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comfort, and with an abundant blessing, were wholly
unaccustomed to anything like controversy. The minister
with whom I travelled, though there are few preach more
sermons, and whose services have been made more useful,
assured me that he never preached a directly controversial
sermon against Popery in his life. There were many
others, I have no doubt, in the same position. Besides,
the vast majority of these men were Whigs in politics,
and, therefore, the warm friends and supporters of what
are called the civil rights and privileges of Roman
Catholics. I assert, therefore, in the second place, there
was nothing in. the men sent to create such lawless
opposition as we met with, but rather the opposite.
(Hear,hear.) Then the design of the mission had nothing
in it so very'unjustifiable. We are constantly told that if
you keep free of agrarian concerns you are perfectly safe
in Ireland, you may go where you like, or say what you
please ; they are only landlords and- agents and bailiffs
who need have any fears for their personal safety. We
felt that the preaching of the Gospel was God's own
ordinance for the world's conversion—(hear)--that the
command of our Lord was, " Go ye unto all the world
and preach the Gospel to every creature." That Ireland
was a part of the world, and although the power of the
priests and the prejudices of the people were strong, they
were not too strong for the arm of the Lord to remove.
To guide us in this duty we had the example of the
apostles, who went from city to city, and from village to
village, preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom " in the
synagogues to the Jews," and " in the markets daily to
them that met with them." It was thought, too, that
whoever else might object to such a design, the Church of
Rome surely ought not. She had her propaganda, the
object of which was the end which we contemplated—the
bringing of all nations and countries to her own faith.
(Hear, hear.) The distinctly avowed object of Cardinal
Wiseman's settlement in this country, and the establish-
ment of a Romish hierarchy, was " to convert England to
the true faith," " to restore her to her orbit in the eccle-
siastical firmament." (Cheers.) There were also the
bulls of her popes, and the decrees of her councils, and the
efforts of all her agents, from the pope on his pontifical
throne down to that quiet jesuitical servant-maid, seeking
to make Protestant children familiar with popish ob-
servances. (Cheers.) The mission of one and all was the
work of proselytism. (Loud applause.) It must also have
been well known to the Church of Rome, whose priests
were so familiar with our movements long before one of
us set foot on Ireland, that in every circular which was
issued by the committee we were requested to preach the
Gospel as contradistinguished from controversial sermons.
Such, then, was our design ; and I most unhesitatingly
assert that there was nothing in it to justify the reception
we met with. (Hear.) Then, next,to speak of the arrange-
ments made for giving effect to the design just noticed.
The field selected was the south of Ireland, chiefly the
province of Munster. This was cut up into divisions,
each division having so many districts, and each district
again so many stations. A certain number of ministers
was set apart for each division, according to its extent.
These were to go two and two, taking each district in
order till they went over the whole of their division. Each
minister was expected to preach twice every Sabbath,
and three times each week ; so that by the hundred
ministers, in the period of one month, two thousand
sermons would be preached up and down through
the land. A book of instructions, specially written
for the occasion, was handed to each. It is needless
for me to add that the services of these ministers were in
every instance gratuitous. I might, however, beg attention
to this, as both by priests and in newspapers it has been
broadly stated that we were paid, and the sum actually
named that we received for our work. This is not much
to be wondered at, seeing that the Church of Rome takes
very good care to make the people pay well for all the
services of her priests. (Hear.) Such, then, were the
arrangements ; they may have been good or bad ; with
that I have nothing to do ; the committee who made them.
are alone responsible ; but whether good or bad is not now
the point. If good, there was no just cause to assail them,
as was the case ; and if bad, there was no need to do so ;
whether good or bad, they gave no just ground for the
violent reception we met with. (Applause.) The next
step in my argument is to show that the execution of these
arrangements by the missionaries was altogether unim-
peachable. I beg attention to this, as it has been stated
over and over again, that our own violent language brought
down upon us the violence we complain of. Dr. Cahill
brings the matter to a point, by asserting that the cause
of the conduct of the mob in Limerick was the indigna-
tion the citizens felt at being called " Priest-ridden
idolaters" by the missionary who was preaching. The
same vindication is found in the Tablet and other papers.
Had such words been used, I would have made all due
allowance for the excited feelings of the people. But they
were not used, nor any similar expressions, either by the
ministers in Limerick, or by any others of the hundred.
(Hear, hear.) The plain fact was, that, in almost every
instance, they were assailed and ill-treated before they
uttered a single sentence. If they could have used them
they would not. If they would they could not, and, as a
matter of fact, they did not. (Loud cheers.) I assert,
therefore, that the execution of the arrangements was in
the most complete accordance with its design and spirit,
and gave no just ground for the savage opposition we met
with. Such, then, was the character of our mission, and
now I challenge any man to lay his finger upon a single
point to justify him in condemning us, or in vindication,
or even palliating the conduct of the priests and the peo-
ple. If he can, let him produce it ; if he cannot, let him
honestly acknowledge the truth. (Applause.)
1 come =At to stars, in detail, the reception we met
with. There may be a measure of sameness hi
tive, but that very sameness is one of the strong points of
my case, because it proves to a demonstration that go
where you will, no matter how, or -by whom, or under
what circumstances the Gospel is preached, the spirit of
Popery is ever and every where the same—the enemy of
civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) Although you were
stoned in Kilkenny, and again in Clonmel, you would find
in the narrative many points of difference. I shall begin
with myself. In company with about sixty ministers I
left Dublin on Saturday, 30th July, reached Kilmallock
on the same evening, about four o'clock, along with my
companions. I proceeded thence to Bruff, at which place
we were to commence our labours on the- next day. The
population of the village is somewhere about 1,400. We
spent the evening of Saturday in walking about the town,
and taking counsel with each other and with our Great
Master how we should proceed the next day. We re-
solved, in accordance with the terms of our mission, to
preach twice, if it were possible, and fixed upon half-past
ten and two o'clock as the most suitable hours, because
they did not interfere with the services of the Established.
Church or those of the Roman Catholic chapel. Accord-
ingly, at half-past ten o'clock, we went out, conversed with
groups of persons up and down the village, told them who
and what we were, spoke to them of Christ and his love,
of their souls and eternity ; they received us most kindly,
thanked us for what we had said, and expressed their
willingness to hear us at two o'clock. We then went
to the parish church, where we heard an excellent
Gospel sermon on the parable of the sower. We
happened to be shown into the same pew with the
sergeant of police, who, with five men out of the twelve
stationed in Bruff, were Protestants. At the close of the
service, we told him of our intention to preach in the
streets at two o'clock. He replied, " I am afraid they
wont let you. I have an engagement myself at that hour,
but I shall tell two or three of the men to be about." We
felt it to be our duty, as a matter of courtesy, to acquaint
the incumbent also with our intentions. He said, " I
wish you all success, but think it would be a wise pre-
caution to have:the police at hand." We then went to
the street again, and taking our place about 50 yards
above the police station—took off our hats—as if about to
speak to a few individuals who were around us. The
people were evidently prepared for us. A service had
been held in the chapel- since we saw them in the morning,
and the priests had no doubt instructed them how to act.
In, less than two minutes we were surrounded by a dense
crowd of from one to two thousand individuals. I will
not attempt to describe the scene that followed. My
friend, who opened, before he closed his first sentence was
met by such a demonstration of hooting and yelling as
baffles all description. He was obliged to desist. I
thought I would try what I could do. I said " we had not
come there to attack any person, or any system, or any
religion, and if you will only hear what I have to, say, I
give to every man in the crowd the privilege to interrupt
me at any time and to demand an explanation. If I can-
not satisfy you, I pledge myself at once to leave." I then
began to speak about Christ, but met with no better re-
ception than the brother who preceded me. Finding it
impossible to proceed, we thought it best at once to retire.
The crowd determined that we should not go alone ; they
accompanied us ; when we reached a bridge, over which we
had to pass on our way to our lodgings, a sudden rush was
made upon us, as if some plan had been agreed upon by
the people. We stopped, turned round upon them, and
asked what they wanted; they had refused to hear us; if
they had anything to say, we were willing to hear them.
They retired for a few yards, the police stepped in, and we
reached our hotel in safety. The crowd remained shout
tug auuut, Luc unmet tur some MAU'S. I am a native of
Ireland ; I spent the greater part of my life there ; but I
never knew the meaning of the expression "Wild Irish"
trill then. Unwilling that any of our friends should come
to Bruff, we left in the morning for Kilmallock. We found
that the same scene had been enacted there the day before,
and the ministers there were preparing to leave. We agreed
to go to Limerick to see if anything could be done there,
but on our arrival at the junction, met with the ministers
leaving that city. They implored of us, "For God's sake
not to go there; if you do, you'll be di;covered, and your
lives will be sacrificed." (Loud cries of " Shame.") We
then joined them, and arrived in Dublin on the evening
of Monday, Ist August.
Finding it impossible, from the state of feeling in the
south, to carry out the design of the movement there, I
turned to my native county, and there, from Sabbath
the 7th August till the 14th, I preached twelve sermons,
ten of which were in the public streets, to audiences
averaging .at least 300, and in towns distant from each
other from five to twenty miles ; heard in every instance
with the most profound attention, and treated with the
greatest respect, although, in some instances the half, in
others the third, and in many, three-fourths of my
audience were Roman Catholics and persons unaccus-
tomed to hear the Gospel. (Hear, hear.)
I shall next refer to the, brethren who visited Limerick.
They were eight in number. Upon their arrival they
heard various reports from friends as to the course of
procedure they should adopt. Some told them to go on
in their attempt to preach, and others strongly dissuaded
them from it. Feeling it was their duty to try, Mr.
Dickenson, a Moravian minister, and Mr. Henderson from
Scotland, went out in the evening, and having selected a
quiet place, out of the highway, Mr. Dickenson began by
singing and a short prayer. The crowd, evidently pre-
pared, began to collect and to show the most angry
symptoms. The prayer over, he selected his text, and
had scarcely done so when he was thrown on his face.
(Shame.) He rose and endeavoured to gain his lodgings,
but the crowd increasing, both in numbers and violence,
this became impossible. He took refuge in a house, the
door of which happenened to be open, and remained there
till the arrival of the police, with whom he again attempted
to reach his lodgings. The crowd outside still continued
to increase, so that even the police were unable to bring
him through, ,
and felt it necessary to take shelter
in the station, where he remained for two hours.
(Loud cries of 'Shame.") Meantime the intelli-
gence spread through the city, and Mr. Lewis, another of
the missionaries, resolved to go out and look after a brother
in trouble. He was immediately recognised, although, let
it be borne in mind, he had not preached, nor attempted
to do so, nor been preserr, with those who had, but he
was " one of tb.em " and was treated accordingly, when

