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London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863.

The Vicar General of KILDARE may be familiarly
acquainted (probably is) with all the intrinsic and
extrinsic differences observable between Meath and
Tuam. But between meum and tuum, when scanned
by him from one point of view (meaning his
own), he has the oddest notion seemingly that
mortal man could have. Hitherto we have been
disposed to regard that discussion to which the
motion of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE gave rise, towards
the close of this last particular humdrum session, as
very much, indeed, if not wholly and entirely a
waste of power. Introduced as it was by that hon.
and gallant member's slashing, dashing, crashing
speech against the Irish Church Establishment, it
apparently led at the time to no satisfactory result
whatever. Mr. OSBORNE, or, as his wife would
appear inclined through her half-anonymous novel
of " False Positions" to call him, the good-humoured
red Indian, or partially-civilised scalp-hunter of
Debate, the lady forgetting obviously that another
and a very different M.P., to wit, the Leader of her
MAJESTY'S Opposition, had received that very title,

pur et simple, with ali the spiteful animosity that
might be supposed to be attached to such an
epithet, unmitigated by any emollient adjective

whatever—Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, apparently,
when all was said and done upon either side of the
House of Commons in regard to his motion, so far
as one could understand it at all at the time, took
nothing whatever by it. insomuch so, that any
precipitate critic of events might, with good reason.
have maintained that, for any good that at all had
come of it, the motion might just as lieve have been
submitted to the House for consideration. Biding
our time, however, now that the Vicar-General
aforesaid, this Vicar-General (CHARLES CROSS-
THAVAITE) of Kildare, has elaborately taken up the
discussion where it dropped—doing this in the
shape of a long, and an extremely tedious, and a
triumphantly illogical letter addressed to our chief
morning contemporary the hon. member for
Liskeard turns out to have, really and truly, in the
end, taken something by his motion. The obtuse-
ness of the reasoning powers evidenced by the
Vicar-General of Kildare from first to last, in this
matter, is almost beyond belief, although authenti-
cated by his own signature. We would certainly

recommend him, if he could but make his mind up
to it in genuine earnest, to go in once more—in
every sense of the word—at his humanities. As for
the " amenities" in his instance, in anything at
all having what is called a proclivity towards
—how shall we express it ?—what is in

any way antagonistic to Orangeism that
that we must candidly confess we look upon as
utterly hopeless. The only fire that can possibly
warm the cockles of his heart, we should surmise,
must be no other than the Kentish fire! For
him there can be but one " glorious and immortal
memory." He must assuredly have been of the
self-same odd opinion once put forth by his Royal
Highness the late PRINCE CONSORT, namely, one
to the effect that the greatest Sovereign who ever
sat upon the throne of these realms was, not as
some might have suggested, ALFRED the Great—
sot as others might have thought, ARTHUR PEN-
tiOON—not,asLord MACAULAY once magnificently
Baia •
,Ris Highness OLIVER CROMWELL—No ! notte
of all these, but King WILLIAM ! For our-
selves, not
affecting anything whatever of that
monopoly Of loyalty to which the Vicar-General of
Kildare Would seem to lay such particular claim, to
the exclusion
_of So many millions of his fellow-
countryruau
f
fectedly BuneBtra
scaul© the ourselves, we would most unaf-
most
truly
the best ani greatest, be-
: Constitutional Sovereign that
has ever sat
opoone,
war, the
the very throne of England, is
still sitting there, is happily at this moment
has been reigning
over
afree a
and
quarter
happy
of a
now for more than' wholast past,
varied opinions of those
PPY
century,
people. But,
however this may be, in the
teak of drawing
, this who shrink not from the invidious
these kinds of Comparisons,
Cham-
pion of the Irish Church Establish iatest
dently the profoundest reverence for the hasgl°ris
us
and immortal memory" before alluded :o‘-‘ he
self being:the while jaundiced, by his intense
bitter prejudices, to the deepest golden andhue
of the most completely ingrained and in.
eradie.ble Orangeism. From transferrinc.
the View. -General of Kildare's letter bodily,
in all itN " lubber length " from the
7 intes to our own columns, we abstain—without
any great difficulty. But, as an inimitable specimen
of the whole of this elaborate tirade of one mortal
column and a quarter's length, and that in small
dense type, what the printers term minion, weven-
ture upon making here one extract, to wit, that of
the closing paragraph :
" I will now sum up my arguments in defence of our
church. Romanists do not pay us at all; they merely pay
a gross rent to the landlords, who are almost universally
Protestants and Churchmen, which gross rent, whether
shared between us and the landlords or net, must be paid,
undiminished by any wrong to us, as long as any property is
said in the country. But, besides, tithe property his been
reduced until it is now not a tenth of the produce, but

