The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

THE IMPRISONED MADIAI.

PUBLIC MEETING AT EXEIT.E HALL.

Yesterday • public meeting of the ineinbe rs and
friends of the Protestant Alliance was held in Exeter fish,
" to adopt resolutions respecting the persecutions in To.
sway, and the aspect of popery in this country." The Earl
of Cavan and Captain Trotter attended, as part of the de-
putation to Florenoe, to give an account of the minion.
The room was densely crowdeA.

The chair was taken at half-put 12 o'clock by the Right
Hon. the LoaD MLTOR, the following gentlemen beir.g al
the time on the platform :—Earl of Cavan, lieu. W. w.
Chamose yo, T. Chambers, Esq., M.P., Rev. Dr. Bunting,
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq., Rev. O. Fish, Captain Trotter, Sir
Harry Verney, Ban., Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, Rev. Dr.
Scoresby, Rev. W. Close, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Admiral Vernon
Harcourt, Rev. T. Burney, Rev. Dr. Stein., Sir W. Verner,
Rev. Dr. Bull of New York, Rev. Daniel Wilson, Rev. Dr.
Anderson, J. Conder, Esq.' Rev. T. Freemantl., Colonel
Alexander, Major-Gen. Sir P. Maitland, Rev. T. Beamish,
James Farish, Esq., James Cook Evans, Esq.. Captain
Valiant, J. *Gregor, Esq., J. Finch, E.q Rev. Dr. Cum-
ming, Sir W. Baynes, Bart., J. Carter Wood, Esq., \VjI.
hraham Taylor, Esq., I. G. Sheppard, Esq., and Henry
Roberta, Esc .
The meeting having been opened with prayer by the
Rev. Dr. Maxim,

The Citalnman said he felt that the occasion was one of
deep interest and of great importance both to liberty and to
religion. (Hear, hear.) An outrage had been committed
upon the rights of conscience—an injustice perpetrated
which was adapted to awake the sympathy and arouse the
attention of the whole civilised world. (Cheers.) The
chief purpose of their assembling was to listen to some of
the facts of the cue from the lips of gentlemen of high cha-
racter and position, whose veracity was beyond all question,
and who had visited the spot and examined into the matter
for themselves. The whole subject was deeply interesting
to the minds of all who loved liberty, or cared for the cause
of religion. Their object, however, was to create a public
opinion with regard to it throughout Europe—(cheers)—
not merely to satisfy themselves by their protests, and their
pledges, and their expression of attachment to their coat.
mon Christianity, but to circulate the real facts of the case,
leaving them to leaven in the mind until the whole of so.
ciety should be leavened, and there should be one general
shout of indignation at the injustice ivhich had been perpe.
tested. (Loud cheers.) They were called upon that day-.
they would be summoned by the facts which were about to be
detailed—to act as missionaries for the scriptures, and to
contend he the inalienable right of every man to worship
God according to the dictates of hie conscience. (Cheers.)
There must be nothing negative in their religion ; they
must not be supine on this question, but must feel it to be
an all-absorbing matter, talk to their children and neigh.
boor. abcut it, and, by calling meetings and attending ie
support them, aid in • general movement in furtherance of
the object. (Cheers.) He felt this to be a question which
belonged not only to protestant., but to catholic,. (Hear,
hear.) There were, he was convinced, many intelligent
and liberal-minded catholic@ in this country ; but, if there
were also some who desired to see a certain amount of
slavery upon the human conscience, be called upon them
to reflect what could be more injurious to any system than
to shun the light, and to show that it was afraid of the ar-
gelation of that revealed word whence Roman catholic.
as well as protestants, professed to have got the great facts
of their religion ? It was for Homan catholic* to consider
whether that was good policy ; and he trusted that, when
all the facts of the case came to be circulate f throughout
the length and breadth of the land, many of their Roman
catholic fellow.subjeets would come forward and protect
against an aggression which was inconsistent not only with
the principles of religion, but even with those of humanity.
