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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1847.

Religious intolerance seems to be the weapon with

which the enemies of the popular movement will en

deavour to conquer the Liberal candidates. Dis-
tinctly and emphatically we would warn them
that that weapon will prove nothing better than a
dagger of lath. The bait thrown out to the multi-
tude savours not more sweetly than the monster
CALturoq—" it hath an ancient and a fish-like smell."
"An ounce of civet, good apothecary!" Of all
electioneering humbugs, that in which a political
faction strives to come off victorious by raising a sec-
tarian clamour is the arrantest. Nothing is so
enormously hypocritical in purpose, so barefaced in

protestation, so scurrillous in abuse, or so slanderous
in self-defence, as that spirit of partizanship which
disguises its own preternatural immorality under the
garb of Religion. But, effective, as this system was at
one time from the consummate skill with which it
was carried into operation, no man of common sense
trembles at it now-a-days. The lacquer has worn
Off, the cloak is threadbare, the clap-traps that were
,flee
derided nea_revered as the utterances of inspiration are now
as the babblings of idiotcy, or the fustian
of cant.
Slander, We have
already said, is an habitual cha-
racteristic of these
political
We speak not at hazard
ateal panegyrists of sanctity.
or at random. No, we re-
peat it—slander is
on
ofnT
Esw theiro hnabaiptupeaal r hbaerfaocre
teristics. Sir WILLIAM M
s
the electors of Southwark asL an advocate of civil and
religious liberty ; he is attacked
las an Infidel.
-- honest
on o d
A copy of HOBBES
—honest
i orhe most
pull out of
HOBBES, of Malmesbur syllogistic
y
astute of our philosophical thinkers e
some vary orthodox gentleman's bookcases, edited years ago by Sir Wiwam MOLESWORTB, therefore
Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII is accused of being an
! Mr. ROEBUCK has battled bravely for the
'people upon the same principles of civil and religious
liberty during some fifteen years; Mr. ROEBUCK
appeals again to his constituency at Bath upon the
same principles. Something must be done, think
Vae opponents of religious toleration, to be rid of a
man of such an intolerable consistency. Mr. ROE-
BUCK is declared to be a Free-thinker, a Deist, and
lelr nearly an Atheist—but not quite. It is recol-
a:.atienastthat long ago the Hon. Gentleman protested
the practice of teaching children of tender
years those steries of ethics which puzzle the
brains even ofr3ls:ir
sute d
The. enemies of hetero-
oxy, however, see nosthaFes.
the data of metaphysic:extravagant in drilling
an into the brain of an infant
just as unconcernedly as
seed-potatoes into a moorland.ozn Ku
But
l. ts Sr t. 1,1% 00l IEI
Bd hisc
K
does, and therefore Mr. ROEBUCK
Free-thinker ! The Right Hon. Baroneats
thfor Tamworth deems it advisable that there leid as a
e ersi
--11ae a continued endowment to Maynooth, should
•d
order that the principal seminary of a portion of the
United Kingdoms so important as Ireland, should
have at least some pretensions to decency, where-

upon the Right Hon. Baronet is pronounced to be a
Papist! Not that he is less assiduous in his attend-
ance at church on Sundays, not that he evinces any
partiality for rosaries or relics : no, Sir ROBERT is
solicitous that the students in a national college shall
no longer pig together three in a bed, that its gravel
walks shall be weeded, and its windows-glazed other-
wise than (in the Milesian fashion) with rags and
copy-books ; and therefore Sir RoninT PEEL is
scoffed at as a Papist ! Again we protest that abuse,
and slander, and scurrillity, and anything, and
everything but argument, are the habitual charac-
teristics of that High-Church, high-pressure, double-
action, break-neck class of politicians, who are mus-
tering their whole strength, both of lungs and lying,
for the ensuing elections.

