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ADMIRALTY, JULY 24.

Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Charles
Louis Atterbury Farmer to be First Lieutenant, vice
Gerard Montagu, resigned; Second Lieutenant William
Kelly to be First Lieutenant, vice W. EL W. Branch,
reigned.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetahire.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—William Speke,j un.,
Esq., to be Captain, vice Baillie, resigned, July 23.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Morgan Devenish, Gent,
to be Lieutenant, July 21.
WHITEHALL, JULY 26.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Miles the
younger, of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Edward Herring, manufacturing chemist, Southwark,
to surrender Aug. 7, at half-past one, and Sept. 11, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane; Wood, Aldersgate.
John Limbird, stationer, Strand, Aug. 8, at half-past
twelve, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, BAsinghall-street;
Smith, Basinghall-street..

Richard Keeping, watchmaker, Ryde, Isle of Wight,
Aug. 7, at two, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Whittington, Dean-street, Finsbury-square.
Edwin Gates, grocer, Aylesford, Kent, Aug. 6, at half-
past eleven, and Sept. 6, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Statasteld, official assignee; Wilton and
Blackman, Ray
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mono's-buildings, Gray'a Inn-square.
maccaroai manufacturer, White's-row,
Spitalfilter elds, evy, Aug. 4, at eleven, and Sept. 6, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Jenkinson, --- ;
weet•ng, and Jenkinson, Lombard-street.
Alfred Hinton, stationer, Portsmouth, Aug. 6 and
Sept. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Weir and Smith, Basinghall.street.
Ed ward Davis, currier, Northampton, August 6, at
half past one, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court of
official assignee; Heath, Artillery-
placel n krlivpetscry, . Graham,Fns
nur
y.
Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostrocht (and not
Wanostrocht Wanostrneht, as before advertised), brokers,
pou.
Liverpool, Aug. 7, and S4it. 5, at eleven, at the Liver-
' District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Sharp, Fief', and Jack.,on, London; Miller and Peel,
Liverpo,A.
Hubert Heath,
William Welch, and John Heath
Barber, ironmonger., Tunstall, Staffordshire, Aug. 16,
at ten, and Sept. 2. at one, s.t the Birmingham District
Court. Vulpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Stanier,
Ulan, and Knight, Newcastle-under-Lyne; Motteraun,
Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
Thomas John King, innkei.per, Stourport, 'Worcester-
shire, Aug. 12, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bit.-
mingham; Watson, Stourport; Hodgson, Birmingham.
David Phillips,
linendraper, Cardiff, Aug. 13, and
Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
mann, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol.

LONDON,

Betsy Daw, miller; Lumber mills, Tavistock, Aug. 7,
at one, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court; Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Elwortby,
Plymouth.
John Searle, builder, Brixham, Devonshire, August
12, and Sept. 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Robert Sparrow Paxman, coachmaker, Cannon-place,
Whitechapel-road.
Tht,mas Pearce, beer-seller, Belgrave-place, Pimlico.
Thomas &terser, tailor, Thames Ditton.
John Vevers, woollen agent, Snaresbrook, Essex.
Edwin Andrade, butcher, Newington-place, Surrey.
George Newman, livery-stable keeper, Grove-road, St.
John's-wood.
James Martin, labourer, North Cheam, Surrey.
Charles Jackson, bootmaker, Felix-street, Hackney-road.
Thomas Grant, dealer in furniture, Princes-street, Lei-

cester-square.
Thomas Lunniss, greengrocer, Brunswick-street, Black.