the police came to his rescue. A priest also came up as if
to protect him. Mr. Lewis took hold of his arm, but he
shook him off as a viper, and asked " How he, who came
to abuse his religion, dared to touch him ?" (Indignant
cries of " Shame.") He then turned to the police, and
by them, and not by the priest, his life was saved. (Hear,
hear.) Next day an investigation took place before the
bench of magistrates in the case of two persons made
prisoners during the riot. Here I cannot help remarking
upon the extraordinary fact that, although the whole
police force of the city, with Major Caldwell at their head,
were on duty for two hours, and although the major stated
that at least 10,000 persons were collected in what appeared
to him about the worst mob he had ever seen in Limerick,
only two prisoners were made. The attorney for the defence
plainly stated, that "the circumstances of the case would
almost justify the conduct of the populace on thislocca-
sion-; and Imust Prorest against the system thu-s orga-
nised to disturb the public peace." Not only the attorney
but the bench seemed to have the interest of the prisoners
at heart. They-asked "if there was any one to prove that
the proceedings were calculated to disturb the peace."
This question was three times repeated. As much as to
say, here is a minister who attempted to preach the gospel
in a retired part of the city, and when 10,000 of a mob
attempt to take away his life and that of two friends
who came to his rescue, if there be any witness able to
prove that such a proceeding was calculated to lead to a
violation of the peace, here's a bench ready to hear him.
(Cries of " Shame.") At a consultation in private with the
magistrates, the missionaries were informed that such
was the state of public feeling, that if they attempted
to preach in the streets, they (the magistrates) could
not guarantee their lives ; and if they took any building,
they could not ensure it against being destroyed by the
populace ; they, consequently, made up their minds to
leave ; their lodgings were surrounded for an hour and
a half by the mob, shouting, " Bring out those fellows that
we may paradise them." At length they reached the rail-
way in a covered car, guarded by the police. Such is the
liberty given by. Popish priests, Popish mobs, and Popish
magistrates. (Loud and indignant cries of " Shame.")
The Rev. lecturer then proceeded to detail the reception
of the ministers in Cahir, Fethard, Clonmel, Kilkenny,
Waterford, Tramore, Nenagh, Thurles, and Borisokane,
where they were covered with mud and dirt, and pelted
with stones ; and in every instance receiving treatment
more like what might be expected from a company of
African savages, than the devoted members of the only
Catholic Church of Christ.
At Parsonstown, Mr. Egan, the parish priest, came
with his solicitor, and stated that he was desirous of
having a conference with the magistrates. He informed
them that some of ,the missionaries were going to preach
in the street, and that if they did so he had no doubt
there would be bloodshed and riot. This parish priest,
however, mistook, his men. The magistrates, one of
whom was a protestant minister, told him they were
much obliged to him for the information he had given
them, as it would enable them to make provision suited
to the circumstances. They informed him that they would
summon in the police from all the adjoining stations,
that if these men broke the law, they would hold them
responsible ; and that if the mob broke the law, they would
deal with them accordingly. The next day a placard was
posted up on the walls to the following effect :

"CATHOLICS OF BIER, LISTEN I LISTEN ATTENTIVELY ! !
"A set of men, bad cobblers; perhaps, by trade, may. have
come amongst you, and they .want to preach to you in the
public street, and they want you to listen to them ; and if you
listen to them you will hear your priests insulted, your Holy
Religion abused, and, most likely, the Virgin Mother of God
blasphemed. In a word, you will hear everything calculated
to provoke you to anger, and to a breach of the peace, and if
you break the peace you well know before whom you have to
go, and what you may expect.

