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

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1853.

THE HOOD ME7StOgIAL,
CLOSE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION.

AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB-
SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above
the Grave of THOMAS HOOD In Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec.
2d. at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription
List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and
Mess ELIZA COOK,
Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and
Mu. JOHN WATKINS,
were appointed Trustees to the Fund.
The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London
and Commercial Bank.
Contribations are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the
Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins,
Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.
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Among the subscribers are the following :
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G... • • .... £25 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. b 0 0
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, 3f.P • • ...... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P........• •.. 5 0 0
Sir William Frazer, 8art..... .. ........ 5 0 0
James Harmer, Esq.,.. ••••• • • • • • 0 0
John Macgregor, Esq., M.P..... 5 0 0
Arnold Rogers, Esq. •..••.•• • • • • • • 5 5 0
Mrs. Robert Elliot •. • • •••• .. b 0 0
Richard Dawson, Esq., M.D.. ...... ..• • • 0 0
George Peabody, Esq..• •••.•.. • • • • 5 5 0
Edward Moorman, Esq... •••••• • • • • • .... .... 5 0 0
David Salomons, Esq.. ••.. • • ..... . ..... 5 5 0
Messrs. Spalding and H0dge...........
Miss Eliza Cook. • .... ...... 5 0 0
Miss Cu5hman......... • • .... • •
Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ' at the -
Whittington Club.. • • .... 8 '8 0
Murdo Young, Esq., and family 4 4 0
Samuel Rogers, Esq.. ............... .
C. W. Mike, Esq... .• • • 3 3 0
Charles Lushington, Esq.... ...... 3 0 0
Elias Davis, Esq..• • • ~ 3 3 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ..... • . 2 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P..—,. 2 0 0
Sir James Duke, Bart., . , • 2 2 0
R. Monckton Mines, Esq., M 2 0 0 ."„'
B. W. Procter, Esq., (Harry Cornwall) 2 2 0 gat;
Douglas Jerrold, Esq....
T. K. Hervey, Esq. 2 2 0
Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office ••.. •• 2 2 0
C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. • • .... ••• • • • 2 2 0
C. W. Dilke, jun., Esq.. •••••• • • • • • • .......... 2 2 0
Edward Moxon, E5q...... •••• • • • • ............ 2 2 0
James Coppock, Esq. •
Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham . . 2 2 0
Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq , Morpeth,
Northumberland • • ..... 2 2 9
Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... 2 0 0
Mrs. Theodore 3fattin (Miss Helen Faucit) 2 2 0
A few Young Men at Simplon and Marshall's... 1 5 6
Nine half crowns from Manchester—. 1 2 6
The Right Hon. the Earl of Car1i51e......., .. 1 1 0
The Eight Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.— 1 1 0
The Right Hon. Lord 8r0ugham.............. 1 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1 0
The Hon. and Bev. S. G. Osborne • • 1 0 0
Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate).— _ 1 1 0
Lady Sandys. • •
W. M. Thackeray, Esq.... ..
Charles Swain, Esq, • • o
W. C. Macready, E•q.• .
J. Westland Marston, Esq
Mrs. S. C. Hall
Albert Smith, Esq. .. •••• .. • • 1 1 0
Lady Morgan.. _ • •
W. C. M. Kent, Esq. ... ... . ............. I 1 0
Alfred Crowquill, Esq. „,• .••• • .. 1 1 0
William Jerdan, Esq.... .
Hepworth Dixon, Esq.. .. ••• • • •
W. H. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P. • • ........ 1 1 0
C. Baring Wall, Esq., M.P.. ...... ...... 1 1 D
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.... .... •• .. 1 0 0
R. Swift, Esq., M.P. ...... 1 1 0
James Macgregor, Esq., 3f.P •• .
B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P. ••• .. • • •• •
W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P....
Sir .Tohn Kerle Haberfleld, Knt., Bristol .• • • 1 l 0
Mrs Milner Gibson •••• • . • • ............ 1 0 0
Thomas Creswick, Esq. R.A 1 1 0
J. D. Buckstone, E5q.......... • • 1 1 0
Mrs. Fitzwilliam ...
Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning 1 1 0
Horace Mayhew, Esq.. 1 1 0
Sydney Yendys Dobell, Esq. 1 1 0
C. Cowden Clarke, E5q..... 1 0 0
J. E. Carpenter, Esq. 1 1 0
Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford .............. 1 1 0
Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. 1 1 0
Eight half crowns from Preston......
In pence from Bideford
In Half-crowns, from Bristol ••• •..
In Half-crowns and Shillings..
In pence from Bristol .....
Miss Martineau
Miss Mitford • ... •• • •
Geo. Dawson, Esq.; M.A. 0 10 6
E. L. Blanchard, Esq. ......... • • 0 10 6
W. C. Bennett Esq.
A few poor Needlevroaten . ... • • 010 6
S. W. B. •• ......•• ...... • • ..............•• •• 010 6
In other slums 228 0 1

