The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-12 00:00:00

CAMBERWELL PI:OTESTANT SOCIETY.

Lad night a meeting of the members of this
etwiety, and of the inhabitants of Camberwell generally, was
held at the Camberwell 11,11, iu Grove-laue, to protest
against the endowment of the ?dajnaoth College,. At 7
o'clock, when the chair was taken by the Duke of MAN-
cur-4nm, a sery numerous meeting had assembled. The
ball was crowded in all its parts ; but there were no ladies
among the audience, tie y being expressly excluded from
the meeting. Among the cleraymen and gentlemen on
the platform were the 1t.,,. Dr. Trench, D. Moore, S.
honer, S. Bridge, Hutchinson and Day ; and W.
Erie, It. A. Grey, %V. Atkinson, J. Hart, G. Pueblo, John
I Guest, Ilughc3, Oldharn,— Dawes, and W. Scorer.
The proceedings of the meeting having been opened by
prayer,
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on ite num-
bs no. Ile said that the met ting was aware of the distinc-
tion drawn between principles and the individuals profess-
ing them. They might hate the principle but love the in-
disidual professing it ; and hating the principle of popery,
as destructive to the social, politic il, and eternal welfare
of the individual, he hoped they would ascribe any
warmth of exjrcssion to love to their fellow subjects.
Without further preface hill Grace called upon,
The ltev. Mr. J ENNER, Who stated that a society bad
lately been formed with the object of opposing the progress
of popery. The society urieinated with twelve lay gentle-
men of the parish, all of whom were members of the Na-
tional Club, but acting notwithstanding independent of
the club. The National Cluh had shown its sympathy with
the meeting by sending to it the noble chairman and several
speakers.
Col. Sir D. MACK %YOUTH moved the first resolution :
In the opinion of this meeting the aggression of the
church of Rome upon our protestant state and constitution
loudly call for and justify a system of seltprotective mea-
sures on our part, and that it is the duty of every protestant
to unite for the purpose of opposing and restraining in
every possible way the aggressive principles sad practices of
that apostate church." The gallant colonel denounced the
spirit of popery, hissing bad experience of is from a long re-
sidence in Italy. Ile considered that the people ought to
unite, an the resolution expressed it, for the purpose of
putting such a spirit down. (Cheers.)
Mr. SMITH CHILD, M.P., seconded the resolution. It
was time for the country to begin to look after itself.
Protentsintom, he continued, was the life and soul of our
political, social, and religious liberty. (lieu.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.

Mr. FREWEN, M.P., moved the second resolution—
" That in the opinion of this meeting the time has now
arrived when a vigorous eSort ought to he made to wipe sway
the national sin created by the ei.tablishment and payment
of colleges founded for the education of Itonaish priests, •
measure which had failed se a political expedient, and
which could hot be justified on Christian principle."—Tke
hon. gentleman said that ho bad visited the colleges of
Maynuoth in the year 1846, and had found that all the
stories told by the newspapers of that day of two or three
pupils sleeping in one bed, of half a dozen being
in one room, and of the hall not being sufficiently large or
fitted out. were all untrue. Every pupil had a bed to
himself, and the hell wag as large and in as perfect order es
that of any college in England. The college held and main-
tained 640 students, at the expense of the taxpayers of this
country. To show what these students were taught, the
gentleman read a very long extract from a document
addressed is Sir George Grey by the Rev. Mr. M'Neill, on
" National Sin." in which the reverend gentleman endea-
vours to prove that every possible distortion of principle
that can bo deilocirl from Paley's Natural Philoso-
phy, theft at proper times and places, &c., are
taught by the Roman catholic priests at Maynooth.
Similar distortions of principle the honourable member
declared were taught in the National Schools of Ireland,
which were also paid fur out of the pockets of the English
people. The hon. member for Birmingham (Mr. Spooner)
had put a notice on the books of the House of Commons
respecting the National Schools. Ile (Mr. Peewee) wished
that it was at once • measure fur the repeal of the act of
1846. (Hear.) The Maynooth grant was a carbuncle—(a
laugh)—on the English constitution, and could not be got
rid of at once. The exertions of the whole country were
necessary. When a change took place in the
representation of the people and a general elec-
tion was not far off —it would be advantageous
if the electors of every borough and county made this
question one of the points to be subscribed to by their can-
didates. (Hear.) In the course of a very few days, there
would be an election for Rest Kent, at which the principles
of proteetantism would be maintained by one who, he
hoped, would prove the successful candidate.
The Rey. MOORE seconded the resolution. He de-
clared that this country was not pledged to the continuance
of the Maynooth grant. When the act of union between
England and Ireland was accomplished, it was agreed to
that an average of the sew paid by the Irish legislature
for ail years previously to the religious and benevolent
societies should be continued by the united legislature.
That average was found to be 7,0001. The present grant to
Maynooth was 30,0001. a year, and surely the colleges
could not be classed among the religious or benevolent
societies of Ireland. lie denied their religion, ea well as
their benevolence and charity.
Tbe resolution was put and carried accordingly.
A resobitioa pledging the meeting to petition parliament
for the sepal of the grant to Maynooth was moved by the
Rev. Mr. Joiner, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Stephen
Bridge, both of whom dwelt in the most szeggsested lan-
guage on the doctrines taught by Liguori. The resolution
was carried, as wee also a vote of thanks to the chairman,
which was duly acknowledged, after which the meeting
separated.

