke, to petition the parliament." A PLEDG rOrt CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS ELECTORS, AND ALL PI - , KLECTED UB APPOPSTED TO &NY OFFIC whereas by a certain document of the Church of Rome, pro, be and commonly received and known as the third canon of General Council, held in the year of our Lord 1215, called tb Lateran Council, it is among other things enacted as follows :- " We excommunicate and anathematize every heresy which ex alteth itself against this holy, orthodox, and Catholic faith, which v have set forth above; condemning all heretics, by wl they may be reckoned: who hare larked d are bouCtd iogither, for ." Let such persons. 'y Le present, or to their offl Inatmer, those who are of the clergy be who ni.7 (1, be left to cers, to be i ever names tiers ; so that the g00d..... shall be confiscated; but in the from which they received their stipends. But let those who are only marked with suspicion, be smitten will the sword of anathema, and shunned by all men until they make pro. Per satisf ac ti on , un l ess , a cco rding to the grounds of suspicion and the quality of the personibthey shall have demonstrated their innocence b) a Proportionate purgation. So that if any shall persevere in excom 'rtification for a twelvemonth, thenceforth they shall be condemned a: heretics. And let the secular powers, whatever offices they may hold b einduced and admonished, and, if need be, compelled by ecclesiastical censure, that as they desire to be accounted faithful, they should, for the defence of the faith, publicly set forth an oath, that to the utmost of their power they will strive to exterminate from the lands under their jurisdiction all heretics who shall be denounced by the Church ; " But ifi;;; temporal lord, being Church shall neglect to cleanse his 4 hint be' bound with the chain of e 14_ cl, either to fan,. and the other co-provincial bishops. And if lie snail scorn w "lake satisfaction within a year, let this be signified to the supreme r'ntiff: that, thenceforth, be may declare his vassals to be ab s ol ved from their fidelity to him, and may expose his land to to o ccu p ied b y the Catholics, who, having exterminated the heretics, may, without. con- Wrtion, possess it and preserve it in purity of faith . saving the right echief lord, so lung lw himself presents no difficulty intlerunce in this matter: the same law, rilednevertitel concerning those who have not lords in chief. th :_ilut W e decree also, to subject to recLit•ers, the defenders, the abettors of the heretics; firmly deter '', Wing that if any one, after he has been marked with exeoininanieti hon, refine -to make satisfaction within a twelvemonth, helix, thenceforth of right in very deed infinacius, and be not admitted to pub -1.10 offices or councils, nor to elect for any thing of the sort, nor to g ive evidence. Let hint also be intestable, so as neither to have power to bequeath, nor to succeed to any inheritance. Moreover, let no man be obliged to answer him in any matter, but let him be compelled to answer others. If, haply, he be a judge, let his sentence have no force, nor let any causes be brought to his hearing. If he be an advocate, let not his pleading be admitted. If a notary, let th. .I..n.un 11,1 he him be. invalid. and be condemned with similar cases. - 13ui . if he be a clerk, la him be deposed from ever office and benefice. that where there is the greatest fault, the greater veng,cance may be exercised: , ." We add, moreover, that every archbishop or bishop s hal l either b y annself or his archdeacon, or other honest and suitable persons, twice, or at least once every year, go round his own diocese, in which there 'hall be a report that heretics inhabit—and there shall compel three or more men of credible testimony, or if it shall seem expedient, the whoie n eighbourhood to swear, that if they shall know any heretics there, or any holding secret conventicles, or ditnring from the ordinary c --- ntion, life, and morals of the faithful, they shall e ' formatio n of it to the bishop ; but the bishop hims accused into his presence, who, unless t themselves from the crime alleged against cleared themselves they shall relapse in , - " Punished according to the canons obstinacy, obstinacy, rejecting the religir let them on thP' *i1 ., 114 - g -- t o — ", — w J e ann. cite t: We will; therefore, and command, and in virtue of obedience ;trictly enjoin, that for the diligent performance of these things, the ashops shall diligently unite throughout their dioceses, if they wish to "care canonical vengeance ; for, if any bishop shall have been negli gent, or remiss in purifying his diocese from the leaven of heretical r ° u itY, when this shall be made to appear , by certain proofs , he shall tit be deposed from his Episcopal office, and another shall be butsubsti ed in his place, who shall be both willing and able to co nfound creti ca l privity." lo tnd whereas in the seventh s mg canon was enacted T the Council of Trent, the ful FOURTEENTH CANON OF BAPTIS " If any man shall say that baptized children, when they grow UP, are to be asked whether they are willing to ratify what their sponsors 14. °Mised in their name when they were baptized, and when they shall 4 1swer that they are not willing, that they are to be left to their ON% 11 and not to be compelled to a Christian life by any other punish !;?ent, unless that they may be debarred from the reception of the , x'acharist and other sacraments, till they repent, let him be anathema.' .., A nd whereas in the Catechism of the Council of Trent, the following Principle is laid down on the 9th article of the Creed, speaking of those w ho w ho are excluded from the Church: — 'Heretics and schismatics (are excluded), because they have re !cited from the Church, nor do they more belong to the Church thann de 3 ,ters belong to the army from which they ha eless, it is not to be denied that they are in tl 'may. IN the Char Pennons who can be called into damned by anathema." And whereas in the aforesaid ch , L , h of Rome over all bapt and to inflict on them pa `''lse to do so. N o w the ? A. B. do solemnly, in the pr the same aforesaid so far as they have now been rectleii . ( 4 , s i ame to be immoral, antisocial, intolerant, repugnant to the •so, and to the statutes and eonstituiion of this realm, and fatal b civil no 0 _ and religious liberty. I declare that I believe the Popes . a s, do r.neral Councils rho enacted these canons aforesaid were, in o in g' "t only, fallible but totally in error, and that they have not am lCte 4 tlht not to have any power, weight, or authority over my con oo .us, penal Ltions if the .nce of Got-, ,10Unce tend abl w e d o he , w.ose names are hereunto subscribed, electors oi reby for ourselves cordially adopt this pledge. We consider th, an who r e f uses to d o so i s no t tit t o hold any office of civil INA% e or to vote for any man to till office in the state ; and we do hereb t e te r itil , urselv es to call on au man who solicits our votes as a Men Boris in Prel.rilrent to subscribe it himself, and to use his utmost exec to a seat in thame'tt that it shall be made a test for every em b er . of British Legislature, or to vote at any election either either foi petitions, up N ow 4 at.ll %ment or for any other office in the British empire. Your on your representatives supporting nearly useless. without that the petitions of many are .. That no m an shall be admitted into Parliament, or to a y . o c t a e , forar member of Parliament, nor into any office of poli t! l st u . st or power, until he shall have explicitly renounced the editions, intolerant, and persecuting canons of the p a pacy, and all pretended powers in the church of Rome to r e Le nt th e e la m f a m nl n in a fa c l e l o ib r l d e ii a i6 u , tthool•iiiteytoeis:toliolligoa,tviionn„ciier the con- N c Now the question of the repeal of the emancipation bill prac tically considered brings us to this. It is this. Let parlia ment restore the test by which Roman • atholics were excluded from parliament before the year 1829. That is a repeal of the emanc ip a tion bill ; that is a direct repeal of the e mancipation bill. (Hear hear.) Now I call your atte ntion t 0 t. in e consideration of this. That test was certainly effec tual n this way— that it effectually excluded Rom an Catho lics' from parliament, not as Itir. O'Connell and oth ers pretend because they had a conscientious regard for an oath. (Hear, hear.) We have seen what scrupulous conscientious ness they have had, since the bill of 1829 . No ; it was because they could not have taken that test, and entered into Parliament without a complete denunciation of the papal e ”gien. (Cheers.) They must have stood, upon their ad mission to parliament, as having renounced the fundamental d octrines p of their church. (Hear, hear.) That was the 4,nt• Now the test was effectual upon that ground, but I t , venture to express my humble opinion upon it, and say that notwithstanding that it was an unwise test, an inefficient , st, and an injurious test, to the cause of the poor Roman y: t holks, and to their salvation. (Hear, hear.) I will give Yo u InY reasons. It was unwise because it left the whole aessions of the papaherostacy totally uutouched, except s ed !trY• Her perjury, persecutions, her treachery, her • s ,„ I "nns, her base subjugation to an anti-christian tyrant, Ite le all completely severed from this test. It was really the the immoral, the persecuting principles of the Pa pacy that rendered them totally unfit to be trusted with butpower, and this test was adopted as an effectual test, it excluded Roman Catholics for no other reas ons than p n bare p r i nc i p l e o f id o l a try itself. The principles of the b a pacy were indeed subject to incidental discussio n and con elleci discussion in the House of Lords and Commons, but t he test was not a subject of discussion in either house of s ti L li sment. The test by which they were excluded was not t Ooject of discussion, but principles totally ir relevant to e h a ‘ test. Now I say that the test by which these men e ci n i d be excluded from political power, if they are to be calded, s h ou ld b e a test specifying the crimes through which eY are unfit to be entrusted with obliging them to re °llnce those crimes, that if those crimes are proved to be W l Mected with the dogmas of their faith, then they must re -0411" the crime and faith together, or they are not to lit admitted to legislate for this country. Hear, bear.) R oman test was unwise for another reason—it united the ismteaand Catholic hierarchy and laity in one indissoluble bond. of appealing, as we ought to do, to the laity ; instead ee appealing, as we ought to do, to the understandings and e_nsciences of men ; instead of opening to them the base irdifion of slavery and subjection, spiritual arid temporal, w hich they are kept by their priesthood ; that test per mitted the priests to tell the people — " Oh , we ar e alto g ether 7.eluded, in one common bond of persecution , because we adhere to the faith of our church — because we adore the sa ireents, and because we worship the Virgin Mary." Now h. s aY a test to exclude Roman Catholics ought to s ever the le rarchy from the laity, it ought to spew the laity that it is bec ause they choose to submit themselves to the base de grading slavery of the papacy, that , therefo re, the y e are not to stand and legislate with freemen. (Loud cheers.) And ne ver ti shall any good be done for England, for this empire , ", whatever means you take to deliver yourselves from the Pal tyranny you embody with those means faithful hoest eh • . ristian orts to deliver the Roman Catholic laity from t ae, abominable bondage of the papacy. (Continued cheer