£416 13 6
Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jourial.
JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec.

CAUTION.

TO TRADESMEN, MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, OUTFITTERS, &c.
WHEREAS it has lately come to my knowledge
that some unprincipled person or persons have for some time
past been imposing upon the public, by selling to the trade and
others, a spurious article, under the name of

BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK:
This is to give notice, that I am the Original and Sole Proprietor and
Manufacturer of the said Article, and do not employ any Traveller,
or authorise any person to represent themselves as coming from my
Establishment for the purpose of selling the said Ink. This Caution
Is published by me to prevent further imposition upon the public and
serious injury to myself.
E. B. BOND, Sole Executrix and Widow of the late John Bond,
28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, London.

CAUTION.-MECHI'S MAGIC STROP.-
.. The Real Magic Strop," The Double Magic Strop," " The
Magic Strop," are all base imitations of MECIIPS MAGIC STROP.
None arc genuine without Mechi's name, which imitators dare not
put on the spurious strop; yet, strange to say, many perfumers call-
ing themselves respectable, endeavour to palm this rubbish (they
cost from 3d. to sdAach in Sheffield) on the public as Mechi's genuine
strop, although they possess no sharpening properties whatever, but
the very reverse. The well-known Magic Paste is an invaluable auxi-
liary to the Strop, and its renovating properties are truly astonish-
ing. Mechi's Razors stand pro-eminebt as well as his Table Cutlery

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The Right Bon. Lord ERSKI NE, Chairman.
Loans advanced, in sums of 101. and upwards, granted on a joint
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• one of the police. This was, however, simply carrying
out the principles of Popery, which was the same every-
where if she had the power to be so. (Hear, hear.) He
held in his hand a letter which it might interest the
meeting to hear, it being one of the last letters of Rosa
Madiai to her husband previous to the return of the de-
putation. 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
God and man ! My dear, you speak to me of expecting
grace—pardon ; but permit me to tell you that the great
pardon we Lave already received. How broken asunder
are all our conjugal rights ; our house and goods scat-
tered like dust to the wind l we. ourselves you see in
what state. And, with all that, we would not make an
exchange with all the treasures of Pharoah, 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.
If a star is again to shine for us, it can be but the star of
justice, for we have done evil to no one, but, on the con-
trary, we have received evil. Selling us fur a few frail.
cesconi (this alludes to the bribes which are known to
have been given to their ungrateful betrayers and false
witnesses), one for the sake of a shop gratis, another for
SO pieces of money, our accusers are the descendants of
Judas ! Poor souls ! I pray that God may give them
the tears of Peter, and not the punishment of Judas ;
and that one day they may enjoy eternal glory. And
if (la pariba) that poor woman who has been bought
came and asked alms'of me, as at other times, I would
still give it her ; for which God help me.—Amen.
My dear, let us be ready to do the will of the Father,
as it was done by his Son, our Master ! Let us not
be tr-dublid. —Peterwasi troubled walking on the-water,
fearing the waves, and forgot that, since the Saviour
walked towards him on the same waves, he should not
fear. He feated them, and cried out, Lord save me ?'
The hand of love succoured him, saying, ' Have a little
faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ?' Yes, the waves o