They did know it, and if they had not known it there
would not have been a placard issued. The placard con-
tinued—

And, besides, any. anger on your part, or any insult offered
to these Ranters, will only get them the better paid."

The priest advised his people not to have anything to do
with our friends,--7" to let them alone" But mark, this
was after the magistrates had told him what they intended
to do. The result was, that Mr. Matheson preached a
sermon of an hour long to an attentive and anxious con-
gregation. Now, I think I have given you. a sufficient
sample of the civil and religious liberty which is guaran-
teed in Ireland, as exemplified in our recent mission in the
south of that country. But, you may tell me that it is
not to be wondered at, that these hundred ministers had
a formidable appearance, and that it looked likean attempt
to take the country by storm—that it was a challenge to
the priests, and the priests would not be beaten. "If you,
had gone to Ireland one by one, and under other circum-
stances, you might have done what you liked, and you would
not have been received with such warm demonstrations."
I shall now, therefore,. ask you, in reply, to turn with me to
other times and other places in Ireland. We have been
speaking of the province of Minister. I will now take you
to another district. Sometime before we arrived, two men
attempted to preach in the market-place at Drogheda, and
such was the violence of the mob, that they were pelted
with stones, and so seriously injured that they had to be
carried to the infirmary, to have their wounds dressed.
On another occasion, in the neighbourhood of Cork, a
scripture reader and one of the inhabitants met in the
morning, and had a long conversation together. Theymet
again in the evening, and discussed matters for a consi-
derable length of time, until the scripture reader was
obliged to return home. He had not gone far, however,
before be heard footsteps behind him, and had just time to
turn round, when he received a. blow on the head which
Imookcc.l him down, and loft him insensible ; the person
who inflicted the blow then quietly walked away, thinking,
no doubt, he had done his work in having given the scrip-
ture reader a little Popish soup. (Hear; hear.) By and
by, the wounded man recovered, sufficiently to hear steps,
and lookinc, up saw the man that struck him coming
towards him in company with the man with whom he had
been discussing. Fear gave him strength ; he rose, and
fled and escaped; but such was his state, that his depo-
sitions were obliged to be taken. by a magistrate. I have
not heard since whether he- lived or die. (Hear, hear.)
I will now take you to Connaught. I dare say you have
all heard of the Rev. Mr. Nangle. I hold in my hand a
letter, which was recently written by him to Lord Aber-
deen. The letter refers, in the first instance, to a riot
which took place, instigated by two priests, in the village
of Keel, for which they were tried. The jury not agreeing,
they were discharged. They were, however, again ar-
raigned, and tried a second time, when a Roman Catholic
convert, of the name• of Flannigan, gave this evidence
against them on oath. He stated, that he heard the
priests address the multitude in these words :

" Scald them, scold them, shout after them, hunt them,
persecute them to death, and pull down the houses over
them." _

A person of the name of Joyce, a scripture reader,. who
was present when the priest made these remarks, mildly
remonstrated with him, and on doing so he was suddenly
thrown down and violently assaulted by the mob. When
all these facts had been given on oath at the trial, =con-
tradicted ; and when the case on behalf of the crown had
closed, the learned counsel for the defendants made a
speech on behalf of the priests, and addressing- the judge,
said, " Would it not be better to have • done with this
matter ?" In answer to which the judge, Chief Justice
Monahan, a Roman Catholic, said, ' Well, I think so ;"
and the jury, who had been sworn on oath to give a ver-
dict according to the evidence —not one syllable of evi-
dence having been tendered to invalidate the testimony of
the witnesses for the prosecution—said, " Well, we think
so too ;" and the consequence was, that these two rev.
gentlemen, who had made such abominable and monstrous
statements—who had incited the mob to hunt Protestants
to death—were set at liberty, the Chief Justice saying to
them, "Now, be pod boys, and don't do this any more."
(Cries of " Shame:') Well, after the trial, the witnesses
and others concerned went home from Casdebar. Joyce,
the scripture reader, travelled on the top of the coach,
along with one of the two priests. The guard, who was a
Roman Catholic, left his seat at the boa of the coach,
whilst on the journey, and coming up beside Joyce and
addressing him, insultingly told him that " All people
who changed their religion, as he and others did, should
be shot like dogs." Mr. Nangle describes the circum-
stance in his letter as follows :

"As Patrick Joyce returned to this Island from the assizes,
in company with the Rev. Mr. Henry, on her Majesty's mail,
he was shouted after and abused as he pasted along. The
guard of the mail even left the seat assigned to him at the
rear of the coach and came forward to the front, where he sat
beside Joyce, for the purpose of insulting him, declaring,
among other things, that he, and all 'like him who changed
their religion, should be shot like dogs.' When the coach ar-
rived in Westport a number of ruffians were admitted into the
yard, by one of whom Joyce was struck immediately, came
down from the coach, and when be ran in at the back door of
the coach-office he was nearly knocked down with a stone
which struck him on the neck. Mr. Henry was looking on at
all this, and seemed to enjoy it as excellent sport. About
nine of this hand of ruffians pursued Joyce into the house,
where they knocked him down, striking him on the head, and
kicking his body, and were it not for the interference of a
woman who threw herself upon him, and raised a cry of mur-
der. bg think. his aa..n.wts would have killed him. T. the
arrived, and with difficulty protected Joyce. It is but justice
to state that in this they were aided by the Rev. R. Burke, a
Roman Catholic priest, residing in Westport. The police ac-
companied Joyce some distance out of the town; but when
they left the violence was resumed; he was pelted with stones
for nearly a toile of the road, one of these struck him on the
head, cutting through a strong hat, and inflicting a:vvound on
his skull ; he was also bruised in several parts of his body.
At Newport the doctor dressed the cut on his head, and he
proceeded, under an escort of police, to Achill Sound." -