(Cheers.) The chairman concluded by reading a letter
from the Earl of Roden,-, in which his lordehip expressed
regret at his inability to attend, in consequence of being de-
tained by important business in Dublin. Similar lettere
had been received, it was stated, from Mr. Cheethana,
for Lancashire, and from Sir G. Goodman, of Leeds.
Mr. T. Cliillllll4l, M.P., moved the first resolution,
which was as follows: "That it bar been the desire and
prayer of the church of Christ, in all ages, ' That God's
way may be known upon earth, His saving health among
all nations ;' that to the attainment of this end the free
circulation of the Bible and the preaching of the gospel are
the appointed means, to forbid the use of which means is
to obstruct the progress of Christ's kingdom, and to deprive
man of his highest privilege ; that it is therefore with min-
gled feelings of regret and indigestion that this meeting
has learned that there are at this moment many Christians
immured in the dungeons of Tuscany, under no other
charge than that of reading and distributing those Holy
Scriptures, ' which are able to make men wise unto salva-
tion, through faith that is in Christ Jesus.'" He said
there appeared to him to be special propriety in commenc-
ing that long series of meetings which he trusted would be
held through the length and breadth of the land with •
meeting in the metropolis presided over by the chief magis-
trate of the City. rrom the earliest times, the City of
London had taken the deepest interest in the question of
religious liberty, and had supporud the cause with a
unanimity, a vigour, an intelligence, and • success with
which the whole world was familiar. It was a remarkable
circumstance that they should be meeting in the 19th
century to vindicate principles which it might have been
thought were sufficiently vindicated two centuries and a
half ago. They might draw from it the practical lesson,
that the very arguments which were good two centuries and
a half ago, were not only good, but &lamasery new as they
were then. Nay, in one point of view they were better
now. Two centuries and a half ago, it was open to thew
who wished to excuse or palliate the infringement of men's
primary rights, to say that society war not enlightened or
civilised, that education did not prevail, and that such an
infringement was to be attributed not to any inherent vice
in particular doctrines, but to the want of enlightenment.
It was one unfortunate result of the proceedings in Tus-
cany that it swept this notion to the winds; showing that
civilisation would not do, that refinement would not do, but
that true vital protestant religion was the only se-
curity for the primary rights of mat. (Cheers.)
He felt, and he thought numbers present would agree with
him, that there were recent indications on the continent
that whatever statesmen, senators, or governors might
desire, there was a certain influence which permeated the
whole mass of the governments on the continent and over-
ruled statesmanship ; that by that influence governments
were ruled and nations tyrannised over; that, in point of
fact, they had got to fight the whole battle over again, with
this great advantage, however, that the two armies were
drawn up La hostile array for a fair contest of principle—
(hear, hear)—and that the plain issue to be decided was,
whether • man was to be allowed to read the message which
God had sent to him, or whether be was to be deprived of
that message. (" Hear, hear," and ekeers.) Let church-
men and dissenters—sound protestant. of all parties—com-
bine together to defend the bulwark of protestantism alike
from the attacks which assailed it from without and from
the treachery which threatened it from within. (Cheers.)
The Rev. W. W. CHAMPNBYS, rector of Whitechapel,
seconded the resolution, which war supported by Mr. B.
Sieves.

The Berl of CAVAN then addressed the meeting, We
member of the deputation to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
No doubt many present had rein the correspondence which
took place with the Tuscan minister, a statement of the
subsequent application to the Grand Duke for an audience,
and a report of the proceedings, and he trusted that this
information would be printed in • portable form for
the nee of the public generally. During their
stay the deputation endeavoured to ascertain, by
means of visits to Christian people, what was
the intent to which protestant ideas had spread.
