The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PALIANIENT

was described in the Riihric as idolaieies, and we were
teasel to eupport it. la a public newselper, published in
Nov. last, what said tile Rev. Mr. IC- , , parish priest, in
reference to a ce-•-, of Bible btu-eine ? de said, " Would
yeu knew the ihture of the charge recently made ? It.
WAS that of committing to the fl Ames a thing called a
13' hie, but which is a foul, blasphemous corruption—a per-
version of tbe Word of God." Then there were loud ebeere,
and the speaker went on—" It is for committing to the
flumes that which if I myself was going to commit to the
flames, should do so by piCking it up with a pair of tongs
for fear of soiling my fingers." This was the report of a
speech made at a large sleeting by one of the priests
for whose education at Maynooth they were paying.
He considered that those who, had taken the oath
of allegiance broke it if they supported a college which
taught such doctrines as those to which he had al-
luded. How could they perform their oath of allegiance
if they compelled their Sovereign to give her assent to
measures so ilijurious to the Protestant religion, and so
subversive of the stability of the constitution ? Any one
who would read the report to which he had referred
would perceive that the -Roman Catholic Church was
divided into two great sections—the Ultrarnontanists
and the Gallicians. At the present time there was a
great struggle going on, the object of which was to bring
Maynooth under the entire control of the Ultramontine
party. He implored the house not to give a vote on
this question without making thernelyes acquainted with
the teaching of. that party into whose-bands the College
of Maynooth had: fallen. A right hon. friend of his, who
was not now present doubted whether the house was
not hound in good faith to support the college. Oa that
point they could have ho better authority than that
of the statesman who bad introduced the Endowment
Ant—the late Sir Robert Peel. The right honour.
able geat'eman, in hie speech oh the 3d of April,
1845, expressly declared that the measure was no
the result of any stipulation or contract. (Hear.) It
was proposed then simply as a free gilt—a gift conferred
in the full confidence that the professions that were
held out would be fulfilled. But they had now a more
educated, a more loyal, and a mere humble or submis-
sive class of Roman Catholic priests? The very reverse
wa+ the fact ; and the house was therefore free to recal
its favours. ([[ear.) Let the noble viscount opposite
boldly come forward, and, disregarding the votes of
hon. gentlemen below the gangway, do this gi eat act of
justice and right, and he would be the most popular
Minister that ever eat on that bench. The voice of the
people would ring like thunder through the land, and
would keep him in the place be filled ; but be Warned
.him against the consequencei that would follow his op-
position to the motion. (Hear.) He begged now .to
move that the Speaker do leave the chair. .
Mr. M`CANN, referring to what the bon, member
had said with respect to the Maynooth priests, would
like to know what would have been the consequence if
the Irish soldiers at Inkerman bad not been taught
..by
priests educated in that college I. (Hear.)
• Mr..BLACIC thoughtthat all the grants to religions
.bodies in Ireland should be referred to the Bailee commit•
tee,
.Confining his remarks to the annual votes he found
that in 1853 the sum granted to the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church, which held the same principle's
as the Church of Scotland, was 33i9811,; to the 'Hereon-
strate Synod, Ulster, which. held Ariau views, 2,2261.; to
the synod of Munster (Aria,n), 937/. ; and the synod of
:Antrim (Arian), 9001.; making a total of 33,044/. This
year it appeared that that sum had been ihcreased•to
30,000/4 - whereas the Roman Catholics only received
26,360/. • (Hear.) The_ revenue of the Established
Church was 764.4042: a year. It would be instructive
to compare these figures with the c enparative number
ref the different hodtes. According to the report of the
hommissionere of instruction in 1831, the Established
Church hod - 836,854 members, or 103 per cent. of the
population. The Presbyterians had 8 per cent., and the
ether dissentees a titterer per cent:, while the Roinon
Cathorce were 81 per cent of the whole. Since then the
famine of 1d46.7, and the great emigration which took
place after it, bad greatly modified those proportions ;
and according to the best antliOriiieS, the EAablisbe,i
Church had now 13 per cent., the Presbyterians and
other dissenters 10, and the Roman Catholics 77 p,..r
een'. Dividing theeodowinents he bad mentioned amongst
the different belies, the Established Church would he
found to receive 51. 8.4. per family, the Presbyterians 6,i.
