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than embarrass the Government of which ho is a mem
her, they refrained from pressing Ministers for relief
from this obnoxious impost. This is really too bad,
anl comes from Lord John Russell as an act of palpable
itr;ratitude. The Dissenting Members of the House
of' Commons, upon the " want of confidence" vote, sup-
ported the Government against the assaults of the
Opposition ; and for preserving a Cabinet which they
could at once have annihilated, the Colonial Secretary
becomes petulant and insulting, when they endeavour to
obtain a concession which is not only strictly just, but
which Parliament has no right to withhold. Mr. Hume.
pertinently asked Lord John Rus.;ell how it was, that he
seconded the motion of Lord Althorpe for the abolition of
Church-rates, if he thought they were wise and just ?
With regard to the case of Thorogood, Lord John
Russell's taunt will be treated contemptuously by all
who respect the inviolability of conscience. Is it not
monstrous, that because a man objects to pay a tax of
ss. 6d. towards a Church which Mr. Gillon described
as but " half a degree removed from Popery," he
should be subject to imprisonment for life? The Dis-
senters rightly regard Thorogood as a martyr in a
righteous cause ; and when this tax shall be abo-
lished, as most assuredly it will speedily he, and the
dogmas upon which it is founded lose their supremacy,
his name will be held in lasting remembrance, as the
stern and devoted champion of the sacred principles of
religious liberty. Lord John Russell observes, a 4
long as an Established Church was maintained by the
law of the land, that law should be obeyed, even if
it were founded on the best principle, and no individual
was at liberty to disobey it. By what argument, then,
will his Lordship defend the "glorious " Reformation?
What becomes, too, of the command, " obey God in
preference to man," if the doctrine pros ounded by the
little haughty Lord be correct ? Has not his Lord-
ship recently subscribed 100/. towards the funds of the
Church Missionary Society ? and what are the objects
of this Society, but the subversion of established idola-
try ? In the opinion of Lord John Russell, it
matters
not whether the established religion he Protestantism,
Catholicism, or Mohammedanism ; it is equally the
boanden duty of all to obey it whilst it continues the
law of the land. The Dissenters think very differently,
and will make a conscience in keeping just laws," 'out
will not observe those based upon error, and '.:;ontrary to
holy writ.

_.'he following placard and petiti:-.4 have appeared at
Lynn :
The discussion which has arisen in the House of
Commons, upon the occasion of John Thorogood's case
being brought forward by the Hon. T. Duncombe, the
Member for Finsbury, must convey the impression to
every thinking mind, that the period has now 'Arrived,
when the ft iends of civil and religious liberty ..nust once
more show a bold front, and pour in the;„( petitions to
the House of Commons for the immediate abolition of
Church-rates, and it is presumed the follewing meet the prompt and hearty assent of every friend of
freedom in Lynn :
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The Petition of the undersigned Members of the t sta-
Wished Church, Protestant Dissenters, and others, inhabi-
tants of King's Lynn,
Showeth,_That your petitioners feel themselyeP, impe-
ratively called upon once more to address your "flonour-
able house upon the subject of Church-rates. Your peti-
tioners have already expressed their deep cor,vietiee et' the
injustice and impolicy of this impost, and ',hey did indulge
the hope, that the House of Commoin would have been
prepared to have vindicated their 0,,n consistency, and At
the same time to have given Prarcical effect to their own
resolution, passed at the close, of the last Session, upon
this subject, by grappling :roldly and manfully with the
question, and, backed 1.1 the strong force of opinion, to have public
t to a successful issue; but most
crrrir: d
dee
ve p
rnment is their regret.e and surprise at seeing
organ of the
Go '.'ne House of Commons-....their undauuted
leader, as they fondly flattered themse'ses, in the cause of
Religious Liberty— quailing ber
Church and No Popery minority Jte a bigoted High
in his abandonment of •
measure of justice, already c'sriied through the House of
Co'eamons by a majority ',if five ; and proposing, in its
stead, simply a removal
this subject, from an or
77 the scene of persecution upon
with the present pr-
,eclesiastical to a Civil Court, which
irresponsible MP ,ponderance of Clerical and High Tory
than the exist :.1° .giatrates, would prove more t) rannical
.n,una
tribl,
have hexer- however objectionable it may
Your
4r.
such petitioners therefore most strongly protest against
r°' absolute trifling with the feelings and wishes of nume-
..es and conscientious classes of their fellow-Christians and
fellow-countrymen, and they most humbly, but at the same
time most energetically declare, that to such a compromise,
upon such a vital question, they never can become parties,
and they will never cease to agitate, until full justice is
done to the Disse,iting body, and undoubted security
afforded to the Established Church, by passing the measure
which has already received the sanction of a majority of
the House of Commons, which " provided for the expense
of Church-rates by means of an improved system of
managing Church lands.

