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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-08 00:00:00

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REV. HUGH M'NEILE.
THE Public are respectfully informed that Copies of the
PORTRAIT of the Rev. HUGH AV,NEILE may still
be had, on application to H. Pzuntsol3osokseller, 6, Church-
street.

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Just published, price Two Shillings,
The new and popular Ballad of
GC HE MOTTO ON T E SAND,"
-IL as Sung by Mr. Barker, ; 4. e Theatres Royal;
Liverpool and Manchester. The Poe j by JAMES STONE-
HOUSE, the Music by HENRY • DRIDGE.
May be had at C. H. THOMPSON'S Music and Musical
Instrument Warehouse, London-road, (two doors from the
Blind Asylum,) and of all Musicsellers.

Just published, by permission of the Author, price One
Shilling, affectionately addressed to the serious considera-
tion of Unitarians,
THE ATONEMENT CONFESS D, and UNITA-
RIANISM CONFUTED. By UNITARIAN
MINISTER.
" Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare
what HE hath done for MY soul."—Psalms lxvi., 16.
Reprinted and published by J. DAVENPORT, Lawton-
street, and may be had at any Booksellers in Liverpool.

GEORGE STEPHENS'S WORKS.
Just published, price 6d., or 3s. 6d. per dozen, or 265. per
hundred, for distribution, inscribed to the Protestant As-
sociation, Third Edition, revised, with new Preface,
POTATICAL PROPHECY FULFILLED, by the Author
of the Introduction and subse ept Articles in the
Church Quarterly Review. Also; 8v price ls. 6d., GER-
TRUDE and BEATRICE, a Traged , in Five Acts, by the
Author of the Tragedies of Montezuma and The Vampire.
Also, Second Edition, in 3 Vols.. price 1:1 Is., THE MA-
NUSCRIPTS OF ERDELEY. Also, price 25., THE
VOICE OF THE PULPIT.

London: C. MITCHELL, lied Lion-court, Fleet:street.

Lately published, in twelves, price 9s. in cloth,
JOURNALS and LETTERS of the Rev. H. MARTYN,
hitherto unpublished ; including a pe 'Early interesting
Series of Letters, bequeathed by its ,'..ssessor to the late
Rev. JOHN SARGENT, his biographer. dited by the Rev.
S. WILBERFORCE, M.A., Rector of Brighstone. 'Second
Edition, abridged.
Published by R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, and sold by
L. and G. Seeley, Fleet-street, London.

This day is published,
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ; with an Inquiry into
the Causes of its Inefficiency, with an especial reference
to the Ministry of the Establishment. By the Reverend
CHARLES BRIDGES, A.M., Vicar of Old NeWton,
Suffolk, and Author of " Exposition of Psalm cxix." Fifth
Edition, corrected and enlarged. In octavo, price 10s. bound
in cloth.
Published by R. B. Seeley and Witrucnside, and sold by
L. and G. Seeley, Fleet-street, London.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
NINTH CALL OF £5 PER SHARE.
THE DIRECTORS of the GREAT N ItTH OF ENG-
-1 LAND RAILWAY COMPANY HEREBY GIVE
NOTICE, that s, CALL of FIVE , ° NDS per SHARE,
on each of the Shares in the sai. ompany, has this day
been made, which is to be paid on or before MONDAY, the
25th day of March now next ensuing, to the credit of Joseph
Pease, jun., Esq., M.P., the Company's Treasurer, with
any of the following Bankers, namely,
In London, Messrs. Drewett and Fowler.
At Liverpool, The Commercial Bank of England.
„ York, The City and County Banking Company.
Newcastle
Sun The Northumberland and Durham Dis-
trict Banking Company.
„ Sunderland
„ Durham
„ Darlington
~ Stockton
„ Thirsk
„ Northallerton
„ Bishop Auckland
„ Bainard Castle
Or the Amount may be remitted through any Country
Banker, to Messrs. Drewett and Fowler, as above. Interest,
at Five per Cent., will be charged on Instalments not duly
paid.

To Messrs. Backhouse and Com.
pany, or their Agents.

FRA. NEWBURN, Clerk to the Company.
Great North of England Railway Office,
Darlington, 19th February, 1839.

