The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

STATISTICS

OF THE ROMAN

CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.--In England and Wales there
were 540 churches and chapels, In Scotland, eighty-ovo ;
besides twenty-two stations were Divine service is performed.
Grand total of Catholic churches and chapels in Great Bri-
tain, 622.

CATHOLIC COLLEGES.—In England there are eleven
Catholic celleges, viz. —St. Edmund's, Hertfordshire ; St.
Peter's, St. Paul's, and St. Gregory's, Somersetshire ; Stony-
hurst, Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Staffordshire ; St. CuthberVii,
U,haw, Durham ; St. Lawrence's, Yorkshire ; St. Edward's,
Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Derbyshire ; College of the Immacu-
late Conception, Leicestershire. In Scotland, St. Mary's,
Blairs, Kincardineshire.

CONVEN rS.—London district, 12 ; Central district, 8 ;
Western district, 5 ; Lancashire ditrict, 4 ; Yorkshire
district, 2 ; Northern district, 2; Scotland district, 1.
Total, 34.

1110NASTERIES.—Central district, 7 ; Western district 1.
MISSIONARY PRIESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, ENG-
LAND, AND WALES.—London district 135 ; Central
district, 132 ; Eastern district, 39 ; Western district,
68 ; Lancashire district, 173 ; York,hire district, 68 ;
Northern district, 61; Wales district, 24. Total, 714, in-
cluding Priests without any fixed mission. In Scotland,
Eastern District, 25 ; Western district, 44 ; Northern district,
24 St. Mary's College, Blairs, 5. Total, 98. Grand total
of Missionary Priests in Great Britain, 818. Of the 766
Priests contained in the alphabetical list of last year, only
eight have died, and eight more have retired or gone abroad.
Exclusive of these last, the increase during last year is forty.

PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL RE-
MONSTRANCE AGAINST SLAVERY.
(From the People's Journal.)
The abolitionists of America have always coveted the ex-
pression of sympathy from abroad. Subject, as they con-
stantly are, to the deadly hostility of the slave-holding
interests, they are cheered and invigorated by every voice—no
matter how remote its source—which pronounces a condem-
nation of slavery, and demands the liberty of the negro. The
cause of emancipation in America depends, in a greater
degree than may be supposed, upon the bearing assumed by
the friends of freedom in England. Reciprocal influences
prevail between nations as among individuals, and one nation
may determine the conduct of another nation, as effectually
as one man may exercise a suasion upon the mind of his
fellow-being.
See how the flame kindled by the Anti-corn-law League
lights up a kindred element in European nations—they have
caught the spirit of anti-monopoly, and are " up and doing."
The applanse with which the champion of free trade has been
everywhere greeted, attests that the eyes of Europe have been
upon England during the recent struggle—and that her ex-
ample has extended its influence wherever mis-government
exists. The struggle for free trade will also inflnence future
revolutions with a tremendous power. It has demonstrated
that the earnest but peaceful assertion of truth and right is
sufficient for the overthrow of the harshest despotism, and that
the power of mind is more potent than that of the sword.
The world has b?en taught the grand lesson—that civil
anarchy is not the necessary prelude to the establishment of
civil right.
If the good works of Englishmen may excite emulation in
the breasts of their brethren of France, Germany,. and Spain,
how much greater will be their influence upon a people
speaking the same tongue, having the same common origin,
and united to each other by links of the most inseparable kind?
Who amongst us but has some tie—in addition to that of the
common brotherhood—upon the extended soil of America ?
Who has nn friend, no schoolfellow, no relative
within the great
boundary of American rule? England, perhaps, more than any
other nation, owes a duty to America; and certainly r.o other
people can perform such a duty so effectively as the English. We
owe it then, as a duty to God and to man, and to Americans espe-
daily to Speak out against the dreadful oppression of which
the black slave is the victim. And there are many reasons
why the voice of England should be heard now. The spirit
of emancipation is just taking deep root, and it becomes every
lover of liberty to foster and encourage its growth. The
American Abolitionists have been led to expect a loud and
unmistakable expression of sympathy from England—they
look for it, and they must have it—and it must be equal to
their expectations ; not a weak puny murmur that shall die
away upon the wind, but a voice that shall strike the ear of
humanity throughout the whole civilised world, and quicken
the blood in the hearts alike of the doers of evil and of good.
There must be a stir in the moral elements that suit excite
each one to ask of himself—" Am I on the side of right or
wrong?"
But how shall this voice be expressed ? Shall it be by a
word now, and another then ; one uttered here, and another
there? Or shall the voice of England against American sla-
very be one loud, united, and earnest protest against the prat.
tices of the oppressor?
If, as we are told, an address signed by 300 English people
encourages and invigorates the American abolitionists, by that
mysterious influence which sympathetic feeling never fails to
impart—how much more the voice of 3,000 ? bow great the
expression of 300,000 voices ? or, one glorious step further—
say how mighty in its effect the united declaration of three mil-
lions of men, women, and youths of Great Britain, against the
enslavement of the negro race ! There are three millions of
slaves in the United States—are there not three millions of
people in Great Britain who will sign a friendly remonstrance
against American slavery ? Will not every man assert the
right of his fellow-man—every woman the right of her fellow-
woman—to freedom ? Yea; all this may be done—it only re-
mains to set about it with an earnest resolution.
The writer may be said to be sanguine, and he has reason to
be so. A few years ago, he sat with five others in a room in
Manchester, and there he proposed a National Petition to
Parliament, praying the right of suffrage fur the British adult
male population. Yes—when it was proposed there were only
five persons present—and he afterwards betook himself to soli-
tude to frame the prayer of the British people to their rulers. A
few months afterwards, and his was the joy to see that petition
borne down to the House of Commons upon the shoulders of
sixteen sturdy men—the monster petition, banded around with
thick ropes—signed by three millions and a half of the British
people—cheered by the assembled multitude as it passed along
—obliged to be parted in twain ere it could be passed through
the doors of the House of Commons (a full House of Members
had assembled to meet it), and though they granted not its
prayer, still within and without the doors of that House, it
created a conviction and a power which have imperceptibly
assayed the subsequent work of peaceable and just legislation.
He would like to see a remonstrance against slavery, ad-
dressed to the American people, through their President,
signed by three millions of the British people ! He hopes to
look upon the grand spectacle of this remonstrance being
borne through the streets of Liverpool. and then committed to
the Great Western for its transatlantic passage. Such a do-
cument will find willing recipients on the shores of New York;
and its undoubted effect will be the creation of an irresistib,e
slave
? En
moral power,
r,iithimats_halwl
Englishmen—we
do t :andeffectmatelly w
tbhye
nforete?dom of the

