The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

ENDOWMENT OF MAYNOOTH.
(THIS .)
PUBLIC MEETING AT THEDAY
LONDON TAVERN.
A requisition, signed by about 200 of the principal
merchants bankers, and traders, having been addressed
to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, praying him to call
a, Public meeting of those who were opposed to any en-
ciewment to the Roman Catholic clergy from the na-
tional treasury, and disposed to take part in such oppo-
sition, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature
against the measure, his Lordship, in consequeu •e, con-
vened a meeting, which was held this day, at twelve for
°lle o'clock, at the London Tavern.
The large room, which is able to contain about 1,000
persons, was crowded long before the latter hour.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at
a quarter past one.
. Among those upon the platform we observed—Am-
brose Moore, Esq., I). W. Wire, Esq., D. W. Harvey,
a
John Labouchere, Esq., Rev. Michael Gibbs, and
great majority of those gentlemen who signed the re-
quisition.
it Before the chair was however taken by his Lordship,
may be mentioned that a person in the body of the
room, who gave his name Mr. Murray, addressed the
meeting in the most incoherent manner, against the pro •
posed grant. He concluded, amid the laughter of those
_about him, by prophesying that a great religious crisis
was at hand, when sectarian differences would be for-
gotten, and when the Ishmaelites and others, "at pre-
set undderage the curse," would be rescued from the house
bon.
?sti cheering consequent on the entry of the Lord
ayorle
subsided and the gentlemen who accompanied him, having
,
se rue LORD ALivou rose, and said—Gentlemen, in con-
an
ciduren° of having received a requisition, numerously
tilee
iespectably signed, requesting that I would call a
eityt of °f the merchants, bankers, and traders of the
of °' London, being opposed to any endowment out
it_re national treasury for the Roman Catholic College
sueTa•aYnooth, and to consider the best means of opposing
with ,a measure, I felt it my duty to comply
opiu 46,2 reuest• and in order to give them an
pic`pot:clanitY of expressing tbeir ventiments against the

ior that -leasu.6, I hje called this meeting to-day
will 6 Purpose. The object being unique I trust there
Zheilttelsw-oellve°Pposition displayed by any present, fort
every credit to the advocates of the. gran ,
tra-lt, theelai credit for the purity of an opposition. I
will be •"re, that whatever is said or proposed to-day
politicalin a Christian spirit, without allusion to party or
Afr. 3 objects, and without' any personality.
resoiuti • W. AVIRE---I beg to_announce that the first
On •