his world too often makes us fear ,and the shame is ours.
Let us remember 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 and —.' My dear, rest upon the
Lord, whether for prosperity or suffering, in bad as well
as in good health. All passes. Eternity is the essen-
tial. Be cheerful and seek to restore your health. While
there is that dear soul, do not give yourself the trouble
to write me, since He will give me news of you. God
bless you and cover you under the shadow of his wings for
the sake of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.—Amen."
In what an enviable state of mind, after all, was this
poor creature, suffering for righteousness' sake ! He
must leave further details on this interesting subject to
Captain Trotter. He would, however, remind the meet-
ing
that they had now set before them the true princi-
ples
of Popery. She talked and blustered here a good
deal about religious freedom ; but the freedom she wanted
was freedom to oppress—(cheers)—and he repeated that
they should care not to give her any facilities for that
end. Before sitting down he wished to state, that an
institution had lately been established in Geneva for
the reception of Italian converts, and, as it was con-
ducted ably, and on a sound basis, he hoped it would
receive countenance and support in this country. It
was a solemn fact, that there were in England others
besides Romanists who were doing the work of
Romanism. He heard, only on the previous day, from
a lady whom he had the pleasure of meeting, that her
sister, after sitting some time under the teaching of a
clergyman in the diocese of Exeter, had recently been
gently handed over by him to the Church of Rome. (Hear
hear.) She was now in a convent at Taunton. Let
them, then, while they had the Bible, make use of the
Bible ; and if Romanists spoke not according to that, it
was because there was "no light in them." (Cheers.)
The resolution was then passed unanimously.
The Hon. and Rev. B. NOEL moved the following re-
solution :—" That this meeting desires gratefully to ac-
knowledge the efforts which have been ma,de 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
Madiai ; and having now seen the fruitlessness of any
appeal to the humanity or the justice of the Tuscan
Government, it authorises a memorial to be signed by
the chairman, and presented to her most gracious Ma-
jesty, praying that, if that Government should continue
to disregard the intercessions of the Protestant states of
Europe, her Majesty will be pleased to take into her
consideration the propriety of discontinuing all diplo-
matic relations with a court which could thus show

