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pleased. For his own sake, however, he (Mr- W ,od)
would have wished that the Cardinal had writt an in a
different spirit. As to the fantastic ornaments with a /hick
he was pleased to decorate his letter they had nothing t o
do;
he would pass that by. But were the Parliament of
other
Eg-
land prepared to say trade, or - finance, or anY
subject, was of equal value or importance with, the asser-
tion of the rights and privileges of the people of agland,
handed, down to them from the earliest period' ° f their
.history, from the Saxon times to the present ; th e rights,
on the one hand, of allowing all other persons tl le fullest
spiritual freedom, but at the same time of r ase rting the
same spiritual freedom and civil liberty for thc OS
o elves, de-
claring that they would never suffer any. -P. Pe or ec-
clesiastic' to interfere in any temporal matters beti veen them
and the Government of the country ; that in all causes,
ecclesiastical and temporal, they owed allegial ice to the So-
vereign and no one else, and that if the Pope e ndeavoured to
introduce here that canon law which had bee nso fruitful of
mischief abroad, he would find the same det, ?mined spirit
in the people of England as at the time of th p Reformation
to disclaim an attacks on the temporal liberti es of the laity
by any ecclesiastical power. ?—( Hear. )
The debate was then adjourned.
Mr. F. AIATTLE moved for and obtained lea ve to bring in
a Bill to amemd certain Acts for the improvem, not of Prisons
and Prison Discipline in Scotland.
MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELANI )")
Sir W. SOMERVILLE, in moving for leave t o bring in a
Bill to provide for the better distribution, suppo rt , and ma-
nagement of medical charities in Ireland, and for tl le amend-
ment of the Act for providing for the execution of the laws
for the relief of the poor in Ireland, said the Bill w as neatly
the same as that which received the support of tl ie House
last year, except as to the constitution of the board, with re-
spect to which, in obedience to what he had wilco, ted to be
the general ;feeling of the House, he proposed in tli a present
Bill that there should be but one board, and that 5 hould be
the Poor-law board.
Leave was then given, and the House L 4010716 dat One
o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE 1 LTRE.
On 'MONDAY EVENING will be produce a, after the
Comedy of LOVE IN A. MAZE, a new Melodr; oat, entitled
PAULINE, En which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will APPear.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James AndersCa 1.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented by her Majesty's Se: val
The Petite Comedy entitled
THE LADY AND THE DEVIL. •
Wildlove, Mr. J. Anderson ; Jeremy, Mr. Walter L ety ; Signor
Rafael, Mr. J. W. Ray; Claudian, Mr. H. Butler; Zepl t irina, Mrs.
Nisbett; Negombo, Mrs. Griffiths.
After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entity IAZ &EL,
TILE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mi *. J. Ander-
son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; t 5 ethos, Mr.
Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter t acy ; Lia,
'L utile. Victoria* Legrain (Premier Sujet da Opera de P 1 xis), who
me been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will , make her
appearance every evening.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c..
AcT I.
INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TENT,
Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—S=l el t.
The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift--DeparttUm of AZa el
With the Caravan for Memphis.
Camels of the Desert.
AcT IL
The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS.
Arrival of Azael.
filtered Procession of Apis. The Oftbrings.
Lia, and Troop of Almees.
Grand Pas de Fascination by Marine. Victorine Leg fr sin.
:fie ensemble by Madame Louise, Meddles. raiser, J e:de, and
Coryphees.
The Gamester—False Dice—Azael's Prodigality—the L ter* Token
VIEW near MEMPHIS.
Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend.
Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS.
Orgie.
Grand Pas de Pcfignards by the Coryphees:
&zeal recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—A zael, surprised
in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim..
The Doom of the Prodigal.
AcT
TItNY of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver.
Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Predigal- th e Slave—the
False isiend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the P, :odigal.
The Dream.
The YALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH.
The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Eel ern of the

Prodigal.
Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert.

• THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEI.
Mr. B. Webster, 9,oie Lessee and Manager, Old Brorxption.
THIS EVENING,
Will, be performed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. W.' Walla& ;
lags, Mr. James Wallack ; Desdemona, Miss Reynold s ; Emilia,
Miss Laura Addison.
To be followed by a new ana original comic drama, es., lied GOOD
FOR NOTHING. Tom ,Dibbles, Mr. Baekstone ; liar ry Collier,
Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark Nan, Mrs. F itawilliarn.

ttOYAL,
"Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts , entitled
BELPILEGOR TILE MOUZITEBANK ; or, The Pride, of Birth.
Duke de Moutbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, 111 r. Boyce ;
the Chevalier de Rohm, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, sun u.nted Bel-
phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Air. Wright ;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini
Flora Aphrodite Stilt, Miss Woolgar. •
After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or, The Shilling flop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; : d.ajor Stiff,,
Mr. Freeborn ; air. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander P a nets, Miss
Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Mi s; Woolgar.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STI
Under. the 21anagement of Mr. C. Kea' and Mr.
TIIIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled.' LOVE IN
A 31.4.7. F.. Charnetera br 31.4!..ra. C. Kenn, Keeley, Wi ;all, Harley,
.1.11(11.Art, Meadow,,; !It's. I:.eel,y, Mrs. Wintantey, and Airs. C.!
'Crab.•
To •••,ilellade with TO rii:ENTA and GUARDIANS.

