The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-23 00:00:00

give their children bound in chains to the Devil." (The
reading of this extract, particularly the passageslreferring
to the Virgin Mary, caused an evident feeling of disgust
amongst the auditory. The allusion to the " dear priests"
excited some merriment, but the concluding sentence was
followed by loud cries of "No Popery.") Had he not kept
his promise? And had he not shown that Popery, besides
being superstitious and idolatrous, was also blasphemous?—
(Cheers, and cries of "Name.") He had no objection to
name ; the preacher was Friar Jennings, and the Archbishop
before whom he preached was John, Archbishop of Tuam—
Dr. M'Hale.—(Cheers.)
At this moment a gentleman, who had occupied through-
out the meeting one of the seats set apart for the press,
stepped forward, and stated privately to the Chairman
(what it would not be our province to notice, but that the
same thing was afterwards stated publicly) that he was well
acquainted with both the parties whose names had just been
mentioned, and could take upon him to say that it was
utterly false that such language had ever been used by a
Roman Catholic clergyman (or the particular clergyman re-
ferred to, we do not know which). This gentleman, who at
the same time stated that he was an Irish Protestant, and
whom we learned to be Dr. Gray, the proprietor of the Free-
man's Journal, resumed his scat, while Mr. Paul was still
addressing some observations to the meeting on the subject of
the extract, the publisher of which he called on Mr. Paul to
name. In the midst of some little confusion,
The Marquis of BREADALBANE rose to return thanks, and
in the course of doing so said, that it was unplesant to find
oneself dragged forward in condemnation of the religion of
his fellow-countrymen ; but who had caused them to do so
on the present occasion ?—(A cry of " Sir R. Peel.") Cer-
tainly it was the man who had propounded this measure on
the subject of Maynooth. The Noble Lord then stated, in
effect, but amidst considerable noise, what had been commu-
nicated to him by Dr. Gray.
Dr. GRAY, raising himself on a level with the speakers'
platform by standing on his seat, said that, as a Protestant,
he claimed the privilege of publicly denying the truth of
the charge which had been made by Mr. Paul, and of calling
on that gentleman to tell him who the publisher of the
alleged sermon was.
The meeting were wholly unwilling to listen to Dr. Gray,
who was immediately dispossessed of his position by the
pressure of persons towards it (whether intentional or not
we cannot say) He took refuge on the speakers' platform,
from which, however, he was very unceremoniously sent
back upon the reporters' by a push from one of its reverend
occupants. Some gentlemen cried " Turn him out," others
called on the police to interfere, which they eventually did.
In the meantime, however, a colloquy passed between Dr.
Gray and Mr. Paul—Dr. Gray demanding, and Mr. Paul re-
fusing, the name of the publisher; but stating, that he found
the sermon in a pamphlet which any one might purchase,
and that he would send it to Dr. Gray if he wished to read it.
Dr. Gray was maintaining it to be a falsehood, when a police-
man was somewhat peremptorily called on to remove him,
which he said he world render unnecessary by retiring.
While doing so,
Sir C. E. SMITH observed, that if the gentleman complained
of Mr. Paul's statement, he had only to address a letter to
the Times newspaper on the subject; and if he did so, he
(Sir C. Smith) had no doubt that his friend Mr. Paul would
be prepared to verify the statement he had made.—(Cheers.)
The meeting then chaunted a psalm, and broke up at half-
past eleven o'clock.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is In per mile,
which, at the English Mint price of 3L 17s. 101 d. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 59 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 77k, it follows
that gold 40:72 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advides from Hamburgh, 'the price of gold is 436 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Ad. per
ounce for standard gold,. gives an exchange of 13 10A ; and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 12k,
it follows that gold is 0.73 per cent. dearer in London than
in Hamburgb.