This is not the only case that Mr. Nangle notices in his
letter. In another part, he refers to a school that was
under his direction. On one occasion, a nimber of Roman
Catholics came to the school armed with pitchforks and
crowbars, and insisted upon the parties within leaving ;
on their refusing, the mob began to pull down the build-
ing, until at length the occupants of it ere obliged to fly
Some of the assailants were afterwards tried for this
offence, but the jury disagreed ; subsequently they were
tried again and pleaded guilty; and what,think you,was the
decision of the bench ? Why, that the law had been
vindicated, and the prisoners must be discharged ! This
is civil and religious liberty in the west of Ireland.—
(Hear, hear.) I will .neit ask Your attention to another
district in the same province, and I will give you an in-
stance of the treatment which a Christian minister re-
ceived in that part of the country. In the year 1847, the
Rev. Dr. Dill went to the county Mayo, where he had been
invited by the Rev. Mr. Rogers to go and preach for him
in his school-room. The people assembled, to the number of
upwards of 200, to hear Dr. Dill. There were so many
present that not more than one-half of them could get
into the school, and it was, therefore, agreed that the
women should go inside, and the men remain outside.
While the doctor was preaching, a cry was heard, " the
priest is coming," and scarcely had the cry taken place
when his reverence suddenly came up on horseback, and
rode over Dr. Dill, throwing him in the mud and tearing
his clothes. When he recovered himself, he found the
priest horsewhipping the people. He remonstrated with
him, and said, " Would it not be better to come and reason
the matter with me ?" on which the priest replied, holding
up the horsewhip, " I'll drive it down your throat,"
" you're a damned imposter," and, addressing Mr. Rogers,
he said, " d—n you, Rogers." By and bye the priest went
away, and the people again collected themselves, when the
doctor began to preach. After a short time the cry was
once more heard, " the priest is returning, and with him
a number of people." On the priest and his men again
coming up to the school-room, they assailed Dr. Dill with
several Popish arguments,—stones and mud. The door
of the school-room was closed and barred for their protec-
tion, but superior force drove it open, and there they
remained from four o'clock until nine in the evening,
when an escort of police saw the doctor home. All these
gets were taitified to ora oath at the trial of the rutin

which took place at the Quarter Sessions of Ballina. And
now I cannot refrain from giving you an extract from the
Judge's remarks to the jury during the trial of this case.
He was a Roman Catholic—(hear, hear)—and it is neces-
sary I should remind you that it is not the speech of an
advocate I am about to read, but the observations of the
judge in his address to the jury. He said :

• " That Dr. Dill bad sworn to conduct and language,
on the part of Mr. Timlin, which would be discreditable to
any gentleman, hut, above all, to one filling the office of a
clergyman ; yet if Mr. Timlin had done nothing but what had
happened in the first instance, perhaps our time to-day would
not have been occupied so long; but Mr. Timlin returned
the second time, and his conduct then aggravated the assault
considerably.. It was alleged in defence that Ekins had
struck the priest, and it was natural for him to resist the in-
jury. That might avail if the provocation bad been resisted
immediately, and such the law might allow; but, gentlemen,
yoU areto hear in mind that Mr. Timlin returned after an
interval of fifteen minutes, when it might have been supposed
that his excitement had time to subside, and he had returned
to his ordinary composure. * * * It was said that
Mr. Timlin came to preVent a breach of the peace, but it was
most unfortunate that no riot took place t.xcept when the priest
was there; and if be came to prevent a problematical riot, it
was also unfortunate that he did not wait to see if such a riot
would take place; but the very moment he arrived he com
menced to beat those he met, and thus the very means he
used to prevent a riot was the only cause of it. * * *
On a review of the whole case, there is nothing to invalidate
the testimony of Leech, who swore to the assault committed
on him by the priest. Leech's statement is consistent with
that of the other witnesses ; and there has been no attempt
made to invalidate it in the slightest degree, neither has it
been disproved that M'Andrew assaulted Eking. It has in-
deed been sworn that Ekins struck the priest ; but as to the
fact of Mr. Timlin having assaulted Leech, and M'Andrew
having assaulted Ekins, that remains uncontroverted, no re-
butting evidence having been tendered." .

Now this is the Judge's charge, and I ask you what
would your verdict have been as jurors in such a case ?
The jury, however, considered it a very difficult case.
Why ? Because a priest was the defendant. (Hear, hear.)
They retired to consider their verdict, and, after being
absent for some time, they returned into court with a ver-
dict of not guilty. (Hear, hear, and shame.) That is ano-
ther specimen of civil and religious liberty in Ireland.
Now from Dr. Dill I pass to another Presbyterian minister
in much the same position. Here is the document, [hold-
ing up a letter,] but I am afraid that I am going on too
far. (" No, no," and cries of "go on.") My dear friends,
if it be trying and warm to us in this place to hear these
things, it is far more trying in Connaught and far warmer
to bear them. This letter is dated August 23rd, 1853, and
written ar—, and signed D. Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson
says in the letter :

" Sta,—Since the Rev. William Nl4Dermott, C.C., became
an occasional resident here, almost every day discloses new
acts of violence and outrage. From Ballycastle to Bealderig
peace has been completely destroyed. Were it not for such
reverend agitators from Maynooth, I can testify, from some
years' experience, that the inhabitants of this place would
not only be most peaceable, but also most obliging. Some
leading facts, which have occurred within the last three
weeks, will both prove the above statements. On the 30th
the priest entered the house of a man named Foy, whose only
crime consists in sending his children to my school, and
allowing his son to be an Irish teacher. and there he was
guilty of the shameful and impious act of contemptuously
burning some volumes of the Word of God. He feels, no
doubt, that the Bible is Popery's greatest enemy. On the
31st he gathered a mob on another person, who also sends his
children to my school, and attends preaching himself ; and
when, by my interference, he was extricated from impending
violence, both priest and people became very much agitated,
and threatened bodily injury to the man. The priest also
came up to myself several times, in the most excited and
menacing manner. Having accomplished my object, I re-
turned to my house; and his reverence and mob retired to a
shebeen shop to soothe their agitated nerves, and they re-
mained there till it was announced that the police were ap-
proaching. This caused a very speedy adjournment."
Now this paper (holding up an account of a trial of priests)
contains the trial of the priest alluded to for burning the,
Bibles. There were four in all ; one in English, and
three Irish Testaments. They were the property of a lad
named Foy, who swore informations before the magis-
trates, setting forth the facts of the priest burning the
Bible • but, in the meantime, before the trial, the priest
got hold of the lad, and so trained him that at the trial
he swore so entirely opposite to the affidavit made before
the magistrates, that the bench unanimously committed
him for perjury. (Hear, hear). Mr. Ferguson says