tlg.) Just consider. You were accustomed to consider euperie in a very false point of view. Popery, as popery, Means the united priests and people. Now there is a great and essential difference between the Roman Catholic hierarchy 41 n 1 laity. (Hear, hear.) What is popery? Popery is an e cclesiastical system—a system of ecclesiastical tyranny , in vented by Satan, by which men united together in ecclesias tical bonds are to enslave, to subsidize, and destroy the whole a llll4l Ln race. The hierarchy, from the Pope to the curate, Je the members constituting this tyranny, the Roman C atholic l a i ty are i ts v i c ti ms and its slaves. (Hear.) True ag cy are corrupted by it, true they are united to it, true they st ., Made tools for carrying that wickedness into effect ; but Did t he poor Roman Catholic laity of Ireland ever know that e n's theology was the standard by which their prie sts were Ao ‘ llirect their consciences? I believe in my . heart there is a man of them in Ireland that knew it. Did the Roman t Ca tholic l a ity i n I re l an d ever see these provincial statutes for e e ° l's which they were to set up as the standard to govern r consciences? I believe not. (Hear.) There was not tti a n in Ireland that ever saw the book in which Dr. Murray ri h e lt t ed his provincial statutes. He would not allow his Dri __ seller to dispose of a single copy. As soon as it was te t ed it was sent to him, and he with his own hands dis b4o‘tinted the copies to the bishops and priests ; and had it o o t been for the providence of God, we should have known Of irng of it. The poor Roman Catholic laity are ignorant fro • They are suffering under the effects of this system— th 41 the effects of those tremendous stimulants applied to 14 41 by men that ought to be the physicians of their souls, is w t , no lead them to ruin. (Hear.) But the men who are liol, s tle secret medical college, they p rescribe in their own ti le "vela characters—the bishops we will call the physicians. P r iests the apo th eca ries, and the poor people the patients the" take their doses ; thus they suffer under the stimulus of des,, Dl3 tions prepared for them, without being aware of the a nd damnable nature of the poison that is administered. ag ottot;:ar-) Now, I say, let us boldly and fai thfull y testif y . 1 . 4 %t the cr i mes of the hierarchy ; let us bring these c rimes kle m l i and faithfully before the laity, atd make them either (ti t •„`"Y themselves with them, or, like men, renounce them. newi r ') There was another ground upon which the test was tlee e ' 4e . It furnished popery with a means to blind and to tio e L v e the nation. The crimes of the papacy were not men- Iv a a s "; in the test. They were excluded from Parliament it beli e i r ne, but it was merely for an article of conscientious for t h 4 ), the test, therefore, enabled them to send d e ed that most specious plea—it enabled popery, the . most t lesp et 9g temporal tyranny, and the most debasing spiritual w.ard • l em, that ever degraded the human race, to stand for civil In the unnatural position of advocating the cause of th r t e h n,d , religious liberty. (Hear.) There was another cause 50e 4 7 1 ,rvas an unwise test resulting from this. It enabled tiro, Catholic demagogues to form a most unnatural coali thwith L the Protestant dissenters of England. (Cheers.) Yea r , itsle6address of Mr. O'Connell to the dissenters in the ahoe, contend for precisely similar objects. We, like you, Prof e . " _ ( le free from all restrictions, if we could consent to ° PilaiOnS which we do not believe. Our sincerity, like yours, would be rewarded with the concession of all civil rights, and if we were base enough to despise or undervalue the sacred obligation of an oath, we could set pers"ecution at defiance, and obtain, at once, total emancipation. This is Mr. O'Connell's appeal to the dissenters, and they were deceived. Here, then, were the sentiments of this man addressed to the Protestant dissenters, and what was the consequence ? The consequence was that it produced, I must say again, a most unnatural alliance between them. For Pro testant dissenters and churchmen, even in the utmost ex tremes of difference of opinion upon any other subject, have on this but one common cause and one common interest in standing together against the common enemy and oppres sor of conscience, of civil and religious liberty, the dethroner of the Bible from the education of the fellow-men, and the persecutress of liberty of conscience throughout the whole world. (Hear.) Therefore, I say this test permitted popery to escape from all her crimes, and to come out now as she professed to come out, as the advocate of civil and religions liberty, to pretend that she was deprived of her political free dom merely for a conscientious article of her creed. (Hear.) Now I believe that this system of imposture by which Roman Catholics carried their point has so effectually blinded the nation, that I do not think that that test ever could be set up in England again. That is my opinion upon the subject which I take the liberty of faithfully and plainly expressing. Allow me now just to read the statement and the sentiments of that most distinguished statesman, Sir Robert Peel, upon this subject expressed this year. (Hear.) This is quoted— I believe the speech of the right hon. baronet was delivered in the House of Commons upon the question of a vote of censure against ministers—by Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, in a letter to the Times— " If it were no longer possible to maintain disabilities in 1829, surely to dream of imposing them now is among the wildest visions that ever disturbed the imagination. Repeal the Emancipation Bill ! and what next ? Will you leave to the Roman Catholics the privileges which they held before the Relief Bill, and independently of it ? But those privi leges (the elective franchise in particular), and the substan tial power which they conferred, were the main instruments by which the Relief Bill was carried. If you are prepared to withhold those privileges, (and withhold them you must), the measure you advise is not the mere repeal of the Emancipa tion Act, but the retracing all the steps of gradual concession for a century back, till you remount to penal laws and abso lute servitude." High as is my opinion of this distinguished statesman, I can not possibly coincide with the last sentiment here expressed, as to the imposition of penal laws—if you mean by that the penalties that were inflicted upon Roman Catholics for con scientious adherence to their religion. The penal laws of persecution I hold in utter abhorrence. (Hear.) But it is a very different question to say whether protective laws for British liberty, and Protestant freedom, are to be maintained or established in this country. It is a very different ques tion, whether I am to protect myself from the invasion of men who will persecute and enslave use, or whether I shall persecute and enslave them. The one I hold to be a Chris.' ttan duty ; the other I hold to be an anti-Christian curse. (Cheers.) Hear again what the right hon. baronet said : " I have observed, as the law has decreed a civil equality to all classes in Ireland, without reference to religious dis tinctions, the crown ought not, by the interposition of its pre rogative, to create practically a difference which the law does not recognise. I think the crown ought to act on the prin ciple of die law, and not make the religious opiuions enter tained by any roan the ground of disqualification for the ex ercise of civil functions." Mark how the right hon. baronet himself is caught by the delusion that Popery has been practising upon the nation, that she is excluded from political power for a mere religious opinion. (Hear, hear.) We shall, however, consider this fact in a few moments. Now, I believe there is a mode free from all these objections to this test, by which the Protes tants of this empire could effectually deliver themselves from the power of the papacy, and from which they could go a step further —the only step under God's providence—and shield their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects from the bon dage of Popery too. (Hear.) But to do this you must act very differently from the manner in which the Protestants of this empire have acted. It is universally a part of the policy of Popery for ever to attack. It is a trick of the Jesuits al ways to attack their opponents, to throw them upon their defence, and thereby prevent them from making an attack in return. If an individual comes forward to attack them, they do not meet his arguments or proofs, but, by every species of calumny and falsehood, they blacken his character, and so they force him away from the object in dispute to defend himself. (Hear.) So it was with Jezebel M'Neile and for gery M`Ghee. (Hear.) This is what they have done throughout the whole history of this country ; this is what they are doing at this moment. Show me one single point on which concession to the Papacy has produced an instant of peace to this empire. I defy you to do it. What is the fact? As you have conceded one demand, another and a fresh one has come forward with greater violence and atrocity. (Cheers.) Who were the men most insulted and abused by those per sons to whom emancipation was granted? (Hear.) There have not been two men in the empire more insulted or so much abused, through the malignity of popery, as the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the very men who granted emancipation. After emancipation had been conceded then came the cry fur " Justice to Ireland." Next came the de mand for municipal corporations. Municipal corporations were granted---aye, basely conceded to the Roman Catholics of Ireland, and then comes out " the repeal of the Union !" So they go on from one thing to another, till now they are in an attitude of open hostility, and they are seektng to dismem ber the British empire. (Hear.) What is to be done then? I do not believe you can restore the old test; but I believe you can put a new test upon them that will go into the very heart of the papacy. (Cheers.) That is what you must do. (Hear.) You must now turn and carry the war into the very heart of Rome ; you must carry it into her politics, her mo rals, and her religion ; and so instruct your representatives ; you must show and prove that the system and priesthood are identified together in guilt and crime and apostacy from God. (Cheers.) When I say you must so carry on the war, let me remember, and do you remember, that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal—it is not by carnal weapons that we must conquer, but by the weapons of honest Christian fidelity, of bold, determined, Christian truth, with the bible in one hand and the laws of the country (to be founded upon that bible and to be measured by that bible) In the other. (Great cheering.) In therefore venturing to propose a new test to you, and to call upon you for the adoption of this test, I beg to assure you I do not do so, nor should I presume to do so, upon my own judgment. I have long deeply considered it. I have consulted with those who are best informed upon the subject of the principles of popery; and I know theat there is not one man in the British dominions who will not think that the test will be effectual if the Protestants of this city will take it up, either to deliver themselves from the papal tyranny, or from what is ten thousand times more desirable, to deliver their poor Roman Catholic fel low-subjects from the tyranny of Rome, and that we may be permitted to meet together with the bible in our hands, and to come together to the feet of our Lord and Saviour. (Hear.) Then, I say, you must takc