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elated itself in favour of this Power. The Cabinets of the i
North have declared against it. In our opinion the Eng-
lish Cabinet alone, carried away by the pa-lions of one
of its members, has taken a false route. It has thought
thet it could without impruder,ce range itself on the mit:
of our Edversarie,; it has thought, in disregard of an
alliance of ten years, that the safest part to take was
that in which it would find itself as four against one.
France has long seen this tendency of the English Go-
vernment, but has not taken alarm at it. To prevent it
she ha made no concession of honour or interest, and
she has, therefore, been neither duped nor humiliated.
There will be no humiliation for us so long as we do not
permit a policy, from which we have bad the good sense
and the courage to withdraw, to triumph over the equi-
librium of Europe by violent and perilous means. It does
not appear to us that ur Government is taking the road
to such a national decadence. _

( From the Journal des Debats, organ cf the Court.)
Let us do this justice to England that she is the only
country, besides France, in which the word •• liberty" may
be uttered with impunity. On this account it has ever been
our most ardeet desire to see the two nations place them-
selves together at the head of civilizstion, form a double
rampart in the West assainst the invasion of new barba-
rians, and secure in concert the legitimate triumph of
modern opinions. it we old be a subject of eternal regret
if the peace obtained by such vast efforts, and that union
which is its surest guarantee, should both be compromised
to satisfy the vanity of an individual. But let us hasten
to express the firm hope that still remains to us. Yes,
we believe that peace will be preserved ; we believe that
the alliance will be maintained : because, to maintai❑ it,
we rely upon England herself. It is really presuming too
much on our credulity to endeavour to persuade us that Lord
Palmerston represents England, when he does not even re-
present of the Ministry. So long as a solemn discussion
shall not have taken place in Parliament, so long as the
pressure from without shall not have commenced its action
we must be permitted to doubt that England is willing to
plunge with her Minister into the maddest adventures, and
act the part of squire in the train of this capering cheva-
lier. Let us consider the state of public opinion in the
two countries. In France there is unanimity; all party
quarrels have disappeared before the national question. As
for us, whatever may be our likings or aversions, we sacri-
fice or postpone theni without hesitation. Is it the same
in England ? The organs of the party which every week
places the Ministry in jeopardy are full of reprobation of
the culpable recklessness which would involve Europe in
flames. and of sarcasm against the presumptuous dandy
who would set about remodelling the world, attempting
to exclude France, and perform the play of Hamlet, with
the part of Hamlet omitted.
It we are well informed, a large portion of the English
Cabinet has declared itself against the opinion of Lord
Palmerston. The terrible chances engendered by Lord
Pal►nerston's policy could not escape the clear and ale-
sated mind of Lord Clarendon, the venerated experience
and prudent Liberalism of Lord Holland, and the calm
reason of the Marquis of Lansdowne. The chief of the
Cabinet himself, whose inconre:tible integrity of character
we acknow It dge, has, it is said, manifested the most ► ner-
getic opposition; and although Lord John Russell may
aave appeared in his place in Parliament to have approved
of the sentiments of Lord Palmerston, we believe he is
too much occupied with the dowestic situation of Eng-
land, and too deeply imbued with the gravity of the
colonial crisis, to imagine that he would lightly
risk a disa.trous rupture. And can all these conside-
rations have yielded to the threat of Lord Palmerston
to resign ? We cannot conceive how Lord Palmerston has
seen able to persuade a reasonable Cabinet that his pre-
tence among them was indispensable. We know not by
what fascination he has brought his colleagues to partake
of the exclusive adoration which he bestows upon his own
merit ; but in proportion as we should be astonished to see
England sacrificing the repose of the world to the pro-
blematical necessity of preserving its Ministry, we are sur-
,rrised to s.e that Ministry risking the loss of power in the
inexplicable desire to retain Lord Palmerston. We must
again express our hope that the English Cabinet has not
sufficiently calculated upon the sensation which its decision
would produce in France. We finally hope it will com-
prehend that the question is too grave to be made an open
question—that the wise and prudent portion of the Cabinet
wilt bring the remainder of it to some wholesome views,
and that nobody will misunderstand the moderation which
we display.
The Courrier Francais says—
The n►cutent is badly chosen for an insult to France
and an attack upon her interests, for the Whig Ministry
has little support from the country, and exists only by the
strength imparted to it by the alliance with France. Lord
Palmerston separates the two nations violently, at a mo-
ment when the alliance was becoming more firm. It is
easy to see what England will lesc by this policy ; what it
will gain nobody knUvis, not even Lord Palmerston
himself."