MESSRS. LACE and ADDISON beg to call the atten-
tion of the Profession to the following List of LAW
FORMS, which will be kept constantl on Sale, at the
STANDARD-OFFICE, North-crescent, their Establish-
ment, in Lord-street :-
IN BANKRUPTC
1.-Bond to the Chancellor, with Affidavit.
2.-Petition to Ditto for Fiat.
3.-Style and Title and Memorandum of Commissioner's
Qualification.
4.-Deposition of Petitioning Creditor's Debt.
5.- „ of the Trading.
6.- „ of the Act of Bankruptcy.
7.-Memorandum of the Adjudication.
8.-Warrant of Seizure.
9.-Bankrupt's Summons with Protection.
10.-Witnesses Summons.
11.-Advertisement of the Bankruptcy.
12.-Appointment of Provisional Assignee.
13.-Memorandum of Bankrupt's First Surrender.
14.-Commissioner's Certificate of Choice of Assignees.
15.- /1 , with Affidavit of Execution.
16.-Memorandum of the 'Choice of Assignees.
17.- ft of Adjourned Ditto.
18.- " of Bankrupt's Examination, first and
second sheets.
19.-Memorandum of Appointment of Audit. Meeting.
20.-
Auditing Assignees' Accounts.
21.- „ Adjourned Auditing Assignees' Accounts.
22.-
ft First Dividend.
23.- Adjourned Dividend.
24.-Bill of Costs against Petitioning Creditor.
25.-Costs in Bankruptcy.
26.-List of Debts proved at each Meeting.
27.-List of Debts for Certificate.
28.-Affidavit of seeing Creditors sign Certificate.
29.-Memorandum of Commissioners signing Certificate.
30.-Affidavit of Conformity.
31.-Common Depositions.
32.-Depositions on Bills.
33.-Memorandum of a single Commissioners' Qualifica-
tion.
34.-Memorandum Final Dividend.
35.-Power of Attorney to vote in Choice of Assignees.
36.- • „ to sign Certificate.
37.- to receive Dividend.
38.-Allowance for Maintenance.
39.-Assignees' Summons.
40.-Affidavit of Debt for Proof at a Distance.
41.- " on Bills Ditto.
42.-Dividend Receipts.
Bankrupts' Certificates, on Parchment.
The above Forms have been revised and approved of, on the

Plan usually allowed by the Comniissioners.
Files for the Proceedings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Writ of Summons, Superior Courts.
, C. P. L.
Affidavit 'of Service of Writ of Summons.
Retainers, Debt and Case.
Serviceable Process, B. C.
Bailable Ditto, ,
Declarations, B. C., Debt and Case.
Notices of Declaration, Superior Courts.
C. P. L.
B.C.
Subpoenas, Superior Courts.
„ C. P. L.
„ B.C.
Subpoenas, Duces Tecum, Superior Courts.
17 /1 C. P. L.
B. C.
19 9
Felony_Subpoenas,/ B. C;
Fi. Fa.'s Debt and Case, B. C.
Ca. Sa.'s Debt and Case, B. C.
Subpoenas in Chancery.
Special Bail Papers.
Blank Declarations.

with Mayor's Certificates.
Mayor's Certificates.
with Affidavits.
Authorities to Distrain.
Notices to Quit.
Conditions of Sale.
LINED AND PLAIN DRAFT, BRIEF, AND OTHER PAPERS.
NOTARIAL PRESSES AND WAFERS, PAPERS, &C.

The PRINTING and STATIONERY BUSINESS will
be carried on in connection with the STANDARD, and, from
the commodious Premises, together with the increased facili-
ties now within their reach, Messrs. LACE and ADDISON will
be able to complete Orders, to any extent, at a short notice.
Account Books Ruled, and bound to any pattern, En-
aving, Lithography, Bookbinding, &c. Custom-house Entries; Bills of Lading.
Stationery for Exportation

FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS,
Suitable for Hall or Cottage,
AT ROBERT C. MACTAGGART'S,
CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, CARPET, AND PAPER-HANGING
ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 6, Leece-street, opposite to St. Luke's Church, top of
Bold-street.
Just received, a complete Set of the Newest Style of PAPER
HANGINGS, at a price which will bear comparison with
any, and cheaper than most in town.
FLOOR CLOTHS, 3s. per yard : declining the sale.
C. MACTAGGART requests the attention of Ladies
• and Gentlemen, Furnishing, to his Establishment,
where every article of Furniture is made on the Premises.
Gentlemen can have their Houses fisted up according to
their desire, without any attention4oeigig required on their
part, and to their satisfaction, in the
substantial manner,
in anystyle, at very moderate prices 7
The axiom of a small profit andAt quick return is the
principle acted upon.
Customers' Materials in the Upholstery Line made up at
their own houses (if required) by experienced workmen ; the
charge 2s. per day each, and superintended by a foreman of
first-rate taste and talent.
Feather and Down Beds, Hair and Flock Mattresses, Pail-
lasses, Floor Cloths, Oil Baizes, Door and Table Mats,
Damasks, Moreens, Furniture Prints, &c.
Elegant Gilded and Mahogany Cornices, and Chimney and
other Glasses.
Repairs quickly and neatly executed.
N.B. Cabins of Ships and Steamers fitted up in the first-
rate style, and with the greatest despatch.
Merchants' Offices Furnished.
Pews in Places of Worship fitted with Cushions, Stools,
Carpets, Druggets, &c. &c.
References allowed to be given by some of the most
respectable Merchants and Families in Liverpool and its
vicinity ; also in Wales and Scotland. •
Exporters can be furnished with Furniture for warm cli-
mates, of the best seasoned materials.
An APPRENTICE WANTED, who can be accommodated
at the Family Table, with whom a premium will be expected.

, .
WANTED, a respectable YOUNG MAN, as an AS-
V V SISTANT in a STATIONER'S SHOP, None need
apply unless he has a thorough knowle of the Business
and of Book-keeping. References as charactertci and ability
will be required.

Address, (if by letter, post-paid,) A. 8., Standard-office.

FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY,
THE REMAINS OF THE
STOCK of the late FIRM of WILSON 8r BYTON,
15, CHURCH-STREET,'
SILK MERCERS,r&c.
TN order to bring to an immediate close the late Partner-
shipi- Concerns, JOHN EYTON begs to announce to the
Public, that it is his intention to make a still further immense
Reduction on the Price of the Stock on hand, the best part
of which yet remains unsold, and will be offered at a great
sacrifice.
N.B.—All Accounts owing to the late Firm are 'respect-
fully requested to be discharged forthwith.
An experienced ASSISTANT WANTED immediately.
March Bth, 1839.

OCEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the
1 SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held in
the Cotton Sales Room, on MoNDAYkAhe 11th day of
March, at One o'clock in the Afternoonlel
By order of the Directors, • •
RICHARD RAWSON, Manager.
23d February, 1839.

SAINT GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL.
TO ARCHITECTS.
THE Committee appointed for the Erection of SAINT
GEORGE'S HALL, in Liverpool, are rpticly to receive
DESIGNS for that Building ; in the erectimi and comple-
£3o tion of which it is proposed to expend.arm not exceeding
,000.
A Premium of Two Hundred and Fifty Guineas will be
paid for the Design which the Committee shall consider best
adapted for the purpose ; and One Hundred and Fifty Gui-
neas for the second best.

Printed particulars, containing a general statement of the'
accommodation required, with a Plan of the Land and its
approaches annexed, may be had on application to the Se-
cretaries, Mr. E. G. DEANE, and Mr. THOMAS HARVEY,
Harrington-chambers, North John-street, Liverpool.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
FIFTH INSTALMENT.
rp HE Directors of this Company having resolved to CALL,
1 under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, for an
Instalment of £lO per Share, NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Proprietors of Shares are required to pay,
on or before the 27th of March next, to one of the under-
mentioned Bankers,, the Sum of TEN POUNDS on each of
their respective Shares.
The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool.
Messrs. Dixon and Wardell, Chester.
By order of the Board,
JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.
24, Fenivick-street, Liverpool, 25th Feb., 1839.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
THE Directors of this Company, in conformity with a
Resolution of the last Half-yearly General Meeting of
the Proprietors, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are
ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in Sums of not
less than One Thousand Pounds, to be se ed by the Com-
pany's Bonds, for any term not exceedinirve years, nor less
than three years ; Interest to be paid Half-yearly, at the rate
of Five per Cent. per Annum.
The Tenders to be addressed to Mr. JAMES, the Treasurer
to the Company, at the Railway-office, 24, Fenwick-street,
Liverpool, from whom further inform6tion may be obtained.
WM. DIXON, Chairman.
25th January, 1839.

MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the
Firm of LE DRAY and CO.,,London.
SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED.
ARTIFIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED
WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS.
LOOSE TEETH FASTENED.
And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marnzoratum.
- -

MoNs. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect-
fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment
permanently at No. 70, SEEL-STREET, eight doors from,
Berry-street. They continue to fill op, the cavities of De-
cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the
least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in
an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre-
venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro-
gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction
unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell
into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping
up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of
the breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth.
Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, there
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is
the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so
affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them,
that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint
by a single application, without the slightest pairt.
Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed
from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or
giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an-
swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation,
remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken
out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,—
at the following Paris charges :
A single Artificial Tooth £0 10 0
A complete Set 5 5 0
A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine
gold plate
An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal-
lic Teeth, highly finished, in the first
style, with fine gold sockets, usually
charged 40 guineas
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or
mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied.
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth,
and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original
state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays
from Nine till Two.
No. 70, Seel-street,
Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool.

DROOP that DR. BARKER'S GOUT and RHEUMA-
TISM PILLS are superior to all others.
To DR. BARRER, Edinburgh.

31, Judge-street, Brunswick-square,
London, 3rd January, 1836.
Dear Sir,—About six months ago I had the most violent
attack of Gout I ever experienced in my life, and I have
much .pleasure in stating that your Gout Pills thorouply
cured me man inconceivably short time. I have not since
had a return, which I attribute solely to the efficacy of your
medicine. It has likewise put me into,a,sounder state of
health than I have enjoyed for a long time.--Believe me, &c.,
J. HODGES.
N.B.—This gentleman had frequently used Blair's Gout
P;11., but they never gave relief in less than three days, and
always occasioned headache, sickness, and purging, while
banier's Pills give relief in 24 or 36 hours, without producing
the slightest inconvenience to the general system.
Largs, Ayrshire, 7th December, 1835.
Sir,—l was confined to my room for four months with
Rheummtic Gout, and had used every variety of remedy
without effect, until I was recommended to try your invalu-
able medicine, which gave me, in a very short time, complete
relief. Since that period I have recommended it to many
of my friends, all of whom have derived equal benefit. Sir
J. Maxwell, of Pollock, Bart., Col. Blair, of Blair, and
Robert Struthers, Esci. of Largs, are among the number.—
I am, &c. ' GEO. MACKAY, Major.
SOLEMN DECLARATION TO THE EFFICACY OF
BARKER'S GOUT AND RHEUMATISM PILLS.
EXTRAORDINARY CURE.

30, Giles's:street, Leith, 26th July, 1835.
T certify, on soul and conscience, that I have been afflicted
with Rheumatism for eight years, and have, by one box of
Dr. Barker's Pills, been completely cured of my pains, and
my general health much improved.

GEORGE LOUGHTON.

These Pills are prepared by Dr. BARKER, Edinburgh, and
sold in Boxes at 2s. 9d. each by all respectable Druggists
and Patent Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom ; and
sold in Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, Manchester, Roch-
dale, Halifax, Leeds, York, Hull, Newcastle, Lancaster,
Preston, Dublin, Belfast, &c., and wholesale by all the
Patent Medicine houses in London, and by J. and R.
Raimes, Edinburgh, Sole Agents ; of whom may also be
had, BARKER'S Aperient Anti-bilious Pills, in Boxes at
ls. 14d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. each.
J. and R. RAIMES, Edinburgh, Wholesale Agents.

The preliminaries of the marriage of Lord Melbourne and
the Duchess of Kent are, it is said, finally settled. The
union is expected to take place in June.
Tambirini has written to give up his London apartments,
and states that he is not engaged for the Italian Opera.
COUNTY TIPPBRARY.—There are 43 murder cases, and
upwards of 400 prisoners in gaol, What will my Lord Lis.
more say to that ?

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finprrtai pariiatntnt.

ROUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY.

Lord FORTESCUE was introduced in the usual manner, and
took the oaths and his seat.

Lord NORM ANBY laid on the table the second appendix to
Lord Durham's report on Canada.
Lord ABERDEEN asked whether any other papers were to
be produced ?