"And your petitioners, &c. &c."

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

(From the l'otes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, FEB. 11.
CHURCH RATES.
Motion made, and Questign proposed, " That leave be given
to bring in a Bill to relieve from the payment of Church Rates
that portion of her Majest's subjects who conscientiously dis-
sent from the rites of the Lstabbilled Church :"--Mr. Thomas
Duncombe :)—The House divided :

Aglionhy, H. A.
Aglionby, Major
Baines, E.
Barnard, E. G.
ices, 'l'.
Blake, W. J.
Bridgman, Hewitt
Brutherton, J.
Butler, Colonel
Callaghan, D.
Collier, John
Collins, William
Dennistoun, J.
Duke, Sir James
Ewart, W.
Lilian, W. D.
Greg, R. H,
Greig, D.
Hall, Sir B.
Hastict, A.
Hawes, B.
Ileatheoat, J.

NORI T Y—A YE S, 62.
Hector, C. J. Strutt, Edward
Horsman, Edward Style, Sir Charles
Hume, J. Tancred H. W.
llumphery, J. Thornely, Thomas
Hutton, It. Turner, Edmund
Jervis, Swyntin Vigois, N.
laishington, C. Villiers, Charles P.
Molesworth, Sii W. Wakley, Thomas
Muskctt, George A. Walker, R.
O'Brien, W. Smith Wallace, 11l
0 Callaghan, Hon. C. Warburton, H.
O'Conne I, D. Ward, 11. G.
O'Connor.Don Wemyss, J. C.
Oswald, Jrmes Williams, W.
Paulson, J. Williams, W. A.
Pech ell, Captain Wood, Sir Matthew
Pryme, G. Wood, B.
Roche, W. Yates, J. A.
Salwey, Colonel
Smith, B.
Somerville, Sir W.
Strickland, Sir G.

TELLRfI
Duncornbe, T. S.
Ellis, Wynn

.',eland, 'F. D.
Arbuthnot, Hon. H
Baker, Edward
Baring, F. T.
Bell, Matthew
Bentinck, Lord G.
Blair, James
Blannerhaqsett, A.
Bolling, W.
Bu-dett, Sir F.
Cantilupe, Lord
Chapman, A.
Clay, W.
Clerk, Sir George
Clive, Robert
Colquhoun, J. C.
Conolly, E.
Corry, Right Hon. H
Ceurtenay, Philip
Crawley, S.
Dalmeny, Lord
Darby. George
D'lsraeli, Benjamin
Dottin, Abel Rous
Dialcombe.
Du tie, George
Egerton, W.T.
Eliot, Lord
Eliot, Ilon. J. E.
Ellis, J.
Follett, Sir William
Fort, John
Fremantle, Sir T.
French, F.
Fr:oilfield, J. \V.
Wynne, Sir S. It.
Gordon, Robert
Gore, O. \V.
Goulburn, Henry
GrAam, Sir James

,JORITY—N OES,
Grattan, J.
Greene, T.
Grey, Sir C.
Grey, Sir G.
Grirnsditch, Thomas
Halford, H.
Harcourt, G. G.
Hepburn, Sir T. B.
Herbs; t, Hon. S.
liVrries' John C.
Hinde, J. 11.
Holthouse, Sir J. C.
Hodges, T. L.
Mimes' W.
Hope, lion. C.
Hope, G. W.
Hothaim, Lord
llughes, W. B.
Ingestrie, Lord
Ingham, Robert
Inglis, Sir IL H.
Irton, S.
Irving, John
Johnstone, Hope
Remble. Henry
hnatchbull, Sir L.
Labonehere, H.
Law, lion. C. H.
Liddell, H. T.
Lockhart, A. AL
Lowther, J
Lushington, Hon. S.
Lygon, lion. (;en.
Macauley, T. B.
Mackenzie, Thomas
MacKenzie, W. F.
Mau!e, Hon. Fox ,
Mild:ray, P. S' John,
Morpctli, N"..lCoUllt
Nichol],