bi rely a tenth of a terth; so that, even if only a tenth of
t.) ►e population, we have only a tenth cf the tithe. Roman-
eta do not regard our rent charge as anything at all resew•
.bling those dues which they pay for sacred rites to their
own clergy, As to unpopularity, our clergy are the least
unpopular of Protestant teachers. Our whole unpopularity
Ties in this—that being Protestants we must be loyal, and
therefore the foes of rebels. If we prevent Ireland from
being united, it is merely as Protestants that we do so,
and the only union we prevent is a union in rebel-
lion. The unpopularity of the Irish Church began at the
Reformation, which you urged us to accomplish. This
Reformation has secured in your allegiance all English
settlers for the last 300 years, whereas you never had any
permanent snterest here before. Thus, we have created a
loyal party, and in so far caused disunion, and broken up
the hitherto firm phalanx of rebellion. For all this, and for
no other reason that I can conceive, you seem to be consi-
dering whether it might not be well to degrade us and
, establish Popery in our place; the effect of which would
be ultimately to banish all Protestants, and to restore Ire-
land to its old state of union—at least, wherever rebellion

against you was in question."
'The reasoning of all which, has surely about it
something quite ineffable in its arrogance. The
anomaly of the Irish Church Establishment—glar-
ingly visible to the recognition of millions, of Pro-
: testants and Catholics alike, throughout the Empire
—the Esta immense
b hment, iands i
n flagrant
this
is a anomalyrgumeo ts oafs t
mh art. Churcheßoss.
THIVAITE coolly calls his own simple
swept aside as a trifle of no earthly consideration
whatever. Anomaly or no anomaly, there the
ue sms ie nn gt !That
of the
thing is : and—being
theis a
a rbgl
there—it
of
ivsitohaer.tGrueen:
salumofnaKiniglduarpe"! Again, the extremely
funny twist of no-logic by which the Vi'...ar•
General demonstrates that the Funds of the
Irish Church Establishments being drawn from
the gross rents are therefore not paid by the
" Romanists" (the gross rents being paid all the
while by those said "Romanists" remember!) can
only be compared to the wondrous twist of an
arithmetical kind, by which, quite as clearly, quite
as rationally, Dr, COLENSO, the Bishop of Natal,
has proved the inaccuracy of the facts and figures
set down by MOSES in his record of the Exodus of
the Israelites. Observe, too, the meek avoidance by
the VICAR-GENERAL of Kildare, of anything in the
slightest degree bearing the least resem-
blance to what is deemed arrogance, where
he speaks of "us" as the only loyal subjects of the
Crown, and of " them" as nothing less than a band
of rebels. The Vicar-General has apparently not
the faintest notion in the wide world that " they,',
the rebels, these wretched people who are only
kept from organising a rebellion against the laws
and against the Sovereign of these realms, by the
presence amongst them of that salt of the earth;
upon the other side of St. George's Channel, the
Irish Church Establishment, have ever had any-
thing whatever to do with the maintenance or vin-
diction of those same laws, or with serving to the
life and to the death, one after another, of those
Sovereigns of ours ! The proportion of Irishmen in
the Royal Army and in the Royal Navy would
never once appear to have crossed the Vicar-Gene-
ral of KILDARE'S imagination. If nothing better
than he has here written, in this simply vituperative
and arrogant exposition of the " loyal" views of
Orangeism, can be put forth in justification of the
Irish Church Establishment by one of its own dig-
nitaries, the anomaly, under the weight of which
Ireland has so long groaned, may certainly be '
looked upon as trembling down to its utter- '
most foundations. For inasmuch as Mr.
OSBORNE'S motion has given rise eventually 1
to this fatuous " argument" of the Vicar-General of '
Kildare, it may be considered to have (no matter
how tardily) led in the end to one really good, and '
substantial, and highly satisfactory result. Like
the fisherman's casket, when opened, it appeared no
doubt at the time, in its immediate conequences at
least, to be little better than a bottle of smoke : but
out of that mere smoke of a seemingly futile and
empty debate has at length emerged CHARLES
CROSSTHWAITE, Vicar-General of Kildare !