Lord NORMANDY answered in the negative.
Lord Mimi° took occasion to mention that he had the
authority of Sir P. Durham, and other officers of high rank
and long standing, in support of the correctness of those
returns relative to the condition of the nary, the accuracy of
which Lord Hardwicke had questioned when referred to by
him (Lord Minto) on a former evening.
Lord FORTESCUE volunteered an explanation'of his speech
on the Irish tithe bill. The noble lord said, that with respect
to the speech which formed the subject of conversation on a
former occasion, and which induced him on the present to
solicit their lordships' attention, on referring to the reports
of that speech, he must say, that they were general and
meagre outlines, rather than correct and accurate reports of
the words spoken by him on that occasion. He should not
trouble their lordships with any part of that speech, except
one particular passage, that had been espec4lly alluded.to ;
and the words which, to the best of his rediClectiiiii, he had
used, were these : " But, if the struggle against the present
tithe system were still to go on, notwithstanding the passing
of this bill, the burden of that struggle will be transferred
from the shoulders of the poor and ignorant peasant to those
I of the rich and powerful landlord, whose shoulders would be
much better able to bear it, and who, I hope, will carry on
the war with effect." He regretted, that he had used those
expressions, because he was quite sensible, that they were
liable to be interpreted in a very different sense to that in
which he meant to employ them. It might be supposed, that
this was an ex post filch) explanation, and that he now at-
tached to those expressions a different sense from that in
which he originally used them, in consequence of the notice
which had been taken of them, both in that and the other
house of Parliament. He trusted, however, that it would be
believed by those who knew him, that he was not capable of
such pusillanimity. (Hear, hear.) What he intended to
convey was this—that he hoped that measures for the reduc-
tion of the church of Ireland would he pressed in the shape
of petitions and remonstrances, addressed by the landowners
of the country through the proper constitutional channels in
that and the other house of Parliament, and that that legiti-
mate and constitutional warfare would be submitted for those
appeals to physical force which had produced such horrors
in Ireland ; and that, coming through such channels, those
petitions and remonstrances would receive due attention from
the legislature of this country. That was the meaning which
he had intended to convey by the expressions which he had
used. (Hear, hear.) He felt that he was about to under-
take a situation of great difficulty, a difficulty which was not
lessened by the course which had been taken in their lord-
ships' house, and by the anticipations which noble lords had
been pleased to form of the character of his administration.
He had, however, the satisfaction of seeing placed before his
eyes the example of his predecessor. He should endeavour
to carry into his administration of the government of that
country that strict and impartial justice which had procured
for his noble friend (the Marquis of Normanby) from one of
their lordships, who was a pretty strenuous opponent of his
government, the important admission that at no period of
the history of that country was the law more vigorously
exerted for the prevention and punishment of crime than
during the administration of his noble friend. He should
carry with him into the government of that country the same
sympathy which had been shown by his noble friend for the
wants of the people of Ireland, and the same affection for
their noble-hearted and manly character. It would be his
anxious desire to extend their comforts and to promote their
welfare ; and happy should he be if at the close of his career,
he it long or be it short, he should reap the same benedictions
from millions of the Irish people which had marked the de-
parture of his noble friend from the shores of Ireland.
Lord LYNDHURST said he might now be allowed to say a
few words in his own justification, in consequence of what
had fallen from the noble lord opposite. In the first place
the noble lord took occasion to call upon him (Lord Lynd-
hurst) again in reference to the expression which had fallen
from him in debate on a former occasion, and which was then
misinterpreted by the noble marquis opposite, and the noble
lord had asked him if lie should think that such an expres-
sion would be a disqualification for office in his own case.
Considering the use which had been made of that expression
in Ireland, and the odium which had been cast upon him in
consequence of it, he would say, in answer to that question,
that he should consider it a decided disqualification for hold-
ing such an appointment. (Hear.) What was the explana-
tion given? Did it not correspond in substance with the re-
port which he had quoted? Did not the the noble lord say,
thatthe Established Church of Ireland was a 'stain and a dis-
grace to the country ? Did he not say, that the effect of the
bill would be to transfer the war from the weak to the strong,
and that he hoped it would be carried on with effect against
the Protestant church ? The noble lord said, that of course
the mode in which the war was carried on, so far as he was
concerned, was not to be by agitation, but by constitutional
means. Did that make any difference? (Hear, hear.) The
noble lord was placed at the head of the government of that
country. The Catholics were intent upon assailing the esta-
blishment ; the noble lord was hostile to it. The noble lord
would pursue his own mode of warfare ; those who were co-
operating with him would pursue theirs. (Loud cheers.)
Viscount MELBOURNE entered into a justification of the
appointment of Lord Fortescue, and said the noble and
learned lord (Lyndhurst) had made many observations on the
conduct of the government, and had drawn some of his argil-
meats from the leading articles of newspapers, from which
he said he was bound and entitled to conclude that the opi-
nions of the noble lord (Fortescue) were hostile to the church
in Ireland. Such opinions, however, his noble friend had
never entertained. (" Hear," from Lord Fortescue.) On
the contrary, there was not a warmer, a more sincere, or
more anxious friend to the Protestant establishment in Ire-
land than his noble friend. If he knew any man, with res-
pect to whom he felt confident that he would act up to his
professions, and maintain his principles, it was his noble
friend who had been appointed to -the government of Ire-
land ; and, under these circumstances, 'he was satisfied that a
better choice could not have been made.