the crimes of the pa pacy, and you must identify them with the faith of the papacy. You must call upon men to take a test which, when men read, their consciences must tell them that they can have no possible right to refuse it. "It seems to me," says Festus, "unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the errors laid against him." Now I will send the accusations with which I charge popery to the British parlia ment. The paper contains the test I propose ; it commences thus : " Whereas by a certain document of the Church of Rome, professing to be and commonly received and known as the third canon of a certain General Council, held in the year of our Lord 1215, called the Fourth Lateran Council, it is among other things enacted as follows." Then is recited the third canon of the Fourth Lateran Council, which, as it is long, and will be printed for your perusal, I will not now read, but recommend these two facts concerning it. First, that you have it on Dr. Doyle's evidence that it would upturn, if in force, the very foundations of society and drench our streets and our fields in blood. Secondly, that you have it proved that it is now set up in Ireland by the papist prelates as the law for exterminating heretics out of their dioceses. (Hear, hear.) Now I receite this iniquitous canon. Then after this is recited, the following canon of the Council of Trent : And whereas in the seventh session of the Council of Trent, the following canon was enacted : ` FOURTEENTH CANON OF BAPTISM. " If any man shall say that baptised children, when they •grow up, are to be asked whether they are willing to ratify what their sponsors promised in their name when they were baptised, and when they shall answer that they arc not will , ing, that they are to be left to their own will, and not to be compelled to a christian life by any other punishment, unless that they may be debarred from the reception of the Eucharist and other sacraments, till they repent, let him be anathema.' " Here I dare say you will ask, why recite this canoe ? we see no great evil in this. The reason is, because it contains one of the deepest, deadliest principles of papal persecution ; and this canon is stated in the second volume of Dens, is the standard authority for compelling all men, by corporal pu nishment, whenever the pope has the power, to return to the faith of the church. (Hear.) It says, " Unbelievers who have been betrayed." Now, young and old, remember this prin ciple : there is not one among you not interested in it. This is one fundamental principle of the Church of Rome, that every man upon earth that is baptised in the christian church is made thereby a subject of the Church of Rome • and if he does not submit to the Church of Rome and acknowledge her authority, the Church of Rome has a right, whenever she has the power, to compel him to do so by corporal punish ment. This is one of her fundamental principles. Now listen to this— " That unbelievers have been baptised, as heretics and apostates generally, and also baptised schismatics, can be compelled by corporal punishments to return to the catholic faith and the unity of the church. " The reason is, that they by baptism are made subjects of the church, and therefore the church has jurisdiction over them, and the power of compelling them, by the ordained means, to obedience, and to fulfil the obligations contracted in their baptism. " This also, obtains in the case of those who have been baptised in their infancy, or who, compelled by fear or any necessity, have received baptism ; as the council of Trent teaches, session 7, canon 14 ; and the 4th council of Toledo, canon 5J." Here you see the canon of Trent is quoted as the infallible authority for this atrocious persecution. I take this out of a proved standard of the church of Rome by which the Roman catholic population are to be drilled. I take the canons which they themselves have quoted as their authority for compelling Protestants to submit to the dominion of the pa pacy, so that there is reason for taking that canon. There is recited in the text the same principle taken from their funda mental standard, the catechism of the council of Trent, thus : And whereas in the catechism of the council of Trent, the following principle is laid down on the ninth article of the creed, speaking of those who are excluded from the church : " Heretics and schismatics (are excluded), because they have revolted from the church, nor do they more belong to the church than deserters belong to the army from which they have run away. Nevertheless, it is not to be denied that they are in the power of the church, as persons who can be called into judgment by her, punished and condemned by anathema." Here are their proved canons—their demonstrated principles from their fundamental standards first recited, then the test itself is as follows : And whereas in the aforesaid canons an authority is claimed by the church of Rome over all baptised persons to submit to her domination, and to inflict on them pains, penalties, and persecutions if they refuse to do so. Now " lA. IL do solemnly, in the presence of God, renounce and abjure the canons aforesaid so far as they have now been recited. I believe the same to be immoral, antisocial, into lerant, repugnant to the laws of God and to the statutes and constitution of this realm, and fatal to civil and religious liberty. I declare that I believe the popes and general coun cils who enacted these canons aforesaid were, in so doing, not only fallible but totally in error, and that they have not and ought not , to have any power, weight, or authority over any conscience." Here is the test, and now let me ask, is there a single man, is there a single protestant in this empire that would not gladly take that test? (Cheers.) I believe rot one. We believe these canons to be such as I have described. We hold that the popes and the councils that enacted them were not only fallible but totally in error. " Oh," but some Roman Catholic will say, " that is coming to a dogma of my faith, you point to my conscience, and I cannot admit that." " What, then," I reply, " you do not deny this canon." (Cheers.) Then you hold these persecuting principles; you hold that you have a right to compel us by corporeal punish ment to return to the church of Rome ? Then I tell you in the face of day that you have no such right, and shall have no such right if I can help it to dictate to me, to rule over my Conscience or over the conscience of any . one in this empire ? (Cheers.) You want an equali t y of civil and religious privi leges. Very well. Let us stand upon an equality. Is it not an equality, that I come to legislate for you when I claim no authority over your conscience ? What right do protestants claim over the consciences of Roman Catholics ? Do we say they are accountable to us ? No. We say, and we de clare, and proclaim, and we call upon them to know thut they are accountable, but accountable alone to the Lord God of Heaven and earth. That is the ground upon which we legislate for them. But when they come to legislate for us they say, "Aye, but then you are baptised, and brought up in the church, therefore you are accountable to him who is the vicar of Christ on earth, our Lord God the pope ; (cheers)—he has a right to you, you must submit to him, and if you do not he has a right to compel you by corporeal punishment to submit to his authority and to the authority of the church of Rome." I call this not equality but slavery — installing a foreigner into the right of persecuting me as a slave, and if the protestants of England will do their duty they will stand up as one man against it. (Cheers.) Now 1 will go back for a moment to the speech of the right hon. hart. Sir Robert Peel. He says he calls these religious opinions. He means by this the test which was proposed and enacted by the British parliament to exclude Roman Catholics from power. He calls this a religious opinion. But I would ask the right hon. Bart. whether he calls the traitorous laws of Lateran religious opinions ? Will he call the canons of the council of Trent which authorizes popery to invade the rights and liberty of the protestants of this empire as religious opi nions ? (Hear.) Will he say that power is to be given to men who are to use that power against their sovereign and against their fellow-subjects by laws which they themselves acknowledge would have torn the very foundations of society asunder, and drenched our streets and fields with blood ? (Hear.) No man in the British empire would be further from calling these religious opinions than the right hon. Bart. But then comes the question,—" How do you prove this ? " (Hear.) Now we can reply—" Go to your universities." (Hear.) I have petitioned to be called to the bar of the house of commons, and lay these laws before them, and let Mr. O'Connell deny them if he can. (Hear, hear.) My petition has been shelved. I will never petition again, but I say— " Let those who doubt go to our universities,--let them go to the learning and talent of Oxford and Cambridge and in stitute a comparison of this test with the principles of the pa pacy. I would say to the hon. Bart. you have heard the evi dence of these men. You have heard them renounce these persecuting tenets, you have heard their oaths, their decla rations you have them recorded in the proceedings of parlia ment. Now go to your universities. (Hear.) Mr. Pitt sent to foreign universities to enquire into their principles, but you need not go so far. Go now to Oxford or Cambridge, there you shall find their doctrines, their standards, and have their laws, their notes of the Bible by which they instruct the poor. Compare them with their oaths and ask them— " Do you mean to stand up and tell the British nation these are the religious principles of the church of Rome ? " (Hear.) Now I dare say if the Roman catholic hierarchy ' had to choose between this test and the test which has been repealed by the bill of 1829, they would ask for that test ten thousand times over. Here is the secret of Dr. Murray's letter. I did not propose this test in Exeter Hall as I pro posed it to you, but I read it at Exeter Hall. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Dr. Murray and Mr. Daniel O'Connell know the tremendous power of that engine, if it was taken up by the Protestants of this country, and brought forward in parliament, upon the subject of the papacy ; therefore the letter was written directly from Dr. Murray, and out it came, denying this bull and these canons. Let him have the benefit of his denial, now we have proved it, when and where he pleases. But I call upon you this day, - as you value all that is dear to man, to stand forward your selves and take this test. Insist upon the men who repre sent you in parliament, that they shall stand with that test, or your petitions upon it, in their hands—present those peti tions, and support those petitions which you may prepare. (Hear.) If the Protestant Association of Liverpool does but maintain its own bold fidelity, such as I doubt not it will ; if you do but take it up, it will go through the length and breadth of the British empire, and a Protestant blow will be struck at the very heart of the papal superstition. It will, I trust in God, open the eyes of the Roman Catholic laity, and make them come out and deliver themselves from such dark, degrading, damnable slavery as this is. (Great cheer ing.) 1 cannot conclude the subject without again express ing-, that so far from feeling a sentiment of hostility to my poor countrymen, before my God my heart grieves for their subjugation. I say they should take that test. Oh ! that they might take it! (Hear.) Oh! if the Roman Catholic laity would take that test, and if they would but take it at once, Rome is gone for ever in this empire. (Cheers.) Let them renounce the canons of their creed and the fundamen tal articles of their church, by which those canons are brought to bear upon their consciences and their souls, the infallibi lity of popes and councils, and the authority of the popish hierarchy is blasted for ever in the consciences of the Roman Catholic population. (Hear.) I commit the cause to God, and under God I commit it this day to the fidelity, to the Christian boldness, to the Christian principle, let me say to the Christian love of Protestant liberty and freedom, let me add to the love of the Bible, and let me say to the honest Christian fidelity and love of the souls of our Roman Catho lic countrvmen,—l commit it , I say, to these, in the pre- S w e h n o c s e e adoftmiherPahrole atestdadnrtessosf occupiedEngla England. tw ( o Th h e o r u e r v s . a g n e n d t t lausel e w m e n a t n y , minutes, then resumed h is seat, amidst thunders of app from all parts of the house.) ARRIVAL OF OF THE STEAM-SHIP " ORIENTAL." 