The Presse does not take the same view as the Debals
in therartiele which we have already given, as to the insig-
nificance of the Ministerial question compared with the
great question of national dignity. On the contrary, it
considers that the destinies of the country in the event of
a war could not be safely entrusted to M. Thiers. The
following passage is as personally bitter as language well
can be :

" The journals of M. Thiers have fallen into a sort of
warlike delirium. War, war, say they ; we must go to
ear. Let us raise five hundred thousand men ; let us
draw upon the lists of persons able to man our fleets, until
it shall be exhausted ; let us take all the millions of the
sinking fund and the public works; let us sell all our fo-
rests; in short, give our last man and our last crown;
this is the time for the'sacrifices predicted by Al. Minot.
But to what will this war-fever I, ad? To new and more
inextricable complications. I‘l. Tbiers, however, has no
other resource; his s)stcm is lost, and he has nothing
else to lose. If we allow him to continue the game, the
dignity and interests of France will be his stakes."
The Presse recommends a negotiation with Austria, for
the purpose of detaching her from the alliance which has
just been formed, but obs rvrs that such a negotiation
inu,t be commenced by a Minis.,er less obnoxious to Aus-
tria than M Thiers.

The National, unlike most of the other Journals, which
even in the midst of their enthu.siasm for what is called
the popular cause, still abstain from insulting remarks
upon the English, and studiously separate the act of
the Government from the supposed feelings of the British
people, endeavours to revive the most galling reminiseenc, s,
and reproaches one of the French Plinces fur part.king of
the hobpitality of the English Queen. The following is
in bad spirit and bad taste:
" Whilst the English Ministry is making a dupe of
F•ance, the Duke and Duchess of Nemours are receiving
the caresses of Queen Victoria. Prqice Albert aid the
“mng General of the Orleans family pass reviews to-
:ether, and examine in detail the equipment of the Eng.
lish troops. The pretended hero of Constantina sees the
Brit sh troops defile before him, and he may perceive at-
tached to the button-hole of more than one soldier the
famous medal of Waterloo."

SPORTIA G INTELLIGENCE.

GOODWOOD RACES—FRIDAY.
Match for 200 sovs., h ft. Mile and a half.
Mr. Theobald's Fearnought, Est ilb
Lord G. Rentinck's Dreadnought, Bat ilb
2 to 1 on Dreadnought, who was beaten in a canter.

Sweepstakes of lt;0 says: each, h It. Half a mile. (3 subs.)
Duke of Bedford's fby Taurus, 7,t (Cotton) 1
Dord G. Bentinek's Capote, Bst 121 b
Lord f• glintoun's Assagai, 7st
2tol on Calve. Won by a length. A dead heat for
second place.
The Goodwood Cup of 1539, value 3001., by subscription of
15 soys. each. Craven Course. (44 subs.)
Laird Eglinteun's The P. 4 entate, aged, Bst (Lye) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Gambia, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 2
Duke of Richmond', Mus, aged, Bst 61b 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Bowes's Epirus, 6 yrs, 9 t 51b—Col Peel's the Dey of Algiers,
4 yrs, Bst 81b—Major Hay's Retricver, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Duke of
Orleans' Beggarman, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—Lord Lichfield's The
Corsair, 4 yrs, 84 31b—Col. Wyndham's Postovjee Boman-
jee, 5 yrs. Bst—Mr. :..andiland's Nubian 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr.
Treen's Doncaster, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b —Duke of Richmond's Con-
Insionee, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Duke of Richmond's Glenlivat, 4
yrs, 7st—Mr. Payne's Willesden, aged, 7st—Duke of Rich-
mond's The Currier, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Col. Anson's Nicholas,
3 yrs, 6st 101b—Lord Exeter's Hellespont, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—
Lord J. Bentinek's Half-caste, 3 yrs, 6st—Lord Verulam's
Carlos, 3 yrs, sst —and Mr. Thornhill's Euclid, 4 yrs. Sat 121 b.
Won by a length.
The Nassau Stakes of 50 says. each, for three-year-old fillies,
Bst 71b each, &c. The new mile. (16 Subs. )
Lord G. Bentinck's eh f Rosa Bianca (J. Day) I
Lord Chesterfield's f by Priam, out of Rowton's dam.. 0
Lord Exeter's br f Silistriao

