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BAIL, COUR7, 4)41 17.

(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Mr. PETERSDORFP moved for a rule calling aeon,l,l4rbo°
torney, whose name he would not for obvious resor,boir
give, to answer for certain malpractices, and all° 14‘,
cause why his name should not be struck off the rot poi
made this application on an affidavit of the presenrnei Ot
Wellesley, who stated that he had employed the present
question as far back as the year 1832. In 154:„' 936
then abroad, he was desirous of returning kr,nd A
land, but, as Mr. Crockford retained a
his for the sum of 2,0001., he was anxious that tu,i-he sfr
should be discharged before he arrived in London, iferirl
torney in question communicated with his LordshiP, ?raper
to make an arrangement that would remove ever)? I Cer
ment to his Lordship's return, if ho granted notes t?P bo
tain amount, and at certain d'stes. On these conditl°pre
undertook that the bond should be discharged. Tbtees64
missory notes were transmitted by h is Lordship, but /11%04
applying them to the purpose for which thoy were
namely, the releasing of Lord Wellesley from the
this bond, he took them into the market, got t'nelied"i'
counted, and applied them to his own uses. He sll/4,, in
the rule on other grounds also—one of them, that in
the said attorney suggested to his Lordship that if heB.o,
certain bills, he (the attorrey) should be able to ratr",
derable sums upon them. He took these bills also inc.,„,
market, and applied their proceeds to his own P2nst t 13,61
There were other charges of a similar character agu4.l6 bri
said attorney, but he (Mr. Petersdorff) thoue"„„jes
stated enough to induce the Court to grant the
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sought for.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE thought the matter ell°old I#
to
sifted in a criminal court. A &We as
Mr. PETERSDORFP was of opinion, with all ue---flogb,.-i
his Lordship's judgment, that there was hardlY
the face of the facts to warrant them in adoptinb wow;
course. If, therefore, it pleased his Lordship, be,„4 T"
rather that his application were granted.—The Ow--
granted.

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GRANT TO MAYNO TH.
The great question raised by the Maynooth Bill is
really this—How is the government of Ireland to be
carried on? This is the question which every man who
pretends to statesmanship must answer clearly to his
own mind, before he can say " ay" or " no" to the Go-
vernment proposition. Is the government of Ireland to
be maintained by force, or by gaining the good will of
her people? Looking to the safety and integrity of the
empire, this is the greet and urgent question of the
present time. The: repeal of the union may be impos-
sible, but war with America or with France is not im-
possible, and in either case a union supported by Eng-
lish troops would add at least as much to our anxieties
as to our strength. The main argument for the May-
nooth Bill, then, is, that it is a measure of conciliation.
It will confer solid benefits on the religious instructors
to whom the Irish people are attached, and, however it
may be used by the leaders of agitation, it will be re-
ceived by all men of common sense as an evidence of the
friendly disposition of an imperial Parliament. We
have no doubt, indeed, that many of the most ardent
opponents of the union secretly dread the success of the
measure, on account of its tenderey to allay the fervour
of the popular hostility to England. By whom, then, is
the Bill opposed? By two earties who, on all other
questions, religious and political, and even in the reasons
of their opposition to this measure, are as much opposed
to each other as light and darkm-ss. Of one of these
parties we would always speak with the respect which
is due to honesty and consistency. Protestant Dissenters,
who,
_on the ground of the voluntary principle, oppose
the Maynooth grant, are open to no imputation, except
one, and that is, that they are suffering themselves to be
egregiously duped by the more powerful party, from
whose intolerant and exclusive principles they themselves
have long suffered. The voluntary principle is in itself
free from every taint of injustice, end, whatess r may be
thought of its practical effects, it must be admitted to be
a grand conception. It arises in religious mit,ds from
zeal for the purity of the Christian faith, and it implies
an entire reliance on the power of that faith to main'ain
its hold upon soci -ty without legal institutions. Its ad-
vocate , too, may plead that it would furnish one male
of rem .ving the difficulties of government in Irel nd.
They say, " Leave the education of Lish priests to be
supported by those who want their services. Withdraw
the Maynooth grant altogether—but withdraw also the
endowments of the Protestant and Presbyterian
Churches. Sweep away every vestige of the legal
establishment of religion now existing in Ireland. L..t
the whole of its Church property, the Prs.bytetian
reqium donum, and the paltry Maynooth grant, be applied
to general education, or to some other purpose of general
utility. Plane the ministers of all sects on the equal
footing of dependence on the contributions of their
flocks, and leave Protestantism to contend eith Popery,
by its own intrinsic strength alone." This is, at least, a
clear and consistent answer to the question, " How is
Ireland to be governed?" The scheme, too, is precisely
that which would be most welcome to the Irish Catholics.
They would admit its perfect justice, and close with the
proposition at once. Whatever might be its effects upon
the character of religious teaching, it would undoubtedly
remove that which supplies the chief fuel to popular dis-
content. But the reasons for insisting on the voluntary
principle in reference to Ireland derive all their force
from the assumption that it can be applied there in its 1
integrity. To enforce it upon the Church of the ma-
jority, and not upon the Church of the minority, is both
unreasonable and flagrantly unjust; and it cannot be re-
garded by the Irish in any other light than as an injury.