11d., and the Roman Catholics Bil. Few would deny
that there was a princip!e of justice in'this distribution,
independently of sectarian consideratiene. Those grants
were taken from the general fund of the taxes, contributed
to by.every one who smoked a pipe,-or took a cup of
tea ; and yet those who received at the rate of 51. Bs.per
head were crying out against those who received much
lend. Why should they fix upon one sect, and with-
draw the grant from it, in reference to any other ? The
grants to the Presbyterians had always increased, they
were increasing, and ought to be diminished. (Hear.)
There was an understanding at the time of the Union
that the Mayneoth grant should be cenquued ; and this
was confirmed by the act of Sir R. Peel. On this ground
the Maynooth grant had a higher claim to be continued
than the others. But it was objected to on two grounds
,--that Romanism was unfavourable to civil liberty, and
that we ought not to support a heresy. He acknow-
ledged that Romaniem hal not been favourable to civil
liberty, and that in countries where it prevailed the
forms of government were most despetic. (Hear, hoar.)
He would recommend the Catholic's to call monster
meetings, and urge on their hierarchy to promote tolera-
tion wherever Catholicism was the established religion ;
and they would then do much to refute this argument
against the grant. But themain ,objection in the minds
of the great bulk of eetitionere was, that the Roman
Catholic religion was heretical. On this principle
he felt the greatest repugharice to vote for• the
withdrawal of !the grant ; for trot only did Protestants
believe Catholics to be• in dea.!ly error, but Catholics
entsrimned the same opinion'' of Protestants, and the
PreS'oyterians and other etch; hod the earns with regard
to each other. (Hear, hear.) If they wished to put
down a religion which they considered heretical, it could
only be done by an exterminating ,r-rsecution, • stich as
bail prevailed i,_. Spain. li, this country, we had Epis.
'copalatrisin este,bleihed in England, Pi esbyteriaaisae- in
Scotland, and li.),nan Getholiei,in tolerated in Ireland i•
but they had all been persecuted in turn, and without
effect. If we resorted agitin to- persecution, we might
send missionaries and tons of tracts to conver.i the 'ay-
rnanists,. but it wont' be all in vain. (Hear, bear) lie
.would not consent to persecuie,Any.seiit, but ',Mild do
justice to all. (Elear.) It .was :aid this was a Preresi..ant
country and a Protestant Parliament ; but all tEat Was
Meant V7,as the, the f,;r.,..t,t bulk of the people Were iso. He
doubted, however,. whether they, were Prot,.stants, for
the leLdini_:,, principle of Protestantism was the right of
privets julgniebt, and those who denied that right
. ,
were worse than ingdels.' The hon. gentleman cos-
J FOREIGN TRoops. moving,
~. [chided by as rhs amendment, the addition oi,
CoI..DIETNNE 'asked the ton ler i&.cretary fel! War, •. the fellewing word, :—" Aud• et the i,ame time t, taee
at''w!ee,, ten,: tee G o•-.-rirrie..in, I.laVe deterthillel to (ES- ir.t,) etmaid,,ation the other. Parliainntar/ Lfrati'S made.
batillthe fort;izn troops in Ihe ~British. service, whether i• • .1. .• • •
, .. to -reitgloatec enraminatione in '
no ehio Enelaril, in t'te E,t,t, or in enet foreign cbcwry;
Mr. .HADFIELD ieeconled the amendment.