Heartily are we rejoiced to see that, in several
constituencies, the Liberal electors are taking their
antagonists at their own weapons. Against the ex-
tremes of religious intolerance are being opposed the
extremes of religious tolerance. This is precisely as
it should be. We are told that none should be mem-
bers of the new Parliament but men who put such and
such a construction on the langubge of Revelation, and
who are disposed rather to applaud than otherwise
the principles of that inexorable loyalty to creed which
has at different periods endeavoured to boil men into
the true faith, or roast them out of the wrong one•
If we were selecting priests that might be rational;
but we are selecting legislators !
London is about to evince its freedom from, or its
subjection to, these odious laws of religious intolerance
by the conduct pursued by its electors towards one of
the four Liberal candidates, Baron L. ROTHSCUILD.
This election will not merely indicate the views of
the metropolitan constituency upon the question of
" Jewish disabilities," but it will go very far to in-
fluence the tone of the provincial elections generally.
However—should the " No Popery" candidates, by
some extraordinary fatality, form the majotity-in the
new Parliament, we shall certainly have the Bishops
" scrambling over the tiles" again, as described by
Mr. MACAULAY.

We do not think that the House was on Wednes-
day made fully acquainted with the reasons for the

adoption of the clause proposed by Mr. G. A. HA-
MILTON to be inserted in the Bankruptcy and Insol-
vency Bill. The effect of that clause was, that when-
ever the terms barrister or attorney were used in the
Bill, they should mean either English or Irish bar-
risters or attorneys. In the very short discussion
which took place thereon the principle involved in
this suggestion was treated as if it had been entirely
new, and never hitherto been recognised or sanctioned
by the Legislature. It seemed as if a desire was
entertained to confer new privileges on Irish legal
practitioners, and it was not made know* to the
House that by this very Bill offices to which Irish
barristers are now eligible are abolished, and their
duties transferred to other courts, perhaps the only
ones in the kingdom in which the members of the
Irish bar are excluded from holding office. The
ground of opposition stated by the Attorney-
General, was merely that the question deserved
more extended consideration and discussion than
could be given to it at the present time ; while Mr.
HENLEY said, that if the principle of the clause was
to be adopted, it should be done generally, and not
with regard to the present Bill alone. None of the
parties seemed aware of the fact, that by an Act
passed in the year 1841 (5 Vic., c. 5, s. 65,) it is
enacted, " that in the construction of this Act, and of
every other Act heretofore passed, relating to the
nomination or appointment to any office or employ-
ment, the expression barrister-at-law,' or barrister,'
shall mean a barrister-at-law called to the bar either
in England or Ireland, except where it is other wise
expressly provided." Under this statute, therefore,
members of the Irish bar were duly qualified to
be appointed to any of the offices abolished by
the present Bill, and generally to any judicial office
existing previous to the passing thereof, unless some
special limitation existed to their exclusion. This
statute, however, only related to courts which were
in existence at the time of its enactment. It would
appear to have been forgotten, or at least was neither
noticed or attended to, at the time when the Bill for
the creation of the new County Courts was pending
before the Legislature. There was, therefore, no in.
terpretation clause to declare the meaning of the
term " barrister-at-law," or how far it should be ex-
tended. Whether that omission is fatal to the claim
of the Irish bar, or whether a statute passed by a
united Legislature, using the term " barrister-at-law'.
without any explanation or limitation whatever, can be
considered to apply to the barristers called to the bar
in one of the United, kingdoms only, and to the ex-
clusion of the other, we are not now prepared to
state. It would, at the first view, appear to us that such
could not be the case, and that Irish barristers must
be eligible to appointments under that Act also.
Whatever might be the ultimate decision on that
question, however, any doubt must operate as inju-
riously to the prospects of an Irish barrister as if he
were specially excluded : it would, therefore, be de-
sirable that some conclusion should be arrived at
that would set the_ question at rest, and declare the
true construction of the statute.