1.4‘.” , ••• • --'
2tol on Rosa. Won by a length.
Match, 100, h tt, D.S.C.—Lord Lichfield's Feather, 4 yrs,
Est 13ib (Wakefield), beat Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth by
three lengths.
The Stewards' Cup of 3001., added to a Ilandica? Sweepstakes
of 5 soy. each. T. Y. C. (44 subs.)
Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 6 yrs, 94 71b (Scott) 1
Duke of Richmond's Mus, aged, Bst 111 b
The following were not placed :—Euclid, 4 yrs. 9st 71b—
The Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, 9,t 31b—The Corsair, 4 yrs,
Bst 111b—Camelino, 4 yrs, Bst 11113—Nubian, 5 yrs, 84 61b—
Mendiza al, aged, Bst 51b—Bosphorus, 4 yrs, 84 31b—Pick-
wick, aged, Bst—lo, 4 yrs, 74 71b—Barabbas, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—
Willesden, 6 yrs, 7st 11b—Black Beck, 3 yrs, Est 121 b
Guava, 5 yrs, 6.t 101b—Nicholas, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib—Solace colt,
3 yrs, 6st 101b—Garry Owen, 3 yrs, 64 101b—Hellespont,
3 yrs, 6st 71b—Interlude, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Rnwton's dam, 3 yrs,
6st 31b—Verity, 3 yrs, Est 31b—Courtesan fi.ly, 3 yrs, 54 71b
—Sal Volatile, 3 yrs, sst. Won by a neck.

NEWPORT (SALOP) RACES.—TuEsrmv.
The North Shropshire Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added,
for horses that never won 501. Mile and a half heats. (4
Subs.)
Mr. Saunders's Frank, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1 1
Mr. Walters's Soloman Bennett, 3 yrs, 7st 71b... . ...... 3 2
Mr. Stanley's The Baron, 4 yr., Bst 71b
Won easy.
The Newport ( Handicap) Stakes of 15 sons. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stake.
'I wice round. (13 Subs., of whom 9 declared. )
Mr. R. Pigot's Wings, 4 yrs, ist 121 b
Mr. Saunders's Kitty Cockle, 6 yrs, 84
Mr. Cart wright nd Arthur, aged. Bst 41b........... 3
Mr. Phillips's Taffy, 5 vrs, 84t. 6lb
`Won by a head.
The Cavalry Cup, twice round and a distance, was won in
three heats by Mr. Boycott's Magic (late Baron Spolasco),
beating four others easily. b•-t is objected to.

WEDNESDAY.

The Stand Purse, added to a Sweepstakes or 5 soy, each,
mile and a half, was %von in two heats by Magic, beating Isa-
bella and a,enther easily.
The Aqualate Hunt Stakes of 5 soy. each, with 20 added.
Two mile heats. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Phillips's Taffy (h. b.) 5 yrs, list 9.b ( Mr. Byrne) 1 1
Mr. Stanley's eh g The Baron, 4 yrs, list Sib 2 2
Several others started. Won cleverly.
Hurdle Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with 15 added. Heats,
twice round and a distance.
Mr. Stanley nd gr h Arthur, aged, list 21b .. 1 I
Mr. Baddelay tai Rex, aged, lOst 131 b
Won cleverly.

NESTORS OF THE IRISH BENCH.—The four
senior judge, on the bench are—Johnston, called to the bar in
175'5; Burton, 1792 ; Bushe, 1793; and Pennefather, 179,1.---
Limerick Cnronicle.

LOVETT AND COLLINS.

APUBLIC DINNER, to the above GEN-
L TLEMEN, will take place at White Conduit-house,
on MONDAY. August 3.
T. WAR LE Y, M.P., in the Chair.

T. S. Duncombe, M.P., and several other Gentlemen, have
pledged themselves to attend.
Dinner on table at Three o'Cleck precisely.
Tickets 3s. each. Lady, 2s. 6d. May be had of
Mr. Hetherington, 126, Strand.
Air. Cleave, 1. Shoe-lane.
Mr. Watson, 15, City-road,
Mr. G. Rogers, 58, High-street, St. Giles s,
Mr. R. Moore, 20, Hyde-street, Bloomsbury, Sec.
The Committee, and at the Bar of the Tavern.

The Committee a-e authorized to state that Messrs. Lovett
and Collins will be present.