and -!efsleether' i.nch tioep, when disbanded, would re- • Lerl CASVLEROSSE protested again4t the Him,c
eeive 'any advantaesie til!,eri§iori,• or :ernigraaon, which of C.)mmons being converted into an are ha for einbit-
weii'd not he granteif to British tr sops of the line or I fere i p ileinictal disi,utes- .i, ,(Hear,hear.)' It was vain to
nilliti, ?. ' ' , -•- - 1 P.rg,le with oee who, like Mr. kipieener, • eseriuitted"
! . • Mr,
,F. ,?.EEL fAj,I the. fi,reigli troops would, be. dig- i ,e,.4 try and
r reje‘lice completely to blind his wind. The
batideti as (lire,' :.:4-toces •41,t -Fed. Tire. foreign • troops . - • ,-. •- • • ,
1 9hjec-ions Witch tie rehashed up eye, y eeestoa hat been
were not entitled to reci.ive as peosiose lett a gratuity au,wered over and over again. Woo had ,a right to
e...T-ofiiitllit igi;v:eji xi,.. tifteees..tif 12 ueinthehoay,;,and the ,eieneeeete.biieeett a itelee of what truth and error?
4 - , 'e .- • . .. was .=. •
• - pined to six =ilaitilt.ci. rip-5 ..vero,AM-?t, ,--.- . i
peesar home • to. the .Npr h Ainerican CAontes for, the meet should-thus pr- rii,:ti,cie cendernuatiou en the rilj-
eete4,4 \vhieliever they. stile sa;eit. r'': :. . ..4 il, n ilf nelthensi of . • her Mejeety's most loyal suejeers ?
1... . ..- , ~
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POLICE BILL.. , (Hear, bear.) This grant was the suloket of suteein,
ei, ' N. answer to a eene4tiree from Sir..T. Paittr_ge:TON, compact at the time-of-the-Union, wee, recognised by Mr.
- .I`.lr. B; OStIORNE uai.kif the state. ef ' health, of the Percevat in,lBl2.eindebad since been confirmed. Did
sh.
.lierieettery. ler tne,
.Horse Repartinent .4)er:hitter!, it was the hon. member suppose thetehe removal :if this ;rant
• h.. &;lere,;ye,int.,n'Te'l.tct proceed with .the police hill or; would stref-gthrn the position of the Estahlislied b'ureir,
••i - -Yt•'e•yei!liefj„,.!Treepesthhare• of the -Vice-President of the tit Ireland, whofe wealth Intl b,:en titken from t,.6 church'
.7. 4 ;V, -"'S11/2k)trdli ue4V9 ,-41''4. ,'•'- . ' - . f •if the pe)ple +.l-re : Lie was. convinced thet the 'bolsi)
hee.:.);..7 ish.a4PALe. )21,E1,1; .;TO. N.: reeid.: hat it . was thie intention. 'woelet
c
'Del-Per hveta.;)ar, y to. siteM. a ~cr yi rigtqu Alt's. '• •
, , of tle Apo vernAuelA,AQ go on. wi listioply on•ltriday. The..
.1;:. ..SecretDorrisetryeeseas ste mporer. ily siediepesed, and ho •Visconot 13E RNA RD reused that there besot ever been •
(Lord Pelinerhon) could not say if the two bills named any Claps:tit respecting this grant, then at the time of.
`the Uui -in or be sub-seht- ritl.Y. awaid! - pr.);•leied with emethetetielite. • ' " . ,le had been c ,ndeineed by
the late Dikei el Wein ngtOti, Secretarywben .for Ireland.
