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sired his wife to attend to the appointment, and that he ac-
companied her at a distance of about 20 or 30 yards; that
he saw Mr. Waters approach his wife and converse with
her three or four minutes, but was not sufficiently near to
hear what was said.

Mrs. Laws, on being examined, stated that she had
never known Mr. Waters till the evecing of the 18th of
July, when she met him accompanied by her husband,
who did not leave her more than an arm's length, and
could hear all that was said. Mrs. Laws' mother, Mrs
Belford, contradicted her, and swore that her daughter
had lived in the town nearly all her life, and that :he knew
Mr. Waters well as the minister of St. George's.
Mr. Palmer frequently urged his objection to the ad-
mission of hearsay evidence, which was gone into and free
use made of private communications. A number of letters
written to and by the Bishop were produced and read.
After the most extraordinary examinations of these wit-
nesses, whose evidence was exceedingly conflicting, Mrs,
Tuthill, a woman living in the same row with complainant,
was examined, and proved nothing. Mr. G. Bateman
deposed to having applied to Laws respecting the notes
alleged to having been dropped into Mrs. Laws' basket,
without the authority or knowledge of any party, and Mr.
E. H. L. Preston stated that he bad been requested by a
relative of Laws to interfere, to acquit Mrs. Laws of any
improper conduct.
The Court adjourned about four o'clock for one hour,
during which time the Commissioners were in consulta-
tion. On re-admission to the Court the Chairman ad-
dressed the public as follows :—" As one of the Commis
sioaers appointed, I read the report which they make of the
proceedings of to-say :
" Although the Commissioners are unanimously of opi-
nion that the conduct of the Rev. Mark Waters, in the
transactions which have been the subject of inquiry before
us, has been highly objectionable, yet they do not think
that the evidence is sufficient to warrant them on the terms
of the Commission in pronouncing that there is:prima facie
ground for instituting further proceedings." The decision
was received with applause.—Norwich Mercury.

LAW OF FELONY.
EXPLANATION.

(Presented by the Lord Chancellor on Monday.)
Bill entitled an Act "to remove Doubts as to the Lia-
bility of Lords and Peers of Parliament to Punishment

in certain Cases of Felony."
Whereas doubts have been entertained whether, not-
withstanding the provisions of an Act passed in the 7th
and Bth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
IV. entitled An Act for further improving the Adminis-
tration of Justice in Criminal Cases in England, so much
of an Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of his Ml-
jesty King Edward VI., entitled An Act for the Repeal of
certain Statutes concerning Treasons and Felonies, as
enacts " that in all and every case and cases where any of
the King's Majesty's subjects shall and may, upon his
prayer, have the privilege of clergy as a clerk convict that
may make purgation, in all those cases and every of them,
and also in all and every case and cases of felony wherein
the privilege and benefit of clergy is restrained, excepted,
or taken away by this statute or Act (wilful murder anu
poisoning of malice prepensed only excepted), the Lord
or Lords of the Parliament, and only
or Peers of the
realm having place and voice in Parliament, shall by vir-
tue of this present Act, of common grace, upon his or
their request or prayer, alleging that be is a lord or peer
of this realm, and claiming the benefit of this Act, though
be cannot read, without any burning in the hand, loss of
inheritance, or corruption of his blood, be adjudged,
deemed, taken, and used, for the first time only, to all in-
tents, constructions, and purposes, as a clerk convict, and
shall be in case of a clerk convict which may make purga-
tion, without any further or other benefit cr privilege of
clergy to any such lord or peer from thenceforth, at any
time after, for any cause to be allowed, adjudged, or ad-
mitted, any law, statute, usage, custom, or any other thing
to the contrary notwithstanding," may not, for some pur-
poses, still remain in force. Be it, therefore, enacted by
the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Common, in this present Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same,
That so much of the said last-mentioned Act as is here-
inbefore recited shall from henceforth be repealed and ut-
terly void, and no longer of any effect; and that every
lord of Parliament or peer of this realm having place and
voice in Parliament, against whom any indictment for
felony may be found, shall plead to such indictment, and
shall upon conviction be liable to the same punishment as
any other of her Majesty's subjects are or may be liable
upon conviction far such felony, any law or usage to the
contrary in aay wise notAithstanding.

