The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

MEETING AT SION COLLEGE, ON THE

MAYNOOTH GRANT.

Yesterday, a meeting of the clergy of the arch-
aise/eery of Loarionwas held at Sion College, " to eonaWler
the expedieneyg .of petitioning parlument on the
sarltt
of the endowment of Maynootn,', the Venerable A
eon Haut in the chair. The meeting was numerously
attendee', and among others present were the Rev. Doctors
Croly, Worthington, and Vivian; Rev. Messrs. Hartwell,
Horne, J. J. (jelling, Abbess, T. R. Redwar, T. P. Dale,
Johnson, Ellis, Sergrove, Wrench, Auriol,4loeichild, J. E.
Cox, Porah, Kelly, Josiah Pratt, Webber, Hill, Item,
Howe, Gibson, Streattield, Sands, Egerton, Williams, Le.
The proceedings opened with prayer; the Chairman said
the names of the clergy attached to the requisition inviting
him to call that meeting, comprising those of 1/r. Vivian,
Dr. Croly, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Dean, Mr. Altfrey,
and others would have left lain no choice, and it would
have been his duty, even if it had not been his inclination, i
at once to comply with the requisPion. The question be-
fore the meeting was " the consideration of the expediency
of presenting a petition to parliament, praying that they
should no longer grant au endowument to the College of
Idaymoth." It had been a matter of deep consideration
with him, and it was fur the meeting to consider whether a
petition to parliament was the best mode of expressing
their sentiments on this question, or whether they should
adopt the course of making a public declaration.
The lice. Dr. CROLY then addressed the meeting
touching the Maynooth grant tit considerable length, as a
theological question. If the government had merely en-
dowed error in the Nest place they were so far culpable,
but adverting to the history of Maynooth it would be found
tlut that institution hail propagated among all classes in
Ireland sentiments the most hostile to the government.
May nooth circulated those priueiples which were the privi-
leges of Itoinvnisin, and they were circulated there with an
openness which would have deeerved the name of candour,
it it had not better deserved the name of crime. They
were now to consider whether they were to state to parlia-
ment their abhorrence of such principles. From the too.
meat of the establishment of Maynooth there had been a
perpetual mos ement among the people of Ireland, and fur
twenty years Maynooth hail been the nuisance of the
empire. There were educated yearly about 400 students,
of w !vim perhaps 200 might be necewary fur the wants
of the Roman catholic church, and if that woo so
it was a " l'ropiganda ;" and were the people of this emus.
try to support a " l'ropaganda." which was labouring to
overthrow the protestant religion, and with it Christianity
itself 1 For misty years the state of society in Ireland had
been most melancholy, and she was reduced to a cJiidition
tor which no parallel could be found in any country. Such
was her misery and social disunion, that depopulation was
considered so a proridvntisl Vlalt.aloll While no porwesor of
property could lay his head on his pillow with any security
against the blow of the assassin. Society was disunited,
and almost dissolved; property had all changed hands. The
leaders of public opinion hail been driven out of the coun-
try; and the tew landlords who remained were only
deemed to be masks for the bullet of the mur-
derer. Them were only three countries in the world
1 where assassination 1•111 a trade : Spain, Daly,
and Inland. In that unhappy land assassins could 6o
sent to every part of the country, and the law was imps-
tent to punish them or to prevent their offence—could they
hesitate to ea, that the curse of God has fallen on a land
where such things were done with impunity? In one year
21,000 offences had been committed, and 1,000 only bad
met w ith punishment. The spirit be had described had
gone from the south even to the hitherto peaceled and wells
urganised districts of the north. There must be a cause for
this, and ho believed the cause to be 'emery, and the root
of popery was Maynouth. In u Weill which he
had before him, he could sea that popery hail
spread limit' all over the kingdom in spite of the oaths
which had been taken by its professors and bishops, and
dioceses had been appointed without the Last notice of the
supremacy of the Queen or the existence of the protestant
prelacy. Were they prepared to submit to the dominion of
popery ? If the Pope were to be supreme iu this country,
they would he impotent, whi.e the throne and laws were
controlled by the will ul an individual, and the liberties of
the people would be extieguislied ; they would be in the
same condition as the people of Rome, and, perhaps, have
a foreign army sent over to support this usurpation. They
had no right to amist error, or give money to support that
which they thought wrong.
The lie,. Dr. WORTHINGTON said the ',retch of Dr.
Cruly had so completely covered everything that could be
said on the subject, that he had little to add. Cp to the
present time he had had some difficulty with regard to
denying education to the ILULLAJD catholic clergy; but that
difficulty had "'mashed since he saw the powers which were
claimed tor that purpose, which were not dreamt of in any
country of the continent in which mixed education was
prevalent.
A declaration against the Maynooth grant, drawn up by
the chairman, was then discus eel, after vrhi. h it was un-
animously agreed that it should form the groundwork of a
petition to parliament.
The Rev. Mr. J•usit and the ROW. ILULTWILL HORNS
having spoken in support of it,
The lire. Mr. Aeniot moved that the President of Sion
College and Dr. Croly be requested to draw up the petition,
and that it do lie for signature by the c.crgy of the diocese
in the library of the college.
The 'tee. Mr. ItEDWAII secuaded the motion, as was
also a resolution that the petition should be presented to the
House of Lords by the Bishop of London, and to the House
01 Commons by Sir Robert Inglis.
The meeting then separated, having passed the usual
compliment to the chair.