friars-road.
John Wedge, furniture broker, Oldbury, Worcestershire,
Benjamin Bailey, clothier, Golcar, Huddersfield.
Nathaniel Morling, licensed victualler, Brighton.
Samuel Norcliffe, publican, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Charles Steele, blacksmith, 'Worth, Sussex.
Peter M'Cabe, lodging-house keeper, Liverpool.
James Balmer, chemist, Liverpool.
Samuel Godwin, pattern designer, Manchester.
William Rotheroe, carpenter, Saint Edrin's, Pembroke-
shire.
Joshua Clegg, joiner, Birkby, Yorkshire.
John Dickinson, beer-house keeper, Manchester.
W. Hallam, labourer, New Linton, Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Holman, shoemaker, Farnham Royal, Bucks.
James Williams, cabinetmaker, Manchester.
Emma Atkinson, linendraper, Siladen, Yorkshire.
Charles Lawson, grocer, Utley, Yorkshire.
John Stewart, auctioneer, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Robert Bishop, miller, Asthall, Oxfordshire.
John Foster, worsted spinner, Manningham, Yorkshire.
Thomas Hall, licensed victualler, Friarage, Lancaster.
Richard Lynch, boot and shoemaker, Manchester.
George Robertshaw, butcher, Hightown, near Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basingball-street.
J. S. Story, St. Albans, Hertford, banker, Aug. 28
at one—M. Fletcher, Lime-street-square, merchant,
Aug. 28, at one.

In the Country.
S. W. Isherwood, Kingston.upon-Hull, woollen-dra-
per, Aug. 20, at half-past twelve at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon-Hull—T. Martin, Liverpool, merchant,
Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Gray
and R. Williams, Chester, engineers, Aug. 20, at eleven,
at the Coup t, Liverpool—J. Farley, Liverpool, lumen,
Aug. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
F. E. D. Hast, Aldermanbury, merchant, .59., any
Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Calmar], Birchin-lane.

R. Woolfall, Warrington, Lancashire, butcher, 20.,
any Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr.
Lee, Manchester.

E. Briggs, Castletown-mills, Lancashire, hatter, 80.,
any Thursday, between tan and. one, at the office of Mr.
Lee, Manchester.

W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and R. M'Kinn, Liverpool
and Bombay, merchants, fourth dividend, any
Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee,
Manchester.

W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and R. M'Kinn, Liverpool
and Bombay, merchants, second dividend, 2g., any Thurs•
day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Man-
cheater.

J. Watson and R. Y. Watson, Sunderland, ship-
builders, 5a., any Saturday, between ten and three, at
the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Staight, final dividend, 6d., any Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Ltasinghall-street.
F. E. D. Hast, Aldermanbnry, City, merchant, Aug.
21, at twelve.

In the Country.
W. Gray, Sunderland, Durham, draper, Aug. 28, at
eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. T. Hall,
Northwich, Cheshire, bookseller, Aug. 21, at doyen, at
the Court, Liverpool—S. W. Isherwood,Kingston•upou-
Hull, Aug. 20, at half•past twelve, at the
Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

J. Reed, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, hop-mer-
chant, certificate of the second class—E. Woodruffa, Old
Broad-street, City, ship broker, certificate of the third
class—T. Brighouse, Liverpool, contractor, certificate of
the second class—J. Emery, Preston, Lancashire, inn-
keeper, certificate of the second class—A. Y. Barrett,
Ilornoactle, Lincolnshire, engineer, certificate of the third
class—J. B. Browne, Newcastle-under-Lyne, wine mer-
chant, certificate of the third class.