PROGRESS of FATHER MATHEW.
Father Mathew arrived at Killarney by the mail coach
on Tuesday. He was loudly cheered on his arrival, and
was at oncc taken up by Mr. Cronin of the Park—who
was then on the spot in his carriage with his lady—they
all three then went to visit our Bishop. The Rev. Gen-
tleman was cheered all along by groups who were on the
streets. About five or six o'clock the same evening the
temperance band left Killarney for Rossbcigh, in Mr.
Finn's long carriage, to be at the Rev. Mr. Carmody's
P. P., to receive Father Mathew, who was to follow them
on the next morning. He passed through here about ten
o'clock, and arrived only in the afternoon at his desti-
nation. He administered tho pledge to thousands on
the following day. On Friday he came to Killorglin
where a still greater number awaited him. The zk alous
and exemplary Curate there (Rev. Owen O'Sul-
livan) took the pledge, and almost every one, rich and
poor, in that extensive district. He returned to Killarney
on Saturday morning about ten o'clock. About tee!ve
o'clock he ascended a platform erected in the market-
square, in front of the principal Temperance room. Scutt
atrer twelve o'clock the Ray. Gentleman addressed the as-
sembled thousands on the advantages of temperance,
and related many anecdotes in the course of his address,
that weie amusing and edifying. Havieg concluded, he
directed those near the platform who wished to take
the pledge to kneel down, when, to our surprise nd
delit.ht, the first person that presented himself was
the Honourable NV. Browne, who knelt down where
he had been standing on the front of the plie-
corm, and received the pledge fiern the Reverend
Gentleman's bends. The Rev. Mr. Mathew irnrne-
riiatvly took off his own medal and placed it around the
Hon. Gentleman's neck. It would be impossible for me
to describe the effect cf this act on the congregated thou-
sands. They were quiet and still as deeth while the Hon.
Gentlemen knelt and was repeating the words, but the
moment he regained his
.feet—a cheer—loud and deep es
if by a common impulse, broke forth from the assembled
thousands, that rer,t the air, and three times was it re-
, pelted before silence could be enforced. Fathew Mathew
continued to administer the pledge until lialf-pait five or
six o'clock p.m., when about five or six thousand persons
had taken it, when ho retired to the hotel, leaning on the
Hon. William Browne (who remained on the front of
the platform the entire day with his medal suspended from
his neck). Fathcw Mathew dined at the Park, where
he was met by our Venerable Bishop, and seve-
ral of the neighbourhood—he sent in the evening for the
Adjutant-General, Mr. Morley, and presented him with
20/. for the purpose of buying musical instruments for the
Temperance-room—he has els°, I understaid, given five
pounds for the poor. He slept. at the Park on Saturday
night, and set off for Milltown on Sunday morning,
where he was to preach at twelve o'clock a charity swmun.
I am told that he administered the pledge, after the ser-
mon, t.) no fewer than seven or eight teousand. He re-
turned to Killarney on Monday, about three o'clock.
p and egiiia mounted the platform and gave
the pledge to thousands. Very many retpecetble
persons. both ladies and gentlemen, took it, althetiph on
the previous day they could not bring themselves 'to do
so. Indeed we have very few now, rich or poor, who
have not taken it. The Rev. Gentleman went in the
evening to Churchtown, the seat of Sir Arthur Wenner-
hassett, where be was engaged to dine and speed the eve,-
ing. He returned to Finn's Hotel about ten o'eleck on
Monday night. He was up at six o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and front that 'time until the coach from Tralec
for Cork arrived, hall-past eight o'clock, A.M., he was as
busy as ever giviwg the pledge ; scarcely had he time to
take his breakfast. Many hearty blessings he has taken
with him. —Cork Southern Reporter.