Mr.
L- will be propos,ci by John Labouchere, Esq.
if Mr.
413"011ERE—My Lord, ladies, and gentlemen,
had Pr°Nsed measure which we are met here to opposet.
Parlirec°i"d the sanction of the popular opinion and.o
etimstarnent, I should, however much I regretted the =-
I miptice, have submitted to it without murmuring.
he 77, indeed, have deemed it my duty to lift up my
RbiTt- `ll Prayer to nod, that he would avert from this
,ery Y nation the 'd ments which they so justly de
it: eti;
ibbuet
law
when ja
measureg of this kind, which is con-
- ary
of God as revealed in his Holy Word,
the under the deliberation of the Parliament of
myselfllPtrY, I think it is my duty to avail
against my privilege, as an Englishman, to protest.
Ma --
the measure, and to join in any petition which
an I be
drawn up to oppose it. It has been stated by
ieeTinent opponent of the measure in the House of
England°-'", that a great majority of the inhabitants of
and of Scotland are opposed to it. lam well
inl?ftinted with that individual, and he agrees with me
sentiment that the opposition is founded, not.uyon
ha Ideal but on religious motives. Numerous petitions
been presented by every Member of the Legislature
twin against that measure, and surely we may enter-
al
dethe hope that the Legislature will not turn
to . ear to the representations contained
elve tu°B6 petitions, and that our gracious
a Bill will not be called on to affix her signature to
swore Which Practically disavows the principles I e
ehr
er' e; to mainiaiL on coming to the Throne.—(Load
tirno I have another hoe, that mea-
-81,;_ e will not be carried throughp, becausethe we have
vtierous instances recordered in the annals of our
e°tltitr
dr„ 3' of measures generally unpopular being with-
or altogether abandoned. One of these instances
----eureed
in -the time of Sir Robert Walpole,
Where the measure was of a secular nature. If the
13°13111ar voice was so powerful in the case of a secular
tal.; how much more strongly does the analogy
Itial to this case of a religious nature. I do,
enteei sin the hope that the distinguished individual
at the
head 'of the Government cannot be wholly indiffe-
hnt tea sentiment so largely expressed throughout every
measure.
of Eland and Scotland, and that he will drop the
"uPlisure Among the various arguments in support of this
~t4easure, the one to which the greatest weight is to be
attributed is this, that we are under a contract to afford
I;,lief, either by grant or by endowment, to the Roman
Catholic College of Maynooth. If we were under such
eontraci, I, addressing myself to commercial men, would
4 oturge the Legislature for one moment to break
through that contract. If the bargain were made they
I,Were boned to adhere to it, whether for better or worse.
'saut it is not so. feel convinced, after ex-
amining every authority upon the subject, after
i.t.e'',,Ghing every argument advanced to prove
t`' I still feel convinced that there is no con-
tact at all in the matter.— (Hear, hear.) I am
6, trilling to allow that the College of Maynooth, when
f—t established in 1795, received from the Irish Par-
:hi:nein a grant of money. lam willing to allow
Engtiv,aat the period of the union between
for ,-„" and Ireland a certain sum of money was voted
number number of years, to the support of a certain
Colf;er (4. charities and institutions. Among these the
nme,_ Maynooth was comprehended; but this, be it
years
Y- Each grant might be increased
servpimidliahed, or suspended altogether.—(Cheers.) Nay,
th,criiilTzeigr ions and chartable institutions included in
ill , after a few years, received no assistance at
of ear.) One of these was purely Protestant. Now,
were justified in withdrawing the grant
it :In °lie of these charities—(Hear, hear)—
dra~equally clear that they were justified in
_witb.
this „Tg It from all. Again, it has been argued that
of y.; gtwarlee was for, and has been given for a number
Ct• rs
eot , b But is that a reason why it should always e
rh
e eieeting was proceeding when our report left.)