_ .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. T. Creasy and P. R. Wilkinson, Brighton, auc-
tioneers—H. Lelliott and J. Lelliott, Derby, coal mer-
chants—W . Wincote and T. Dike, Pimlico, builders—
H. B. Brown and J. C. A. Smith, exhibitors of a moving
panorama—J. Hudson and M. D. Hudson, Kington-
upon-Hull, merchants—J. Fish and R. Watson, Oswald-
twistle, Lancaster, cotton spinners—F. Barker and J.
Barker, Great Mitchell street, St. Luke's, iron founders
—S. Cook and W. J. Down. Plymouth, painters and
glaziers—H. W. Capes and E. Ralph, Manchester, nue-
ttoneers and appraisers—T. Marsh, J. Marsh, G. Marsh,
W. Marsh, and E. Marsh, Dudley, stove grate manufac-
turers (so far as regards T. Marsh)—T. Smith and IL
Jones, Stoke-upon-Trent, colliers—W. Copland and G.
Wyllie, Manchester, braziers—A. Hooper and E. S.
White, Birmingham, iroutounders—G. Wright and R.
Wright, Derby, coal masters—J. Ferris and W. Gill,
Devon, drapers—W. Bedington and W. Tonks, Birming-
ham, brassfounders— W. Smith, E. Sewell, S. W. Cox,
and T. Holland, Derby, cheese factors—T. Lund and
A. M'Neil, Preston, pawnbrokers—G. E. Fox and W.
L. Barrington, NI-inchester, mlnuracturing chemists.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

Stephen Dickenson, Manchester, dealer in drysalteries.
Richard Jones, Hirwain, Glamorganshire, carpenter.
Henry Waters, Troedyrhiew, Glamorganshire, grocer.
William Moulding, Aberavon, Glamorganshire, butcher.
John Coates, Swansea, tobacconist.
James Rock, Dover, licensed hawker.
Thomas Lagden Ewer, Borough-green, Cambridgeshire,
grocer.
Edward Minton, Knighton, Radnorshire, plumber.
Edwin Smith, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire, butcher.
Ann Witcomb, Hereford, innkeeper.
David Parry, Cefnllansiewrch, Denbighshire, blacksmith.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Edmond and A. J. Gibb, Edinburgh, stock
brokers and commission agents, to meet within the Rooms
of Messrs. Cay and Black, Edinburgh, Aug. 4 and Sept.
1, at three.

J. Cochran, largs, to meet within the King's Arms
Inn, Ayr, Aug. 2 and 23, at eleven.
J. Allen, Jun., Glasgow, oil merchant and drysalter,
to meet within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 4 and
25, at twelve.
J. R. blacfa-quhar, Portleicb, Ross-shire, farmer, to
meet within the Btlnagown Arms Inn, Tain, Aug. 5
and 26, at one.

R. Levey and W. Paton, Glasgow, manufacturers, to
meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 4 and 25,
at twelve.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Poet-office
by the night—and M by the morning.—dispatch.]

When made up in j From what
PLACES. General Post-odic& port dis- When
London. patched. due.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug. 1 .. ...Liverpool .• Aug. 4
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 5 .. Liverpool .. Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) M July 30
.. 'Southampt. Aug. 7
Africa (West coast) N 14th of the month !Plymouth Aug. 3
Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo.'' Dover .. Aug. 18
Belgium • • .. •• N Daily .. ;Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. M 9th of the month JSouthampt. Aug. 12
Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month jSonthampt. Aug. 12
California(viaChagres)M 2d & 17th of month j Southampt. Aug. 6
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month jPlymouth.. Aug. 3
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mojDover .. July 30
Central America M 2d & 17th of mon. ,Southampt. Aug. 5
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.Boutkainpt. Te. Th. 311
Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Aug 5
France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedail;
Greece* .. N 7th 17th27thefino Dover .. July 30
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Tkrr
Honduras .. . N 17th of the meathiSouthainpt. Aug. 5
Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead Twicodaily
India (via Soutkamp.) M 20th of the monthlSouthanipt. Aug. 23
India ( via Marseilles) N, 7th& 24th efmonth,Dover • . Auk, 15
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N,7th&24tk ofmonthlDover •• Aug. 15
Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Aug. 5
Madeira .. .. M 9th of tke month Southampt. Aug. 12
Malta.
j7th,l7th,l9tb,27th Dover Jul 30
j & 30th of month y
Naples* .. • • •• Njsth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. Aug. 2
Papal States* stli 15th 25th of nao Dover .. Aug. 2
Peninsular.. Mrlth 17th 27th of mo Southampt. leg. 5
Peru „ Mll7th of the month Southampt. Aug. 5
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Aug. 2
West Indies .. Mll7th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20
West Indies (exoept
Havanna & Nassau) Mj2d of the month .. Southastnt. !Aust. 5

* The mails to those c
French packet sr:4 Marsei

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ISoathaatpt. /Aug. 5
cod (*) are conveyed by

CALIFORNIA.—Mahe tO
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lc.ui packet.

ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL. - Yesterday
morning the grand day fancy sale and night fete com-
menced in the beautiful gardens of Vauxhall, i❑ aid of the
building fund of the above most excellent charity. Many
interesting articles of fancy needlework, &c., were displayed,
and the stalls were presided over by many distinguished
ladies. Although a great number took tickets with the
intention of confining their visit to the show of the bazaar,
there is no doubt that the attractions of the night fete
will prove in reality the mainspring of assistance to the
funds of the hospital. The performances at the Gardens both
last night and to-day include an extended and most un-
usual list of attractions, and we make no doubt that the
wonder•seeking public will feel high gratification in being
enabled to mingle a work of charity and benevolence with
their pleasure and enjoyment.

SALMON ANGLING.—The fishing season of the
Ness opened on the 17th by Mr. A. Mackenzie, Ness House,
taking a couple of good-sized grilse, in the Red Brae pool.
Since then, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Nicol, and Mr. Naughten—all
members of the Inverness Angling Club have caught fresh-
run grilses in the different pools. The nets between the
bridges have also had some very successful hauls. The
angling generally has improved since last week. In the river
Carrot], Horatio Ross, Esq., caught 17 salmon in three days;
and Captain Latour, 9. In the Carron, at Lochcarron, Sir
Arthur Chichester and J. Chichester, Esq., have taken a
number of salmon and grilses; and the Blackwater has
given excellent sport. Mr. Merray, of Polonaise has been
the most fortunate there. In the °jell, Mr. Buxton and
friend have enjoyed some good sport during the week.
Salmon and grilse are now in the river in plenty, and both
gentlemen have, on several days, made excellent baskets.
Lord Yarborough, in the Roy and Spean, has been success-
ful - large numbers of fish having fallen to the rod in these
rivers.—bwerness Courier.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 29.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool.
sack bsborily after Five O'clock.
coryaoLD ENCLOSURE AND TITHE COll.
MISSION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PE PITIONS.

The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from
some pari.b against beer-houses, and several in favour of
the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.
Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from Wor-
cester in favour of the preservation of the Crystal
Palace, and its conversion into a winter garden.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti-
tions from different Wesleyan congregations in Ireland
in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from Clare
against the Papal Aggression Bill; also several petitions
in favour of the preservation of the Crystal Palace.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL presented several
petitions against Papal aggression.
POOR RELIEF ACT CONTINUANCE BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill
was read a second time.
PRIVATE BILLS.