TRECHTHEIUM CLUR; or, AUXILI-
ARY ATHEN/EUM.
At a MEETING of the COMMITTEE of this Asso,...ia-
tion, held at the temporary. Offices of the Club, No. 6, Water-
loo-place, Pall Mall, on Friday, the 24th of July, 1840,
Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL, Bait, in the Chair,
It was resolved,—That the Committee, having elected One
Hundred Members from the List of Candidates, do meet again
on Thursday, the 6th day of August next, at One o'Clock pre-
cisely, to proceed to the Election of the Second Hundred Mem-
bers, and other business of the Club.
Noblemen and Gentlemen desirous of joining this Association
are requested to send in their applications immediately to the
Secretary, H. E. Paine, Esq., to whom all other communica-
tions respecting this Club must be addressed.

THE AUGUST NUMBER OF
CO LBUR N'S NEW MONTHLY
MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST,
EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq.
Contains, among a variety of other interesting articles, Papers

by the—fol:owini Distinguished Writers ;
I. The MARQUIS of LONDONDERRY.--" Journal of
a Visit to the South Spain."
2.
p HOOD, Esq.—" Rhymes for the Times, and
Reason for the Season.—No. 1. An Open Question.—No. 11.
pm
os tS."
3. MRS. TROLLOPE.—" The Life and Adventures of
oTe
y1,180:h1A
Charles Chesterfield, the Youth of Genius."
4. The Hon. E. PHIPPS.—" La Gitana, a Tale of the
South of Spain."
5. LAMAN BLANCHARD, Esq.—" A Quarrel with
some Old Acquaintances."
6. DOUGLAS JERROLD, Esq.—" A Chapter on Black
Dogs."

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Dedicated by Permission, to
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Just ready, in one vol. post Bvo,
THE ART of NEEDLEWORK,
From the Earliest Ages,
With Notices of the Ancient Historical T,pest►ies.
Edited by the Right Honourable,
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The chief aim of this volume which is now announced is
that of affording a comprehensive record of the most noticeable
facts, and an entertaining and instructive gathering together of
the most curious and pleasing associations, connected with the
" The Art of Needlework," from the earliest ages to the pre-
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THE AUGUST NUMBER OF

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY,
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Lq.

CONTAINS:-

Mr. Ainsworth's Guy Fawkes,
Illustrated by George Crtuk-
shank .
The Cobler-Physician. By IL
B. Peake.
Wreck of the Hesperus. By
H. W. Longfellow.
Gaspard de Bess.. By Miss
Louisa Stuart Costello.
The Three Epochs.
Liverpool—Moral Economy of
Large Towns. By Dr. W.
C. Taylor.
The Corpus MSS.
Morn at Sea. By James Ald-
rich.
Contrasts in the Life of a Poet.
By E. Raleigh Moran.
Richard Bentley, Ni

Bloudie Jacke of Shrewsberric.
' By Thomas Ingoldsbv.
The Fall of the House of Usher.
The True Story of the Mer-
chant's Ward, with an illus-
tration by Alfred Crowquill.
John Bull Abroad.
!Love's Good Morrow. By
i Charles Mackay.
Conclusion of the Journal of
Old Barnes, the Pantaloon,
with an Illustration.
Apropos to the Doctor's la-
mented Death.
Stanley Thorn. By the Author
i of " Valentine Vox."

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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Audiences literally crowded to the cieling nightly flock to wit-
ness "Jane of the Hatchet," the most sucees,ful and gor-
geous Spectacle ever produced. The evolutions or 100 Fe-
,,ale Warriors, grand entry of the Amazonian army, simul-
taneons rising on the rocks, and defeat of the soldiery, are
electric effects, and meet with repeated cheers. Upwards
of 20,000 persons have witnessed it.
THIS EVENING, AUG. 1.
Vill be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen-
dour, entitled
JANE OF THE HATCHET.
Supported by the entire strength of the Company,
and One 'Hundred Female Warriors.
After which, a Comic Piece, called
EVERYBODY'S RELATION.
To conclude with Haino'i Drama,
THE CHARMING POLLY.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
SEEVENTH WEEK, and CONTINUED BRILLIANT
SUCCESS of BEETIIOW N'S BATTLE SINFONIA,
With its novel and effective Introductions !!
GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET
CIIAMPETRES,
• By Godfrey's unrivalled Band.
Programe of the Concert for August 3d, 4th, and 6th.
FIRST PART.