'This deservedly favourite vessel arrived in the Mersey, on Saturday morning, on her return voyage from Alexandria, after the finest run out and home yet on record, exceeding i most deeply i n speed, indee n d, even the sanguine expectations of those ereted i n her success. She accomplished the passage — From Alexandria to Malta in 92 hours. Malta to Gibraltar in Gibraltar to Falmouth in ll9 " Falmouth to Liverpool in 3511 hours. The time within which she would be considered due by the government at the three first ports respectively, is 120, 115, and 120 hours ; so that she performed the distance from Alexandria to Falmouth in 32-i hours less than was thus an ticipated. She brought 26 passengers, some of whom, no doubt, were desi-ous of landing at Falmouth ; but as there is no Lazarette at that port, the whole necessarily came round with the vessel to the Mersey. The vessel, on her arrival, fired a salute from the large guns which she carries, and proceeded to the quarantine ground, where she still lies at anchor. There being no sickness on board, no time was lost in making the usual application to the proper authorities in London for her release from " durance vile under the yellow flag; and it is fully expected that to-morrow's post will bring down the official order for the "emancipation" of those on board, who will thereupon disembark with their luggage. Meantime, they appear to have made up their minds to enjoy the good things of this life on board, some fresh supplies of which have been daily sent by the quarantine boats. Our reporter went alongside yesterday afternoon, and was kindly favoured by Captain Soy with several Malta papers, the latest to the 25th ult. Their contents are anticipated. One of a later date, announcing the arrival of the Oriental at Malta, with some news from the East, would also have been handed to him, but had by some means got mislaid in the saloon. Captain Soy also favoured us with the following particulars of vessels he had spoken on the passage Ist Oct.—Passed the barque Florence, of London. Spoke the schooner Agnes, of London, lat. 38 50, long. 10 54. sth Oct.—At 9 A.M., spoke the Great Liverpool, lat. 40 19, long. 90 19—about 45 miles north of Oporto. (The sister ships, it need scarcely be said, exchanged three hearty cheers on parting.) As is usual, the newspapers, together with some letters to be put into the post-office, given to our reporter, were all taken on board the quarantine-officer's vessel, and fumigated before they could be brought on shore. The Oriental had generally fine weather going out to Alex andria, and light airs and a smooth sea throughout in coming home. The ship and the engines worked to admiration, and the passengers express the utmost satisfaction with the splen did accommodations, and the attention and urbanity of the captain and officers. She has on board 45 tons of coals. The only paragraph of interest which we find in the papers before us, relates to the British naval force now in the Me diterranean, which has probably since that date been con siderably increased. It is from Il Mediterraneo, Gazetta di Malta, of the 23d ultimo :—" The British naval force in the Mediterranean now consists of 12 line of battle ships, six frigates, two post corvettes, one sloop, four brigs, two seam frigates, four large war steamers, fi ve steam-packets,t one ne s t e am tender, two surveying vessels , o n e receiving ship, one coal dep6t, forming in all 41 pendants of the burthen 000 f 45,600 tons, mounting about 1300 g uns, and carrying 11,8 officers, men, and boys, of which 2,600 are marines and marine artillery. The combined power of the 12 steamers is that of about 2,420 horses. Nearly the whole of this large force is concentrated off Beyrout. Many other vessels are fitting out in England, of which no less than five line of battle ships are for this station." So soon as the " Oriental" is released from quarantine she will be towed down by one of the government boats to the Moyne. She will not dock, we understand, until Saturday, the deepening of the Coburg Dock not being yet so far com pleted as to allow of the gate being closed. ABDICATION OF THE KING OF HOLLAND, King William is now in his 68th year. He was born on the 24th August, 1772 ; married on the Ist October, 1791, a Princess of Prussia ; in 1793 took the command of the Dutch army upon the occasion of the declaration of war by the French Directory agains t the Stadtholder of the United Provinces. He took Lanerecies in 1794, retired into Hol land with his troops after the battle of Ileums, embarked with his family for England in 1785, and took possession in 1802 of the small German principalities which had been ceded to his father in exchange for his rights in Holland, and which his father in turn had ceded to him. In 1806 he inherited the sovereignty of Nassau ; commanded the right wing of the Prussians at the battle of Jena; was taken pri soner, and lost his estates after that battle ; afterwards took service under the Austrian government, and assisted, in 1809, at the battle of Wagram ; was recalled into Holland at the moment when the entire of Germany marched against France ; took the reins of government of the Low Countries on the 6th December, 1813 ; received on the 30th March, 1814, the oath of allegiance as a sovereign prince ; on the 16th of March, 1815, took the title of King ; promulgated the "fundamental law" on the 24th August, 1815; was crowned on the 21st September, 1815 ; summoned all Hol land to arms on the sth October, 1830, after the success of the Belgian insurrection ; and declared on the 20th October in the same year, that he would confine himself to the go vernment of the northern provinces. He lost his royal consort in the month of October, 1837 ; accepted the " twenty-four articles" on the 14th of March, 1838 ' • on the 26th May, 1839 , signed the ratification of the treaty of the 19th of April; and on the 4th of September, in the present year, promulgated the changes introduced by him into the fundamental law. The Prince of Orange is 48 years old, having been born on the 6th December, 1792. The news of the King's abdi cation produced an immense sensation, both at the Hague and at Amsterdam. In the latter city, the funds imme diately fell one per cent, and a still further depression was anticipated. A letter fro !'n the Hague of the Ist O c t o b er s t a t e s, that "persons living in the prince royal's intimacy have already suffered some words to escape them as t o th e line of conduct whic h the prince intended to pursue imme diately after his accession.': He proposes to comme nce by two grea t measures, the object of which is to restore roy a lty to that popularity, which, i n the last conflict with the cham ber arid with public opinion, it would seem to have irrevoca. bly lost. The first of the se measures consists in taking it o n himself to guarantee the p a y ment of the interest on all the loans contracted for (such as the construction of the railway to Arnheim.) It had been a question whether this guarantee should fall on the king himself, or on the heir apparent. The new king, by taking this guarantee on him self, would solve the question in a mode the most satisfactory to the holders of these securities. The second measure, which is much more important still, is the immediate nomi nation of a state commission, charged with the duty of renewing the fundamental law, and proposing, within the shortest possible period, certain changes which would be forthwith submitted to the chamber. In choosing the mem bers of this commission, it is understood that the new sove reign will be influenced by public opinion. The Belgian papers state, that the King of Holla nd ' s p r i nc ipal motive for retiring into private life is, that he may, without dispute, fulfil the sacred promise which he has given, and marry the Countess d'Oultremont. As there is no longer any obstacle to oppose this union, it is supposed that it will speedily take place. MUNICIPAL REVISION. TUESDAY The business of the court commenced at 9 o'clock, and the mayor and assessors resumed the revision of the list for Scot land Ward. Tbos. Murphy, of Back Portland-street, was objected to by the conservatives. He stated, that he had lived in Arley street, whence he removed in September, 1839. He had lived there seven years, and had regularly paid his rates. On examination by Mr. Wilkins, it appeared that the rates had until recently been paid by Mrs. Winifred Murph Mr. WILKINS.—WIIO is Winifred Murphy Witness.—My mother. Mr. JAMES.—Oh, I suppose she's dead mother die ? Witness yet. _ _ When did your —She never died at all—(laughter)—slic's alive Mr. '4l , ir.xiss.—Well, sir, you may go ; you'll not have a vote yet. _ The name was struck off. __ _ _ _ _ Martin Murphy, Woodstock-street, and Martin Murphy, Carlton-street, were objected to by the conservatives. They stated that they had paid their rates, but the money was bor rowed from the Protector Society. The money was paid by themselves, and no person accompanied either of them. The votes were allowed. Several similar cases occurred, the votes being allowed where the parties proved the payment of the rates in propria persona, without the intervention of another party. A very large majority of the individuals called did not answer, and these were allowed to stand over to appear when the lists are again gone over, the proofs of service of notice being given so as to save time in future. Many cases were heard, in which the claims were immediately allowed on both sides, and others in which the names were struck out. The majority of these, however, were destitute of any point or circumstanee either of interest or importance. Such cases as seemed to excite most amusement and interest in the court, we shall record briefly ; the others would only occupy space, without affording either gratification or instruction. Robert Naylor, Collingwood-street, was objected to by the reformers, but did not appear. The person who served the notice of objection was called upon to prove the service. An individual, evidently an Irishman, started up and exclaimed, Robert Naylor, is it ? Och, I noticed him ! (Laughter.) Mr. JAMES.—You noticed him ! What do you mean, did you look at him Witness.—Oh, I did ! Mr. WmicrNs.—Did you serve him, sir ? Witness.—l did ! I served him out. The notice server was rebuked by the court, and proceeded to prove the notice regularly. The_case stood over. Peter Nelson, Burlington-street, was objected to by the reformers. A. friend appeared for him, who proved that he had resided in the house for which he claimed his qualification four or five years, and it was shown that his rates had been replarly raid. _ _ _ Slr. fAitzs.