e.e,,,ehr ,•-• h Ir.a.)olV ME NT 'Ol,l .111ANNbOr1l. . . . - Sir R. Peet hal introductet this ineasure as one tluti, WAS
'7::C !Air:>> gPOON'ER'O,‘ tti'tuoCeitts'a6titial Motieh with. - to heal the'woes of Ireland : but let any one look at the
reference to t'sr endowment r f Maynooth, vit.„:—"rhat '-- sceneswhieh were presented at eleCtiens, and ask himself
this house do resolve itself hrtVa7dosiiiiiittee'for the pee. if it had peoduCed that' effe.'t. It should be renuenibered
pose of considering MT ahts fer. the endowment of the . that since the taxes of • Eogland and Ireland had been
College of Maynooth;- with a vieetto the withdrawal of equalised the Protestants of Ireland were c died on to can;
.any endewmeet ont-of the consolidated fund, due regard tribute to this grant for education given in convents atid
being had to vested rights or interests." .He said that, monasteries, ant they were at the same time refused any
often as he had had- to' bring subject under the assistance for their own schools. There was one grave
coneedeemean' of the' House, at: no time did be feel the. .consideration connected with this question. When Sir R.
importance of- the sehiecthand liter difficultiera he had .to 'reel's bill passed the population of Ireland was one-third
..09,ttend, with greater than ath.ther presenv• time, and he greater than at present ;
.and the college of Maynooth
was inclined, if possililo, to take a division on the reso- ww, in fact, a manufactory of priests, not,tinly for Ire-
111th'n withosit'%. debate..-- (Laughter, and loud cries of land, but for the whole of the British carouse', The
'''-'flkviatle") hThe,honegeetteeeat referred to'the report • Roman Catholic Archbishirp.of-Calcottn•and theßiShope
.-. • eiittra caremiseion of last year, which he Said had been sorMairee and Adelaide had been educated at Maynooth.tampered' with, having been cent ;areelteme, before it Tim. vii.i.m4 principle against which they now coetended
wen 411bnaitted te..the hevele' tell "00' eeertert. to.ifetail - lied. been sought to. he applied t., the education of this
t u
.thee course he intended to p on this occasion, country ;.and one of our-ablest public men had completely
.e
;• -Th bent gentlemen fart ThtAfi,Airi'inite, a''e6ditrittration of lircken down in the attempt. '.The. noble lord then read
various PartOf3hc•retiott,44---the 'c.vinreiSith4r 4, in the lh.t-n0 extracts from the. evidence taker, by the Maynooth
e'
. . comineof which ihareinarked that frorrithe 'Manner in ,commissioners, in proof of, the stat mient , that priests
which, the eviderere was taken by the coniinti4idoner4 educated at Maynooth were sent our, te all the colonies.
„ moot
hair into thereat vailting of tliWCell'eee Of May-' He was. convinced that, the tendency of the te,aelilifg.
by
.tbe, corernissiimere were per-sons; turned oet•a-heirekery a.•,e.e Hhhh,.. Th.,/per...at MayhoOth had been to spread, discord Aiming all classes
,:,.sprlF, aearesined'
in Iheland ; the priests there educated Lia,l al nays sought
Vhitieledeelings, ithene3t and eintere, aiod held the doe- • •to get tee Catholic • agaiost all otihr classes. Whatever
• ' trineS‘ _taught at IVTaynnoth, w 9111,11 equi innate, ,if might he the decisi sn of the house on thie question, the.
.14#0,irio tjori,t was , fo• the; :benefit of their 'Clitirele, .deeision ~)f the re o,: to out, of &Mrs was made.
••
oa
•t and .he . seer. S; sooner) contended"' that the question ~ Mr. FAGANsaid. he %Vag unwillin,per;oeial grounds
,
', ote,4
,9,(low,ii‘m this e . rlie,,,e'was. a` question which the house to make •any,ohnervatiops un this ennel..everli subj..,ct,
~1
-that
herio.tde to eensjder. ~ It was :natter i7:e j,,,t,iiiii,_,i but RS he eepreareitel a large cow,titueney,'whti were int:-
..t1.14 we, ,•'a a pr.);-,e,3t,tnt; nation, should' ho taxed and teres,ttill the subjeet, ha hoped the house would give
•, • zna,74,1 to frqvida .i.;nch h,01,0 aR Mr; Le-Gi.iehad.-enures, hie* its atteetion. for a short tics (Hear.) The la. tee I, rd
razed in a'-' work.'iles tad rkehellehrel; .as oontainieg the he hzul just sp keri seid that there.Waa no contract; in'
• ' doetrieza ihhtlist Romieh Cheri-h. ' sat:T' pllolicatitth he ettte-oase• Per.iaps there was not in the strict .sense of
r2CO/OLtiattea to the perusal of the meineers of that the terra, and even if, oiet werh,
~f Patlianiertt, if it so seetilei tit, to revoke thatcontraJ.