Among those whom they thus visited was one at least who
had been imprisoned since their return; and the downcast
eountenancee of numbers, showed how deep was their out-
ward oppression, though in many cues, he trusted, it was
combined with internal peace. The oppression was, indeed,
greater than any one here could well understand. First,
there was the oppression of the priests, whose numbers
almost equalled those of the army ; then the oppression of
the Austrian power; and, lastly, the oppression of the gen-
darmes; and, with all these to watch them, whether they
turned to the right or to the leg, escape was no easy matter.
They had no instruction in doctrinal matters, no churches
or chapels, scarcely any Bibles; and there was marked joy
on their countenanees when they received the smallest
portion of scripture. Some of them made an application to
the government to be allowed to meet together, with
policemen to watch over them, declaring that their
simple object was to reed God's word and unite
together in prayer, and that they had no desire whatever
to interfere with political matters. It was almost needless
to say that their request was refused, the desire of the
government being to crush protestantism, which the read-
ing of God's word tended to support. There was a touching
incident sonrected with the case of Francesco Medial,
which was not perhaps generally known. The poor man
was kept for • time in solitary confinement; and so deeply
oppressed was his mind ►by the death-like silence whisk
reigaed in his cell, that he requested to be allowed to have
his watch in order that he might hear the ticking of it.
The governor's reply was, however, that there was no need
of watches for persons of his class, and so the matter ended.
His oppression almost put him out of his mind, and indeed
Lord Roden had told him (the Earl of Cavan) that some
of the expressions which the poor prisoner used to him con-
vinced him that he was not then of perfectly sound mind.
They had all heard, no doubt, of the severity of the Tuscan
police law. Such, indeed, was the extent of that severity
that it was in the power of a policeman to have say one
in-
earcerated 8 days on the bars suspicion of having a Bible in
his possession; while • magistrate could order imprison-
" went for 12 months on the mere information of one of the
police. This was, however, simply carrying out the prin.
siples of Popery, which was the same everywhere if she
had the power to be so. (Hear, hear.) lie held in has
hand a letter which it might interest the meeting to hear, it
being one of the last letters of Rosa Medial to her husband
previous to the return of the deputation. Of course it was
a translation.

" If you knew the pleasure which the news that you are
better gave me It was very great, and tears of pleasure
covered my cheeks—for two motives : first, that God has
made you worthy of suffering with his dear Son; and,
secondly, that he restores your health. Oh! if we knew
how to appreciate the degradations that we suffer for
having confessed that there is but one Mediator between
Ood and man! My dear, you speak to me of expecting
grace—pardon; but permit me to tell you that the great
pardon we have already received. How broken asunder
are all our conjugal rights; our house and goods scattered
like dust to the wind; we ourselves you see in what
state. And, with all that, we would not make an exchange
with all the treasures of Pharaoh, or lose that holy rest
which the Holy Spirit has given us out of full grace! This
I call grace (or pardon), and the great grace. Ifs star is
again to shine for us, it can be but the star of justice, for
we have dons evil to no one, bat, on the contrary, we have

received no. Selling us for a kw frauce.coni (this alludes , I
to the bribes which ere known to have been given to their !
ga,treti-ful betrayers and false winterises), one for the sake
a shop (ratio, another for 60 pieces of money, our
accusers ere the descendants of Judas ! Poor souls ! I !
pray that God may pee them the tears of Peter, and not
the punishment of Judas ; and that one day they may
enjoy vernal glory. And if (loping.) that poor woman I
who hi• been bought came and asked alms of me, as at
other t m. s, I would still give it her ; for which God help
me.—Amen. My dear, let us be ready to do the will of the
r, as it was done by big Son—our Master ! Let us
got *melded. Petit was troubled welling on the water,
hiring the waves, and forgot that, since the Saviour
walked towards him on the same wave., he shoutl not fear.