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(TIIIS DAY.)
Thi. ~ Sub-Committee (No. I') .N 7 Com-
thitte. C 0 Sub-Committee
assembled this morning,
tiler lion. Members.
4114 o-9.°°tn• Present--Mr. Strutt, Chairmanin; Mr.
o.
Beckett,
„Th DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
s''
th7seirn' nlittee Proceeded with the caseofthe promoters
The „111, which is viewed with great. interest..
allbjeet 'calraittee took an allegation this morning on the
?PPone:f the notices in the Gazette. It was alleged by the
and the Midland
ilitipaot!' the London and York Company, oeen 44, that the notices were irregular, atndine.vidence had
The dleed,.and the notices themselves
.pu
1414, en ("matte decided that the notices were
net been
torn -nBoluently that the standing orders
,pued ith. '
ti4Zetentare a vast number of other and
the
important allega-
tttlie notic it is believed that this one of the defective nature
for the
Present es having been sustained, will prove fatal to
session.
LO
.NOONSub-Cee (No. 2).
AND CROYDONommitt RAILWAY (MAIDSTONE,
„Nr
,/ ,_ ASHFORD, AND TUNBRIDGE.)
Members
°f tlii, e°4ll Yarde Buller (Chairman) and the other Metpbers.
N4l, °nun, Buller (Chairman)
this day Committee
of th po.rt.y after twelve o'clock, and resumed the hearing
1511Peidaltistfte, Ashford, and Tunbridge line, whi
411-11,.. their time for the last three days. In about half-
Ilayeociaftr the Committee had assembled .
c'ition ~,lAIR-ITAN announced that the Committee were of
ttli lied'at the standing orders in this case had not been 4? with h°
~,,Nbov •
k4Sis A.,— „A, AND CROYDON ENLARGEMENT LINE.
e
'''Te th:,-- the nextline called on, and the usual forms
rn-
ili:.(ll:Arfth-11.0 to prove that the standing ordershad been co 0 _
Theaini‘itteAllegations were then gone into on the part _ 1
/14 Co; petitioner, and having been investigated by
okl„ oo' -„itAllimAN declared that there were four instances of
„t
141innir;ortt
laiente character in which the standing orders had
Then complied with.
called on was
.„, AI LONDON AND. CROYDON, ORPINGTON
lait"e' is line ~,,,,
opposed BRANCH.
as posed by Mr. Goodhart, and the Com-
4(le,:after a very short inquiry, declared that the standing
„N"ad lint been complied with.
r., , Sub-Committee (No. 3.)
at ci.`-lroraittee Resembled in Committee-room No. 8 ; pre-
'Vl". 'Vol. Heath te chairman ; Mr. Childers, Mr. C.
arid Mr. Shirley": '
The c._ CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY.
thelll. 7romittee proceeded with this case.
'l'l ‘o7rltt. al proceeded
had been gone into before Easter, and
• qty ,„ Rut tee this morning proceeded with the opposition.
)wee The
allegations respecting errors in the book of re..
on the material allegations were, that buildings and
trebilee."lle Plans were not referred to in the book of re-
teuP to
en susttainhe
etdim e of our going to press only one of these had
Thi. , Sub-Committee No. 4.)
bl C '-'°rornittee assembled thism(orningiat twelve o'clock,
t_eroom No. 13 ; present Ar. Aglionby,. Mr.
t'
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I:el n 3 )::
Ll
atl Ili
1
1.1.„,_, Air. T. Egerton, Mr. Stansfield, and Captain Jones.
rot itAteeN-DhavGeAblNeeroc°,tßuplUedGfilor tßwAoldLalyVsAiYn.inves-
i,4llodel the allegations contained in a petition of Mr. H.
Ot to qirist the Bill. The objections have been of the
farious character,. and the majority of them have
~,,,,ir oied.
't'iiin of thehster appeared this morning as the agent in sup-
tllll.lige Pro of the Bill, and Mr. Parkes in support
illtleispeters
04 co„,__ ion.
4ist retpe•ztinini,rttee was engaged this morning upon an allege-
to, or. /, . the levels marked on the plans of the pro-
`lied ' was alleged that these levels were inaccurately
tltiled with alleged
to high water mark at a place
T 1 Xew Rolla d "e
The
roonl
___ o , opposite thisull. .
tli‘oe co 7aB cleared uponis allegation.
Led_ tolnittee decided that the allegations had been sus-
'l'
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Ge,,_ift x

1.- nort ~-111 V MASTER OF THE HOUSEHOLD._ Cu
soel:
"old" uowles, the Master of her Majesty's Ho
ttze'ttbie,, e the Hon. newharles Augustus Murray, who waseed
114 ~ e, to that appointment on Friday last, n°lningfnthe
tilrt,atis on Tuesday, the Ist instant, on the return of F-olon.ifortz the Isle of Wight to Buckingham
V purchase,
~o 1 4(1, sow lea entered the army, as ensign, b. Lord
vlithj*, and served in the North of Germany, under
the
keit 4tt, in 1805 and 1806' and was also present
at
to7e 41.1c1 capture of Copenhagen, in 1807 ; was
actively' Dant
(.'t
tted in the Peninsula from 1809 to 1814. The Ga.
the
,bettll4l
L.`oaa present at the passage of the Douro ,
‘,t,iqd -010,14, Talavera, Salamanca, and Vittoria; the sieges of
41.1esuq a- ..odrigo, Badajoz Boni rgos,
.Zl]ture of Madrid the passages of Bidassa, Nwelle,Nialso
Ilreatirui ; and the 'investment of Bayonne. lie was
....
and San . Sebas.!y.ive,
'ills a,',at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and ac:',
11,:ter:,4,,te of Paris by the allied armies. The
-.Aaj,:tv;. the
household, which was fixed shortly afteliar
' 3 aeeet4oll, ie 1,158/. per annum.