31r." :FERRAND would trespass on the House while
he called the attention of Hon. Gentlemen to the con-
duct of the poor-law auditors. It would be difficult to
describe what injuitice was inflicted on the poor
by these functionaries. He-would be able to convince
the House. that it was their duty to rescue the poor from
the clutches of these poorslaw auditors. He would Men-
tion one instance of the harsh conduct of these officers.
It was the custom in the , town where- he
resided to direct the parish constable to relieve the poor,
and he was in the habit of providing the destitute with
a lodging, food for a short period, :and a small sum to
assist them on their road. But what was the case at
present. Why, the poor-law auditors had intimated to the
constable that .he should discontinue the practice.
The auditora of several unions had threatened to com-
mence actions against the guardians if they gave relief
to any person is opposition to the orders of Somerset-
, house. He hoped the House woull take immediate
steps and inquire into the charges which he had brought
forward.
Mr. B. ESCOTT was convinced that half of the mise-
ries resulting from the administration oldie present poor-
law arose from the ignorance or laziness of those ap-
pointed to administer it. There was no law prohibiting
out-door relief; there was only an order of.the Poor-law
Commissioners, and even .that was not absolute.
There were several exceptions to the operation of
that order, such as cases of sudden emergency,.
On a former occasion he asked the Right Hon. Baronet
opposite whether the power of regulating out-door relief
lay with the Commissioners or board of guardians in cases
of emergency arising. He said he would take some time
to consider the point, and in a day or two he returned
an answer to the effect, that the board of guardians were
alone the judges of what should be considered cases .of
emergency. If so, what right had those guardians to
say to the poor men, who had lost their food through
the failure of the present yeart that they
could not be relieved out of the workhouse ?.
The guardians had no right at all to act in this manner.
Feeling apprehensive that
.the distress now prevailing
would increase greatly before the next harvest, he was
desirous that the poor-law guardians should know'the
powers reposed in them, and exercise them in a proper
manner.
Mr. SPOONER agreed with the Hon. Member ,for
Manchester, that the guardians should know their duty,
and the powers conferred on them by the law. He knew
however, that in cases where the guardians ordered out-
door relief, the auditors disallowed it. He knew of an
urgent case in Worcestershire, • wherein the auditors
refused to sanction the relief ; the item of relief was
struck out, and the guardians charged with it.
• Mr. P. BORTH WICK agreed with berth his Hon.
THE LORDS' ADDRESS .-•=r is afternoon the Ad. .F_rie_ nds who had just spoken: The One stated- the law
il
dress of the House of Peers, in answer to the Speech from the of the case correctly, and the other the facts which had
Throne, was presented to her Majesty at Buckingham resulted from its administration. For his own part, he
Palace. Lords Hatherton and Carew, the mover and believed the law was bad, because it vested unconstitu-
seconder of the Address, went up to the ]lace,Plac with I,l;hheierh tional power in the hands of Commissioners ; and the
wands,- and presented the Address to her jn6B,land thee facts which had just b
nistration of the law was as bad as the law itself.
been stated showed that the admi-
was no procession, as is usual on such a
whole proceedings were conducted with the' utmostsio privacy. The motion was then agreed to:
•
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. ADMISSION OF SUGAR INTO DISTILLERIES.
19.—The sales were—Caledonian, New. ls. dis,—Glasgow,
Great Northern I (London, and ,at ,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER wished to askthe Noble Lord
Dumfries, and Carlisle, Ns.
Teri,. Reg ), p.--Mw!chester, Buxtusi, and Mat,oo,. ;) • O. toe Govern/swat, wh‘ither :it, was his in-
ca;lle and 115--Ditto, New; 141/2 tendon OR Friday next, to the t•i,izo of the 110 u,..
Ta;tle.and Berwick (North Shields), 1314 p.—North British, uPon a permanent measure with regard to the employ-
Thirds, 525. 6d. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 408. 6d. p.—Ditto, Ex ment of sugar in breweries and distilleries ? Was the
ension, 15s. 6d. p: measure to be perm ineut or only for a Malted period ?

6.....