DEATH or LoaD DINOI3BI4.—Ws 'et to have
to reeved the death of Lord Mamba% whit took piece
rather suddenly on Tuesday, at tsar Oahe& a.m., at Kim-
mel-park, near St. Amph, Wales. His Meek*, while at
dinner on Sunday seeming, had • pushy*
quently to which his lordship never riagissil asassionsases,
sad expired at the house above named. The assessed,
Wm. Lewis Hughes, Baron Dinerbes, se itamel-park,
county Denbigh, in the peerage of the thaw' ism,
was eldest eon of the Rev. Edward Hushes sad Mary,
second daughter of the Rey. Robert Lewis. The late pow
married, Seat—namely, March 8, 1806, Charlotte Mar-
pnt, third daughter of Mr. R. W. Grey ; and
esseadly, in 180, Miss Smythe, daughter of Mr.
Mama Smythe, of Ballynatry, and sister of the
Prism of Capua ; by both raaniages hie lordship leaves
Wm; his son, William Lewis, born in November, 1821
(who is usfortunatel7 incapable of entering on the legisla-
tive astir of his position), succeeding to the title. The
WM bed was in his 135th year, and was • member of the
ileelleal Commons till his elevation to the peerage in 1831,
He was maim commandant of the Anglesra Militia, and an
aido•direamp to the Queen. His late lordship was a great
=friend of his late Royal Highness the Doke of
and was one of the erecutota of that prince.

MRICHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN INSURANCE
C .—AN Enormous Cau..—Yesterday A meeting
in this matter was held before the Muter in Chancery, Bir
Win. Horne, to make a call of 254. per share, to pay off
outstanding liabilities, amounting to 80,0001. Mr. Baggally
appeared as counsel on behalf of Lord Talbot and Mr.
Winthorp, and stated that if the call was enforced his
clients would have to pay some 60,000!. between them. He
opposed making the call on his clients, on the ground that
it ought, according to the law laid down by the courts
above, to be assessed upon the contributories in proportion
to their individual liability. The Master decided that,
under the extraordinary provisions contained in the Joint-
Stock Companies Winding-up Act, he had no alternative,
however ruinous might be the result, but to declare
the call; Lord Talbot and Mr. Winthorp (apparently the only
solvent subscribers) having been tiled upon the hat of (until.
butories as liable to that extent. He could not at the same
time help expressing greet regret at the facility which the
registration of Joint—Stock Companies Act gave to the pro-
jectors of speculative and disastrous undertakings to in-
volve others in these frightful liabilities. Mr. Roxburgh
observed that the consequences resulting front the Regis-
tration Aet, entitled it to be struck out from the statute, at
large. The company in question, and not fewer than four
others, were the offspring, within less than a year, of one
unprincipled protector; and men of straw by multitudes,
who could not now pay a farthing to discharge its debts,
leaving the onus on the few wits could, and who were de.
coyed Into the scheme, received at the rate of le. and 2e. •
head in the lowest purlieus and pothouses to sign the dam-
mentobtaining regutration. Mr. Ilaggally gave notice that
his clients would appeal against the case,