8. feared them, and cried out, • Lord save me !' The hand I
of love succoured him, saying, ' Have a little faith, where-
fore dada thou doubt ?' Yes, the waves of this world too
often make us fear, and the shame is ours. Let us remem-
ber the holy words—. Though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for I have not
with me Thy end My dear, rest upon the Lord, whe
they 14 prosperity or suffering, in bad as well as in good
beal.h All pawn. Eternity is the essential ! Be cheerful
sad seek to restore your health. While then is that dear
▪ no not give yourself the trouble to write to me, since
Ile will give me news of you. God bless you and cover
you under the shadow of his wings for the sake of the gram
el our Lord Jesus Christ.—Amen."
la what an enviable state of mind, after all, was this
poor creature, suffering for righteousness' mks ! He mast
leave farther details on this interesting subject to Captain
Trotter. Ile would, however, remind the meeting that they
had set before them the true principles of Popery. She
talkie' and blustered hens a good deal about religious
freedom; but the freedom she wanted was freedom to
oppress—(sheen)—and he repeated that they should ears
not to give her any facilities for that end. Before sitting
down he wished to state, that an inatitution had lately been
established in Geneva for the reception of Italian converts,
sad, as it was conducted ably, and on a sound basis, he
lisped it would receive countsneesee and support in this
wintry. It s es a solemn fact, that there were in England
ethers besides Romaniste who were doing the work of
Romeniem. Ile heard, only on the previous day, from a
lady whom he had the pleasure of meeting, that her sister,
after sitting fur some time under the teaching of a clergy.
man in the diocese of Eseter, had recently bean gently
banded over by him to the Church of Rome. (Hear, hear.)
She was now in a convent at Taunts's. Let them, then.
while they had the Bible, make um of the Bible; and, if
Rosninists spoke not according to that, it was because thus
was "no light in them." (Cheers.)
The revolution was then passed unanimously.
The Hon and Rev. B. Nun moved the following rens-
anon .—" That this meeting desires gratefully to ceknow-
lodge the efforts which have been made by the Earls of
Roden and Cavan, and Captain Trotter, and by the foreign
members of the late deputation to Tuscany, to obtain a
remission of the sentence passed on Francesco and Rosa
Media; and having now seen the fruitlessness of any ap-
peal to the humanity or the justice of the Tuscan govern-
ment, it authorises a memorial to be signed by the chairman,
end presented to her must gracious Majesty, praying that,
Stilt government should continue to disregard the inter-
✓enom of the protestant states of Europe, her Majesty will
be pleased to take into her cousideration the propriety of
dire.ontinsing all diplomatic relations with a court which
.odd thus show itself indifferent alike to the dictates of
hoirrnity and to the claims of international friendship and
sourtasy. ' He said he was glad to take pert in a meeting
so much in favour of humanity and religion. The Media'
were not deed; they bad sot yet bean brought
to a premature death by cruel persecution; and
the i,urtem of that meeting was to exercise
le James by which their sufferings might be, it
not trroonited, at least much abbreviated ; husband and
wife hiving been sentenced respectively to 56 and 46
months' imprisonment. While catholic journals dwell
much on the political aspect of this question, let them keep
instantly in mind that it was not a political offence for
which tho prisoners were condemned, but what was termed
the aim^ of impiety. Nor had the nature of the alleged
impiety been left to our vague surmises; in the @intense
paled, it was stated to be the proselytism of the evangelical
confession, or pure gospel. Their offence was, that they
end the eeriptures. If these persons were criminals, every
ia that meeting. was • erimiaal—(hsar, hear)—for
devised math, men against the governenen:
than coy one in that useably. Moreover, this persecution
had happened in the dominions of a man of naturally mild
temper, whose government had been remarkable among
the governments of Italy for benevolence sad gentleness.