• °Friday night
Lord JOHN.RUSSELL replied, tint n ,for
the House
it was the intention of Government ton ries
r in brewe
a resolution empowering the use of sag
rouse
and distilleries ; anrialtergards, if the I
it into
the lesoietion, to propose a Bill
_for -o• 7-70 an, para..
effect, which it was not intended to .ileevqr,
cular period.. It would be'pefreetly eoloPP' 'e-tnin"g the °Pr
lOrthe Hon. Member to propose a clause lin itd
don
.COlisi era
ration of the Bill. Perhaps it was. worthy of t instance,
whether it would not be advisable, in the. Firsds joke
to limit the Bill for a given time, ar:d after rot
it permanent.--(Hear, hear.) 111
se agreed to
s, IsTG✓
- • CAPTAIN WARNEIVS LONG 13.- we Lord
Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the .0'1) cerain
whether any report had been mad'e mber the
Warner's long range, and if they 3, table
'Noble Lord had any bjection to by it 11P°:'
of the House. - bad be in
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that -thera t
a report made, tut before he could cc ;went to 14
upon the table of the U use, he must lo( at ever.
M t
• ILLBANK PENITENTI. kirti•the
ro
,Llr. T. DUNCOMBE said it.would b. $ iti 'f the lass
ctioa of the House, that towards the )lose ° fed to
oto
vision of Parliament a Commission %v.: is save co:n-
il:quire into the state of Millbank pris a petition
mission was nominated in consequent P.°f to kr°
which he presented on the subject. lie Wisbe ~„00 tie
whether Government had any objection IIY 7neetetl
table of the House the report and e lenae
• ht with the ry.
Sir G. GliqEY replied, that within th.s tastf°:tCnieglsuiia
s
had received a report, signed by u
oof with l:"
sioners, together with the evidence ec nueetethe ensues)
and he should have no objection to act" to
of the Hon. Member for Finsbury.. •
THE ADDRESS. the d°.
Mr. HOWARD brought up the repot •ton
Tnn. a
On the questions that it be read,
Mr. HUME rose and said he wished W
observations upon the subject of the Ad dreSeea-t nighthe, had not an opportunity of deliva ring .of public
He had been always opposed to the sy'st"l
°f IDoiie9
works, and he had proposed that a lan of PI
ought to have been expended in the c
land, for which it should have been respon OW!
to call attention. to the state of the I bour.-p g
fiv
in -England. Every labouring man wa s sterol: tole
the calamity, and the patience with whi the• 0. ,'",;(1
-suffering in -Scotland was beyond e ItPre'„l Ire'fket
hoped the present calamitous eondi don istense d.
would not carry them away from affoi.6.ling ass sfiliete
another portion of the country sit nilarlY, of
The recital of the sufferings of the Petle /bat the
-land was perfectly harrowing, and I lowe'than s,
condition of the country was arge, -tab° 5",...;
other in Europe. The omission °I SPe,e;c,
ject of national education from the gut" ceiia:;','o •
had caused the utmost surprise i the 610'7
because the introduction of a systet Ijt,roVeVag°;o°l
into this country, having for its object tl
not only the moral and physical, but the rd ligieusi e`beee
the people was generally anticipated, but, b.e oil at
from the Noble Lord that such a mens ore bad the of
postponed until the condition of Ireland ha, i refe'h'-eee',er,, $
tention which it demanded Ile was satin tro`4,o'-rer
this, that if her Majesty's Government ,did ne the to
better system of education in order to ilea,' 11 the® A if
classes trout their degraded position, and to tesen 6°.l;e!
bear their sufferings with humility, that tat v(,-:tbst that
'this country were visited with a. similar s ta-lana'" lierc‘h-ort
would become lawless. Then he did not beetop
the Noble Lord and his colleagues inter ded t°
carried Ot•
in the free trade measures proposed and IN krtiallYdetice the;al
by the late Government, as every step take) Ito rote)' toe
ceasaries of the people had led to increased elni!„-,,1d n°t bad
to increate the wealth of the country. `The Y
tO :CIVI I
midway, but continue to make those refo rr a• . he
referred. -Ile would only mention this h eaen and u,';oei
that an alteration of the tenures of land in S. stotian"oo he'-os
would be productive of the greatest --besseaSts•the pessesll
that there was many a man who was place r is.
of landed property, utterly unable _either. tog work tietioseoi
He had hoped that although this
the'Qucen s Speech, that it would be mere, ful iy 'Aloe bit
the Government, and that SOMO measure •vo 4.l".enseisde
subject- Was net 1°,4101 ea
proposed which would have produced sense COn veolbaci
respect. He heard of the Noble wb
confession that he was in possessiion of large' e ttacto eell