—What is Mr. Nelson ? Witness. —He is a dealer in Irish provisions, Mr. JAMES.—Is he not a foreigner ? Witness.—l should think he was an Irishman, and they are aliens in the opinion of some people, sir. The vote was allowed. _ _ Richard Williams, Green-street, was objected to by the reformers. Mr. Williams appeared for her husband. In reply to the questions put to her, she stated that she paid three years' taxes at once. She did not borrow the money any where, but received it from her husband, and her husband worked hard for it. Vote allowed. James Waring, Rose-place, objected to by the reformers, stated, that he had paid two years rates at once. He paid them himself on the 31st August, at the parish office, in Fen wick-street. He paid them with his own money, and did not get any money from any one for the purpose. Vote allowed. . William Winstanley, voting for a house and warehouse in I Regent-road, was objected to by the reformers. It appeared that he had resided on the premises, for which he claimea, twenty-one years, and had paid his rates regularly. The MAYOR said he thought a case of this sort certainly showed the necessity for some al rangement for getting rid of frivolous objections. Mr. WILKINS said he was sure that 'he had no objection to such an arrangement. Mr. JAMES said he bad no authority to enter into such an arrangement. The list for Scotland Ward having been entirely called over, the court requested that those residing in that ward, who happened to be in court, would step forward. Several cases were thus disposed of. Many cases were disposed of, involving points similar to those already given. Much discussion took place occasion ally respecting the rules that had already been laid down. At length Mr. HARVEY stood up, and produced a written paper, in which, he said, he had laid down the principles on which he thought they ought to act, drawn from the decisions given. Mr. HARVEY read the first paragraph of his rules, to which Mr. WRIGIIT responded, ' I dissent from that; I won't be bound by those rules." This was followed by loud applause from the body of the court. Mr. H ARVEY said he had then no more to say. Mr. WRIGHT said there had not been proper courtesy shown to him. If the paper had been read to him first, per haps that would not have happened. They had tried before to get rid of him by a side wind; but they should not get rid of him, he promised them. He would sit there and decide. (Loud applause.) The MAYOR said he must have misunderstood the words uttered by Mr. Wright. Mr. WRIGHT said " they had en deavoured to get rid of him by a side wind." Did Mr. Wright mean to imply that he (the Mayor) had been a party to any such attempt? Mr. WRIGHT said he did not mean the words to apply to the Mayor at all. Here the conversation was continued between Mr. Wright and Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Wright, in a low tone, and shortly after the business was resumed. Mr. John Coglan, one of the Protector Society, was brought under examination, and, as in the course of his testimony, he displayed some knowledge of that body. Mr. ILtuvav, as he was leaving the witness-box, said he should like, as much as had arisen about this society, to know something more about it. The witness was therefore, recalled, and in reply to Mr. Harvey stated, that the members paid weekly sums of money as they could afford. It was like a benefit society. It was founded about twelve months ago. If the poor people who belonged to it were short of money, they could borrow it from this society. It was just the same as a benefit society. Mr. PINNINGTON.—IS it for the relief of the siek ? Mr. WILKINS said he should like, if the intont;im were to gain information, to ask a great many question of this wit- Mr. HARNEY said, he should certainly wish it himself. The court permitted Mr. Wilkins to examine. The wit ness said, the society had no printed rules. He could not say whether it was enrolled according to law. It was under the management of different secretaries. Its objects were to enable poor man to pay their rates, and become burgesses, He (witness) had taken out about £7 for different people, He had himself paid in about £2 75., out of his own pocket He had no vouchers for his money but the books would show his payments. There was a fund belonging to the society. He had known his neighbours to pay small dona tions to it. He did not know of any gentleman having con tributed to it. Had seen Mr. Ronson at the meeting, and believed he was a barrister. . Mr. WlLKlNs.—Suppose I, as a tory, were to subscribe, would the society allow me, as a tory, to draw money to pay my rates, if I could not pay them myself? Witness.—l won't answer any more questions. Here ensued a great uproar of cheering, hissing, and cla mour. The mayor had done his utmost to suppress their demonstrations, having absolutely forbidden them as unbe coming ; having also requested the counsel on both sides not , e 1 ..-e.y to excite party feeling, to say anythingand the consta bles to put out of court any one who should be seen infring ing the rule which he had laid down. His worship now ordered a person to he put out who had uttered a loud cry upon hearing the reply above recorded. Mr. Coglan was about to retire, when Mr. JAN es requested that he might be allowed to ask him a few questions. Ile elicited nothing material, except that the parties who " bor rowed money" from Ihe society undertook to repay it, and that when they had money advanced to them they were required to become members. Mr. BRETIIERTON said, if Mr. Wilkins wished to put any questions relative to the Protector Society, he knew all about that association, and was ready to answer. Mr. WirAcrNs said, he would rather continue his examina tion of that witness. This was acceded to, and the witness was told that lie must answer the learned gentleman's question. He believed a poor man would not be admitted to the society if he were a conservative. He did not know what the funds of the so ciety were. The payments were made either weekly or monthly. He did not know of any collections being made on Sundays, "at present." He had known them to be made. Not at the Catholic Chapel, but at the neighbours' houses. He did not know that Mr. O'Connell subscribed. By Mr. Harvey—The society was not confined to Irish men, but it was confined to reformers. Mr. BRETRERTON repeated his offer. Mr. WRIGHT said they had nothing to do with the sub ject of the Protector Society. Mr. WILKINs said he should wish very much to get what information he could from Mr. Bretherton, but he should take a great deal of time if he did so. The MAYOR thought it would be best if Mr. Wilkins wished to question Mr. Bretherton, to go on then with the regular business, and take that after eight o'clock. Mr. WILRINS.—No ? upon my word I will not. Here the subject dropped. Subsequently a Mr. Pickering was called to speak to the nature of some premises, in respect to which, a person claimed a qualification. Mr. JAMES—In the cross-examination of this person, who is a publican in Vauxhall-road, elicited from him, that he had furnished Robert Jackson, a tenant of his, with money to pay his rates. Much applause and uproar followed this an nouncement, upon which the Mayor declared, that he would dismiss every officer in the court upon the spot, if they did not do their duty, and remove those who were guilty of such unseemly demonstrations in a court of deliberation. Mr. - - Superintendent Tyrrell went to a person whom he had seen clapping his hands, and wished to remove him. Some alter cation ensued, and the Mayor, on hearing that the superin tendent had seen the gentlemen clap his hands, requested that the latter might be removed. The gentleman denied that he had acted as stated, but he immediately withdrew. Mr. James continued his examination of Mr. Pickering, who, on being pressed with some severity, became much heated. Mr. Wilkins interposed, on what he presumed were severe araignments of the veracity of the witness, and some warm words passed between the learned gentlemen, which, as is usual in such cases, appeared to be forgotten as soon as ut tered. We have not space for the whole of Mr. Pickering's cross-examination, hut the facts elicited were, in substance, as follows : Witness had gone round the town and collected money to pay the taxes of poor men. He gave the money to his Wife. He did not give any of it to any one else. He did not know what had become of it. He cou ld not say she had it now. He inferred that it had been used for the payment of rates, for he had seen that the rates of persons were paid who could not pay them for themselves. Mr. JAMES.—Who did you collect it from ? Witness.—From different people. Mr. JAMES.—How much did you collect? Witness.—l won't tell you. Here there was another hubbub, which however quickly subsided. Mr. JAMES said he would ha ve an tiswer, and the witness protested that he would not tell , sa ying , " You won't get it out of me if you question me from this time till to-morrow uight. This Mr. James deemed impertinent which the wit ness took in high dudgeon. In reply to another question, Mr. Pickering said he got the money from diff erent gentle men. Mr. James wished to kno w thei r names, to which the witness replied flatly, " I won't tell you!" Mr. Wil.K.INs said, after this he should ask from any wit ness whatever questions he pleased ; and instead of the list being concluded in fourteen days, it would not be finished in twice fourteen days. The court adjourned at eight o'clock to nine this morning. The MAYOR said, he hoped some arrangement would be come to by the opposing parties for abbrevi a ti ng t h e b us i ness, otherwise they were merely losing labour, for the whole list would be disfranchised.. WEDNESDAY. AN OBSTINATE PRECURSOR. James M'Amley, housekeeper , Ch i senhale_street, was ob jected to by the conservatives. The voter was a labourer subject to the payment of rates. Borrowed , th e money to pay his rates from a person named , 1%1 Intee, wh o li ve d i n Rich mond-row. Did not know M lntee ; got the money from him on the 31st August; could not tell what M'lntee did; went along with a neighbour ; paid some of th e money l as t night to the man who gave it to him on the 31st A ugus t. Mr. WILKINS.—Upon your oath did you pay the money to Mr. M'lntee ? Witness.—l paid it on the same table I got it from. Mr. HARvtv.—You inu“ be aware that in former cases when the same line of conduct was pursued, the votes were ejected. Mr. WILKINS.—I again put the question row the money from the Protector Society Did you bor- Witness.—l don't know. If you did'nt know that Mr. M'lntee got it from the Pro tector Society, why did you pay it to the Protector Society ? I had as good a right to pay it there as any other place. Did you suppose Mr. M'lntee came from the Protector Society Yes. How much money did you get? Fourteen shillings and fourpence Where did you get the receipt ? in my own house. Mr. HARVEY (to Mr. Wilkins). tend to show by this examination? —What object do you in Mr. - WILKINs.—To show that this man is not to be be lieved. Mr. HARVEY —lf you want to prove that this man has prevaricated in his evidence there is no occasion. Mr. WILKINs.