The Overland Mail, just received, has brought
us an unexpected but satisfactory piece of news
NANA SAHIB is captured. It appears there is little
doubt that the prisoner is indeed the wretched
culprit for whom we have been so long seeking, and
there are many circumstances which render a mis-
taken identity less probable in the case of the
NANA than of others. It is a difficult thing, cer-
tainly, to be positive on the subject of Asiatic iden-
tity, if we may go by the numerous reported cap-
tures of the NANA, which have proved, after all, to
be unfounded; and it is even asserted, in further
illustration of this difficulty, that the real TANTIA
TOPEE has now been taken along with the NANA
—the man who suffered death as TANTIA TOPEE not
having after all been the real offender. But we
must remember that the NANA was a man of some
eminence in his own country. He was master of
Bithoor; he had been brought up by one of the
native princes ; his face was, probably, familiar to
many Englishmen as principal in a long cause of
litigation in our Indian courts of law. We must
remember, too, one of the darkest features in his
catalogue of crime was the fact that previous to the
terrible outbreak of 1857 the wretched man had
professed friendship for many of his future victims.
He had entered, as guest, their pleasant family
circles ; he had received them with pretended hos-
pitality at his own. Such a man is no unknown
chief whom Englishmen could only recognise
through the eyes of his own people. He is
a public criminal whom, happily, it will not
be difficult to identify, and there is no doubt that
our Indian authorities will take good care that it is
absolutely certain that NANA SAHIB and the
prisoner now in their hands are one and the same,
before they proceed to inflict the penalty so richly
deserved. If it be true that the NANA is really at
last in the grasp of English justice, his capture is
due in a great measure to himself. Whether from
some frantic scheme of again stirring up the natives,
or whether from that sort of fatality which some-
times takes possession of the Eastern mind, NANA
SAHIB has failed to take advantage of the opening
for escape, and has been wandering about British
India. It is no lack of means that has kept him in
the land so darkened by the memory of his crimes.
He had, when seized, several lass of rupees at his
command, which fact, it is observed, is an inci-
dental confirmation of his identity. It is not very
satisfactory to find he has been harboured by
various persons, and has been lately under the pro-
tection of the Rajah of BIRKANEER, whom hence-
ftpoarertlaosni:le Government must look upon with
suspicion. It seems he has lately even ventured as
Poona and Sholapoor, although, as he must
DAVIDSON
have knoTkininoh:itaolas.ogrineaant
yriEsknginlissioimdoenin.g,
Majorng
a Sergeant-Masj
sporting his capture, tells us that
and constantly the Royal Artillery,
who was formerly oj
con-
firmed the statement NANA at Meerut, has the 14th Dragoons,
at of the prisoner's identity.
thef
There are two scare on hills
cprolonged hazard of d t
afnacceesnort marked on the
account
ttifvoer rtohlol,seb.ut
it,hhee
lion, the certainty that if detectewdeacrboiw;tlliffreoeramedueilscyt-
answer for his crimes, will also a
the
whitened hair which the major notices as being
different from the NANA of old. A good many
followers have been captured with him. fhe plun-
der of his victims and of the Cawnporo treasury

has given him the means of attaching men to him
still, and it is not improbable that he has been busy
concocting some scheme of further revenge against
t
rhues
thraatteed .
He
hated English.
will h
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thence conveyed to Calcutta or C
bay under a strong guard of Europeans, and
for andfrom
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ing him on the spot hallowed by the memory of his
victims, which would impress the natives forcibly,
They would realise the power and equity of British
justice, which never forgets a crime, and the spell
s
of defeat attaching to the union of the names of
NANA SAHIB and Cawnpore would be broken for
ever, Open rebellion might be forgiven, but the
treachery and cruelty which have rendered the
NANA'S name odious to humanity, could never
be overlooked ; they have placed him beyond the
pale of pardon. His very name recalls tt.e worst
horrors of that fearful mutiny, It brings up be-
fore us the little besieged town and its valiant de-
fenders, succumbing at last not to force of arms,
but to treachery the most unscrupulous. We all
know the sad story. Notwithstanding the agree-
ment sworn to by the NANA, no sooner were the
garrison in the boats than they were murdered in
cold blood, the slaughter of the women and chil-
dren being reserved until HATELOCK'S victory.
There is no memory throughout that terrible year
so fraught with pain. It is a memory which the
execution of the traitor and the murderer will not
smother; it can only be left for consolation to Him
who ordained the noble army of martyrs to suffer
for His own wise ends. The day of retribution
has been long in coming, but at last the criminal
is in the hands of justice waiting the doom that
will most surely be his. His own recklessness,
the hand of destiny, has brought him back to his
fate when he might have escaped with safety bc-
yond the frontier of British India. Let us hope it
may be an impressive lesson to the semi-barbarous
population around, while it is assuredly a satisfac-
tion to justice and right that the murderer should
at last be called upon to answer his crimes.

