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London, England, 1845-05-20 00:00:00

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Mr. FERRAND withdrew the amendment which he had
given notice that he should propose on the motion for
the third reading of the Maynooth Bill.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then moved for the ap-
pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the pro-
ceedings in the case of Howard v. Gossett, in an action
against the Sergeant-at-Arms, in which the Court of
Queen's Bench had recently given judgment against the
Sergeant.
After a few words from Lord HOWICK and Sir R.
INGus the motion was agreed to.
On the order of the day for the third reading of the
Maynooth Bill being read,
Mr. EWART moved, as an amendment, that, while it
is expedient to open all the public educational establish-
ments of Ireland to the Catholics, to reduce to its due
dimensions the Irish Church, and to establish entire civil
and religious equality between Great Britain and Ire-
land, it is not advisable to extend the principle of making
any religious denomination endowed by and dependent
on the State.

Mr. MARSLAND seconded the amendment, which
was, however, negatived without a division.

Mr. BANKES then moved that the Bill be read a third

time that day six months. He considered that the Bill
led directly to the endowment of the Catholic clergy,

and might lead to the seating of a Catholic monarch on
the throne. He defied the Government to dissolve the
Parliament. They dared not go to the country on this

qu,Aion.
1\ Ir. M‘C &WHY had considered the question most
anxiously, and had resolved to support the third read-
ing of the Bill. It was not a question of theology, but a
question of justice, and justice demanded that they
should pass this measure.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which the
House was addressed by Captain MANGLES, Mr. B.
ESCOTT, Mr. SPOONER, Mr. C. BULLER, Sir VALES -
TINE BLAKE, and other Hon. Members. The debate.
was then adjourned.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of.
I The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE was so much flattered by the
reception which his former address to his countrymen
received from the press and a certain portion of the
public, that he has been induced to resume his labours,
and has just issued another song of lamentations,
which fills more than three columns of our
Tory Contemporary, the Morning Post. It is quite
refreshing to hear the opinions of a venerable disciple
of the Eldon school. They have become obsolete in
every society, as well as in both Houses of Parliament►
and therefore come before us almost with the freshness
of curious discoveries gleaned from antiquarian re•
searches. Lord ELDox, when Toryism was in all its
pride and glory, resisted every reform in Church and
State. He would not allow a pog of the fabric
to be touched, and looked with as great revs once on the
defects as the beauties of our Constitution. " If you take
out a pie," said he, " it will fall to pieces," and the Duke
of NEWCASTLE thus follows in the same prophetic
strain :—" I have elsewhere stated, some time ago,
how that by loosening one stone in the building
we have endangered the whole fabric—so, repeal-
ing the combination laws brought about the re-
peal of the Corporation and Test Act —as a
consequence, the emancipation of the Roman Catholics
followed—then reform in Parliament—from thence
arose a cry against the Church ; to appease this
cry the Ecclesiastical Commission was devised
the revenues or resources of the Church Establish-
ment were to be drained, and exhausted bishoprics
and various other dignities abolished—everything done
to abuse, humiliate, and impoverish the Church
which an improvident meddling could devise, and
only stopping where shame forbade to proceed further ;
next, the old corporations were destroyed—the Educa-
tion Bill passed ; and these Acts followed one upon the
other—one in consequence of another, and one after the
other, were recommended to the Legislature, and the
reason why was apparently because the preceding
Acts had become law. I will not enumerate
many other bad measures, such as the new Poor-

law, Rural Police Act, &c., enacted, no doubt
to restrain that very poverty and crime which confusion
and uncertainty had created. My object is to show
that one bad precedent begets another, and that this
stratagem has been systematically pursued, as a sure
though unperceived mole of stealing a march, of sapping
our morality, undermining our civil and religious insti-
tutions, and, iu tact, of revolutionising the State."
He points out the grievances of the present day—
such as tho Jews Bill and the Maynooth Endow-
ment ; after premising, that, as far as his recollection
serves, not one good measure has passed since the en-
trane4 of the present Administration into office, and
then proceeds to the remedies ; but we are unable to
discover their nature or how they are to be applied. As
far as we can judge, he has no wish to beat the Mi-
nister by majorities, and cause him to resign. He would
simply starve him to death. Here is-the specific, and
we leave our readers to judge for themselves :
The time, I believe, is favourable ; events, I believe, are
ripening, if not ripe. Cast off the dynasty of error, imposture,
and impurity ; cause it to cease by inanition, and let that of
healing and healthy truth prevail ; enthrone it with your free
and generous sympathy, your united acclamation, your calm,
moderate, but settled and determined resolve."
Let us be thankful that it is as hopeless now to re
suscitste the old system which the Duke idolises, as it is
,o raise the dead to life.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 30th April an-
nounce that official intelligence had been received that a
body of Greek soldiers, headed by an officer of the name
of PLATONIEI, had made an irruption into Thessaly. It
appears that the Turkish Government had anticipated
such an act of aggression, and had placed an officer with
a:diviiion of troops in a defile, to watch his movements.
A collision took place, and after an obstinate combat the
Greeks were driven back. Sixteen men were killed,
and a number wounded on both sides. The Porte, in
consequence, had addressed a strong note to the
Greek Government on this wanton aggression,
For the affair took place on the Turkish ter-
ritory ; and unless ample reparation is made,
it will be followed by a declaration of war. It
is generally admitted that the Greek Government is
greatly to blame for sending troops to the frontier at all,
but especially under a reckless officer who would not
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affairs, is conducting himself in the same unjustifiable
manner in the home department, and by a
wanton
in-
terference with a religious procession, had nearly
pro-
duced a civil commotion in the capital. The following
account of this affair is furnished by a correspondent :

" According to custom, the Greek Church celebrated on
the night of their Good Friday, the 25th instant, a religious
ceremony in honour of the lloly Sepulchre. It was arranged
by the Archbishop that the procession should take place
exactly as in former years, and pass through the same
streets, but M. Coletti ordered the Governor to notify to the
Archbishop that the route of the procession must be so far
altered as to pass before the new royal palace. The prelate
declined to accede to this, but DI. Collette, nothing daunted,