The argument used by Mr. J. STUART was so
narrow and illiberal in its character, so much
opposed to the best interests of both countries
which will be greatly promoted by the abolition
of every unnecessary difference and distinction, and
so calculated to excite the anger of the Irish people,
and to revive the clamour for repeal which has hap-
pily decreased, and we trust may ultimately be alto-
gether abandoned, owing to a just appreciation of our
conduct during the past year, that we cannot refrain
from visiting it with our most unqualified censure.
He said " that the County Courts were essentially
English courts, and, in order to be resorted to bene-
ficially by the public, the business should naturally
be conducted by English officers." This is practically
a statement that Irishmen cannot be entrusted to act
in England or for the English. It is wholly opposed
to that which has been adopted, as well by the late as
the present Premier, as: the policy henceforward to
be adopted towards the sister kingdom, viz., " that
Ireland is to be placed on terms of perfect
equality with England in every civil, political,
and municipal institution. It aims a deadly blo w
at the first principle of the real union between the
countries, by declaring that the natives of one should
not be entrusted with any power with respect to the
other. Does Mr. STUART forget that in her greatest
emergency England selected an Irishman to com-
mand her armies, and to conduct the gigantic opera-
tions on which the fate of the United Kingdoms were
dependent ? and the honours so deservedly bestowed
upon the Duke of WELLINGTON attest that that con-
fidence was not misplaced. How many Irishmen
have been appointed to the highest and most im-
portant offices of state; and has there been any
well-founded reason to regret their elevation? As
well might he say that an Irishman representing an
Irish constituency should not be appointed to a seat in
the Cabinet or a place in the Ministry. We shall,
probably,
on a future occasion, urge the reasons that
render
connexionit sob
desirableet
w e thate nthe
English
andbe that inti-
mater
5
that was so much desired by that eminent legal re-
former, Lord CAMPBELL.

Letters from Bologna of the Bth inst. announce
that the POPE had issued two decrees, the one autho-
rising the formation of a national guard, on the French
principle,
throughout his dominions, and the other
twosanctioning the establishment of railroads. Those
.measures had produced the greatest enthusiasm
in Rome ; the entire population had repaired to the
Quirinal to expressvv whole
gratitude to the Holy Father,
toaigwhht which Austriananddinner,
vAw
Ambassador
illuminated.sador had invited The
IB:Cardinals LAMBRUSCIII:
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f, 0
rße EtßhNe EeTiTnl:
10.11'St°rnatiOthrle. ‘2Tlll(%\p-aesopplere'vaesnsetAmed; popular de-
le,aotrhu toli
,
bassy, crying, " Down with
f
LAMBRUSCIIINI, and to the enemies of •
V ira Plus IX. alone !" The Transtoever
the.l)
ap-
pears, were excited in the highest degreeit
against
Cardinal LAMBRUSCHINI, whom they threatened to
throw into the Tiber. The Cardinal, however
effected his escape, and had not been heard of forer
some days. Cardinal Alaccni was so terrified by the
cries of the people on that night, that he sent off his
nephew to a neighbouring town with all his valuable
property. Father VENTURA and the popular leader,
Crcaatuccnio, had fortunately interfered, and suc-
ceeded in allaying the effervescence. Several Aus-
trian couriers coming from Rome had lately passed

through Bologna. At Parma and Lucca much ex-
citement prevailed, and occasional collisions took place
between the population and the troops.

We learn, by a letter from Warsaw of the Gth,
that the Emperor of RUSSIa has just issued a decree,
fixing the legal rate of interest at 5 per cent. per
annum, and declaring that any person accepting a
higher interest for any cause whatever, or in any
way, shall for the first offence be condemned to a fine
three times greater than the sum lent; for the second
offence, to an imprisonment of from ten to twelve
years ; and for the third, to exile in Siberia. Another
Imperial decree forbids landowners, under pain of
similar penalties, to sell by time bargains other pro-
ducts than those of their own lands, or to sell a larger
quantity than their lands ordinarily yield.
A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 4th says
" Immense preparations are being made in the
Caucasian provinces for the approaching campaign
against the mountaineers. The army which is to
act against them will be of nearly 150,000 men.
We are assured that, as soon as the EMPEROR shall
be perfectly recovered from the sickness with which
he is at present afflicted, he will place himself at the
head of this army."

Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived.
The Gageta publishes a decree by the QUEEN con-
ferring the Grand Cross of the Royal and Military
order of St. Ferdinand on Generals SANTIAGO,
MENDEZ VIGO, and NOZZAGARAY, as " a proof of her
satisfaction for the manner in which they had contri-
buted to the pacification of the kingdom of Portugal,
and the consolidation of the constitutional throne
of her beloved ally and cousin, her Most Faithful
MAJESTY."

It is rumoured that a Carlist rising is about to take
place in Navarre, under the orders of General Emo.
The Faro states that there is a serious difference
between the Government and General CoNbita, on
account of sufficient funds not having been placed at
his disposal to pay his troops.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 9.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 264 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 17i ; the
Debt without interest, at si.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.

On Tuesday the proceedings in the case of General
CUBIERES and his co-accused were, with the excep-
tion of the pronouncing of judgment by the Court,
brought to a conclusion. The following were the
requisitions made to the Court by the Procureur-
General :

" Considering that there does not result from the
hearing sufficient proof of swindling or attempt to swin-
dle against Amedee Louis Despans-Cub aces, we require
that it will please the Court to acquit him on this part
of the accusation ;

" Considering that it does result from the hearing that
there exists against Amedes Louis Despans-Cubiares,
and Marie Nicholas Philippe Auguste Parmentier, suffi-
cient proof of their having corrupted, by offers, gifts, and
presents, the Minister of Public Works, in order to ob-
tain the concession of a mine of rock salt ;
" Considering that it results from the hearing that
there exists against J. B. Teste sufficient proof of his
having, while Minister of Public Works, accepted offers
and received gifts and presents, to do an act within his
functions, for which he was not entitled to any fee or
reward;

" Crimes provided for by Articles 177, 179, 34, and
35, of the penal code;
" We require that it will please the Court to declare,
that Amedee Louis Despans-Cubieres, Marie Nicholas
Parmentier, and J. B. Teste, are guilty of the above-
mentioned crimes, and apply to them the penalties in-
flicted by the above cited articles."

The Court then adjourned and re-assembled on
Wednesday morning. The Peers were deliberating
with closed doors as to the verdict and sentence, when
the post left on Wednesday.

The Constitulionnel says, the punishment against
public functionaries taking a bribe for any act even
just in itself is civil degradation and a fine double the
amount of the sum received as a bribe. The same
punishment is awarded against persons bribing, but
when the attempt to bribe is not successful the pu-
nishment is an imprisonment of from three to six
months and a fine of from 100 f. to 300 f. Civil de-
gradation consists in the exclusion from public func-
tions, the loss of the right of voting or being elected,
and in general all civil and political rights, and that
of wearing any decoration. It also carries with it
the incapacity of giving evidence upon oath, of taking
part in certain legal acts, and exclusion from the
army and national guard, &c.
M. Cu. TESTS, the son of the accused Minister has
resigned the office he held of Councillor Referendary
at the Court of Accounts, and has ceased to be a
Member of the Chamber of Deputies.
We find the following relative to M. TESTE in the
Droll:

"M. Teste quitted the sitting of the Court of Peers on
Monday, followed by an usher and accompanied by his
counsel and his son, shaken, but not depressed in
appearance, and without anything leading to the ideah
that he entertained any sinister projects. When he
reached the prison of the Luxembourg, he bowed
calmly to the director, and ordet ed dinner to be
served, sending his son to dine in the Rue de
Lille. You may tell your mother,' said he,
that the game has become too difficult for me; I
cannot continue to play it out.' He then sat down to
table with his counsel. The meal was a silent and sad
one; M, Teste, who in general readily discussed his ideas
of defence, said almost nothing. About half-past seven
M. Paillet, appearing fatigued with the emotions of the
day, M. Teste said to him, You are weary; go home, we
shall see each other in the morning.' He conversed for
some time with M. Dehaut, the other counsel, who
then withdrew, it being about eight o'clock. Ills son
afterwards returned to wish him good night, and after
his withdrawal, at a quarter to nine, the attempt at
suicide was made. It is to be remarked that neither
before nor after the attempt did M. Teste for a single
instant lose his apparent calm. One of the principal
employes of the Chamber of Peers remained during the
night in the room with him. M. Teste passed the night
in reading and conversing with his companion. His
animated and picturesque language appeared to borrow
a sort of eloquence from the trials which he had gone
through during the day. He spoke of his proscribed
and wandering infamy, and of the sort of fatality which,
he said, appeared to have rested on him since his birth.
Am I then a wretch,' he said to himself, I, who never
heard a good action narrated without my heart throb-
bing! Ah, fatality! fatality!' My p oor bh,' ihe
added, speakng of General Teste, he willrot not er
again
appear there, pointing to the Chamber of Peers, and I
shall be the cause!' It is asserted that, on this occasion,
M. Teste had again found the accents of that animated
eloquence which was kept within bounds at the bar, but
which could not be extinguished; the eloquence which
Manuel admired so much, and which in other times
would have made him a tribune of the people."
Notwithstanding these repeated exposures of the
gross corruption which is the foundation of the
dynastic system, the founder of the system seems
determined to endeavour to carry it out coutc qui

The Union Monarchique says—" The nomination of
the Duke d'Aumale to the post of Governor-General
of Algeria has been decidedly determined on at one of
the last Cabinet Councils at Neuilly. M. Guizot, it is
said, vainly endeavoured to put forward some timid ob-
jections on the propriety of this choice, but the opinion
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs soon gave way before
the manifest expression of an all.powerful will, and to
which in this circumstance the eager advice of the ma-
jority of the Council gave an additional force. It is
probable that this nomination will not be officially an-
nounced until after the close of the Chambers. At all
events the Governor-General will not proceed to his
post before the end of September or the beginning of
October. The realisation of the project of creating in
favour of the Duke d'Aumale a vice-royalty in our pos-
sessions in Africa is, it is said, postponed to next year."
In the same journal we find the following announce-
ment :

" The sudden and unexpected journey of King Leopold
reasons
eef
ap Belgium
seoant switho considert
ao l
l Parisdue at reserve,lv
well
nf
founded.
tsnhedoetuodg.
ha
Iwe report
ea phpaewvaehr is c
many
we
that,
frightened and annoyed at the incessant embarrassments
occasioned to him by the internal administration of his
kingdom, Leopold thought proper, during his last visit
to London, to communicate to the English Ministry his
firm determination to abdicate the Crown in favour of
his son. The English Cabinet, as may be easily sup-
posed, energetically combated that project, the first re-
sult of which would be to secure the regency to the
mother of the young Prince—that is, to a pri,leess of
the family of Orleans. During his sojourn in London,
Leopold appeared to yield to the objections rnai',e by the
English Cabinet, but immediately on his 'return to
Bru,sels he was again assailed with the cares of royalty.
During the last few days all those who appr(.)ached the
monarch could read on his countenance the expression
of the most profound grief. It was under those circum-
stances that Leopold resolved to proceed to Paris. for the
purpose of framing, in conjunction with, his father-in-
law, a Regency Bill in favour of the eldest dtaighter of
Louis Philippe."

Algiers, Spain, and Belgium are,' however, not
enough to satisfy the ambition of "the dynasty. It
would fain give a monarch to Rep' ablican America.
The Presse, the organ of CHRISTI' NA, and the Palace,
as distinguished from the Par' ,iamentary faction
says—

" General Flores, who is only just returned from Bel-
gium, is making preparations for a v. oyage to America.
lie will go direct for Venezuela, and he will be entirely
alone, relying
upon the goodness v. f the cause he is
about to sustain, the good faith o his own views, and
the right thspositiou of his fell ow-ci tlZell9. Thus are