According to the Invalide Busse the Western
Powers have done great harm by their interference
and had much better have let things alone. It de-
clares that it they persist in their mischievous
course, it is they,and they alone, who will be respon•
sible for all that occurs, and it will be through
them that war is rendered inevitable. The Poles,
it is said, will obtain nothing through their
meddling ; "such intervention deeply wounds every
Russian, and excites indignation and anger." Can
anything be more absurd than this ! One would
imagine from this that Russia had a heaven-born
right to trample down and to tyrannise over
Poland, and that those who made any remonstrance
were violating the law of nations, and interfering
with sacred rights. It is strange to.what lengths
men will go when their prejudice is concerned, or
when their lust of conquest and cruelty of disposi-
tion is interfered with. The Invalide goes on to
state that the Government are prepared to exhibit
the utmost clemency if they are let alone, but that
nothing whatever of a mediatory character will take
place if any more representations are made. It
will care for no sacrifices and overlook every
obstacle to repel the attempts of foreigners to
dictate terms and suggest a course of action. This
may please the nation to whom it is addressed, but
if it is expected that it will have much influence
on more independent people the compilers of
these fierce diatribes and the utterers of
angry denunciations will be deceived and disap-
pointed. From all that has been already witnessed
and observed during this sad struggle, does it not
appear patent to every one that no " sacrifice" has
been spared on the part of the Russians to obtain
absolute rule, and exercise a despotic sway over the
vexed land of Poland ? Have they not thrown into
the scale all that men generally hold most dear,
and will often defend to the utmost of their power,
and gladly perish rather than abjure ? Have not
the respect of all foreign states of the highly civi-
lised class, have not honour, humanity, fair play,
public spirit, and even common decency, been sent
as a holocaust to propitiate the offended Spirit of
absolutism ? For long months have not scenes
which disgrace the earth they tread on, and crimes
which must draw down the direful wrath of the
heavens above us, been enacted and perpetrated on
the soil of Poland ? And now we are told that no
sacrifice will be stopped at. The words can hardly
mean that the sacrifice implies the going to war
with the powers, because even Russia can hardly
compete with banded Europe; but perhaps, know-
ing the impracticability of any union between the
nations on this point, and the inconvenience to some
of making hostile declarations at present, it is consi-
dered advisable to talk grandiloquently, and to adopt
a bombastic tone, in order to impress the mind
with the might of Russia, and the strength and in-
terest of her resistance to all innovations that would
curtail the limits of her sway, or modify the dictates
of her absolutism and the decrees of her governors.
The Invalide Busse winds up by observing that
never will the Western Powers be permitted to
intermeddle with the " internal administration" of
Russia. How can Poland be internal ? It is as-
tonishing to what artifices these indignant dis-
claimers of troth and justice will resort, How
can it be so impertinent of these nations to inter-
fere who were parties to the signing of a treaty
which gave to Poland rights and privileges that
have been wantonly abandoned, and secured ad-
vantages that have been cast aside and put away
in toto. "We know that the chief cause of the
obstinacy of the revolutLnists, an obstinacy which
has ruined the country for many years to come,
is the hope they cherish of being sustained by
the 'Western Powers." These are the words em-
ployed to express the settled convictions of the
Russian authorities, and, of course, no argument
can avail with predetermined notions. If the re-
volution had begun when all was comparatively
calm, these extraordinary statements might have
availed to convince some; but when it is patent
to the world that the confusion arose
frem an overt act of the Russians them-
selves, with whose design or carrying
out no stranger intermeddled, it seems an insult to
the common sense to be told that it is through
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foreign mismanagement and unwarrantable inter-
ference that the blame must be imputed. We are
told that the intercession of the 'Western Powers is
a " dangerous precedent." This is a very convenient
dogma, and doubtless it is uttered by those who
have never laid their plans and decided on their

line of action. When it is added that it is dangerous,
because it opens the way to Europe for constant
meddling, it would seem that even if the matters in
dispute were
happily
adjusted for the time, the
Russiansinteni to
h continue the same course which
t

has hitherto created so much disturbance. Why
should the other nations " constantly meddle', it
affairs are once put straight and Poland is ruled
with moderation, and permitted to have a sort of
independence ? "Prudence," it is said, "enjoins our

Government to repel with the utmost energy the
pretensions of the Powers, pretensions offensi-,e to
our honour, and fatal even to the count,ey
interests they seemingly would suppo:g.t.), It is bad
enough to witness the perpetra whose
...ion of any deed of
cruelty or the ocourren-
,.‘o3 of any needlessly pro-