Why, then, had the Grand Duke exhibited this steady,
dogged determination ? It was because he was a true
nth lie—(hear, bear)—it was because he was sonscientiously
determined to uphold what was sacred In his faith. (Hear,
hear.) They had heard it stated that Roman catholicism
scald change. It was not the Boman catholic who told
them that ; he knew it to be false. (Cheers.) Romasisrn
mad not change • its dogmas were written in indelible
skaracters by that wooed of eceletisatics which, calling
itself the church, had determined that persecution should
be the law of the church in all countries. The vim
of Christ; the man who woo said to exercise
Melo functions on earth, bad given this direction :
" In Meese et sacred obedisr co, and ander the penalties
ethaltaisill by the sacred canons, and °then heavier, aeon
to demisetisei to be indicted at our discretion, we command
Wisps sled Mother prelates that they diligently oheerve
Ibmiesiini =mins and statutes is their churches, states,
Sid Iffill Mlle them to be inviolably observed each
by his lmhsime, matmdaing all who sestradict and are con-
lumisni, by maims% eseemee mod ecclesiastical punish-
Me untamed laths*, suss dimmer, without appeal, and
ealleg in, if necessary, the aid of the secular ann. Not
MO was there this order of the Pope—the " Atter
Dr im terris," as he was ofte. galled by Roman
but the Candi of Treat anied as follows:—" It re.
melee sew that the sacred semi admenish all princes se
to "lord their help that they de eat permit the things de-
filed by it to be depraved ee Moiled by heretics, bat that
they be devoutly 10111111111, emi obesrved by thorn
and by all was. We olssobb the sesperor himself and all
Christian kistp mil prime that they support the prelates
whenever it is esemsee= help and (avow ; and that
they do not permit me to the maid and
salutary doctrine of the amen torinteedived by the people
of their dominion, but dist they altogether interdict them."
Now what had the Cheri Dubs of Tammy deem but oboe
sad execute these seemoode of the pare sod onaosiff
(Hear, hear.) H. bad imterdiseed thew ef the bible be-
cause the Pops and the Conseil of Treat bet leterdieted it.
What was the difference between his ponds sad that of
the Duke of Alva, who was govermir of the Low Countries
at the doss of the 16th century, or of Mules IX., who
was at the some period King et Fraisei stn.
r, hear.)
(leaded oe by the Pope of that day, IX.
tweed all his pretests t baldest* te ext shot at
them, while dyke& with his owe bead; kicked the dead
counteaseus of the most gallant and glorious mama in his
Sonless Misled Celivy, sad when his emoting cost-
planed et the
ef mei of the body, regaled the words,
" The anal a deedsweet." (
bear) An this the so
ld beanoHear this
March of items lei taught_ lisle de IL Pius V.
was *stated he the pen obi& be teak la lbws
la by whoa maid add Pepe Plus IX. lad* directly
opine te selelthip them hy ftesde (heed Duke of
Timmy le kaatelele es the sitar of as many ps
format es be weld Illefenfe (BsoriltiZS He Wined li
thus mess raw my Mesas embolism ha this eseintry who did
••• WM* ef TeleSea_ pansostien ; bat they oast s-
eat OS the Tilde,whisk leek Ike bad la talent atom
the &sea eethilejeurnale, bed dboonsiteue &boded the
undue of the Owed =
Duke, whOs lbe Dodo* Illoodsolf. It aeon la ease dope from the TOW, took
pine to inform dos that the diatoms wee
bat met The opiates of the edits, of the Co-
amiliard was 111181111111 he then teems For
arasps, ranting, es= defamer, denouncer
poineestor of 13ritish is sik their assietaaes
10.41•4 • Per of hirel esegelbers from • Tans
atilson the molest pis
of sesarsoce oe record."