he,aLimitted the right
house,,and he doubted hot,deit that after reading it their
~,,,
would be musts shaken as to the propriety of lee noble 1.;e1 calleh oa te 1 tere,e or, the ground el
phheons
t‘ itliitinningtbegrauhttiMaynnoth..Theitornin Catholics, equiality of Location new established between' the two
-',.. if true to. their :011hrhh and ite teeehineh.ought never to• countries, to abolish this grant, hut did lie not know
that it was i r l'
had put themselves on a par, at , miserable trsciien of that which was
be content until they
taken from jtl)lo27Ra
`#
104141‘4•Mbith the Pretistant esteblisthinent in Oda country„ulnae Ceti-104 c Church, and app:itd to
the ell ) art of the
„,,riii be
5c,i11.,3;1.. Qwthte howl to 'gas him in maietain- .
,e Jh
C.;in
e.stottablished Ulinreh ? (Hear.) The
mg our consititution in Church .and State thatehed been .lohlh lord
....)1 l I that tile money vraiiteil t:. May;
purAll.,4:4y tiro lt;
9,0 Of., tgic aucesters., and which, if n''' "fs went
0.'1: Pri':,Plrt" the "Romen Catholic. relief m •
they did 'not taksi care, would has taken. frotn'thern. lel wasps
.. ',el. ‘ .1. .i, Maud.. It Would,. he- diffieuit for
,* BiOßtlinSai.linlies. were etexe,rcieingean -ancnnstitittieril,l th-,' • rt." i'l 1" " '
its )!upg.41,0 Pri!pa,,m4l..itkother place,
..
Ke tbm, occurred in this 0-, , • •. . thaVenameet, and obtalairtg ti II du a Power -.Lbak at *hat ' Blt t • same, .. , ,uetry in re-
the noble lord had done arid the aPriint'e,ent4' 'that mphht to
,tire, propagation or .the Pritesterve religien.
',' be.. bad 1 - /‘' 'he thanu;lo he the The 'noble 1061 was not justified is liter-l'ing th,
''mauls, an. ' It wou u• ..
I as he had dime. He tl • F
, , ease, e The noble -lord . was unceneciens oflbe- amount priests of Ireland _
.e• of. 6vil-bet was. thus, bringing -on-the country, against, the noble lord ' had selected a bad time for eup-
. • whisaht•tho whole country was loud in Protesting. Tee perting this motion. At the present thee the olive branch
s. eonlY motive that 'ioducesi hum. (qr. Speoner), to-come was about to be interchanged' between different nations,
forward on this enh.h.: t
-c' " unpopular in that house, was i representing diderent•creeds, and thertfore .1t was an un-
to d. his duty as a Cie-,,tr. man—his duty to his seasonable moment to introduce such a iniitien now.
ouqtrv, and-h 1.- duty to hie G el—aeil odo everything He did not think the religion which hie(Mr.Fagae) pro-
k/ put an. end to this seh hi *Which the Estee -
,thbis could - t4:ev e fosses need fear the attacks of the noble lord. •He be
hi-bib:held • Church of this nouree.
, 1 }led declared to be , - motto
. lieved that theesso porpctua might be applied to
--., idolatroes. •Tha would row leave the pAitcal part of the 1 that clinic!). He firmly believed that when the NeW
"%eject which he considered‘te` be the least important,' Zealander, of whom the histeriathepoke, yaiicontett!-
- aed wouldreies to tlio teligiooo 4.444 of it, - .Tior. 4aso6' - FUtin the Pl4l 1,4,§6.43-tilarildget 4.10

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTEamAy).