—I don't want to make comparisons duty is to endeavour to strike off as many objectionable as possible. Mr. JAMES contended that as the rates had been paid the vote stood good. He admitted that the voter had contra dicted himself in some points ; but he held that the assessors were to receive what evidence had been of a satisfactory na ture, and not to reject the evidence altogether. . . . . Mr. WiLxixs spoke at great length, and defied his learned friend to point out any part in which the voter had spoken the truth. What was the. motive that induced this man to prevaricate to-day ?To get his name on the register. The same motive would prompt him to say that his name was James M'Amley • and it had not been proved that he was the James M'Amley whose name was on the rate-book. He submitted it for the consideration of the bench whether the motive that actuated the man to tell a lie in the one case would not induce him to tell it in the other? Mr. HAnVEY said he was so disgusted with several cases which had been brought before them.by both parties, that he felt it would be necessary to come to some arrangement. Mr. WRIGHT thought the arguments which had been adduced were applicable to this case. Mr. WILKINS would feel obliged if Mr. Wright would give his opinion. His only object was to save time. Mr. HARVEY said it was no use blinking the question. The public were aware of the political opinions of Mr. Wright and himself. and they were under the impression that the assessors were biassed by party motives. For himself he sat there in the capacity of a lawyer, and he thought the vote was good Mr. WRIGHT would reject the vote , was not to have his opinion called forth ad captandum at the desire of any man. _ _ but b( The MAYOR said be , had taken the best advice on this case, and he was of opinion that the vote ought to be al lowed. A LEARNED RADICAL Patrick M'Cabe was objected to by the conservatives. The voter was a labourer, and occupied a house in Banastre street, for which he paid rates. Got the money from the Protector Society ; had occupied the same house for the last three years. Mr. WILICINS.—How do you know that me the name of the next month ? Witness.—l don't know. I am no scholar ; I never re saved any laming. What is the first month in the year. I disremember. (Laughter.) How many months are there in the year ? Faith an' I'm not sure ; I think there's twelve. Do you count four weeks to the month ? I takes 'em as they come. (Laughter.) How do you know that you have been three years in that house ? Sure and the rint tells me '—Can you tell The MAYOR.—How do you pay your rent? Witness.—Once a-week only. Mr. JAMES.—Do you remember when you went to th house you na Christmas w occupy. I'm not sartain; it might be a week before How many Christmas days ha that house ? passed since you went to Faix, nearly a couple of 'em. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. WRIGHT was proceeding to remark upon the nature of the evidence, when _ . _ _ _ _ Mr. JAMES (with some warmth) interrupted him.—l.Ct Me first conclude, and then you may comment. Mr. WRIGRT•—I'II make an observation when I think proper Mr. Mr. JAMES.—I am not asleep WRIGHT.—Nor I. Mr. Shaw, overseer - , then examined the parish books, when it was found that in 1838 M'Cabe was rated for a different house to that ou which he now claimed. Mr. JAMES.-1 must abandon this case. Vote disallowed.' The court adjourned at five o'clock. THURSDAY. The mayor, attended by the assessors, opened the court at the time appointed. 'With the exception of some frivolous cases of objections by both parties, which were either with drawn or speedily gone through, the time of the court was taken up in attending to objections by the conservatives against members of the Protector Society, or by radicals against parties who had been put on the list by the conserva tives, and contained nothing materially different from those already before the public. FRIDAY. The mayor and the assessors took their seats at 9 o'clock. VAUXHALL WARD The remaining objections to voters in this ward were through, without anything of interest occurring. ' ST. PAUL'S WARD Mr. WILKINS, on this ward being called on, said he was instructed to more for the postponement of the hearing of cases in this ward on the ground of the abduction of a notice server. Two affidavits were handed in, and read by the clerk of the court. The first affidavit was the depositon of a female named Alice Jackson, residing in Henry-street, and was tothe effect that a person named Thomas Turtle, who had been lodging at her house, and who had been employed to serve notices of objections upon the cons,.. tor St. Viler Ward, was at two o'clock on the morning of the 30th August when in liquor, taken away by two persons from her house and that she had not since heard of him. The sv vative interest ,:cond affida vit was that of James Richardson, another notice server, and was to the effect that a Mr. Wm. Jones, attorney-at-law, had called upon deponent, and in the course of a conversa tion asked him if lie had seen Thomas Turtle,towhlchde- ponent answered he had not ; and Jones replied, " he's right enough ; " and offered deponent money and a situation if he would leave Liverpool and go to reside in Dublin. The affi- davits further stated that dilligent search had been made for Turtle, and that he could not be found Mr. Wilkins said it appeared to him that the affidavits spoke so strongly for thernseh - es, that he should content himself with merely moving that the court would not now - take St. Paul's Ward, but - proceed to Exchange ' order that time might be afforded to produce Turtle Ward, in Mr. Harvey observed that there was one point which he had not gathered from the affidavits : it was stated on the face of the affidavits that Turtle had been taken away, but there was nothing to show that he had been traced I\lr. Wilkins replied that they only traced him so far as this ; that it was shown that he fiad been taken out of his lodgings at two o'clock in the morning, and the parties so taking him had been heard to state their intentions to place him upon the packet ; a diligent inquiry was shown to have been made for him ; and he (Mr. W.) then asked the court to infer that he had been taken out of the town. Mr. Harvey said if the court saw displayed a prima facie case to defeat the ends of justice, they should be disposed to consider it, not only a gross contempt of court, but a most unjustifiable attempt to defeat legitimate inquiry. He, for his own part, thought sufficient had been shown from which to infer that there had been an attempt to tamper with a ma❑ whose evidence lay at the very root of the inquiry. Mr. James objected to the application of Mr. Wilkins being complied with, on the ground that it had not been made at the proper time ; the affidavits were sworn on the 7th inst. and he ought to have been furnished with copies. They (the reformers) were not prepared to proceed with other wards. . . Mr. Harvey suggested that when an objection made by Thurtle was come to, it should stand over. Mr. JAMES said this would naturally lead him into the merits of the case. The learned gentleman went on to con tend that, to substantiate grounds for the application, it must be shown that every individual connected with the ward, who was brought into court, was implicated in, or connived at, the abduction of Turtle ; because no individual ought to be injured, because another party had chosen to interfere to take away a notice server. Mr. James, in allusion to copies of the affidavits not having been furnished, denounced it as a " trick" to serve a party purpose, and take him by surprise, not being in a situation to proceed with the cases in other wards. Mr. futuis, in his reply, in remarking upon copies of the affidavits not having been furnished, observed that there was no recognised party upon whom to serve them. After an exceedingly protracted discussion, in which much warmth of feeling was displayed, not only by the learned barristers, but also by the members of the court, it was ar ranged that those cases in which objections had been served by Turtle should stand over until the other cases in the ward were gone through, and that Mr. Wilkins should then be heard, it' he had any further reasons to offer for a further postponement. Copies of the depositions were ordered to be made and furnished to Mr. James as soon as completed. John Agnew's name was then called upon as one of the parties upon whom Turtle had served a notice of objection. Mr. Wilkins called Richard William Windle with a view to prove that he accompanied Turtle to see him deliver the objections, and to prove that in this particular instance the objection paper had been delivered, in his presence, to the party objected to. The witness, in his examination in chief, produced a small memorandum book, in which were entered the names of the different parties upon whom objections, in his presence, had been served, and amongst which the name of John Agnew. Witness stated that he wrote the names and memorandums appended to each with a pencil, whilst standing in the street, and afterwards " traced" the pencil marks with a pen. Mr. James requested witness to write a similar memoran dum to the one appended to the name of John Agnew, to do so whilst standing, in a similar manner in which he entered the original memorandum, and afterwards to trace it with a pen. Witness did so. Mr. James then exhibited the books to the court, and con tended first, that what the witness termed " tracing," was, in fact, a recopying, inasmuch as the pencil marks were in no means followed ; and that, therefore, supposing the book containing the names of parties objected to to have been similarly written, the witness could not refresh his memory from that book, as it was not the original memorandum. The Court here interfered, by observing that the point raised by Mr. James was not of importance, as they (the court) were decidedly of opinion that no pencil marks had ever been written in the book produced by Windle ; there fore, they rejected his evidence. Mr' WiLiclics then supported his application to the court for a postponement on another ground. He produced du plicates of about 180 objection papers, which he proved, by the evidence of Mr. Marrow and Mr. Lysaght, to be endorsed and signed in the handwriting of Turtle. Mr. JAMES then contended, at great length, that this was not sufficient evidence of a single notice having been served by Turtle. Turtle, it had been shown, was a drunken fellow ; and, with respect to the endorsements, it was quite possible and probable that he lead neglected his duty, had never delivered a single notice, and had endorsed the dupli cates to blind his employers, and then taken himself off. The court had no right, he contended, to assume that his (Mr. James's) party had been accessary to his removal. For aught he knew, he might at this moment be indulging his Bachanalian propensities in some cellar in the town. The Court finally decided that, although the duplicate no tices produced did not prove the clue service of any objec tions by Turtle, yet they furnished prbna facie evidence, which determined them to postpone the hearing of the cases involved until the other objections in the ward were disposed of, when Mr. Wilkins would again be heard (should Mr. Turtle then not be forthcoming) in support of further post ponement. If, in the meantime, Mr. James should show cause, there would be an end of the case. The diScussion of this case occupied upwards of three hours. A notice server belonging to the reform party was exa mined as to the service of a notice of objection, by the coun cil for the party. Mr. WILKINs, in cross-examination, asked the witness what was the nature of his employment, and whether regu larly employed by the Reform Association ?—No. Was he not employed by the Protector Society ?—No. Have you not paid rates for several persons ?—I have paid some. Have you not paid many ?—I Cannot really recollect how many. Will you swear you have not paid twenty ?—Yes. Twelve ? —Yes. Six ?—I wil not swear I have not paid slx. was the person you paid for ?—I do not know him by name, Where does he live ?—ln Westmoreland-street, in a court on the right from Vauxhall-road. Did you go to him, or did he come to you ?