itself indifferent alike to the dictates of humanity and
to the claims of international friendship and cour-
tesy." He said he was glad to take part in a meet-
ing so much in favour of humanity and religion. The
,Madiai were not dead ; they had not yet been brought
to a premature death by cruel persecution ; and
the purpose of that meeting was to exercise
an influence by which their sufferings might be, if not
terminated, at least much abbreviated--husband and
wife having been sentenced respectively to 56 and 45
months' imprisonment. While Catholic journals dwelt
much on the political aspect of this question, let them
keep constantly in mind `that it was not a political
offence for which the prisoners were condemned, but
what was termed the crime of impiety. Nor had the
nature of the alleged impiety been left to our vague sur-
mises ; in the sentence passed, it Was stated to be the
proselytism of the evangelical confession, or pure
gospel. Their offence was, that they read the scrip-
tures. If these persons were criminals, every person in
that meeting was a criminal—(hear, hear)—for they had
devised nothing more against the. Government than any
one in that assembly. 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 and gen-
tleness. Why, then, had the Grand Duke exhibited
th;s steady, dogged determination ? It was because
he was a a true Catholic—(hear, hear)—it was be-
cause he was conscientiously determined to uphold
what was sacred in his faith. (Hear, hear.) They
had heard it stated that Roman Catholicism could
change. It was not the Roman Catholic who told them
that ;he knew it to be false. (Cheers.) Romanism
could not change ; its dogmas were written in indelible
characters by that council of ecclesiastics which, calling
itself the church, had determined that persecution
should be the law of the church in all countries. The
vicar of Christ ; the man who was said to exercise
divine functions on earth, had given this direction :
" In virtue of sacred obedience, and under the penal-
ties constituted by the sacred canons, and others heavier,
even to deprivation, to be inflicted at our discretion,
we command bishops and all other prelates that they
diligently observe these same decrees and statutes in
their churches, states, and dioceses, and cause them to
be inviolably observed each by their inferiors, restrain-
ing all who contradict and are contumacious, by sen-
tences, censures, and ecclesiastical punishments con-
tained in these same decrees, without appeal, and calling
in, if necessary, the aid of the secular arm." Not only
was there this order of the Pope—the " Alter Deus
in terris," as he was often called by Roman Catholics
but the Council of Trent decreed as follows :—" It re-
mains now that the sacred synod admonish all princes
so to afford their help that they do not permit the
things decreed by it to be depraved or violated by
heretics, but that they be devoutly received, and faith-
fully observed by them and by all men. We admonish
the emperor himself and all Christian kings and princes
that they support the prelates whenever it is necessary,
by their help and favour ; and that they do not permit any
opinions opposed to the sound and, salutary doctrine
of the council to be received by the people of their
dominion, but that they altogether interdict them."
Now, what had the Grand Duke of Tuscany done but
obey and execute these commands of the Pope and
Council ? (Hear, hear.) He had interdicted the use of
the Bible because the Pope and the Council of Trent had
interdicted it. What was the difference between his
position and that of the Duke of Alva, who was gover-
nor of the Low Countries at the close of the 16th cen-
tury, or of Charles IX., who was at the same period
King of France ? (Hear, hear.) Goaded on by the
Pope of that day, Charles IX. sentenced all his Pro-
testant subjects to extermination, shot at them, while
flying, with his own hand ; kicked the dead coun-
tenance of the most gallant and glorious man in his
dominions, Admiral Coligny, and when his courtiers
complained of the smell of the body, replied in the words
—" The smell of a dead enemy is sweet." (Hear, hear.)
All this the monarch did because the Church of Rome
had taught him to do it. Pope Pius V. was sainted for
'the part which he took in these proceedings ; and by
what method could Pope Pius IX. more directly aspire
to saintship than by directing the Grand Duke of Tuscany
to immolate on the altar of bigotry as many Protestants
as he could capture ? (Hear.) He believed there were
many Roman Catholics in this country who did
not approve of the Tuscan persecution ; but they must
recollect that the Tablet, which took the lead in talent
among the Roman Catholic journals, had throughout
defended the conduct of the Grand Duke, while the
Catholic Standard, though it differed in some degree
from the Tablet, took special pains to inform them that
the difference was but small. The opinion of the editor
of the Catholic Standard was expressed in these terms :
" For a rampant, ranting, evangelical defamer, denouncer
and persecutor of British Catholics, to ask their assistance
in releasing a pair of hireling evangelisers from a Tuscan
prison is about the coolest piece of assurance on record."
(Laughter.) Was not that enough to prove that the
Roman Church has not lost its proper motto, "Se;nper
eadem ?" (Cheers.) Roman Catholics would not advo-
cate here the doctrine that Englishman should be impri-
soned and destroyed for their religion ; they dare not
say that in this country—(cheers)—but for men living
in this capital to say that it was impudence to ask for a
mitigation of the wrongs of these poor persecuted
people, and impudence to ask Catholics who might
be believed to have generous feelings, to aid in the
work—this, he maintained, was at least unworthy of
Englishmen. But let them look again at the feelings
manifested. This was the last exhibition "Lord
Frankfort is. clothed in the coarse garb Worn b the
meanest prisoner in Coldbath-fields House of Correction,
and his lordship is exempted from breaking stones upon payment of a crown a week for his prison
ydie:taniy
—junk beef, coarse bread, and oatmeal gruel
one thinks of remonstrating against the subjection ofrma