The Lord CHANCELLIB took his seal on tb a wooilioad k
st five o'clock.
On the motion of the Earl of CLI.RNAIrVaINT a
torn was ordered of the various stuns contrib.tted to title
Patriotic Fund.

_
Oa the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD a copy of
the letter addressed by the Archbilhop of Can, ;errbury to
the Lord Chancellor was ordered to be laid op. the table.
The same right rev. prelate gave notice of big intention
to ask a question of the Lard President of tt, ye Council
as to whether it was his intention to rrocee, I with the
Education Bill, after what had occurred in an ether place.
THE POSTMASTER OF MINTIN( ;-DON.

• The Earl of SAND WICEI inquired of t' se Postmas-
ter-General the reasons which had induced I zfin to with-
draw from the prosecution of the postmaster 'of Hunting-
don at the late assizes ?
The Duke of ARGYLL said that in all cases involv-
ing prosecutions for felony it was cu,tors iary for the
Government to consult the law authorities o f the Crown.
In the present instance that course had t •een adopted,
and the result wag, that the law officers di d not advise a
prosecution. The party, however, was dismissed, as it
was considered that he had been guilty of a 'grave offence
in opening a letter containing ad -order in favour of Mr.
Du Barry, the proprietor of the a rticle called
sabica; Revalenta, for, a supply of that arti-
cle, with a view of obtaining a commission
in the transaction, he being one of the hs 3al agen4o, by
amending it directly from himself. The ordii airy rule had
been adopted in this case, and no differences was made as
the noble earl had stated between the Hunt ingdon post-
master and the Staffordshire official. Therm was in the
one case a prosecution was advised, in the ,other it was
thought advisable not to institute a prosecutiOn.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

The Earl of DERBY complained of what be con.
sidered a discourtesy to the noble earl opr posite (Ffar-
rowby) in laying on the table last evening, just before
the rising of the house, a bill for the amends neat of the
act relating to the University of Oxford. Ile certainly
should have expected that he would have b aen informed
of the proceedings, considering his connecttion with the
university.
The Earl of HA.RROWBY assured t'he noble lord
that not the slightest discourtesy was in tended. The
measure was not of any great importai ice, it being
merely to remedy some technical defects, .nd he did not
think it was necessaryto Mention the is abject to the
noble earl.
The London Docks fill and the Knottingly Gas Bill
were severally rea4 a third time ancl42anitsil.
Tiieir lorishiPs tlin a lj.lurneri.

110 r)rS 0 e CO2tl4:i a. l'Esz
iuct SpjuKsa to,,k the chair at the. usual ;hour. •

..knuiner of p-Aiticn!l were. presented pr. eying for a
withdrawal of tbo ~ratit to Maynooth.
TrIE.LATE SIR CILIRLES lIOTFi4M.
' ' Liikr uorgAm mive,l an .44 to hA Majesty,
prayb4 fur copies or ex--races Gf a despatch fioin Sir
Gearles.Hotham, tipeech which hef delivered
at the.opening of the E.p...-4titive Oouncil •Of Victoria Tin
the 233 of November,
,1855, together-Nita% tit* answ.er
to it. And at4o-Ifer'-a c,py of a despatch from the
Acting-Governor of Victniia. announcing the-.death of
2. Slr _Efothwzi. ; airii ,f cL-ioatcht;s the Secretary
of State on OF, s t.oe -Ifjecr. Ar4r e(..1 to.
FA.CTOR,f
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Mr. BROTET ER ro I fir.; nitnitier of r 4 tturo'l
•
Yelating to the Ilt17:1!)er of ,cotton, woollen, wvritel,
tar anti Milt fActorT7,4 .zohj,mt tl the Factory A...ntA in
each county, and diAticqzniAliing each of the five de scrip-
.if frac orte4.—A.,r,-,lto.
WESTMINSTER. IMPRDV,oNIENrs

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