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.without mercy all the " spies in the camp." If this be
done boldly and avowedly, and the reason fairly expLiined
to the people, Ministers may reckon on their support; for
every body is aware of the absolute neces,ity of a strong
Government. _

(From the Elyin Courier.)
The way in which the people have conducted themselves
on the loss of that great measure on which their hearts
were so much bent, is infinitely creditable to them. Their
sorrow and disappointment were unbounded ; but still they
respected the laws of the land. Is not this of itself " de_
monstration strong" that they are worthy of the privileges
after which they aspire ? The spectacle of s people pressed
down to the earth by a load of wrongs which might well
break the back of Atlas himself, and yet scorning relief
through any other than constitutional means, is one of the
noblest ever yet exhibited. As to the course which the
Right Reverend Bench of Bishops, the Lords Spiritual,
&r.--we wonder if the apostles had any such splendid
prefixes to their names !—as to the course which those
politico-ecclesiastics pursued on this occasion, we are not
disposed to say touch. Indeed it is not necessary we
should. Their conduct speaks for itself, and that in such
loud tones as will be heard in the remotest corner of the
civilized world. If their late votes have been adverse to
the beat interests of the country, they will prove doubly
inimical to themselves. They have struck a blow at the
Church which will ultimately, perhaps more speedily th in
is gene ally supposed, bring her down about their ears.
(From the Scotsman.)
- One result of the late vote has been, that in every coin.
pany you now find the question started—" What good end
is nerved by the Bishops sitting in Parliament?" Legal
writers say that the seats of the Bishops are a compensation
to the Church for the virtual abolition of its high court,
the Convocation. But it is instantly replied, that the
functions of the Convocation, like those of our General
Assembly, were entirely confined to the concerns of tde
Church, while the Spiritual Peers incessantly busy them- •
selves with temporal matters ; that the presence of the
Bishops in the Upper House, if meant for the advance-
ment of piety, or the purification of the Church, has served
a purpose directly the reverse ; for non-residence, plurali-
ties, simony, and a thousand other abuses, so far from
being checked by these ghovly legislators, seem to have
been expressly protected and cherished, and the Church,
under their stewardship, is confessedly ten times more cor-
rupt than any other church in the three kingdoms. They
say that Episcopacy being the religion of one-fourth part of
the people only, great injustice is done to the Catholic,
Presbyterians, and Dissenters, in denying them a propor-
tional share of representives in the Upper House, and in
subjecting every public treasure which affects their rights
to the controul of thirty clergymen of a rival and hostile
sect. They ask whether, is a liberal age, the Bishops, a,
a body, have not been as illiberal as the Muftis of Con-
stantinople; whether, since the Revolution, trey har•e
ever, collectively, given one rote in favour of the rights of
the people ? Finally, they ask, whether there is any na-
tional folly on record, equal to this, that while so many
are willing to plead the cause of darkness and despotism
gratis, the people of England pay away a quarter of a mil-
lion per annum to thirty men, as a premium for support-
ing ignorance and intolerance ! These arguments may, or
may not he sound ; but they are in every body's mouth in
this enquii ing city ; and we expect by and by to see peti-
tions sent up, praying Parliament to suppress the Episco-
pal Bench as a nuisance !

(From the Limerick Evening Pelt and Clare Sentinel.)
The Lords, both lay and spiritual, who, as a pretext for
ths-ir votes against Reform, were persuading themselve.
contrary to their well known conviction that the question
was at the time retrograding in public opinion, are begin-
ning to feel the effects of their self-delusion. Of this we
are already certain, that, such has been the effect of the late
demonstration upon their lordly nerves, that five of the
Bishops have attorned to the King since the dh;ision, which
must, according to others, hare arisen nom their haying
.übsequently taken a seat on the stool of repentance, for
daring to rebel against the head of the Church, and thu:
leading in a real revolution to separate the Church and
State, those Siamese twins of the British Constitution !
(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.)