ROYAL LYCEUM TII.E.A.TRy,.
Uniltr the Management of Madame Vestrbr,
Sole Lcazee, Mr. Charles afatliewt.
• THTS EVENING,
Will be performed
With SE;tVE lIIM
Air which an entirely new and original Fairy E gtravaganza,
obe called KING CHAWMING , or, the Bina Bird of Paradise.
Cbaraeters by Messrs. C Mathew:,, P. Matthews, Horn castle, Sitter,
Bellingham, and 'Bonner ; Mrs. Vrank Matthews, Mlns Ellis, Mrs.
C. Born, Miss Bt. George, and Miss Martindale.

LOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. ,
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
TillS EVENING,
be perform THE RED CAP.
Atter which ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
To conclude with a new Ballet. called THE WHITE STATUE,
In which Madlle. Adele, Miss Lees, and Tom Mathews will appear.

ASTL.M.":3 ROYAL AMPUITLIEATRZ
Under the Plttronage of her Majesty and his Royal ilighneai
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Extraerdlnary series of attractive novelti,Z.'
'llllB 141VENING,

rhe Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC; or the 31a13 of Or-
lea,s, with new and costly costumes,
' Together with Batty's ,r,plendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with JONATHAN; or, The Man of Two Mustcrs.
Box-office open from Eleven sill Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. •

HIGH WATER Al LONDON FRIDGE
Tins DAT —Morning 0 min. after 0 I Evening 11 Pain. after 12
To-Moanow—Morning 42 min. atter 12 I Evening 7 rain. atter 1

THE WEATHER: Sur OFFICE, MARCH 15.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
48 —highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
36—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.73.
WIWD N.N.E.— Heavy rain without intermission since twelve
o'clock last night.

by moving that the Bill be mad a second time that day
six months.

Mr. REYNOLDS seconded gto motion, and declared
that he had voted in favour a f Mr. DISRAELI'S motion
not because he approved of ' it, but because ho had no
confidence in the Governmen t , and he should continue
to vote against them on all oo casions until this m9isure
was abandoned.

Sir B. LIALL supported tlal 1 Bill, which so far from
being any interference with. • religious liberty was a pro-
test against religious domiliation. He would resist any
attempt that might be mrolo to give the bishops of his
own Church synodical action as heartily as he would
resist the exercise of such, action on the part of the
Romish prelates.

Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER o reposed the Bill. He denied
that the POPE had by his irescript violated the law of
nations, or that he had cor emitted any invasion of the
QUEEN'S territorial power. He admitted that the lan-
guage of the rescript was r ;rrogant and presumptuous,
but he believed that no ins 3lt was intended. He con-
sidered that a spiritual aggri ssion had been committed
on the Church of England, bit ut that did
.not justify the
introduction of so coercive e.A aeasure as this Bill.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS accept ted this Bill as an instal-
ment; at the same time he tl i ought the Government had
been very tardy and remisr:. A proclamation should
have been issued in October, and the Mediterranean
fleet should have been sent t h Ancona to retain posses-
sion Of it until the POPE bead withdrawn his offensive
reseript.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, in a m widen speech, supported the
Bill as a measure which did not infringe upon the
religious liberty of any p trson or sect, but merely
prevented the abuse of it.. He regretted to find
himself differing from S J. GRAHAM on this
subject ; but it was because he was an
advocate of civil and religious liberty, which
could not be severod from eac:;h other, that he supported
this Bill, the provisions of w4,hich, however, he did not
desire to see extended to Ire1:1, nd. He had, during his
residence in Switzerland, in a diplomatic capacity, had
opportunities of observing the, insidious and aggressive
policy of Rome. The Jesuits, had fomented a civil war
in that country, and he could scarcely restrain his feel-
ings when he witnessed the Jr radices to which they had
had recourse at Lucerne and other places. Rome was
the same now as she was in the days when the POPE
had ordered thanksgivings a!: .d rejoicings for the mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew, al t d the measure which this
Bill was intended to repress w Tas not an isolated act, but
the first step in
,an organized ssttack on our civil and re-
ligious institutions.

Mr. M'CULLAGH, as a Pr( ) testant, protested against
this measure as an interferenc with the right of private
judgment.

Mr. PAGE Woo) demurred to the definitions which
they had heard of civil and re I igious liberty. His (Mr.
Woop's) definition of this pier ass was, the right to wor-
ship the CREATOR in the model deemed best, of choosing
religious instructors, and the free exercise of religious
observances, with this safeguu a Tl—sic ague tuo alien=
ut non loedas. The Church of Rome perpetually mixed
up temporal with spiritual thi t tgs, and it would be most
dangerous to introduce the cat: ,on law into this country,
as one of its maxims was, that the law of every country
must give way to the Po EE's edict; yet the in-
troduction of the canon law ems necessary to the full
doielopment of the Roman Ca, tholic religion. He con-
sidered the recent act of the :PorE to be a violation of
the law of nations, and an of tack, not only upon the
Church, but upon the civil liberty of England.