"On the 2d ultimo, P. Foy, while fishing on the shore, was
knocked down, kicked, and pelted with stones, because he
told the truth about the priest burning the Bible. On the
10th, M. Foy was knocked down and beaten by a number of
boys. Had I not received intelligence, and gone to his rescue,
he might have been much hurt ; but, as soon as the guilty
party saw me, they fled. On. the same day my servant was
threatened by a woman, who said that if she came again to
that well for water (it is a public well), she would make her
sorry for it. On the night of the 12th, Foy's curragh was
maliciously injured. Seven or eight holes were put into it
by some sharp instrument. And when, on the 14th, Sergeant
Cooke, who is very active since the place became disturbed,
came to see the injured property, and sent two of his men for
Foy that he might make the necessary inquiries in such
cases, they found the parish priest with him. To keep mat-
ters as quiet as possible, his reverence has proposed to give
as much money as will repair the curragh. On the 15th, I
was prevented from taking water out of the well already men-
tioned. The woman, who threatened on the 10th, was more
furious and determined on yesterday. She was digging pota-
toes near the well, and when the servant went she ran to pre-
vent her, and said that she would break the boy and can on
her head. The servant returned, and I went back with her.
When she saw us approach, she ran with a noggin to throw
the water out of the well and stir up the mud. She threat-
ened violence to both myself and servant, and lifted up stones
to throw after us. About sixty perches from the place, forty
or fifty persons were watching the transaction—the greater
number of them at the shebeen shop already mentioned—
and when passing them on my return, I spoke of the conse-
quences of such acts of violence ; but, instead of condemning
the act, smug were su bold as to speak in its justification."

Now, my friends, you have no croubt heard of written
notices being placed on doors in Ireland; and death's head
and cross-bones over them, these notices intimating to a
man to make his will, and to settle his worldly affairs if
he had any to settle • but in the'west of' Ireland they do
these things in a different manner—they cannot write,
and therefore Mr. Ferguson tells, us they adopt the fol-
lowing expedient :

" On the evening of the 16th ult., we had a specimen of
this kind of threatening. Five or six persons went to the
house of a man named Fa4hy, who, with his family, has
abandoned the priest and the mass. By various arguments
they endeavoured, at first, to persuade him to return. Faghy,
however, remained firm. He was then told that his life was
unsafe—that though none of his neighbours would do him an
injury, yet some stranger, unknown to him, might come from
a distance—say from Castlebar—and with a pistol, shoot him
at night."

It is something more than: absurd—it is absolutely in-
sulting to the feelings of the British people, to see priests
from Ireland coming over here, and talking to us about
soup and meal conversions, when we have facts like these
to test the reality of the thousands of conversions which
are taking place. I will take you now from Connaught to.
Ulster. You ate, perhaps, prepared to ask me, " Ulster !
is that not Protestant ?" My answer is, " Yes, we are
going to Ulster, the most Protestant province in Ireland ;
and, more than that, I am going to Antrim, one of the
most Protestant counties in Ireland." Although this• is
so, yet in the north of Ireland there are numbers of
Roman Catholics who occupy certain districts, and belong
as it were to particular clans ; so that in Down, Antrim,
and Derry, you will find certain localities which are almost
exclusively popish. Thus, in the county of Antrim. there
are " the glens," which are principally inhabited. by
Roman Catholics. The friends of Ireland in Scotland
have for some time been in the habit of sending over
money for the purpose of carrying out the circulation of
the Scriptures in these districts. On a late occasion a
priest residing in the glens thought he would stop the
supplies, and with this view he went to Scotland, and
represented that there were no schools, no converts, and
that the whole mission was little short of a swindle. He
was there, he said, to prove it, as he came direct from the
parish, and as a gentleman and a priest he pledged his
word for the truth of the statement. This was considered a
rather extraordinary communication, and the parties towhom
it was made were disposed to believe it. The people of
Scotland could not understand that a gentleman and a
minister would have made such a statement without there
being some foundation for it, and, therefore, they did, to
some extent, believe it. In consequence Dr. Edgar
thought it his duty to visit the glens, and the result was
that he found the priest's statements to be untrue—that
the Scriptures were circulated, and that there were many
converts from Roman Catholicism in the district ; and,
more than that, he found that there were cursing priests,
too, in Antrim. (Hear, hear.) He found that there was
a person of the name of Charles lll`Loughlin, a miller and
corn-grinder, who had been induted to examine the errors
of Popery, and to abandon them ; this man became a
Scripture reader in the very place where the priest said
there were no converts. The priest cursed this man and
several -others, by name, from the altar. Here is the sub-
stance of the curse, as sworn to by competent witnesses,
at the assizes at Antrim. The priest said :
" 'l'd give them, or I give them, my curse and God's
curse, and any person that would speak to them, or salute
them on the road, or eat at the same table, or work in the
same field with them."

Ile clueetl 1..4 lie ran bell lio "...Al.
Tnese are facts, and I need not tell you what is the mean-
ing of cursing by bell, book, and candle.—(Hear, hear.)
After having been so denounced from the altar, this
Charles M`Loughlin went to the market to buy corn, but
no one would speak to him. The people ran away when
they saw M`Loughlin coming towards them, until at
length he was compelled to employ a man to make his
purchases, and ultimately the farmers would not sell to
him at any price. The consequence was, that he brought
an action against the priest, for damages which he had
sustained by the curse, on which the Roman Catholics
sneered at him and told him he would not get a verdict,
but an Antrim jury decided otherwise, and the man ob-
tained damages to the amount of £75, and costs. (Loud
cheers.)
Such is the civil and religious liberty given by the
priests in Ireland, and such is a sample of the soup which
we are told is so irresistible in making converts, that you
cannot believe the sincerity of one of them. (Laughter
and cheers.) I have given it as we found it in the year
1853. I have shown, that whether it be the preaching of
the Gospel by Churchmen or Dissenters, in town or coun-
try, in the house or the street, in 'Ulster, Munster, Leinster,
or Connaught, it is allthe same, It is this—liberty in civil and
religious matters to do just as they please with the person,
property, character, and lives of all who dare to resist the
command of the priest. (Cheers) And the civil and reli-
gious liberty of many professing Protestants is no better,
it is liberty to the Church of Rome to do all this, rather
to justify them in it; but no liberty to me even to speak
of it, under pain of being set down as a most intolerable
bigot. (Loud cheers.)