THE Brlicit or Brsnors.—Every sincere friend of the
religious 'department of the Established Church must ere
this have been convinced of the necessity of severing the
connexion between that Church and the State.. This con.
nexion is properly designated by every candid churchman
—even as an adulterous—a profligate alliance—bringing
odium upon the clergy—making the State a scene of tu-
mult,ener a andto object rather
this f
~
fact—that
otahtahti ng
whereverth an of
v
there is a State religion, infidelity, and irreligion have sup-
planted the Gospel. Aid the reason is obvious. Man-
kind naturally looks with an eye of hate upon the gorge-
ous:l 'lls
temporalities—upon the arrogance and pride of a body
of men who ought by their vocation, to be preachers of
peace and models of meekness and purity—but whom a
connexion with the State and a monstrous intermeddlinu
political strife and intrigue have seduced into the broad
way of worldliness—who, from being teaelers of the
Gospel become soxers of discord—who, instead of con-
vetting sinners to the path of rectitude, follow themselve.:
and Dail others into—the road of unrighteousness
breeders of religiouo animosity—inflarners of the bad pas-
.ions of human nature—rapacious—insolent—haughty
beyond en tut ance—uncharitlible—and tyrannous beyond
comparison or conception. These are unfortunately the
c •aracteristics of political churchmen in all ages and ;io all
countries: and hence tuises the very natewal error of
these—and they are the majority —WhC. visit the sins of
the clergy upon the Church, and imagine that because the
lives of the one are bad and immoral—the doctrines of the
other inu•t be vicious and corrupt. This state of things
is strikingly evidenced in England and in Ireland. Pro-
testantism is the State religion. The Bishops and Clergy
of the Establishment are now become universally odious—
;aid the professors of that erred are daily falling of from
the fold, and either chuse some new faoglied religion of
their own. or adopt the ready-made opinions of some other
sect, or plunge at once into the depths of infidelity. The
fact is—the doctrines of the Established Church are wither-
ing before the baleful blasts that blow over them ~oat the
Treasury. People think—and is the opinit-4i sot justifi.
able?—that no man can serve trga masters—God and
mammon—and they say that a political Bishop—a par-
tiz in in Parl:ament—eG,L,not be a good clergyman—cannot,
honestly and fa,ithiully discharge his spiritual ditties. And
so say we—and so says every man in the community who
is not a particeps criminis—,4 partner in the rich spoils of
the establishment-41 prieflier in possession or expectancy,
by the plunder of the poor. Till the Bishops are remove
from the House of Lords, the country cannot be sati4ed
nor the interests of religion duly served.

BISHOP OF W
theil
I.NcliV.STElte----Last week the
inhabitants of V.;:,rawn, Surr.*:,,,, made an effigy of his
up over the Market-house, and
th@ nseXt 44Y ,;,,_;,,,fitted it to the flames, in honour of his
tatkllu House of Lords against the libertiesof mankind.

BISHOP OF EXETER.--TilC excitement
throuv,h the country is intense against the Bishops. A,
our city meeting, on Saturday, three distinct and almost
unanimous groans were uttered, loud and dgep, for the
Bishop of EXETER, distinctly marking the popular indig-
nation at the conduct of the diocesan. An intention of
burning him in effigy is rumoured, so strong is the feeling
of the people. It were better he were translated to some
other diocese, if one could be found where his services
could have mote chance of benefit. Perhaps his Lord-
ship's family popularity at Gloucester would afford him a
field of usefulness.—lVestern Time.

THE BISIIOP or DURIIANI BURNT IN
Ficv.—As soon as it became known in Auckland that
ts
,o1;tr;:ut
the Bishop of DuattA3l hail voted by proxy against the
Reform Bill, popular feeling was excited to a great pitch,
hat place, in
lit with his Lordship in
aonniderontoStaetsutirftyla
their
-risri:eeeded to burn it in the
overy
epffia rgaydteldi
elt%c,hheaer:st;
ere.ageftatseterbsy,,
ottliLityncgh
giliritsapthpen)ibruit,lpttaiita,tniit:eronf
in contempt
The assemblage of people was very consi.
Market-place.
derable, hut as soon as his Lordship was consumed, they
quickly dispersed.—Durham Chronicle.
It is with sorrow we learn of the depressed
titate of the carpet trade at Kidderminster. Numbers t f
the weavers are out of employment, and we understand,
that the stoppage some months ago of an extensive manu-
facturing house, has ever since withdrawn no less than
1,2001. weekly in the shape of wages from circularion
amongst the workmen. It is hoped, however, the c
cern alluded to will shortly be enale!ei to lesu.ne busineFt.
Woreethr Herald.