his. poverty was :so great that he was.utterly a "",tiori
Ole labouring poor in his reighbourhoed ;• that l',4oiderT,feti
• confession, and he trusted that it would lead to t.." 1 soy
• of the question of entail. For he belieied if tb:°,ll the 'cgrtl4
the conveyance of property they would set at pror-ole
wealth of the country. A man in the posiessi__,ns °„uso oh'
from his inability to work out the este te;•was -41 it %‘:-,er,
• either to use it or dispose of it. On the .otherbil".. cO-16
served, how many n.oniedmencame initothe well'pos' balt_co
tate, andt he whole neighbourhood became: ie os10)
the poor around it were employed.- Ile h adjust 1:0a,c1 tci isfo•od
of talking with a gentleman, a land ageints wobf°re.r;
him that if the conveyance of landed' proPer'l cosi the
was to be made as free as the trand
he would assert that within ten yeakst the •ebrisra.
present distress in that country would IA
With respect to the destruction of the i tadePen"`" :Ps '1,,0r
cow, he did think that it was one of the r. nog outl ale oric
Lions of the faith of nations, but last n ight 'lite "peg fro
tunity of making any, remark on- the sal ejects `-d hi° stn
ts
the Noble Lord quite unnerved him, anal revolted hie„
troubling the House. He was glad be4rh sbe tent!
so manfully and clearly his opinion. Lae t year, w-end sioeps'
Hume) brought forward his doubts of the t hoLnoirlYraie
ogoe' el foi;
of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the Nob Is
self, from correspondence which he then had in /noble 0113
that the occupation was only to be tempo rag- %'-'ld
that
irt. another place also rung the same chauges., heel bee;
what the Noble Duke thought now. noisy ha" open
00b
the treaty would be equally binding ; and, that t 0011
proved not to be the case, her Majesty's noieroinen, Eon it
do justice to the feelings, of .the people o
trocity
opt
if they did not designate that s'et of a'
0 ottiote
the strongest language possible. I have beard nn•rthis
to justify this act, except one or two I% e rnbers
woof tsboerrti
otoo
last night, and then he was much ;ashamed.
(Laughter.) One of those gentlemen, tuba! tt
he r thst
• say, he did not see in his Ode., tate:. t.d Pr' h
violation of the treaty had taken place. ria.fue coat- fart he
arguments, he
,went to 'Westphalia and otle er place'' fl„t
did not know where the devil he did not go to. 'le g-ehter--
the world, but he did not arrive at Cracow---.-(Lead Lati'le°lBo
lie_(Mr. Hume) did not see how his al-gni:agents were -,l),rflas ttf
to. that place at all. Seriously, he did think thath
grossest violation of honour and faith,. when ire
de el er
of Cracow was invaded. • The English people had e'sod oteh
sacrifice to obtain that treaty. They gat re UP Javah -.ol' is
important places, and kept nothing but 1 rash for t fr,°b,
The Emperor Paul had borrowed four milhons of ns„°Pfogi':ort
the Mitch for the purpose of making war - urn 1"-thst eras
and they were such fools as to take two millions of ~ re h
, air
themselves, and to pay the interest as long .as t`t ey so ';aa?
'maintained, and the treaty kept inviolate. We" violate est
of money as to continue to pay that after Mot gross
He (Mr. Hume) at any rate should more' that theoflivalle
object will,
be no longer continued. What was then
treaties if theY were to be brol ten or
if they had not the courage to
5 bout it
-It was, perhaps, of no great importance, that 3,lTice;
men at Cracow should have lost their int iePee"et-ot be of
was for the principle which was here inf einge"o,e
tended. -What security was there now for
,-; cr•
Europe ; but violence of treaties were no ,
W tres the
were all aware of the position of England Istom or,e,ra to
He..would not blame the Noble Lord who,
Foreign Department, nor would he quest:ion
0;
coae s
tiie
n•
ct
meet' any emergencies that ~ might 001.
was an awkward-. thing for him.. and head foira, ref
in the present situation. It was toe ~.prs e" thei
country from year to year to be insulted-. trberl
ference to these treaties, as in the present, not; tal'e,:rett); those
ydre treated by those -powers as if they,were
s 0 n lilt instead of being that state which had seettre6 Peed Ile
powers the most valuable privileges they ft ess:,justr'3:e
that
were paying 100,000/, per annuity troskitioneY Wm, lIV-hore"
hoped, when he brought. the
_question becore Ile an
i
they would express themselves upon the _ktsibiJac'..d, saysa
the Noble Lord would carry out what he bau;,:g
opportunity would be afforded him of dir,apPr°- ---
been stated on the other side of the House rbsoce"A"littr.