Overtures—Egmont (first time), and the Dragon Fight.
Quadrille—St. Peter:burgh (first time.) Fantasia from Obe-
ron. %Valtz—Die Berggeister (first public performance), Me-
lange Des Dances, Pas de. Nations (from Le Corsair) intro
ducing the Tyrolienne, Bolero, Quadrille; and Tarantella. Pas
Redouble (MS.)
SECOND PART.
GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA,
Beethoven, with new effects and an augmented Band.

Cavatina c Coro, pasta Diva, from Norma"( first time this sea-
son )• Musard's New Quadrille—La Chasse (first time in Eng-
land). Overture—Guillauma Tell. Gallop—Benyowsky.
I he vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by
Danson—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows—
Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship.
Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or " Lime Light.
Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c.
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flavour. Our readers will recollect this gc,ndernan's no-
table project to get a special exemption of himself from
the regulation oblig:ng Recorders to hold sessions as
frequt,ntly and vi-tularly as the ends of justice might re-
quire : we had hoped the effatt of our exposure, joined
with the rernoustr Incas of Lord Wicklow and Lord
Devon in the House of Peers, had been the abandon-
ment of the project. Vvre little knew, however, the
pertinacity of this Right Hon. Gentleman in a job.
" We need not, we trust, repeat what we have said
on the indecency of creating the regulations of a judicial
office to suit the convenience of the political partisan
who may happen to fill it.

" One word to Lord Lyndhurst. We have not
heard whether he is to be the mover in this business
to-night. We hope not. He has a character above
that of a partisan ; he has a character as a Judge ; it
would deeply pain us to see him sullying his own ermine
by an, connection with this business."
Lord LYNtatuasT, therefore, has stained his ermine,
and has, so far as he could, completed the monstrous
job. Bravo, Herald, LYNDHURST, and SHAW, what
a united and honest crew !
The Earl Of HADDINGTON next carried a clause ".0
enable the present LORD MAYOR of Dublin elect, to
succeed to the office of President of the Court of Con-
science, by 58 to 39. Is this another monstrous
job for a thick-and-thin partisan
The Bishop of EXETER was not so successful with
an amendment to transfer the right of presentations to
livings in the gift of Corporations to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The Duke of WELLINGTON opposed
the amendment, which was withdrawn. The Bill was
then passed, the Bishop of EXETER saying No, in the
name of the Anglican Church, of which it is the duty
to nourish discord in the realm.

Several Bills were forwarded a stage, or approximated
towards laws, and their Lordships adjourned.
In the Commons• Lord JonN RUSSELL gave notice
that he should move on Monday to commence public
business as soon after four o'clock as convenient, and
that the House should meet on Tuesday at twelve,
with a view, we suppose, to bring the business of the
House of Commons to a close.

Mr. KELLY gave notice that next Session he should
renew his exertions to abolish the punishment of death ;
and he postponed till the same period his Bill to give
votes to freemen.

The Regency Bill was read a third time, after Mr.
FRESHFIELD had moved a clause, which was negatived,
to provide for the case of the REGENT ceasing to be
REGENT under the provisions of the Bill when Parlia-
ment should not be assembled.
A considerable number of Bills were shoved on
without any further notice than the motion.

The Railways Bill caused a brief discussion, but it
was passed.

The Infant Felons' Bill went into a Committee after
some opposition from Lord G. SOMERSET. It promises
to increase amazingly the business of the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, for it empowers him to constitute any infant
felon the ward of any applicant who proves his fitness
and willingness to take charge of the infant till twenty-
one }ears of age.
Lord J. RUSSELL explained that the Bill had met
with great concurrence in the other House of Parlia-
ment, and it was framed with the benevolent ohject of
enabling societies and ind,viduals to provide for the de-
cent bringing-up of those children who might have been
guilty of crimes.
In Committee the clauses were much discussed. An
amendment to substitute the age of 14 instead of 21 for
the period of guardianship was lost by 27 to 4. and an
amendment to prevent any child being sent out of the
kingdom under the Bill was lost by 33 to 7. Mr.
WAELEY spoke of the Bill as separating parents from
children with as little ceremony as men would sepa-
rate any two animals, but Mr. EWART said he
had misconceived the Bill. We hope he has ; but we
must say that it is one of those measures interfering
more and more with the people, which we are afraid are
founded on a totally erroneous principle. However,
one evil begets another, and it. is necessary, as the law
converts the peccadilloes of children into grave crimes,
that the law should take care of those, if possible, whom
it renders by degradation incapable of taking care of
themselves. The Bill went through the Committee.
The House adjourned at a Quarter to Ten o'Clock.