Oa the motion of Lord REDESDALE several Bills
were forwarded a stage.
CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE
this Bill was read a third time and passed.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDO WNE moved the third read-
ing of this Bill.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, although he had on a
former occasion occupied a considerable portion of their
Lordships' time, yet could not permit this the last op-
portunity he should have to pass without again entering
his protest against this ill.otnened Bill. He was almost
alone in his opposition to this measure, and therefore at
least he was entitled to the credit of acting from
conscientious motives in thus placing himself in opposi-
tion to the great majority of their Lordships. Yet, although
this Bill bad been carried by large majorities in both
Houses, he had not heard of any single individual who
expressed himself as entirely satisfied with this Bill.
All that the supporters seemed to be agreed on was that
" something must be done;" and nothing could be more
dangerous than to legislate under the pressure of pas-
sion, which was always the case with those who said
" something must be done." The arguments of the
Noble Baron (Monteagle), who the other night moved
the omission of Ireland from the Bill, were conclusive
against any legislation on the subject. Here was a
measure proposed by her Majesty's Government, which,
he believed, was pregnant with mischief of every de-
scription, calculated to lead to the meat disastrous con-
sequences, and likely to produce a spirit of disobedience
which they ought not to encourage; and even at that
last stage of the Bill he felt it his duty to enter his pro-
tast against it.
The Bishop of OXFORD said that had he consulted
his own feelings alone he should not have troubled the
House with any remarks at this stage of the Bill, cir-
cumstances rendering it peculiarly painful to him to ap-
proach the subject at all; but as his silence would, he
knew, undoubtedly lead to misconstruction of his motives
with regard to a matter so deeply affecting the religious
interests of the country, he felt it his duty, holding the posi-
tion which he did, and alluded to pointedly as he had been
in the course of these debates, to state his opinions, lest it
should seem that he felt a lukewarmness with regard to
the great object which that Bill was intended to achieve,
or that he did not give a hearty and full, and—in spite
of what had fallen from the Noble Earl—a rational
assent to the Bill which ber Majesty's Government had
introduced.—(Hear, hear.) It had been argued with
singular ability before their Lordships, that that Bill was
simply and altogether a civil and political measure, and
did not in any degree touch religious considerations.
If by " civil and political" was meant that it only
effected the civil and political standing of this country,
then he must say that he could not assent to that Bill on
any such grounds, but he believed that, on the contrary,
it immediately and directly concerned the religious
character of this country, and on that ground alone did
he give it his assent. He did not mean by that to main-
tain that it was the province of that House, by their
votes, to establish religious truths—he thought it was
not, and his Noble Friend opposite who assented to that
proposition, seemed to him to confound the place which
he (the Bishop of Oxford) held in this country, with
that which he held in that House as a legislator. He
had different lines of duty as a bishop and a clergyman
of the Church, and as a legislator of the land sitting in
that House. He thought they were bound as being sat
in trust with great truths still professed by this nation,
and as occupying places in the Church of this land.
to which had been committed the spiritual superin-
tendence of the people, to protest against that act of
aggression on two grounds, first as being in their
judgment an introduction of false and fatal doctrine
into this their land, and next as being a schismati-
cal intrusion of a rival Church on to ground
already legitimately occupied by the Church of
this land.—(Llear, hear.) On both grounds he thought
they were bound to protest, and the clergy had so pro-
tested in their solemn synod, and he was prepared in
spite of what had been said against that synod, to jus-
tify every separate detail of that protest, as in their pre-
sence ho declared he believed them to be fully justifiable.
But ho did not mean to say that it was the duty of that
House to follow the same course, or that it was fur
Parliament to attempt to hold the scales between dif-
ferent allegations of truth—between Catholicism and
Protestantism. As soon as they gave the British Ca-
tholics seats in Parliament they made it impossible for
Parliament to act on the presumption that ono faith
was true and the other false, and, therefore, in that
House, he had never argued against the falsehood of the
Roman Catholic faith, deeply convinced as he was of its
falsehood on all points in which it differed from the
faith cf the Church of England, because he did not feel
it lawful for hire to do so in that House. And still
less did he assent to this Bill with any idea that they
could maintain truth by persecuting error, or make en-
actments to decide what was right. The whole series
of such endeavours had been futile in execution, or ini-
quitous and unjust in their operation. Therefore he had