The Duke of WELLINGTON said the noble lord opposite
(Lord Fortescue) had stated, that it was his intention to con-
duct the government of Ireland upon the principle, which
had been announced by a noble relative of his (the Duke of
Wellington's) upon his assumption of the same high office
some years ago—namely, that he should go to Ireland to ad-
minister the law, and not to change it. But the noble lord's
expressions—those which he now admitted that he used—
went much further than such a declaration, and could refer
neither to the administration of the law, nor to its constitu-
tional change. It had been admitted that the word " war"
was used. Did their lordships ever hear of war—and war,
too, carried on with greater effect—in the course of the ad-
ministration of the law, or of its peaceable alteration ?
(Hear.) The real question connected with this subject was
the maintenance of the Protestant religion and church in
Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Such had been the object of this
country and the policy of its government for centuries. This
principle had been asserted over and over again at different
periods, in the act and treaty of union, (to go no further
back,) in the Catholic Emancipation act, and in the oath
taken by the members of both houses of Parliament. What
that house and the public looked for from the Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland, was not only the maintenance of the law,
but its execution in such a manner as suited the policy of the
law and the policy of this country in connexion with the
great principle of the maintenance of the Protestant church.
That was the point with respect to which both their lord-
ships and the other house of parliament would entertain
great jealousy, unless they had something more from the
noble lord than his mere declaration.

Lord BROUGHAM said, he held the explanations of the
noble lord (Fortescue) to be of the greatest importance ; for
it now appeared, from the noble lord's declaration, that
whoever represented him as an enemy to the Irish church
establishment had totally misrepresented his feelings ; that
whoever expected from him any overt act of hostility to that
establishment would be grievously and entirely disappointed;
that whoever dreamed that he would attempt to do that indi-
rectly which he dared not openly avow, and that he would
silently countenance their scheming against the church esta-
blishment or constitution of these realms, would discover
that they had to do with a man far too honest and plain-
dealing for their sinister designs ; and whoever anticipated
to have in him a ready tool for their own private purposes,
would find themselves deprived of the instrument they fondly
hoped to grasp. His noble friend had told him, in the words
of one of his most illustrio6s predecessors, one for whom he
had the highest respect—he meant the Marquis Wellesley—
that whatever his own opinions might be of the frame and
structure of the law, yet he went only to administer that law;
by which he meant that crimes should be sought out and
criminals detected ; that convictions should take place, and
sentences be executed—(hear, hear)—so that evildoers might
in future be deterred ; that the law might be obeyed, and
that, if he could not improve it, he might, at least, render it
better beloved. He knew what course his noble friend would
choose ; he would act up to his own declaration, and not be
influenced by those who were the enemies of the constitu-
tion, and his own worst enemies, judging by the praises they
had lavished on a speech which, it now appeared, was never
made. (Hear, hear.) He would find that those who wished
so to employ him were his enemies, and not his friends • but
he (Lord Brougham) knew that his noble friend would choose
to hold the balance evenly between all conflicting parties, the
same as the noble Marquis Wellesley and the noble'Mn rquis
of Anglesey had done before him, and as his noble friend
who had just returned had endeavoured to do, as far as cir-
cumstances had allowed him. _

Lord WrIARNCLIFFE said, that noble lords on his side of
the house had thought, and he himself still thought, from
the explanation of his noble friend, that the speech he had
made was not discreditable to him as a man, nor improper
for him to make as a member of Parliament ; but there was
still something in that speech that did not render him such
a person as the government ought to send to Ireland, and he
begged his noble friend to understand that that was his view
of the subject. He .did not find fault with the speech, but
with the government, for picking out his noble friend under
circumstances that were rather unusual, and elevating him
from the House of Commons to the rank of a peer, when he
had expressed such opinions as were found in the speech al-
luded to. They might talk about that language having been
used or not, but he must say, that it was impossible for his
noble friend to go to Ireland, after that speech, without giv-
ing the Protestants a fear on account of their establishment,
and the CathOcs a hope of their church gaining the ascen-
dancy. With this view, then, he would ask the government
whether he and those who acted with him were not justified
in their fears as to the course of the government in this re-
spect?
The conversation then dropped, and their lordships shortly
afterwards adjourned.