We have derived great satisfaction, and we wish
not to conceal but to display it—from the disa•
greement which the debate on the Ecclesiastical
Bill, on Thursday evening, has made manifest
among the Bishops and the clergy concerning the
disitibution of the revenues of the Church. The
bulk of the clergy, led on by the University of
Oxford, have declared against the Bill, and the
Bishop of LONDON retorts on the petitioners that
two-thirds of them do not in the least understand
the question. The Bishop of EXETER, while
he professed a kind of idolatrous veneration for
the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, laboured
throughout his speech to show that the Arch-
bishop was a poor weak mortal, who did not
know his own mind from year to year, and was
wholly unfit to be at the head of the Establish-
men:. The Bishop of ROCHESTER, in a charge
' to his clergy, says he is willing " To follow the
apostolic Jule of living peaceably with all men,"
but in sell-defence "he is ready to go great
lengths," which, being placed as a con-
trast to peaceable, signifies that Dr. iVIuRRAY
is willing to make war for the Chapters. It
would be a glorious sight to see the Right Rev.
Prelate sallying forth from under the portals of old
Rochester Castle, like another Bishop of BEAU-
VAtS, as his ancestors sallied from the hills of
Athol to bring back the STUARTS and the
Papacy, to do battle for the prebendaries and
canonties of the Church. His apostolical courage
might be great, but his followers would be few, and
FA LSTAFF'S ragged regiment would far exceed the
tail by which the new champion of bygone follies,
imitating the ancient practices of his Highland
ancestors, would be followed to the field.

The Bishop of ROCHESTER, as well as several
others of the clergy, have accused the Bishops of
pt'rjury for violating the oaths they have taken as
to Chapter property, and greatly are we delighted
to see the very same accusation which these holy
men brought against the Catholic members of the
Legislature now brought against them, and to see
them obliged to defend themselves on the same
principles as Messrs. SHELL and O'CONNELL,
and nearly in the same terns as were employed by
those gentlemen. In reading the speeches of the
Bishop of LONDON on Thursday, and of the
Archbishop Of CANTERBURY on Monday, WE
might suppose that we were reading the answers of
Mess's. O'CONNELL and SIIEIL, except that the
language is not so vehement to the rabid accusa-
tions of Messrs. M.GHEE and PHILLPOTTS.
The Bishop said--
The Right Rev. Prelate next adverted to the charge
that had been made against him and his Right Rev. Col-
leagues upon the Commission, that they had violated their
oaths. That charge, which amounted to nothing more
nor less than a charge qfperjury, had been made with con-
siderable bitterness by the Right Rev. Prelate. His con-
science told him that he was unstained by any such crime.
Loud cheers.) All he and his Right Rev. Brethren
had sworn was to defend the rights and privileges of the
cathedrals from unlawful aggressions; but they were not
prevented from giving their consent to, or originating, such
measures as should be consonant with the usefulness of the
cathedrals, or their efficiency.—( Hear, hear.)
The Archbishop said—
._

There was one subject which he should have mentioned
earlier, namely, that of oaths. Many respectable clergy-
men had remonstrated with him on the violation of his
oath, in being instrumental in supporting this measure,
which would deprive the Cathedral of Canterbury of a part
of its rights and revenues. He conceived the oaths taken
by individuals, whether civil or ecclesiastical, or the cor-
porations to which they belonged, were always taken in
subordination to their higher duties, and their obligations
to the laws of their country. An oath of this kind left
every man at liberty to do his duty and speak his mind as
a subject, to deliver his opinion in Parliament, and to ad-
vise his Sovereign if he chanced to be Privy Councillor.
He conceived it was in the nature of such an oath not to
interfere with their duties, nor could he conceive that any
oath could have been taken in any other sense by himself
as a resident canon or prebendary of Canterbury.
Both these Prelates, therefore, agree that their
oaths to preserve the property of the Chapters does
not prevent them from taking part in a re-distri-
bution of that property in the Legislature, in order
to make the application of it more beneficial ; and
yet when the Roman Catholic Members of the Legis-
lature propounded the same doctrine, and acted on
the same principle, they were met by one universal
hiss and howl from the Ultra-Protestant Journals.
What is to save these Most Pev. and Right Rev.
Palates from being tomahawked by the Times,
-calped by the Herald, bludgeoned by the Stand-
ord, and stifled by the Post with perfumed va-
pours, we hardly know, unless their name of Prows.
taut suffices fur the purpose,and unless our Contem-
poraries are anxious to convince the Catholics that
the same act is a venial offence in an English Bishop
which is a deadly sin in a Catholic layman. The
peijury.poisoned chalice, however, which was
dttittged so deadly for the Catholics by the Pro-
testant priesthood, is now, according to the un-
erring justice of GOD, commended to their own
lips by the hands of their own brethren, and clecply
must they drink th,treof. This retribution brought
about by the mercenary quarrels of the priests, no
one mixing the ingredients but themselves, affords
115 reat pleasure, and we anticipate from the
quarrel time most important benefits for the public.