—I went to his house. Do you know the name of the court ?—I do not. N- - `` house ? Ivor the number of the . No ; could find it if I went there. How did you come to find him out ?—I inquired. How often did you inquire, times ?—I do not think I did. Did you inquire six times. I may have done so. How long was this ago ?—lt was two or three weeks ago. I cannot say it was a month ago. I will not swear it was five weeks ago. I did not go directly a dozen to his house. Can't tell the name of any c inquired where he lived. I did not know 1 will not swear that I have no' pt, swear that I have not paid five oir ix rates. from the Protector Society. I sted to Mr. Murphy, who -uatpurpose I wanted 'ey. I paid the from whom I for whom and for v gave me the mm it. I went to Back ( rates at the Parish-of paid six to Mr. Peach I cannot say some remark to Mr. HARM li. WILK gestion to Mr, Mr. WILK' you don't kno who sat w to wi have pa, th Mr. liarvev. n Wilkir ustified Lid not allow any d, he merely mad ! Why A scene of great confusion here ensued, which the mayor in vain endeavoured to check • but, in the course of which, Mr. RossoN, addressing Mr. Wilkins said, do you dare to tell me, sir,_that I do not know the meaning of the words am:cus curve Mr. wILKU Mr. Rosso: Mr. Ross of which I I tell you, you are an ignorant upon bec le considerably greater. Th who had risen during the proceedings, evi- r. Mayor, I call u with vche you to call an officer to Mr. Wil- d that he did not choos ;y, that he had risen the D be dictated moment the al- court for tt silty, he did consider the matter might now be suffered to drop. Mr. WitzGuTstill persisted in his request, upon which Mr Rosson rose, and bowing left the court. It was then stated Vial any party who had received notice of objection from Turtle, and who chose to answer to that objection, if he came forward should be heard. Several cases were disposed of, but they partook of no particular interest. The court adjourned at five o'clock. MONDAY. The court commenced this morning with the investigation of the claims made in several wards. Most of the claims made by members of the Protector Society, but we are tolerably successful tives v the whole d, T V ARD :e on Fri- distrus such v the case with t Well knowing that Mr. Jam( :enUeamn, - m4 )1e of Wolver: to become chairman on the pliance to boot yen with this " ap e aid of Mr. Thomas Thornely—the meeting was decidedly a downright cold affair, if not a failure. The room was not crowded, even when Mr. Aikin was speak ing, twenty minutes after the meeting commenced, for at that time even numbers were " tailing out," apparently quite satis fied ; and had it not been for two fat gentlemen, with luxuri ant corporations, standing on each side of the door, thus preventing tho egress of those wishful to leave, the room would have been half empty at a much earlier period than it really was. - - Mr. An in the course of his address, alluded to the schools, and made some observations respecting "old women," but whether in reference to the radical members of the coun cil or not, we did not exactly comprehend. He stated, that the children educated in the corporation schools would for ever bless their fate in securing a liberal education. Mr. Aikin also alluded to the establishment of a sailors' home, and gave expression to several clap-traps respecting the " blue call applause followed the orator, and the :ed. One remarkable fact was stated by the had been a reformer from the time that his No wonder that such brilliant ta lerva-like, father gave him birth On the conclusion of MI ikin's speech,_ somebody sak ice Judeed that several persons inquired the reason the meeting was not proceeding. _ ;oinething, but in so low )etween that and silence t it seemed only " a sound so faint was the voice, NDAL ATKINSON all the dignity d. The uplift- ) emir The most brilliant to exhibit his zoc is well known one, for it proved to be ors withdrawing during son hammered away at style, and if we .e to be we been rhinoceros, which wa excecdingly droll of abuse 'on Mr. Wilkins, that the annoyance of the conservative party! poetical, indulging _in a high flight abou wards, if not ten, out of the si formed that the old register wc Atkinson was particularl of Mr. Aikin and his otl from him and them were denounced and vilified in good set phrase. When Mr. Atkinson had concluded, Mr. HOLLAND was called upon to address the meeting, which he did, but evidently with either a prepared speech or an opacity of vision, as he affirmed that he was delighted to see the crowded state of the room, and the enthusiasm which was exhibited. Now the room at that time was more than half empty, three deep standing only round the table, the rest of the room being unoccupied except by three persons on a table in the corner, and a mangy-backed white o appeared to listen with a most doggedly con- temptuous express Mr. TAYLOR, the candidate for G ge Ward addressed the meeting. Both Mr. Holland and Mr. Taylor seemed highly anxious to terminate the meeting, as both attempted to propose a vote of thanks to the chairmain, in which, however, they were unsuccessful, and sat down amidst much tittering and many significant looks. In the course of the meeting several gentlemen were called upon to propose and second motions, and also to address the meeting ; but, like spirits, they " would not come." With the exception of a hearty cheer for Mr. Thornely, the meet ing was most " stale, flat, and unprofitable," presenting a vivid contrast to the enthusiasm shewn at all the conserva tive meetings. The radicals of Castle-street are either apa thetic or in deep despair. IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPRIGGING Partiality for old customs and appliances was, for some time, an obstacle to the employment of chain for bobstays, bowsprit shrouds, topsail tics, sheets, &c. It was, by the more prejudiced, considered a monstrous deviation from all known practice and example in the art of shiprigging to sub stitute iron for hemp. But by degrees this prejudice has been removed, and at this moment it would be as difficult to find a ship wholly rigged with hempen rope, as it would have been before to meet with an application of iron. The chain has been found to answer, but iron in an improved form (wire rope) has been introduced as a substitute for chain. Many naval officers and master mariners who have tried it as standing rigging, declare that they approve of its use. The wire rope is recommended for its lighter weight and greater strength and durability than hempen rope. Its com pact form makes it preferable to chain. A. piece of it is at present on trial on the Blackwall railway. This work will put its pliability and toughness to a severe test but it is ex pected the result will prove that its properties as a running rope are also of a superior order. In this case, its employ ment for all marine purposes will be speedy and general. The Oriental steam-ship, 1700 tons, has been fitted with it, as have also several yachts and steamers. The following are the dimensions of the Oriental's rigging: Fore rigging Forestays 6 ft Main rigging Mainstay.. . Mizen rigging Mizen stay Funnel shrouds The Oriental made a very quick passage out against head winds, to which the lightness of the rigging no doubt con tributed in a considerable degree. THE LORD-LIEUTENA IELAN D.—Lord Ebrington 11.4••••,.• .11.1“”....•••••• - arrived on Friday morning from . Dublin, in the Admiralty steamer Merlin, Captain Townley, and proceeded immediately by railway to London. His excellency was accompanied by his sons, Messrs. John and Dudley Fortescue, and Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Matthew Fortescue. THE LATE Da. STEWART.- 111 took pine( denc The funeral of this much lamented gentle. yesterday. The mournful procession left the of the respected minister about ten o'clock, and proceeded along Russel-street, Seymour street, and St. Anne-street, to the Cemetery, Low-hill. Six mourning coaches and one private carriage, fo llowed by about 130 gentlemen, attired in black, accompan ied the hearse , which was preceded by Dr. Raffles, in his private carriage. CONSUMPTION OF THE SMOKE OF STEAM-ENGINE FUR NACES.—In this age of steam, there is not a more important desideratum, as affecting the convenience and health of the public, than the combustion of the smoke in the furnaces of both marine and land engines. Various plans have, from year to year, been devised ; but while some have proved abor tive in practice, others have been marked by but partial suc cess. We therefore hail with the greater gratification a re cent invention, which is practically found to attain the object in view to an extent hitherto unachieved, and for which a patent has consequently been taken out. This new applica tion is the more valuable, inasmuch as it combines the almost entire consumption of smoke, with a very considerable saving of fuel, and at the same time supplies the boilers with a regu lar degree of heat, rendering them less subject to corrosion. Its practical effects are abundantly demonstrated in two of the Woodside ferry-boats, now plying on the river,—the Cleveland and Ellenborough, the furnaces of which, to the great satisfaction of passengers, emit scarcely any perceptible quantity of smoke. The invention, which is simple in detail, is equally applicable to land engines, and, if generally a do p ted, would remove the d ense and murky clouds of smok e that hang over our manufacturing towns, a nd by permitting the access of pure a i r , con d uce to the health and comfort, of the inhabitants. Mr. Joseph Williams. manufacturing chemist, t the Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, in this town agent of the patentee, for the disposal ofthisi%iruable inven tion. It has been recently noticed in the London papers that several applications have been made to the Lord Mayor, means of preventing the recommending the adoption of some nuisance of the volumes of smoke from engines in that crowded metropolis, as well as from steamers on the Thames ; and his lordship intimated, that notice of a motion on the subject had been given for the consideration of the Court of Common Council. That court would do well to avail them selves of the advantages held forth by the new and success ful " patent furnace." different nla pray own neigh! procedure well as secular education rin rates. I wit' time Mr. Rosso VIEETING OF CASTLE N. ineetinz o :ood bill with which he is is voice was perfectly el s a bell, acted half of the au tone, sonorot one peed, in his usual vul liere_his assertions, we cannot but faney we r him or w .1 mum memory. He N most base and unpatriotioal red that the tories were at all •er the poor, and give th, ." Vituperation he made of exactly evident. jest gave the speaker an opportunity )gi cal knowledge—acquired, doubtless, mmals with whom he is in the habit of ared the conservative party to a vulnerable only in the belly. How Atkinson sprinkled a little salt I informed his auditors commenced with ticinson must surely s at times highly " Hope telling a The meeting was in ut in operation. Mr. while all who differed LITERARY NOTICI Parliamentary Speeches, dnring the Session 1840. London : William Edward Painter, Strand. Royal Bvo., 358 pages. This is an admirable collection of all the speeches worthy of preservation, delivered by the most distinguished and honourable men, peers and commoners, during the last session of parliament,—and with the advantage of greater accuracy than is generally to ' many of them found in necessarily hasty newspapers, 'pounced in the title-page of the book), speaker lbjects ress c 7 . _ .... 1• T Provisional Registration The War in Chin, iws , • '— " the Irish -" Church Rates," &c.