On the motion of Mr. Moci-nE, the debate was ad-
journed. _ _

The House rose at One o'cic•:,k.

The debate on the Ecclesieiietical Titles Assumption
Bill was last night resumed, a nd of course adjourned.
The torrent of eloquence that a nust be poured forth on
that question, in every stage, of its progress, could
not find vent in a single evening. The estimates are,
therefore, to he postponed. The maintenance of the
national establishments, and the due provision
for the public service, 'tare matter); of but
trivial importance to the fa Meg Ministry. They
may be left as a legacy to seauessers, or
retained as a valid excuse ster killing.time, if they
ehould imply retain cEee, not thr4reh own
strength, but through the
,er?eeknese of their oppo-
milt:4, and :be impossibility clt'etheirentrteinfog sutli•
cient support to constitute Gevernnient. The
income-tax will expire on the C;th of April, but the
proposition for its renewal has. been indOinitely post-
poned, so that the financial awangements must inevi-
tably fall into confusion, and the Chancellor of
the Exahequcr will be th;ls spared that source
of all his embarrassments, a iland-;ome surplu.. Ise
is well accustomed to a deficiency—that he can deal
with. It is an easy answer to all applications to say
that " nothing can be done in the present state of the
Exchequer." Yes,,a, deficiency covers a multitude
of sins; and :he case of Sir OVA RLES WOOD affords
an additional illustration of the truth of the adage—
.
" Ii is an ill wind that blows nobody good."
The debate last night, although able speeches were
made for and against the aLeaeure, will not greatly
interest. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY, in
moving that the Bill should be. read a second time
that day six months, proved how widely he differed
from his Noble Father, and also how utterly useless
were the concessions of the Premier, which, as might
readily be anticipated, totally failed to conciliate the
dissentients, whom nothing but a blind submis-
sion to the authority of the PONTIFF could
satisfy. Mr. REYNOLDS, in seconding the 'amend-
ment, succeeded, as he always does, in amus-
ing the House and getting it into some degree
of good humour, which was not lessened by his
naive avowal of the motives by which he was actu-
ated in supporting Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and of
the determination of certain Irish Members to
offer a factious opposition on every question,
to vote " black white" if the Ministry could be
damaged. Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER made a clever
Chancery speech on the same side, while Mr. M'CuL-
!Agri showed that he fully understood the tenure by
which he held his seat. On the other side
Sir BENJAMIN • HALL, Sir ROBERT HARRY
IteGeas, and Mr. PAGE WooD came out very
ably in defence of the Royal prerogative and the na-
tional independence. The great speech of the even-
ing—we may, indeed, say of the session—was that of
Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Hon. Baronet, whose very
name must excite the warmest emotions in every
English breast, " fleshed Els maiden sword"
most creditably, and on the termination of
his speech was cordially greeted by many
of those who had so often listened with delight
and instruction to his lamented predecessor.
His admirable speech afforded the most auspicious
auguries of future fame, and gave fair promise that
the name of Sir ROBERT PEEL would again be
favourably known in the British Senate. All, how-
ever, could not repress the feeling of in-
sipidity arising from the knowledge that the
whole affair is little better than a mockery
and delusion, which, if passed in its pre-
sent form, is at least never intended to be carried into
practical operation. It may :serve as an agreeable
divertissement, pour pqsser les temps, but that is all ;
for whether it be sanctioned in the abridged
form, or whether it be rejected, we con-
sider a matter of : the most profound) indiffer-
ence, and so we believe it will be regarded by the
great majority of the people throughout the length
and breadth of the land.

What are the intentions of 111inisters ? Is it their
object to make 1851 a jubilee year, and in honour of
the Great Exhibition to postpone everything in the
shape of legislation to another' and mere convenient
season? They have already be.en very generally de-
signated as the "Do-nothing" Cabinet, and they
have apparently determined to establish an unques-
tionable claim to the title. Six working weeks of
the session have already elapsed, and what has been
accomplished ? Nothing, litera,lly nothing. Verba
non acta appears to have been the rule. We have
unquestionably had " large p romises," but they
have not been accompanied by even "scant perform-
ances." We have had a protracted discussion on the
motion of the Honourable Gen tle.man the Member
for Buckinghamshire, on which the sturdy
agriculturists pinned their fleeting hopes,
and from which they looked for the resurrection of
the filthy idol " Protection," whi.:th had been consigned
to the sepulchre amidst the jot foul cheers and con-
gratulations of the people thu a tardily emancipated
from its malignant influence. Well, that ended in
smoke—it was rejected ; rejecter 1, it is true, by but a
slender majority, but that was o' wing to the desertion
of the " Irish Brigade," who not only abandoned ,the
free-trade standard, under whit h they had formerly
fought, but transferred their allegiance to the hostile
ranks. It was not " that thf 3y loved Protection
more, but that they loved Lord Joan Itusszu, less."