%sue thee esesolltepese that tbe Roman
ast bet to peeps sags, " thaw iodise 1"
hios.) Ism Cathelias send see ediessee hem the
aeons that leglisbnien should be ispeleseed end d
that i o-
strayed her tab religion • they dare met soy that ia this
IDastir t
um—fisilstars=ti fie sem in this capita] say
to ink die a singings of the wrongs
cubits Pmf Poteellted seek bepedeme Is ask oath °.
who might he believed to
bow memoreas hangs to aid
tbe week ninasimed, swat leen unworthy of
ablitthelee. Rat lirt then lash at the feelings mai-
boa This vie the lest sablldlion :—" Lord Frankfort is
clothed Y the awn garb won by lb, seamen prisoner in
Coldbatb-leids Hess of Camas and it' rdsbi •
as o p
exempted bin beeskiag stomas may ups mast of •
("el' • 7.111 I. his Piste distery—junk beef, ewes
break, aed ennui grueL Yet no one thinks of meson-
trjrwii:ft the
ssubjection of a nobleman who bait vio-
Beton his to this degradation. But all
with the chummy rand by a pack of fans-
enq Ole Mwhom is a persecutor I. heart, and would
be Is sstesmhistor if he or she had the power—because
two hal' oslesehdo an made luassabli to theis"
of
their
trY;" That was thought an excellent sentence, no
count;
but to kun it indicated di°
/Swell of use which he detested sw7 moms or Chet
been sted. iChrirs.) If nobles
neAfsemcd then a deputation might have been
slat Over. al Mild bare beat worthy of attention ; but
at (Hear, hear.) Why, it was the glory
t.i Ity th
then a railed the menial—(ebeers)—that
b:ssdttirtil J is neither barbarisn nor Scythian,
tywh.t",f!'w_
.(Loud !biers.) The Medial were their
101 '"lneuilissor
..uresormillrrtali7 and whither they
ue difference. It was the
'tory of this country that the
awry pwroiiteetheded equallyand in the streets
with thePes n'oblialfitny
the came do was, to secure for Florence
ihwe,er a equality
o of rights with regard to religion.
catholich editor might pour contempt on
the d,..._tpute_tioi.se IS
gue men could rail when th.y could
Pity for thes
poor%a they hat appeal from him to one who made
Pl"hif. Gladly,thee, e_. oppressed the very teat of disci-
the eh, did. he tender a vote of thanks to
4,47Www. of the deputation. It might be said that the
"mon, by its impertineut interference, had done
anthdut but rivet the chains it sought to unloose. If go, it
had marked
dmixable him"' clearly than it was marked before the in-
mitred of the Homan catholic church to pro-
7.7wra d to protestant piety. But the effect would
p there That meeting was the precursor of many
rm„t"o'f'ZLselakifi ) If
.they could not appeal to the
shit el: • catholic.gentlemen, or to their sense of
would
he believed that with numbers such
se ap
„ Pell would not be in nia—(bear, hear)—et least they
• 4,!':lgirPeal to the policy of the coldest priest, they could
Zr.:g
°O.) the policy of church winch had never beenac•
L7l_l hemit unskilful in that reneet. (Hear. hear)
.""e latetutallfw on, let them extend throughout the

land, and then • deputation larger, more sea.ous„ more ,
trembling, than that which was sent from this sountry,
would be found first at the Va;icsn, and then at the palace
in Tuscany, to say to those who held the keys of the Ma-
diaie prison, " Let them loose, or we ere undone ; you are
doing us an amount of mischief in England which a'.l your
continental moni y cannot annihilate ; you ere
euovincing the people of England that our church
remains just as bitter, just as implacable, just se
intolerant, as she wee in the days when the pro-
testant' of France, and of the Low Countries, and of
Piedmont, and of every part of the known world,were sent to
the reek, and to the stake, and to the torture, for
holding she very principles which Englishmen maintain."
(Loud and long-cond.:lied applause ) They were tilled
I epatic' for exhibiting so much sympathy for the
Madiai. Such • charge sounded strange from Ro-
man catholic'. What did the meeting think of the
following !advertisement in a Roman catholic newspaper?