Packe, C. W.
Paluxr, George
Parker, R. T.
Parnell, Sir If.
Peel, Hon. Sir R.
Perceval, Colonel
Pigot, D. It.
Pinney, \V
Polhill, Frederick
Pringle, A.
I'rotheroe, Edward
Pusey, P.
Rae, bir William
Rich, H.
Richards, It.
Russel!, Lord John
Rutherfurd, A,
Soarlet, J. Y.
Shaw Frederick
Sheil, It, L.
Sheppard, T.
Sinclair, Sir Geerge
Smith, Abel
Somerset, Lord G.
Stanley, E.
Staunton, Sir G. T.
Stuart, Villiers
Sugacn, Sir Edward
Surrey, Earl of
Sutton, Hon, J,
Teigninouth. Lord
Trench, Sit t.
Troubridge, Sir T.
Tufnell,
Vete, Sir C 13,
Wood, C.
Wyse, Thontas

'nillama.—
Parker, J.
Stanley, E. .1.

Ciry IMPROVEMENTS,-_A meeting, at which Sir Peter Laurie presided, was held at the Crown and An-
chor a few days since, for the purpose of forwarding a project.
which has been in contemplation for the last two years for
forming a new street from Nengate-street to the eastern end
of Holborn, by which Holborn and snow-hill will be avoided.
From the statements put forth at the above ing,
it appears that the projected new street is to be perfectly meeetlevel.
It is to commence at the Old Bailey,
exactly opposite to Now-
gate-st-eet, leaving Skinuer_streeton the right, th
Green Arbour-court, near Sea-passing
coal-lane, near Break-neekrough
steps, through Castle-street, and Turnagaln-lane to Farringdon-
street, which it will cross by a viaduct bridge, and in nearly a
direct line, will intersect Plurntree-court and Shoo-lane, and,
passing over St. Andrew's Church-yard and through Thavies'
Inn, will terminate at I3artlett's-buildings, Opposite to Hatton-
garden, on Holborn-hill. It is proprJsed to repay the ex-
penses of this undertaking chiefly by a toll of a penny on each
horse. 8,000,000 horses are said, to pass and repass Holborn-
hill annually. No toll is to he levied on foot passengers, of
whom 27,000,000 arc supposed to pass to and fro in the course
of a year. Without venturing to offer an opinion upon the pro.
ject in question, it certainly does appear somewhat remarkable
that a practical remedy for the serious obstacles to traffic which
are presented in Snow and Holborn-hills, has not long ere
this been carried into effect. Sir Peter Laurie expressed him-
self to this effect at the meeting alluded to, and observed that,
being desirous of ascertaining the result of the late improve-
ments made in Moorgate, he had applied at the Chamberlain's
Office, and found that the City, on applying to Parliament for
an Act to authorise those improvements, stated they had
Ilay out forthati)
so
d ta
purpose, bguteetuhsaitytthheapt riotpehad rtypiaini
eTf ere dOl. withto
had turned out
all expenses, and the 100,0001. remained untouched, and wan
now applicable to other intended improvements in the Cit.
Sir Peter Laurie said he approved of the plan for carrying 0.4
the projected new street, and would give the object every -sup.
port in his power.
A dreadful accident happened on Monflay last
to the Rev. Richard Lucas, of Edithweston, Ru'aand lie
was out hunting with the Co
houndi, Arhen,
whilst
they were drawing Clipsham Wood, a horse ridden by Mr.
Willan, jun., of Corby, lashed
.21a; and broke Mr. bleat's
right
leg, just below the knee. "!;ne fracture 18 very severe.
Lincoln Mercury.