The Times was yesterday. quite in raptures with
the Report of the two Commissioners who were ap

pointed to inquire into the boundary betwixt Maine
and New Brunswick.

It has seldom occurred to us, (it said), to meet in the
course of any political controversy a demonstration so
triumphant as filet brought ferwara on the part of G)Ionel
Mudge and Mr. Feathervonhaugh in supp:)rt of a right so
hotly and pertinaciously disputed. The temper, the dili-
gence, the reasoning power, the thorough knowledge of
their subject in all ha branches, and their lucid exposition
of such a variety of complex and difficult matter which
are presented by the report of those able gentlemen,
must do them the highest honour both here and in Ame-
rica, although praise from the latter quarter may no doubt
be but grudgingly bestowed.

In the justice of these observations we fully con-
cur, but one of the reasons assigned by our Con-
temporary for his praise is so remarkable, coming
'from him, that we must quote it:—
The press of England, and the Times amongst other
journals, had vaguoly apprehended, without direct inquiry,
that the American claims had partially, though riot en-
tirely, some sort of foundation in positive truth and jus-
tice, and that a mutual compromise, or in other words a
certain sacrifice, of pretensions on bath sides, might be ne-
cessary towards an equitable adjustment of the feud.

The Times had fears the Times was in error,
and in its joy at getting rid of its fear it confesses its
error. It might, however, have learned from the
estimation in which its own opinions are held, the
exact value of bullying, and not have been taken in
by its own arts when played off by others.
Any person, (it said,) who paid attention (and who has
not ?) to the clamours of the Republican newspapers for
some years past, must have been persuaded, had he not
known better, that the citizens of the State of Maine were
a set of the most oppressed and ill-used of God's creatures
—lambs worried by the prowling wolves of England--
turtle-doves fluttered in their nest—stricken and sighing
sufferers under wanton injury, with whom the world must
sympathise, and who well-deserved that every man able to
use a firelock would join in that appeal to arms which they
so long and lustily have threatened.

So the Times was frightened by the clamour and
bullying of the Republican newspapers into believ-
ing that the Ministers were wrong, and that Eng-
land might be called on to make concessions which
the Ministers did not contemplate. Yet this sagaci-
ous journalist, who was terrified by the howl of some
kindred jackal's, has been for months abusing the
Ministers because they did not settle this boundary
question according to his erroneous view. The
Ministers have done better : they have shown, to
the satisfaction of the apprehensive Times, and, we
trust, to the conviction of the Americans, " that
the claim of Great Britain does not, as has been
alleged, rest upon vague and indefensible grounds ;
hut that she has ahvays had a clear and indefeasi-
ble title, by right and by possession, to the whole
of the disputed territory.
But, after all, what will be the value of this dis-
puted territory without hands to defend it ? The
energetic men of the United States, unhampered by
a colonial administration three thousand miles dis-
tant—unimpeded by the many clogs which an old
Government fastens on our population—and in-
creased in numbers by a yearly immig►ation of
60,000 or 100,000 of the most active, independent,
and stirring of the population of Europe—will mul-
tiply faster and increase much more rapidly in power
than our colonies. Against their growing num-
bers it will be scarcely possible for England long
to maintain any boundary, and certainly not without.
incurring an expense far greater than the land is
worth. Let us hope, however, that negotiation
may now settle the dispute peaceably, and we will
willingly leave to the next generation the task of
providing for the evils by which they may be as-
sailed.