I come next to illus'trate the civil and religious liberty
of Rome, by the criticisms pronounced on our mission. I
begin with the platform. It is unfair to make any society
responsible for the expressions of its individual members ;
but when we are told on all hands that we owe our lives
to the interference of the priests, we turn and ask the na-
ture of that interference. (Hear, hear.) It is possible
that, in the excitement of the moment, the people may do
more than their leaders wish, or than they in their cool
moments would justify. But here we see one spirit run
through the whole body. The priests first denounce us
from the altar, then the mob carry out their wishes to the
full, next from the platform and the press, both by the
priests and the people, of the young and old Ireland schools
alike, their lawless violence is lauded to the echo, whilst
the joy of a meeting of polite Dublin ladies and gentlemen
knows no bounds at the blasphemous allusions of the
speakers and at the barbarous atrocities of the mob—
(cheers)—proving that, over the whole mass, despotism,
under its worst forms, reigns triumphant, trampling in
the dust every vestige of civil and religious liberty. (Ve-
hement applause.)
T 9 giye pgmee of the criticisms made from the plat-

)n, I turn

Dr. Cahill. (Hisses and

You have all heard

something of his recent visit to England, its object, and
how it was conducted. You remember, no doubt, the
terms in which he spoke of Protestantism in his letter to
Lord Carlisle, as being a mere political confederation to
secure anarchy, treason, and immorality. You remembet
too, how he spoke of B

." For five and twenty years she played the rebel, the revo-
lutionist, the traitor, the sycophant, the hypocrite; and by
this terrific admixture of political poison, she disease the
blood of Christian society, which spread itself in due time
over the entire continent of Europe; producing in its ultimate
development a scene of universal terror, such as has no paral-
lel in modern history, disputing royalty, shaking thrones,
staining the sword in civil strife, and threatening to bury the

ancient crowns of Iturope and t
neath the ruins of nations."

faith of the Apostle-a be

"From these red graves I impeach English statesmen with
a cruelty, a perfidy, and an injustice which, sooner or later,
will bring a curse on their name and their nation, and which
will raise up enemies to execute the will of heaven and the
avenging scourge of public national retribution. (Loud
cheers.)" _ _

"And whilst I thus proudly acknowledge the enthusiastic
regard evinced towards me by my fellow-Irishmen in Eng-
land, I feel it a duty to seize this opportunity of declaring my
grateful sense of the true courtesy and cordial friendship
which I experienced at the hands of the English people.
_ .

Since the Rev. Mr. Sheridan, of Liverpool, and the Rev. Mr.
Donohoe, both my dear and valued friends, first introduced
me, one in England and the other in Scotland, 1 have met
nothing but kindness, cordiality, and brotherly love amongst
the peaple of those countries. (Cheers.)"
" I have to add, that many of these who might have been
naturally classed amongst the ranks of my enemies—l mean
various sections of the Tory press—many of these, I say, have
proved themselves my most able and strenuous supporters.
(Cheers.)"

Dr. Cahill is goinc, out to the United States of America,
and I hope he will' be as faithful to Austria and Con-
tinental States as he has been here. (Hear, hear.) I
hope, too, there. will be found in that land of liberty those
who will test his professions of a love of freedom, and
show that, whatever may be the jealousies between Eng-
land and America, as jealousies there ever will be between
two such countries, competing with each other in all the
friendly rivalry of commerce, civilization, and religion,
there is too much intelligence and honesty and love of
liberty amongst the citizens of America to permit the
professed advocate of Austrian butchery, and French
despotism, and Neapolitan tyranny, and Tuscan persecu-
tion, and Papal intolerance, to succeed in his insulting at-
tempt to gain their confidence by unjustly and wickedly
slandering the only country in Europe over which the
glorious flag of freedom floats in all its majesty and beauty,
untarnished by a single stain of civil or religious despotism.
(Loud and protracted cheering, which was renewed again
and again.) I hope, too, they will not fail to ask him
how he, who spent six months in England and Scotland,
attacking, in the most virulent terms, all that English-
men and Scotchmen hold dear, both' in religion and
politics, was everywhere received with so much courtesy,
whilst, English and Scotch ministers who visited Ireland,
without saying one word against the country or the
people, or their religion or their priests, were everywhere
met with such lawless violence ; and that Dr. Cahill, at a
meeting held at the time, sneered at the ministers and
approved of the conduct of the mob. (Cheers.) Yes, I
refer with pleasure to these facts, because when Dr. Cahill
assails English freedom, and represents her before the
world as all that is arbitrary and despotic, I turn to his
allusions to the religion and the government that English-
men respect, and then I produce the courteous reception
which he himself acknowledges to have received from this
very people, at the very time he was denouncing in such
unmeasured terms all that Englishmen love as the noblest
proof the world can supply of civil and religious liberty.
But what does this Dr. Cahill say about our mission ?
He says far more about it than our time will permit us
to notice. (Cries of "Go on.") Shall I read the whole
of it, it is rather lengthy ? (Yes, yes.) Well, then,
in the first place, he talks about our dress. He says
we wore white cravats—l wore a black one. (Langhter.)
I thought Dr. Cahill had more tact. He is a priest of a
church which requires its members to go to college in
order to know how to dress. (Hear and laughter.) It is
only two years ago that people were startled out of their