Colonel SIBTHORP was of o inlets that' the `"„f the I, of
the Exchequer should have given Psome indicatien,-the 'tsp.:ad
vial state of the country, and he considered tbs",oone°,;tfcts
Ireland was induced by the policy of the late arjhero inn"( the
the present Government when they had preiveele",:ratioo„- rio,
He had expected different results from the °P-,. cr *- ent.
Bill referred to than had taken place. If 3 a'pres'ors
now, what-would he think of such a 11-linikrY as •tile) of
He would be ashamed of it. He: (coin Ile.!itbtthe offal
persuaded they had acted a most cowardly p tirs is°s
Cracow. ,;, bite
Mr. P. SCROPE wished to offer a few tweres.,,h-•rb beno,ite
tion of a point he had maintained last night, in • oPr 'the
been contradicted by the Right Hon. tie title tosstho•
( Mr. Labouchere). He (Mr. Scrope) had sts`-sooti
Relief. Committees had refused to give relief' iel-of
poor, except in the shape of wages under -the Bilaruu-ated soli
Now he had in his possession doCuments which aed ';ot,
he was right. He had a copy of the instructions' r,nber lief
Dublin by the Board of. Works, on the Ist of Of -jao re or.
which confirmed this vie*. It instructed the: laeolif'oo
should be given to the poor except in payment re'
the purchase of provisions for sale at the cost P":iiro0;114
Hon. Gentleman here read an extract from their It' No
ferred to, in proof of the statement he had sioade,rrd i(lf the
be said, in reply, that the instructions had befiea',t%Lystens
report. He had, however, watched the
.peoece"":"0/1"tiot
Board of Works carefully, and had not seen any ro,itic it
ration. By resolutions agieed to by the re-rerobcr''oog
Committee sitting -in Dublin, on the- 23a °rya 3215„' tbe,
would appear there was no change, for one of the ,oils
called on the Board of Works to alter the iivstru°.„-e
head of relief, which they had issued. The Dext rr-crf
the same committee also complained that the B°3,'„topre c„00'
had not made advatces as loans, to be repaid by e sC.' he
This was required in order to find additional werk"2„-5 0,91:tj
modation. He thought this should have been P 7;
greatest hardships had resulted from the poor not oil' o°'
_°
find shelter in the workhouses. This was a /3,.rs,ef-crSo°,lls-
- the House should not pass it over without
raith "lieu
The Government, he was persuaded, had not stere",, ~a
tient energy, else, the people of Ireland would lel! ,"bero,--g it
present condition. He thought that even in Irebolu `keetToto
very large amount of food, only_ the farmers iv erefeater
back to realise higher prices. - -He had received's; in.g-te
the West of Ireland, which stated this to be the fas;oli /1,4, to
to the supply of food. It further stated, that the erne'
meet the evils of Ireland was to put on the 5(006 ',.
make the landowners of that country support therrit°';ose a-of
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQu''' ere°Puel
said, that no doubt, in- the first instance, the arrart 35 t-vit
the Board of Works was rather defective, inasnsuce the e
had no certain information of the extent of ar, that:,
before them ; but the Honourable Member Was sWss Geve,rh-e
soon as such information was received, her Meie,!t-vagernitiro
ment lost no time in establishing soup kitchens lZaa,
distressed parts of the country, so that the ar,;,", the
who could not possibly labour might be-. suPP"r„ detail the
The Gevernrnent would be enabled to give Thiitigsw
amounts expended by them in endeavouring t°
A t the PaPber
prevailing distress but, unfortunately, he, hae,Vaglen
with him now, as he did not anticipate that the "° ileest'h-e
mixed by t
for Stroud, would have opened
that night, especially as an early day was ti for bririgi
Noble Lord at the head of the Governmeot viten tin hse
ing the whole quession before the House- ,ov, to ~
day arrived, he would be enabled to Su,lected agUi
House that her Majesty's Government had not '7listreg
means in their power to alleviate the present • bt
Ireland - -
Lord. BERNARD had tried in the coarse of that ", 1. re
ne
,0
to catch the Speaker s eye, but had been unstl,_t tieh he ";,..
would but address a f, w' words to the Boone, a,"%iettchT
rno,t w nxicos to express his opinion upon a subieset,,tion 'cllieet
rortiin i+-11)-6 try. Viire mi,..a.ence to the Hat;
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had just answereo, '7o.enig.PP
would find that it was only within the lasttabus '
that instructions. had been issued for the nd eon
lug of soup kitchens. He (Lord Bernard)

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