' Our Ladye of Grace of Acton.—Our Ladye of Grace of
Acton has well nigh 100 poor children, but she has no funds
fur either school or teacher. Our Lady* of Grace of Anton
has a priest with a cure of 1,600 souls, chiefly poor labour-
ing men and women dispersed through the villages of
Acton, Ealing. Turnham-gresin, Chiswick, Sutton, and
part of Hrentford; but she has neither church for her
people nor rectory for her p
Acton sits in her poor damp cellar weeping. Such the sole
shelter she has for herself, her children, her people, her
priest—aye, even for the glorious presence of her son. Oh!
ens *manes qui %manias per viam"—c-an you do nothing
for our Ladye of Grace of Acton, noble and rich ladies and
gentlemen, with p:easant houses, and bright, fair, happy
children—converts who owe your happiness to this same
sweet ladye—good Christian people all, who profess your-
selves servants of Marys ? Money will console her—money
will teach her poor neglected children—money will build a
chur h for her people and • tabernacle for her son—and
nothing but money will de these things. Ah ! send, then,
some aid, even tnough the most trifling—even • postage
stamp. Never was need more dire than this." (Laughter.)
Though he thought this country might just as properly
abandon its diplomatic relations with Tuscany as with ti.e
most atrocious savage on earth, yet as diplomacy was not •
mere matter of compliment, the resolution wee, it would
be observed, very cautiously framed. What was desired
was, that they should as a nation manifest their hatred of
this atrocious conduct by eaters of the relations main-
tained, and that the Grand Duke must not expect any
friendliness from this country it he continued to persecute
those who showed their convictions. (Cheers.)
Sir H. V . ,in seconding the mol- ion, said there
was reason to believe that the royal soot .ty in this coun-
try had been exerted in favour of the ..nfortunste Medial;
and if it were, as was stated, the fan that Prince Albert
had exerted his influence with the Cou. +f Tuscany, he had
thereby added to his nosy claims to the gratitude of this
country for his 'fruits on behalf of liberty and proteetan.
tism. The time was come when there must be a protestant
alliance, not in England oaly, but fa Germany, in Selavo-
pia, and in America, and when protestant, of all countries
must unite to resist the oppressions of Rome. (Hear.)
The resolution was posised unanimously.
Capt. Tuorrzu then addressed the meeting as a member
of the deputation to Florence.
The Rev. Dr. ANDWUN moved the following resolu-
tion :—"That regarding the late proceedings in Tuscany u
indicative of the real character of popery in its dominant
condition,and Ili furnishing the fullest disproof of all those
representations that its character has been ameliorated by
which the British people have been deluded for many years
past—this meeting renews its protest against all national
encouragement of • system so adverse to the commands of
God, and so injurious to the best interests of MSS. Espe-
cially it adopts petitions to both Houses of Parliament,
praying for the discontinuance of the endows:mat of May-
nooth college; and fur the enactment of some provision
which shall secure the due inspection and proper regulation
of all nunneries and convents in the United Kingdom."
Mr. JOSIAH CONDZR seconded the resolution, which was
adopted by the meeting.
Admiral HARCOVILT moved • vote of thanks to the
chairman. _

The Lord Mayor retired toward, the close of the pro-
ceedings, in consequence of having another engagement,
and was succeeded in the chair by the Earl of Cavan.
The Rev. Dr. Srwaxe, in seconding the resolution, took
occasion to communicate to the meeting what be termed the
latest information received from Tuscany. His informant
told him that an application had been made to the Grand
Duke for an exercise of his clemency in reference to the Ma-
dial from • quarter far more influential than the deputation
sent from this country, and far more influential than the
special embesay sent by the King of Prussia ' • and that the
Grand Duke had given to that application a decided pegs
ties. There was, therefore (added the speaker) no other
determination in the ailed of the Duke, as it appeared to
his friend at Florence, than that the Medial should expiate
with their lives the crime which they had committed in
readiag God's word. (Hear, bear.)
The motion was carried by acclamation.
The meeting then sang the doxology, and afterwards
dispersed.