never lent his aid to any attempt of a nature which
seemed like persecution of others for their religious
opinions. But this was not a measure of that description,
and as a Christian people he thought they could not do
less than thus enter their protest against what was an
act of aggression upon their religion and their Church.
It had been held by some, that this measure was alto-
gether to be considered as a repulsion of an insult to the
Crown of England; but if that were so—if it was as
patriots and Englishmen, and not as a Christian people,
they felt that act—how could they difference that act
of the Bishop of Rome from those which they applauded
in the very highest manner when done of old, when from
Jerusalem, as a centre, went forth those who, denying
that they had anything to do with the kingdoms of the
world, did at Antioch, at Alexandria, at Jerusalem, and
Rome, found chairs of apostolic authority, and lay down
precepts of apostolic rule? Why, if this act of the Bishop
of Rome were an aggression merely quoad the nation,
then every one of these acts of the apostles was an ag-
gression, because there too there were empires and mo-
narchies, and it was as much an aggression t) set up
bishops without the consent of those monarchies, as it
was to do so now in this country. But there was this
difference, that this country was a Christian country,
which those of old were not ; and this act of
the Pope was an aggression, because he de-
clared that this was not a nation, and because he
declared by that were lapsed into an un-Christian
state. By the canon law of the Bishop of Rome
himself, it was impossible for him to do as be had done
1, unless he assumed that to
fact,gard atendthheis ntweoouuldbr
be acting against the laws of
his own Church if he by any act abolished the ancient
sees of England, except on the ground that we were not
wbeiththree
a Church of Christ. Thus those expressions in the Papal
brief, which had been treated as hyperbolical, had for
their basis that assumption. He (the Bishop of Oxford),
therefore, took a legttimate and right view of the mat-
ter—and he was not now speaking as a member of the
Church of England, but as a member of a Christian
nation—when he said that it was for all the Christian
sects of this country to declare that that act of the Bishop
of Rome was a denial of their Christianity and an ag-
gression upon their common faith. It was indeed taking
up the protest of our forefathers. They would not sub-
mit to anything touching their Christian independence.
They were an independent member of the great Christian
commonwealth of nations. As such they were bound to
reject this act of the Pope. They were doing what their
fathers did at the Reformation. They then stated that
they adopted certain doctrines and rejected others. They
acknowledged the reformed Christian truth as set forth
in their formularies. They would not sanction any ultra-
montane doctrines. What was the ground of the Papal
rescript? Not merely that it had sent into this country new
bishops, but that it had abolished the existing epis-
copal institutions.—(Hear, hear.) There was a mixed
temporal and spiritual power in the act. By the act of
the Bishop of Rome, the very sees of the English
bishops were swept away. There was an attempt to re-
move them from the category of Christian people.
There was an abolishing of their rights of independence
as a Christian people.—(Hear.) lie did not say that he
altogether approved of this Bill, but it was the best
under circumstances. The Bill had reached them at too
late a period in the session to amend it. He thought he
had now shown that something should be done, and that
this Bill, under the circumstances, was the best that
could be done; he, therefore, should take his share of
the responsibility of passieg it. He did not believe that
it was taking from the Roman Catholics that which was
necessary for the exercise of their religion. Every-
thing that was necessary for the salvation of the souls of
Roman Catholics was provided by the ancient system.
The Pope had felt, in past times, that the appointment
of diocesan bishops would be so distasteful to the people
of England, that he had abstained from resorting to
that step. He had now appointed a local and territorial
Roman episcopate, and abolished, in so far as in him
lay, the existing episcopate. There was, therefore,
a ground for a national movement. This Bill did
not altogether satisfy him, because ho was not sure
that they ought to have proceeded in this way at all;
but it was better to do something than let things remain
as they were. For the Legislature to do nothing, would
have led to dangerous results. They denounced the
special dogmas and claim to universal jurisdiction of the
Bishop of R 'me. They wished to secure to this country
that which was its unalienable right as a Christian na-
tion. He thought that, to effect this, this Bill went too
far, and yet it did not go far enough.—(A laugh.) He
thought they could never enforce these money fines. The
Bill might have been made a self-executing measure.
The Ministers of State should never concede rank, or
right, or title to any man in virtue of a rank conferred
by the Pope. Supposing there was a Pretender to the
Crown, and that he was to appoint peerages. Why, that
would be a misdemeanor. Was it not the same with the
bishops of Rome? Why should her Majesty's Ministers
concede to these pretenders rank and title after the