The Irish Catholics are very well disposed to the volun-
tary principle; but if they find its English advocates em-
ploy it to defeat a Maynooth grant, while they are unable
to disturb the rich establishment of the Protestant mi-
nority, they will hardly give those advocates credit for
the friendly feeling and love of equal justice which they
profess. We cannot but think, therefore, that Pro-
testant Dissenters, who upon this ground are joining in
the present No-Popery agitation of Tories and High-
' Churchmen, should consider well what is likely to be the
result of their efforts, and whether, if successful, they
will not contribute to the triumph of the greatest ene-
mies of religious liberty. Let it not be forgotten that a
Whig Government tried, not to abolish, but to reduce
within moderate limits the Irish Protestant establish-
ment, and failed in that attempt for want of popular
support. The history of the appropriation clause does
not furnish much ground for expecting that Protestantism
in Ireland can be made dependent oat the voluntary sys-
tem. Is it wise, then, that Liberal Dissenters should
now aid the supporters of Protestant ascendancy in that
country, in withholding from Roman Catholics a slight
but welcome alleviation of the injustice which they sus-
tain? Under the circumstance of the case, neutrality
would be wise and becoming. If they ever become
strong enough to enforce their principle, let them get
rid of Maynooth grant and Protestant establishment to-
gether ; but in the mean time let them not lend the
strength and moral influence of that principle to the
achievement of a most sectarian triumph for its greatest
foes. It is obvious that the defeat of the May-
nooth grant, if it should be defeated, will not be a 'elisemsiemeeeeeiseeseieer —.----- 7
/1114. triumph of the voluntary principle. It will be a ii f RTH 6. lillgt°l3' ii
triumph of No-Popery passions and prejudices. The On the 14th inst., at Tibberton-square, Is , p
victory may be won by the junction Of two parties, Field, of a son. t 6
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but the stronger of the two will absorb the fruits of On the 14th inst. at the Vicarage, St- 1, „, 5...,
the conquest. When Liberal Dissenters find themselves Hitchin, Herts, the lady of the Rev. T. H. St.e.es.sqSol'si
following Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. Plutnptre, and ad- On the 15th inst., at the Crescent, Amerioe.
_till
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ding their voices to a No-Popery war-cry raised by wife of Captain Griffin, Royal Artillery, of ase f tho I`.o#
On the 15th inst , at John-street, Bedford-row,
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clergymen of the Establishment, they ought surely to AloexnanthdeerlHstehnry,*Esq., of a son. . . if, of Vtoost
have coins misgivings as to the course which they are inst, at Upper Tulse-hill, the n
taking. It may be true that ziir Robert Inglis and his Loughborough, Esq., of a daughter. ii pets
friends are using suicidal arguments ;it may be true On the 15th Mi at Stanhope-street, 5.4133`
that, in declaring it wrong to be obliged to-pay fur the Mrs. David W. Raimbach,. of a son, still.born• to
inculcation of doctrines from which we dissent, those Kall
persons acknowledge a principle fatal to all State endow. .y.... 1 itit I. b. Li .
thethe
Reivns
John Jervis
St. Geolrg‘eh'sit,
On l6th •
ments ; but after such arguments have served their tern- Rector,f r p.rary purpose, of what value will they be ? Are tle.y College, Dublin,* eldest son of Sir Henn ble`—,,,r-d,rel
not evidently taken up for the occasion, and will they White Jervis, Bart., ofßally-Ellis, county WeX'-- of .4
not be throe n aside with the same discreditable facility? third daughter of Thomas Massa Alsager, Esq.' 11et4
What if Dissenters, attracted by the voluntary principle square, Bloomsbury. re 00°07
enJaerTisve. risl.,lmii:Fplie•J
arguments of Sir Robert Inglis, should first enable him On the Bth ult., at St. James's Cathedral, To ,to ioto
to defeat the Maynooth grant, and then beg the very Canada, Francis D. Gwilt, Esq., of Woedet:oplet
small favour that be would embody his new views in a Sophia, only daughter of Mr. Benjamin Sviee"
Bill for the abolition of church-rates, would tot the High Basingstoke, Hants. , Tii lif.h.r. 6:1014-1
Church leader smile at their simplicity ? The present On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Cheltenott—'4oo--
Wingrave, of St. Paul's churchyard, Londne,,t,een'itali' l
agitation is, we repeat, a No-Popery agitation. No- daughter of Mr. D. Primer, High-street, Cie " lie.
Popery is the burden of the speeches by which it is
carried on, and even some advocates of the voluntary DiEb. , w acelthig,
principle are so far carried away by religious excitement, On the 29th of November, at Sydney, s'e .of ,Al
as to mix up that principle with appeals to sectarian and Charles Frederick, son of John Robinson, Esq'
000,7.
unsocial feelings. We cannot but think that the excite- Surrey.
Wellto IA 01
meat of a No-Popery cry, however honestly engaged in, On the 24th ult., near Ancaster, Canada v, 04
involves at the present time a peculiarly deep respon- of John Craven Chadwick, Esq. , 1004
rook
On the 28th ult., Joseph Andrew de Ida
sibility. Considering the difficulties of the question Heaton, Hertfordshire., .0
Hertfordshire
with which we started—the question of how Irentral is Onthe Bth inst., il Thomas Hath Will, - r. 9
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to be governed—it is a course fraught with peril to Cambtzwell, aged 4.
develop to the utmost possible extent the religious an On the 11thmst ,at Jersey.
tagonisin between the two countries. When theof Wick-house, Hoinert,-- - ' Olitw,th
religious a-toll
feelings, potent as they are, become blended with On the 110 1- NT wfna- 0,-
party , it,.., . sust., in High-street, . e
movements and popular agitation,
,they easily acquire aI E. , gets' t 'lli
fierce and fanatical character. What will be th, On the 12th inst., at Hadham Palace, ittpa,
pects of the empire—of the union c •
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.„"j'of
--of social tranevillity. if'3- religious liberty On the 9th inst., at Shrewsbury, Rand* s
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Catholicism in - .- -. rotestantism in England and only son of the Rev. Dr. Kennedy. 6l!,' 17
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