MR. HUME, M.P., AND THE NEW REFORM

BILL.

At the recent meeting of a reform committee in
Edinburgh the following letter from Mr. Hume. in which
he lays :
After the experience we have had of the working of the
elective system, as amended in 1831-32, I called together 80
or 70 of the reformers in the House of Commons in 1849 ;
and, at their request, I submitted to the Roue of Com-
mons a motion that contained the amendments that, in the
opinion of our meeday, If adopted by parliament, would
correct all or nearly Ma whose of the abuses that now exist
in the elective system.
" I moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
national reprearatation,bv extending the elective franchise,
so that every man of NI( age, and not subject to any men-
tal or legal disability, who shall have been toe resident oe-
cupierof a hoes*, or part of a house as a lodger, for twelve
months, and shall have been duly rated to the poor of that
parish for that time, shall be registered as an elector,
and be entitled to vote for a representative in parlia-
ment. Also, by enacting that votes shall be taken by
ballot, that the duration of parliaments shall not
exceed three years; and that the proportion of representa-
tives be made more consistent with the amount of popula-
tion and property.' And after great consideration, I can-
not, in a mare condensed form, submit the amendments I
think best calculated to promote the harmonious working
of our representative system, so as to obtain security to the
persons and property of all classes of the community.
" I view parliamentary reform as a question in which the
men of rank and wealth are more interested than even the
classes which are new ezeluded from the elective franchise,
and from their jut aramitutioael share of the govern-
ment of the country.
It is, in my view, moot iespertaat 1...1.657t Mate
of Europe, for the future= sadim a 'zit;
that our elective system
is.. of the people, raw dimeawated by bass asiaded
from the parliamentary
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satisfies*. the pratosdiage et the roirmers of bleasbtw,
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ment of tams to enable elsown to give their votes
was one of the most prattle maws of bribery sad
eomption ia Wosbakestur, Southwark, and ether Waste,
Won 1831-111. sot eriabh therefore, la say the
that is made, po be raltsgsther ins away with.
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qualification; awl the et tbe Imes er rates far
which the beeseholder has wasesed thould be left in the
same category with ell ether debt. dee by tits beseebolder.

ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMART.—Yeoterday a
sqcial general meeting of the vvernors of the Royal Bea
Bathing Infirmary at Margate was held at the London
Tavern, to take into consideration the report of a committee
appointed tithe last general court to revise the byelaw' of
the institution. The Right Honourable the Earl of Win-
chilies in the chair. The report was brought forward, and
its several recommendations having been, seriatim, most
carefully dimmed by Rev. Mr. Curling, John Curling,
Esq., R. Pugh, Esq., and other gentlemen who interest
themselves in the well-doing 01 the inetitution, were with
some modifications agreed to. The malt of this revision is
almost a complete alteration in the constitution of the sets-
blistunent—a measure which its friends have for a long time
eagerly desired. His lordship haring espreased his gratifica-
tion on a 10•. e of thanks passed to him by the meeting, the
business of the day concluded.
THR GALE OF WEDNESDAY NIOHT.—In the south
of England it blew almost a hurricane on Wednesday night.
In consequence of the severity of the weather the outward
Channel Islands' mail-packet, which left Southampton on
Wednesday midnight, was obliged to bring up in the
Bakst; and the mail from the Channel Islands, which
should have reached the General Pesi.ellke at 4 a.m. yetter.
day
_morning, did she arrive before midday of yesterday.
UNTIMELY DEATH OF A PROFESSIONAL SINoER.
—On Wedneeda &Iterating, the body of Mrs. Anderson,
whose amides see hem Chlbert'ccourt, Tower-
street, Lambeth, created so mesh concern a few days so,
was found la Lambastes ; and tha lady now lies at the
Moor's Arms public-house, Row-common, awaiting an
THE COUNTY COURT'S TREASURERSHIP OF RAMP-
isms is vacant by the resignation of James Hoskins, Esq.,
of Oosport. A number of candidates for the vacant situa-
tion are already la the field.

THE KAFFIR WAR.

