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and the complaints of the unprofitable nature of
the service, the best answer is—the interest ne-
cessary to -obtain Cadetships. Are the Com-
pany ever in want of Cadets ? Is it not, on the
contrary, well known that they are overwhelmed
with applications fbr Cadetships ? We, there-
fore, attach no importance whatever to this pact
of the case. The Indian service is not forced
on any one—it is keenly solicited. If soldiers.
or any other class of functionaries are to be
themselves the judges of what they ought to re-
ceive, it is clear that they are not likely to err
on the side of excessive moderation. No re-
trenchment ever was made, or ever will be made,
with tin good-will of those who are subjected t,
it. They, therefore, who are disposed to take ,
the complaints of the functionaries subjected to
retrenchment in any case as alone a ground for
disapproving of it, must be prepared to go the
length of saying that there never ought to be
• any retrenchment. If there is any one class of
functionaries from whom representations against
retrenchment ought not to be encouraged, it
the class who have arms in their hands. But ii
mutiny in an army, under any circumstances,
and in any situation, is a matter of awful import,
the mutiny of an army, on the obedience of
which solely depends the keeping down a hun-
dred millions of men, strangers in blood, lan-
guage, and religion to the Government, is more
particularly censurable. An army under such
circumstances may be said, when it mutinies, to
throw off all allegiance, and to claim the mas-
tery of the country. We must. confess, there-
fore, that the more we reflect on the circum-
stances of this case, the more we are astonished
at the part which Lord Combennere has chosen
to act. That his conduct has given great of-
fence, is, we believe, no secret ; and this we can
easily understand. That the disapprobation of
his conduct will be conveyed in due time to
India is pretty well known ; but as he has been
oildered home, the moral lesson will not have all
the effect in India which it would otherwise have
had. We, for our part, should recommend the
modification of the order to the extent of leaving
existing contracts unaffected. This the Com-
pany may, perhaps, do with safety. However
objectionable the course which has been resorted
to by the army, and however dangerous the pre-
cedent which has been set of an armed body
questioning the orders of the authority by which
it is appointed, still, as things have conic to this
issue, the safest course, on the whole, will be to
leave no pretext of a deparure from justice for
the discontented to urge. The conduct of those
in authority who either excited or did not dis-
courage resistance to Government, is a perfectly
distinct question from that of the principle to be
observed in the adjustment.—Morn. Chronicle.

Some of our readers may perhaps still bear in
mind that a public meeting was held not long
ago, at Cork, at which Lord Mountcashcl pre-
sided, the avowed object of which was " to take
into consideration circumstances connected with
the pest interests of our church, estaklishment,
and • o petition the Legislature thereupon." The
meeting was composed of gentlemen dis-
tinguished for their attachment to the Protestant
Church, and unanimous ire the view which they
took of the important question before them. The
following were the resolutions which the meeting
adopted :
_ _

1: That we consider the Protestant Episcopal Church
(3f England and Ireland, as by law established, to he the
greatest national hlessing which it has pleased the Al-.
mighty to bestow upon these kingdoms ; it has, through
the Divine favour, preserved amongst us the pure doc-
trines of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and, by its Catholic
and tolerant spirit, the liberties of the nation have been
mainly upheld.
2. That whilst we firmly believe, that the confederate
powers of darkness can never prevail against the doctrines
of our church, "built en the foundation of apostles and
prophets—Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone,' we must yet take heed lest its establishment in
this country be endangered, its hold upon the affections
and esteem of the people weakened, and the manifold bles-
sings we derive from it lost, by the abuses which have
crept into the administration of its temporal affairs.
3. That. many of our most zealous, useful, and pious
ministers, who labour with indefatigable exertions to pro-
mote the glory of God, and the salvation of immortal
eottls, receive only a wretched pittance, utterly inadequate
to their support; whilst others of the clergy, of whom
store reside not on their latnefices, and perform none of the
eacreil duties of their office, possess revenues far 'exceeding
what a respectable and independent maintenance would re-
quite. _ _

4- That whilst we readily admit ti at our excellent and
Scriptural episcopal folio of church government requires
a divetsity of orders am,ingst the clef gy, and a consequent
diversity of incomes, we are nevertheless convinced, that
the enlightened sentiment of the nation, the dictates of
sound policy, the fairest deduction from the principles of
Christiseiry, and the most devoted attachment to the
established church, unite in requiring that none of the
active and blameless members of that sacred prof‘ssion
should, by an insufficiency of income, be exposed to tke
anxietieis mid difficulties attendant upon poverty.
5. It is our firm conviction, that until the great distin-
guishing doctrines of Christianity, which our reformers
learned frain the Holy Word of God, be faithfully
preached in s',l our pulpits—until our clergy, universally,
according to the solemn vows of ordination that are upon
them, " give themselves diligently to tie sacred office, and
forsaking as touch as they may ail worldly cares end studies,
appiy themselves wholly to this one thing"—even as
" watchmen and stewards, to teach and feed the Lord's
family," and until church preferment be applied, as the
reward of Christian attainment, and learning, and nut for
purposes of political influence, the purity of our church
establishment can never he restored—its permanence
guaranteed by the esteem of an enlightened people, or the
slanders of its adversaries put to silence.
We are instructed in the Holy Scriptures, that
whenever national dangers are to be averted, or national
blessings preserved, it must be done by a return to purity,
both in principle and conduct—that we must put away
" every man the evil of his ways and of his doings." We
do therefore feel bound to bear a public testimony against
abuses existing in the administration of our ecclesi-
astical affairs, and to petition our revered Monarch awl
both Houses of Parliament, in the spirit of these resolu•
timing, praying fur the adoption of such remedial measures
as will ensure the adequate remuneration of every class
of our clergy engaged in the actual discharge of their
duties.

7. That in justice to our feelings of att3Chmest and
veneration for our church, we do distinctly declare, that
it is not our object to diminish in any degree the revenues
thereto helouging. We desire only such a distribution of
them for the future as will encourage faithful, learned, and
zealous c!ergytnen, give security and respectability to the
establishment itrelf, and promote the safety, honour, and
welfare of our Sovereign and his dominions; bein4 a•eil
aware, that any attempt to disturb the rights of church
property, or to alienate its income, must be productive of
disastrous consequences, and terminate in revolution and
national ruir.:
;,. Resolved,—That the petition to the King be trans-
mitted to the Right Hon. Mr. Peel, for presentation to his
Majesty ; —that to the House of Peers, be intrusted to the
Right Hon. the Earl of Mountcasliel; and that to the
House of Commons to the Hon. Mr. King, with a re-
quest to our other county and city Members to support

the same.
-That such resolutions, emanating as they did
from the zealous friends of the Church, should
either pass without notice, or fail to. excite a fer-
ment among those whose errors they had in view
to•correct, was not to be expected ; and we ac-
cordingly find that a Bishop (his Lordship o.
Ferns) has- already entered the field of contro-
versy-in detente of the Church as she is, and
broken.a lance with the Noble President of the
Aleeting alluded to.
,We are heartily glad of it,
and beg to express our hope that his Lordship
,:111 not be the only combatant on that sick,
'bosh; kcal the result 9f the evntot with Lind