—When we add !dresses_ of many of the .nd Rev that the of Lord Stanl4, Sir It ud otte'rs mho, thougt .tines. alike refused to place confidence gr6t political qui ost suzerfluou further re- endation of the work. But the utility au of the work are such th it we shall stand excused in offering of its plan and purposes. " Its ob. some brief explanat to preserve th iubstance of each great qt ;stion—not by the hackneyed ong deba resenting, in a united iervative leaders—un- the speeches of the mixed with baser matter." The work was published in num bers and parts of series, so printed that each speech could be procured separately, for the small sum of threepence, and the sale has already been great. The whole now form in one volume a complete record of the great debates, and as the compiler anticipated on the outset " deserves a place in the library, not as a matter of temporary interest only, but as serving to the politicalhistory of the period." Of the highly, talented, and truly oratorical speeches in the volume, deli vered by Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, and the other great leaders before named, we need say nothing here. Their powers as speakers, and their worth as conservators of all that would enoble our country, and relieve her from the trammels which the vicious policy of the whigs has imposed, re too widely acknowledged by the honest and enlightened Nor could we do justice to have uttered by submitted extracts eulogy from us the sentiments t to require from their corrected and eloquent addresses as here supplied. The whole must be perused with care, as we feel assured they will be with pleasure by the conservative reader. 'We cannot, however, take leave of the work without adverting to the ad '2B I mirably penned essay which form*, the " introduction" to the work, in which the author has in a masterly manner enume rated the various delinquencies of the present whig adminis tration, and their utter unworthiness of the confidence of the country. We regret that we have but room for the follow ing introductory paragraph to this portion of his subject : The confidence of the Commons in the Melboure Ministry has been distinctly tested on six occasions during the early portion of the present session, that is, between Christmas and Easter of the current year—a House of Commons, be it observed, of their own, and far in the third y ear o f it s exist ence . —and with what result They have had two majorities, Jne of nine and the other of sixteen. On the other hand, they have sustained four defeats, and the conservative ma jorities have amounted severally to 10, 16, 28, and 105 ! Yet the Melbourne Ministry maintains its place ! The mere statement of these facts is surprising ; and when accompa nied by the eloquent speeches which this work will contain, nest completely settle the question of confidence or no con- It is remarkable that, even as regards parliamentary -to say nothing conservative peers, it is fidence elonuer , in the present House of Commons and the Ihe counterpart of such a W hen a series of heads of con ive statesmen were published, a series of portraits of lers followed. Will the speeches of the Palmerstons, the Russells, the Mcrpeths, the O'Connells, the Bulwers, the Humes, and the Wakleys, appear in sequence of those of Lyndhurst, Wellington. Peel, Stanley, Graham, Goulbourn, Herries, Gladstone, Follett, Sugden, Pollock, Thesim, D'lsraeli, Inglis, and other eloquent conservatives? We believe not. all on the Side on Which argument predominates i boa whigs are alike poi NEWFOUNDLAND & BRITISH NORTH AME RICA SOCIETY FOR EDUCATING THE POOR. lball not be wrong in surmising that not many of the inhabitants of Liverpool ,re acquainted with even the exist- enee, and still fewer with the utility ar" valuable society efficiency of this Pin auxiliary society for this town and Ls been formed, and at a meeting of several A* the clergy and laity held here towards the close of last the statements of Samuel idents, relative to the re ligious state of British North Ametica, the following inte resting but lamentable particulars were elicited. _ _ neighbourhood month, for the purpose of he Codner Esq oue of the vie 1. That Newfoundland had been a possession attached to the crown of Great Britain, since its discovery, A.D. 1497. That there exists in that island an extent of coast of not of British de -22, (the year before that ) the entire number of cler- of the CI oh of opled by inhabita the year 18 and officiating in that island, there was also at that date, in existence, only one free daily school, which was at St. John's, the capital, in which school was one Bible, from which no less than FORTY female children read ante of the population is thus pointedly tice Forbes,—" Not one in twenty can tated by Chief id how can you fi people There is manifested a t desire among the people t painfully felt to receive instruction—their situation is a by themselves, and the more so I cause almost all their ctions are carried on by barter. They are .nxious for the establishment of schools 'rom the w s to build countrN titions f .e presented by him to the committee, for the extension of s state neans of education to their vas related fur ' - s of its instruction, as on of the society, in vt is to supply religi nasters and mistresses, to whom the management of the schools is committed, are ex church of England and Ire- sively members of the unit id. The committee holds em responsible to the local thoriti .g,ula r schoo: w an tin on the 1 the children the church of England. Children, however, of such parents as dissent from the church of England, are allowed to attend , rd's day, t of the Bishop, and fterwa tructed in the formularies of their own places of worst bstsaitial benefit had already resulted from the society's efforts, in proof of which he quoted the testimony of the late Governor Sir J. Cochran, and of Judge Des Barres, as well as of the Bishop of Montreal ; and let ters were read from the Bishop of Newfoundland, and from the Rev. T. Bridge, Rector of St. John's, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Newfoundland. Various inquiries were then made, by some of the clergy-, with the view of obtaining dis tinct information with respect to particulars; after which, it That it appears from the au- It was stated also by Mr. Codner, thitt linnet was resolved animously,. thenticated statements of S. Codner, Esil, that the inhabit ants of Newfoundland and British North America, have a strong claim on the sympathy and active benevolence of the Christian public in general, and of the town and neighbour. hood of Liverpool in pp-'' The secretaries d the Liverpool Auxiliary are the In cumbent and Curate of Christ Church, by either of whom subscriptions will be gratefully received, for the purpose of carrying out the laudable object of the society. THE PERSECUTED .1 JEWS IN THE EAST COMMUNICATION FROM SIR MOSES MONTETIORI TO THE LORD MAYOR The Lord Mayor has just received the following letter from Sir Moses Montefiore, on the suhject of the hon. and highly respected Knight's mission to Damascus : " Alexandria, Sept. 9, 1840. "My dear Lord Mayor,—The deep interest your lordship has taken in the cause of my persecuted and suffering bre thren at Damascus, and the readiness with which your lord ship kindly granted the use of the Egyptian-hall for the merchants on the subject, induce me to trouble your lordship with this letter, to inform your lordship, that amidst much opposition, many discouragements and fears, we have sue• ceeded in obtaining from his highness the viceroy— " A firman fur the unconditional discharge of the nine unhappy persons confined at Damascus. on the accusation of being parties to the murder of Father Thomaso. " Permission for such of the Jews as had fled to return to their homes unmolested. " A general declaration that the Jews should have the same protection as all other subjects. " It will, I am certain, impart to your lordship much sa tisfaction to learn, that so far our mission has not been in vain. More was anticipated when we left home, but the turn political affairs have taken, the agitation that prevails here, the disturbed state of Syria, and the opposition of the French authorities, have hitherto prevented our proceeding to Da mascus, or obtaining a new trial, and thus daring our ac cusers to bring proof that my co-religionists were in any way implicated in the murder. The rise, progress, and end of the Rhodes affair afford an useful lesson to persecutors, and demonstrate that where cupidity is united to religious fanaticism, truth is altogether shut out, guilt escapes, and innocence alone is sure to suffer. " Notwithstanding our difficulties, it is not our intention to quit the East without visiting Damascus, unless compelled by actual hostilities. I have the honour to be, my dear Lord Mayor, " Yours most truly, '• To the Right H on . the " MOSES MO," &NTEFIORE. Lord Mayorc. DARING ROBBERY.—A most daring robbery was commit ted, on Friday evening last, about eight o'clock, by some villain at present unknown. He thrust his hand through a pane of glass in the window of Messrs. Madder and Syred, pawnbrokers, Oldhall-street, and, grasping a small lot of American gold coins, amounting in value to about £l2, im mediately decamped out of sight. A very great outrage, particularly at such an hour, in a great thoroughfare, when the moon and the gas rendered the street as light almost as day. ST. SIMON'S BRANCH OF THE LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—Last evening a very numerous meeting of the members and friends of St. Simon's Branch of the Operative Protestant Association was held in the School-room, Moorfields. The meeting was one of a monthly series, which are producing great and exte ns i ve good. The Reverend J. R. Connor presided, and he delivered an interesting speech, showing the grounds of the Protestant cause, and the reasons why it was necessary for the people of England to combine for its defence. A num ber of appropriate resolutions were afterwards moved and seconded, and carried unanimously, and the meeting sepa rated about ten o'clock. DIATH or MR. MAnsitALL.—The attack upon Mr. Mar shall of the county of Donegal, on the 9th ult. has eventuated in death. The ruffian who 'med the deadly blow at the de ceased was admitted to bail twe take for granted that the magistrate who took the gnizances for his appearance will feel it his duty to resor to means of preventing his es cape, as death has . ensued. The dece ase d, we un d ers tand, made a most actors deposition of the circumstances of the attack, and of the identity of his assailant. The magis trate who took the deposition should issue a warrant against the person charged with the crime of murder.—DublinEven ing Post. MTeon. -- Between two and three o'clock on Friday after noon,-z while a gentleman was proceeding to Grariton Pier, and passing by Golden Acre he observed a brilliant meteor shot from a h azy cloud, which floated at no great height in the atmosphere, in the direction of Newhaven. The course of the meteor was vertically down ; the length of it, as it ap peared to the eye, was about a yard, of a pear shape, and the colour of the light that of burnished brass. Its meteor form distinguished it at once from a thunder bolt ; besider, no audible report accompanied the phenomenon. The sun shone brilliantly at the time, and the clouds generally consisted of isolated masses, with considerable spaces between them ; and that from which the meteor darted seemed to occupy a lower stratum of the atmosphere, and was of a less dense and more hazy appearance.—Scoltish Standard. Social ools. In places where churches are ce is celebrated in the school-houses, ible is