Last evening, a public meeting wee held at the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, to conal&er the cause. of the
war now :vise in Kaflirlaed, the policy which has been ,
pursued toward the frontier tribes, and the propriety of
memorialising government to revert to a more conciliatory
system.
The chair was takes by Mr. W. WlLeisite, the member
for Lambeth, who, after explaining the purpose for which
the meeting wee called, read an extract from a letter from
Mr. D'Syncourt, the other member for the borough,
stating that he should be prepared to concur in the benevo-
lent and ehristian views of his excellent and esteemed friend
Lord (ileuclg, and hoped to see a speedy recurrence to them
at the Cape whenever similar circumstance* should arise.
("Hear, hear," and "oh, oh.") He (Mr. Williams)
was glad to see among hie constituents so string an
interest in a question which deeply affected our national
character. At this moment we were in the humili-
ating position of seeing the flower of our army contending
with tribes of savages, and, instead of gaining gluey, as in
other fields, were overwhelmed with difficulty. We saw
that army unable to protect the colonists, or to prevent sa-
vases from running over the colony plundering and destroy-
ing.property, and murdering the people. It could not be
denied that those who lied bought the colony into that
condition were in the highest degr. e culpable—(bearj—and
he was sorry to say the condition of the Cape was owing not
to the Kafiri so much as to the arbitrary conduct and inca-
pacity of the Colonial Secretary, and Sir H. Smith, the
Governor. (Hear, hear.) We-had sent out an addition to
our force of ten thousand men—we hail spent im-
mense sums soil had sacrificed the lives of
many of our best troops ' • and, after all, were as far of •
satisfactory settlement of the difficulty as ever. In con-
clusion he would express his firm conviction, that while the
colony wits governed by the Culonial-office, and governors
appointed by it, we should never arrive at a settled peace
with the natives of Africa, or with the colonists. If we
would avoid the expense of these wars we must give the
Cape of Good flop; flee institutions, and let them govern '
themselves. (Hear.) Let the colonies have the management
of their own affairs and be responsible for the defence of
their country. (Hear, hear.) Ilud this been dons 3 sears ago
when Lord Grey first tampered with the subject of a con-
stitution for the Caps, the present war would never have
taken place—the colonists themselves would hays taken.
means to prevent it. (Hear.)
M. CHAMEHOVZOW, the secretary to the Aborigines
Protection Society, moved a resolution charging the war to
the systematic course of aggressions upon the Kaffir terri-
tories which had been pursued, with only one intermieeion,
from our first occupation of the colony ; our disregard of
the naturist rights of the natives, aggravated by our endea-
vours to undermine and destroy the influence of their
chiefs, and to the precipitate adoption of coercive measures
when considering the grievances of which the Kalfirs and
other tribes bad justly to complain, forbearance was not
less demaraled by policy than justice. Ile observed that
the question was one which bore on the financial condition,
the honour, and the Christian character of this
country. He proceeded to describe the systematic
injustice which had been pursued towards the
Kaffir' under Lord C. Somerset, Bir B. D'Urban, and
other governors, interrupted fluty by the short period
during which the milder and more just policy of Lord
Glenelg obtained. He said the eolonists, if left to them-
selves, would speedily make peace. They were anxious
for peace and to deal justly with the kitting. (An exclama-
tion of dissent.) Ile was aware that there was a small
party in the colony who wished for war, but that party was
confined to those who made large profits by supplying the
troops with provisions —those who shipped arms and gun-
powder for the use of the Kattirs (and he was informed that
but a short time ago a vessel had taken them 100 bar-
rels of gunpowder)—(hear, hear)—those who let out
waggons to carry military stores at It. or 30s.
a day—the refuse of the British population, who
" lett their country for their country's good." and who, by
reckless and unprincipled daring, obtained a footing in the
colony. These, and the military, who looked to war as
their vocation, and the only means of promotion and ad-
vancement, were the only persons who desired to carry on
this expensive and humiliating war. (Hear, hear.) Ile
was sorry to soy that the fist of extermination hail pile
forth ; he had heard that it was emblazoned on some of the '
colonial colours, and in front of the Graham's Town Genelle.
(hear, hear.) It might be an easy matter to exterminate'
100 people, but it was a different thing to talk of exter-
minating ,000,000. (Hear, hear.) Humanity forbade it,
Christianity forbade it, and if nothing else forbade it our
'pockets forbade it. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. H. H EIMER seconded the resolution, which was spoken
to by Dr. Kxux, who said he was well acquainted with. the
Kaffir tribes, amongst whom he had lived, and described
them as a brave and noble-minded race, but a race
which could not brook the annoying system of constant in-
terferenec and aggression which was pursue.) towsids them
by the colonial government. Ile advised the people of this
country to declare against that system ; for, unleu it was
abandoned, there would be no prmanent peace. But not
only woo it necessary to deal justly by the Kaffir., we must
deal justly also by the Anglo-Saxon st (tiers and the Dutch
Doers, who were as determined to tizht, and if necessary
to die, in defence of their rights and liberties as wo were
ourselves. If we did not, depend upon it, when no had
put down the Kaffir*, we should have to meet a still
greater difficulty, in the hostility of the white inhabitants
of the colony.

Mr. SIDNEY, amid some opposition, called upon the
meeting not to place implicit faith in the statements of the
paid agents of the Aborigines Protection Society, the mem-
bers of which could never find anything bad in a black or
brown man, or anything good in a white colonist.
Mr. TOWNSEND spoke in support of the resolution and
in defence of the Aborigines Protection Society.
Tho resolution was put and carried.

Another resolution, declaring that the honour of the nip
lion would be best advanced by treating the aborigines
with justice and humanity, and that by whatever means
government might attempt to terminate the present igno-
minious struggle, an investiiration into the grievances of
the frontier tribes mast form an essential element in the
permanent adjustment of the difficulty, and urging the
establishment of an open court of inquiry on the spot un-
der the presidency of impartial civil commissioners, was
proposed by Mr. Jas. BILL, seconded by Mr. RICHARDS,
and carried ; as wu another, moved by Mr. Etiamorom,
and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Limos, for memorialising
the prime minister aad petitioning parliament.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
per•

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28. 1852.