propriety at the authoritative entrance of our gaudy car-
dinal into the great metropolis, decked out in his gold and
silver and precious stones, and clothed in purple and
scarlet, and fine linen, reclining in all his eminence on
the back of the Roman bull. (Laughter and cheers.) He
sneers at us by calling us cravats. Well, perhaps so.
I do not know the meaning of the word, but I know that
the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch, and
that that which was originally a term of reproach has now
become the honour of all Christians. (Cheers.) He talks
about " Stilton cheese," and the means we used to make
converts. Our only means is the word of God. What, I
would ask, are the means which the Church of Rome
uses ? (Hear, hear.) If Dr. Cahill, though he is such a
glorious politico-religio-scientific lecturer, was as well
acquainted with the history of his church, and with the
doctrines of her councils, or was honest enough to tell
what he does know, he could have told his audience that
they had other means than those he professes to use.
(Hear, hear.) He could have told them that she had
winking pictures and lying wonders ; that she had the
scaffold, the rack, and the block, and, besides all this,
plenty of paving stones and mud, given away without
money and without price. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He
says that the apostles never could have met such opposi-
tion as we- encountered—that they were old men, and
that St. Peter- would bavv been killed by it. I wish
Dr. Cahill bad studied the New Testament more,
and politics less, for he would have found that the
apostles lived and died in the very work, and exposed
to the very treatment which we received at the bands
of the priests and papists of Ireland. (Loud cheers.)
Well, he says that we went to Ireland " to make the people
liars, hypocrites, perjurers, and infidels." Pardon me,
Dr. Cahill', you do not know Protestantism. We did not
teach them to go about the country, telling wicked stories
about persecuted christians, which we knew to be false.
("Hear, hear.") We did not preach to them despotism,
under-the cloak of civil and religious liberty. We did not
teach them to go in the jury-box, and hear-evidence, com-
plete and convincing, and uncontradieted„ having taken
a solemn oath, before Almighty God, to decide according
to the evidence, and then refuse to give a verdict at all.
(" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) We did not preach to
them a. system, which, by requiring implicit belief in tenets
so monstrous and contradictory as to drive the populace in
a mass into infidelity and insubordination, so that im-
mense armies are required to keep the Pope on his throne,
and his subjects in subjection. (Cheers.) I stated in my
letter to Dr. Cahill, that every line in the extract of his
speeches quoted in my letter to him was a falsehood, and
I now repeat it. It is not true, that one of our ministers
in Limerick crept under a bed. It is not true, that another
was: discovered in a hay loft, by his London boots. It is
not true, that a third hid behind a quarter
of fat beef. It is not true that they were ulti-
mately rescued by the priests,. but by the police.
It is not true that any of these ministers " called the
citizens priest-ridden idolators," and these statements Dr.
Cahill must have known to be false when he made them.
(Hear.) The spirit of his remarks isworse than the remarks
themselves. It is, indeed, a sad and melancholy spectacle
to find a man whom Providence has endowed with so
much ability, misapplying his talents as Dr. Cahill is
doing. And yet we find an enlightened audience, in the
year 1853, hearing this man's outrageous statements, and
believing m them. It only proves this, that Popery is the
same it ever was—that the- life of a " heretic" is in this
country regarded by the Roman Catholics the same as it
is and ever has been in. Rome ; and, that if Dr. Cahill had
the power, the lives of Protestants would not be any safer
in his hands than they were in those of St. Dominic or
of Pope Paul IV. Such is my answer to Dr. Cahill,
and I challenge his reply. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers).
In speaking of the criticisms with which we have been
honoured, we cannot pass over the press. I shall take
one extract as a sample of the whole Porisn prints of
Ireland.

"Ah, they are not sincere, fellow-countrymen. They are
knaves, liars, hypocrites; canting scoundrels who are hired
by the farmers of English gold, poured by weak dupes into
the treasury of Exeter Hall. _

"Let your comical missionaries look to it. If there be
bones broken amongst them, if a catholic people take the law
into their own hands and scourge the hypocrites who blas-
pheme their religion, let their blood be upon their own heads.
They have been saved from punishment heretofore by the
generous interference of the priests of that faith which they
have so wantonly reviled. But if they are to be protected in
their impious crusade by the arms of men who are paid to
protect the public peace, which they have first violated, we
advise the priests to fold their arms and let the' Pagans' deal
with them in self-defence.

"A little cheap martyrdom of this kind will be amply com-
pensated for by the substantial wages of Exeter Hall. As a
cotemporary has wittily said, 'their crown of glory is only the
five-shilling piece of the mint."'

I have no time to notice all the points of this extract, nor
do they need it: They are so self-evidently false, that they
answer themselves. The importance, however, if' not of
the individual print, at least of the estate to which it be-
amse
words is pleased to say of me, in connexion with my
brethren, that I am " a liar, a knave, a hypocrite, a hired,
canting scoundrel." Now I will tell him what I am not.
I am not one who, under an action for treason-felony,
proved to the full satisfaction of the public that in a pecu-
niary point of view I was worse than nothing, and yet
shortly afterwards I proved to the equal satisfaction of a
committee of the House of Commons that I had a pro-
perty qualification of at least £3OO a year. I am not one
who, as the opponent of Daniel O'Connell and the priests,
originated the Young Ireland party, and, with others,
hunted to death " the great agitator," and then before his
body was quietly laid in Harold's Cross Cemetery, was
found on bended knee before those very priests, and with
faltering voice crying peccavi, and humbly supplicating
their fatherly forgiveness and a share of the spoils. I am
not one who, when my tried and "intimate" friend lay
under sentence of death, was guilty of the unparalleledmeanness of abusing a private written communication, by
turning it to my own selfish ends, though by so doing. I
vastly increased the difficulties of those who were sluing
for a pardon. I never wrote an article headed " Ireland
for the Irish," in which I endeavoured to prove that the
Protestants of Ireland were not Irish, and had no right to
be there, that they were a race of mongrels whose grand-
motherwas a daughter of John Knox,and their grandfather
was a drummer in Cromwell's army, and yet shortly after-
wards took into notice and confidence and partnership one
of that very race. I never told the priests "to fold their
arms," and the people to take away the lives of Protest-
ant ministers for doing what Romish priests at any time
and place in the 'United Kingdom may do, and in their
own way are going, at the very time that I was crying up
civil and religious liberty,. and acting as the joint secre-
tary of a religious equality committee. Such is my reply
to the Nation. (Loud cheers.) I trust the gentlemen of
the press will take it all down, and I shall take the first
opportunity of enclosing it to Charles Gavin Duffy, Esq.,
M.P., for New Ross, originator of the Young Ireland
party—the opponent of Daniel O'Connell and the priests,
—the friend of Thomas Francis Meagher—the publisher of
the article " Ireland for the Irish,"—the partner of John
Mitchell—the instigator of --• Protestant

missionaries in the south—the vrolen
to
'tocerof the Nation—and
e _-
the joint secretary of the religious equality committee.
(Loud and vehement cheering.) I have thus followed the
movement through its various stages, and found one great
result, that, whether in city or country, clergy or
laity, priests or people, the platform or the press,
Young Ireland or Old Ireland, north, south, east, or
west, in Popish Ireland, there is one mind and one
soul—civil and religious liberty continually on their lips,
and intolerance and persecution continually on their
hearts. (Cheers.)
I ask you, then, have I proved my case (Clio of

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853.

