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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1845.

The House of Lords met at Five o'clock.
After several petitions had been presented,
The Duke of BUCKINGIIAN drew the attention of
the House to the case of the Chaplain of Aylesbury
Gaol, who had refused to deliver up to the Magistrates
the written confession confided to him by the murderer
TAWELL.

The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that no clwrgvman
had any right to make disclosures of what had been
confided to him in confession, unless in cases of high
treason, or where the life of the clergyman himself was

in danger.
After a few words from the Bishop of EXETER,
Lord STANLEY said, that as the publication of the con•
Cession could not further the ends of public justice, the
Chaplain had a right to use his own discretion.
Lord BROUGHAM thought that the Chaplain had ext r-
cised a judicious discretion.
The Marquis of NORMANBY hoped the Secretary of
State would exercise his power, for the future, to pre-
vent the publication of such blasphemous and elisgusting
letters as those which had been published as havit g
been addressed by HOCKER to two unfortunate females.
Lord DENMAN considered that the public ought to be
perfectly satisfied with the verdict that had been de-
livered in Tawt.u.'s case. He thought his confession a
matter of no moment, and did not see that any one had
a right to call for the production of any communication
that had been made to the Chaplain.
Lord STANLEY promised to inquire into the matter.

The Earl of PoAvis dun moved the second reading
of the Bill fur repealiiq the law for the union of the
dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor, and fur creating a
new bishopric, Niz. Manchester.
The Duke of WELLINGTON opposed the motion.

The dioceses ►wen united would not bo 50 large as
many of the existing dioceses, and he could not un-
derstand why one Right Rev. Prelate could not dis-
charge those duties which another Right Rev. Prelate,
whose diocese happened to be in a different part of the
country, discharged efficiently.

A lung debate ensued, in the course of which their
Lordships were addressed by the Bishop of BANGOR,
the Earl of NtitlicansEA,! Lord. Al ON TEACLE, the
Bishop of SALISBURY, Lord STANLEY, and other Noble
Lords ; and ultimately, on a division, the Bill was re-
jected by a majority of 32._

The Commons met at at Four o'clock.
After the transaction of private business, and the pre •
sensation of petitions,
Sir B. PEEL stated, in answer to Mr. LA BOUCHER;
that no official information had been received of the in-
tention of the Brazilian Government to impose an addi-
tional duty of 20 per cent. on English cotton goods, until
the additional duty imposed on the importation of Bra-
zilian sugar into this country should be removed. The
Right lion. Baronet alo stated that he hoped to move the
second reading of the Scotch and Irish Bank Bill, and of
the Scotch Poor•law Bill, before the holidays.

Mr. MANGLES, is presenting a petition on the subject
of the Puseyite schism in the Church of England, asked
if it was the intention of the Government to interfere in
the matter.
Sir R. PEEL was not prepared to give any assurance
on the subject.
Mr. AIAdEINNON postponed his motion on the subject

of interments in towns, as ho understood that the Go-
vernment was about to introdue2 some measure ou the

subject.
On the order of the day being read for the House
going into Committee on the Maynooth Bill,
Mr. HINDLEY moved, as an amendment, that the
Speaker do not leave the chair.
This amendment, from the manner in which it wets
worded, produced much laughter.
Colonel SIDTUORP, in seconding the amendment, said
that the Prime Minister had taken in and deceived his
supporters, and that for himself he had no confidence in
any party, and no hopes for the safety or honour of the
country.
Mr. PLUMPTRE supported the amendment.

The House was subsequently addressed by Col. VER •
NER, Mr. REDINGTON, Sir R. PEEL, who denied that
the Protestants of Ireland were opposed to the measure,
Lord J. RUSSELL, Sir IL INGLIS, and Sir H. BROOKE ;
and on a division the motion was rejected by a m ijority
of 108, the numbers being, for going into Committee
160, and for Mr. Hindley's amendment 52.
The House then went into Committee en the Bill.

Several of the clauses were agreed to without a

division.

On the 4th clause, Sir JOIIN lIANatER moved the
omission of the words which limit the trustees of May-
nooth College in taking any real property with which
it may be desired voluntarily to endow them.
After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN proposed an amendment on
clause 2, which upon a division was negatived by 69.
Sir J. GRAHAM next proposed an alteration in clause
4, relative to the salaries of the officers of the Col-
lege, which was agreed to.
Several other causes were then passed without altera-
tion, and fin dly the report was brought up, and ordered
to be received on Monday.
The house adjourned at Twelve o'Clock.

We have received numerous letters on the Maynooth
Grant, chiefly from the provinces, which are of x very
gratifying character, as they show a spirit of Christian
charity, and a wish to sink that bitter re-
ligious animosity which has caused such dire
calamities in Europe. In Ireland particularly.
this humane spirit pervades the mat body or
Protestants. The Presbyterians of the North have
tnken no part in the agitation against the Catholic reli-

gion; the Established Church of that country has exhi-
bited the same forbearing disposition; and, indeed,
from all classes professing the Reformed faith
in Ireland, we hear of no opposition, but very
generally a cordial acquiescence in this measure of
justice and mercy. The principal landowners of
the county of Galway, without distinction of creed or
party, have put forth a declaration, in which they ex-
press much satisfaction at the proposal of her MAJESTY'S
Government. Their words are remarkable:—" We feel
that measures thus tending to improve the social posi-
tion of the Roman Catholic priesthood will accelerate
the growth of that mutual forbearance, and of that
charity in politics, which have been of late springing up
amongst all parties in Ireland." We have given also, in
another part of the paper, an excellent letter from an Irish
Protestant clergyman to the same effect. New these
numerous testimonies in favour of this much calumniated
scheme ought to be allowed great weight in deciding the
question. Ignorance and want of intercourse among
different nations, it is allowed on all hands, are the fruitful
sources of wars and national antipathies. How much
has the long-continued peace in Europe been promoted
by the knowledge which foreigners have acquired here
of our customs and manners, and by the reciprocal
knowledge which obstinate and conceited Englishmen,
vain of their country, have received from their visits to
the continent, and especially to a nation which ignorant
malevolence has pronounced to be our natural enemy?
There are no natural enemies, except those which the
wickedness of mankind, and, above all, their blind jealousy
and unmeaning antipathies create for one another. if
the Protestants and Catholics of Ireland believe that
they can live at peace in the same community—if they
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