The Syrians having raised the standard of the
SULTAN, whose subjects the British Government
acknowledges them to be, sound policy demands
that no time should be lost in rendering them such
assistance as England is in a condition to furnish,
without directly taking part in the active resistance
offered to the usurping arms of the VICEROY.
We have an abundance of military stores unem-
ployed in our arsenals ; and the advices received
from Syria represent the brave mountaineers as
only in danger of being overpowered by the want
of lead to make bullets, a quantity of powder, and
a few small field-pieces. Should the Government
hesitate to supply the Druses with arms and mili-
tary stores, it is only requisite that no
impediment be thrown in the way of our
enterprising merchants, either at London or Con-
stantinople, who will not be slow to profit by the
opportunity thus afforded to give employment to
the gun manufacturers of Birmingham and Sheffield.
The Syrians do not abound in money, but an ar-
rangement with the Porte could be easily effected
for the repayment of any debt contracted by them
for arms and ammunition in a struggle fur inde-
pendence. The success of the Syrians is all that
is wanted to settle the Eastern question, now so
essential to the restoration of France to good hu-
mour. And after the very intemperate tone as-
sumed by the French journals, and the inflamma-
tory appeals made to the warlike sympathies of
a highly exciteable people, we are ready to admit
that delay cannot be unattended with some degree
of danger. Not that we are apprehensive of an
actual war, but that we know differences of this
nature are likely to lead to suspicions and estrange-
mews at some future period, when it may be es-
sential to the preservation of the peace of the world
that the fullest confidence should exist between
England and France.
The more we examine the wayward conduct of
France within the last fortnight in relation to this
question, the more it surprises us. It would really
appear, from the language of the press, that the
French Government and people are resolved to
have a war upon any terms. We had thought that
the excitement afforded by the campaigns in
Africa would have satisfied a people less
practically conversant with the horrors of
war than our volatile neighbours. But so
far is this from appearing the fact, that
the most popular organs refuse to listen to one
syllable in the way of extenuating or explaining
what they are determined to regard as a proof, po-
sitive and notorious, of British hostility. In vain
do we urge that the British Government could not
have acted differently without either dismembering
the Turkish empire, or tacitly handing over the
Porte to the guardianship of Russia. In vain
do we entreat our Gallic Contemporaries to exa-
mine the question calmly in all its obvious bearings,
before bringing a charge of bad faith against a
great friendly power. Let only this be done yet by
the French Press, and it will be found that Eng-
land had no choice, unless she consented to the sa-
crifice of Turkish independence. This is so
well urged by our Contemporary the Chronicle,
that we have pleasure in quoting the following
extract from an article in that Journal, embodying
the pith of what we have repeatedly urged upon
this subject :
Suppose that England had refused to agree to any pro-
posal for a joint interference, on the part of four out of five
of the Great Powers, what would have been the inevitable
consequence? Russia would have said, "If you don't
choose to interfere, we will ; Turkey is our ally, and needs
assistance ; if you are unwilling or unable to give that as.
sistance, you can have no possible right to object to our
doing so."

What answer could we have made ? Could we, with
the slightest p-etence to justice, have gone to war
with Russia for sending her fleets and armies to assist
an allied power, whom we professed ourselves most
anxious to aid? And if we had been unjust enough
to do so, could we have reckoned on the assistance
of Prussia, or Austria, or even France, in such a
war ? We think not, and that in such a case Turkey
would have been deliberately and knowingly handed
over by us to Russia. But supposir the contrary—suppose
that England :and France had, in such a case, gone to war
with Russia, why that would have been a general Euro-
pean war—.he very thing that every body wishes to pre-
vent, and which it is the duty of the Government to pre-
vent ; and thus the British Government would, with its
eyes open, have wantonly and madly, and without neces
sity, have brought on a general war. It is pet fectly plain,
therefore. that the immediate consequence of following
any other line of plicy than that adopted by Lord Palmer-
ston must have been to bring about a result most preju-
dicial to British interests, or highly dangerous to the peace
of Europe.

We have the whole question in a nutshell. No
other safe, and honourable, and really pacific
course, than that which she adopted, was open to
England. If that course displease France, it must
he, either because she has not duly considered it, or
because she is resolved upon being displeased. In
the one case we regret her piomptitude to take
offence ; in the other we deplore her indifference to
the best interests of her own subjects, no less than
to Europe and to humanity. England is in no
mood for spilling -the Woad of an ally, or for shed-
ding her own, in a quarrel in which she has but a
common interest with France ; but if compelled to
fight, she will not be found less formidable than
she has ever proved, when forced to defend her
honour and the interests of her allies.
It is curious to note the mane projects to which
the breaking out of a war in Syria has already
given rise. We have only space, however, tut
allude to one indicated by a Correspondent of the
Globe of last ni4bt, for declaring Syria an inde-