yes," and cheers.) Well, if so, the only Port to
All+, 2 it is not enough. ty Inn-hear,
_tdecol

is, wnai is your UUI. ••••••••• -- • k.,...-
hhelr.,)andAreplawuedt,oantdregaot aßowaymanandc do not tslunasg.,heiLtdes
us ? I answer, No, no—a thousand times no' fast
we will not persecute them so neither will we "e. parse'
cuted by them. We ought to have, and we hare'
equal rights and equal privileges. Liberty to
of Rome, by all lawful means, to propagate her lcieirs,
and the same liberty to Protestants to propagate
on_ it,
If they have a church in London, we must hoe
aiste
Rome. If priests, parsons, or presbyterian rai
late the law, let the law be vindicated.. If present pyo'iii
be not sufficient, let new ones be granted ; and, aiike,
rulers will not do us justice—if all government:
ire of
Whig and Tory, seem to tremble at provoking th Dos
the 40 Popish members sent into the House of Col:1)135er,
by the priests of Ireland to be Whigs or Tories, uu
vatives or Radicals, Protectionists, or Free TraderhL,
the oi,twiee
as it suits the interest of their " Lord God the pope,
then let the Protestants of the United Kingdoin all go,
Halt thou appealed to Caesar, unto Caesar shalt thou, 4)(
and by the return, not of 40, but of 400 true friecenn'A
feohrilevaenrd. reLoliguiodusanlidbceortnytin, suetetdlechtheeerinquge.s)tion at on,,
we don t 0
to convert( the House of Commons into an arena fornhe
logical discussion, but neither will we admit th. 00,0
powers that be, which are ordained of God for lir ice
glory, must become infidel before they can be useTl„.elar
are not prepared, on the one hand, to sacrifice the
concerns of the country by filling the Houses of Perin
with men ignorant of trade and commerce ; neither wells
sell our birthright for a mess of pottage, 11hD oar
there persons who are wholly regardless of ree bee;
and whose only recommendation is that they h°lots,
clever lawyers, or brave generals, or successful Mer,c,,,,irt),
(Loud applause.) There need be no compromise cut war 11,
There are good men in both parties. We wall go ofl
decision, practice. While England and Fraticenortiss
writing admirable despatches, Russia goes on traus,Oi;
her men across the Pruth, acting while they are JO
and unless the tactics are changed there can bed
Uneerly,
of the result. So, while we are writing au %ts
making upon civil and religious liberty, the
actin
Ireland are working ; and, by 40 united men, are foe
trampling under foot the liberties of the Protestants of
United Kingdom. (Tremendous applause.) We d°):111,1t
the ground ; but they have chosen it, and we,u;t.,, ar'
them out of it. Tell them they are British sub,,Pire they
entitled to British privileges. They may go oloetrinc
please, and by all lawful means propagate their " tB,
Sn
We will meet them, overthrow their argniu9ll,, tote
despise and reject their principles, whilst we have
their liberties and lives ; but we in turn must We'
same. We ask no more, and we will take 1101041 W
too, are British subjects, and " Britons never 000,
slaves." (The rev. gentleman concluded a lecture,O,
hours and a quarter, listened to throughout with
interest, amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrabo'
applause, which were renewed again and again') f 004
i
r. Alderman PARKER, in proposing a vote 0 where
to Mr. White, said that he never was at a meeting that
he heard a subject so ably handled as it had I°ll4ll
evening by the gentleman who had been so 60,1% at.
addressing them, and he never saw an audience 111.013
tentive. (Hear, hear). He felt sure that everYhud) 103
retire from the meeting delighted with what thetSto
heard. With these feelings, he moved a vote of
to the talented lecturer.
The resolution was carried with acclamation.
The Rev. Mr. WHIM acknowledged the auPfries°'
and said he was thankful to see so many of 1115 d
etee
present on the occasion. He thought y woul :0 t°
with him that, however painful it might have bile; IrP
them to hear such statements as he had rode,' (ffe3r,
been compelled to make them as statements of fit'
hear, and loud cheers). pig, ter'
The doxology was then sung, and the prye
minated about ten o'clock.

COURT AND FASHIOIV:
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TO-MORROW will be the first anniversarye

lington

VISCOUNT STRATHILLAN was on 'Wednesday' '1 I'o'o
mously elected a Scottish representative peer litthcesearld
of the late Earl of Seafield. There is another
by the A
death of Lord Saltoun.
i the
PunLic DINNER was given on Tuesday n c
hall, Gloucester, to Sir Joseph Thackwell, 0-. h 011
testimony of the eminent military services vrinclb'oerli
rendered to his country. The mayor (Mr. Was
was in the chair. ifs°
14
ANOTHER ROYAL PRINCE is intended as a sa;lor,
—gsjet
may draw any inference from the fact of her
ot
having ordered a sailor-boy's outfit for his 13.°•%j tr;
ness Prince Arthur. He is only three YearSialiigt°"a.
months old, and is godson of the late Duke of mrs.
THE CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUEE and FOe,ee:
stone, accompanied by the Right Hon. Ed"Ariao,eo,l
M.P., after visiting Sir James and Lady Anneal to PuP:4
at Lochluichart Lodge, Ross-shire, have PreeTesehess "
robin Castle, on a visit to the Duke and
Sutherland.
f Brun deil
icl
EXECUTION BY THE AX.E.—The Duke °be hehea
has decreed that henceforth criminals sin"'
d PA of
•
with an axe, and in a closed place, in the Presem s
public prosecutor, a deputation of the Tribull
aa,°' tior
the prisoner's counsel, and twelve persons l
amongst the representatives of the commune. VietElfr
ROYAL LOVE AT FIRST SIGUT.—A letter frow .r 01101.
wh„
of the 31st ult., says that the rapid choice
Emperor of Austria made of the Princess Elizabepe
Bavaria took place in the following way At 111 tOll
family of Prince Maximilian of Bavaria happenenite
present at the court ball. The Emperor appeared ell fell,
with the Princess, and requested to be alloweiti!,
minutes' conversation with her after the ball. At.„..,tl"ocd
of a few instants the Emperor returned with the I
114411
leaning on his arm, and presented her to the co
the future Empress of Austria.
KINDNESS OF HER MAJESTY.—We r6°rde witrht soifnefiel
unde,r
l
pleasure a spontaneous act of kindness on
Majesty to Mrs. Warner the actress, who is neckSUe.—Wiliel
a painful and terrible disease—cancer in the The rive
must at no distant period terminate in cleatalso.
bal
cumstance becoming known to her 3lajesty, andatient
fact that the pecuniary circumstances of t relinquish
become narrowed from being compelled to her 31,°;
professional pursuits for a considerable time Pas,ilsold 1;
jesty directed that' a carriage and attendants ss far
placed at Mrs. Warner's disposal daily, in orde.l:, , to
poscomsifborlet,s towhallileesvhiaetreehmeniurs
THE FUNERAL. OF' LIEUT.-GEN. SIR CHAS. garrovio
took place at Portsmouth, on Thursday Thert 001
troops lined the entire street from the LandP° _sow<
the garrison chapeL The hearse, followed by three,e
lag coaches and four private carriages, entered tic"ea
suffinertigswoanrldd.nttirin"crayl7l%nosse,-;
son with a body of Riflemen on each side, fell°beroagj
body of police, the mayor and corporation of the doe aao,
the clergy of the• district, the Prussian Conorr Collso
officers of the Gefion and Amazone, with th,..eliity, ,tee,
L. A. Vandenberg; the Lords of the Adlm,r`
~.ers4.4o
garrison staff, with a host of officers of hot' 4.00.,i5,
The minister met the body at the entrance of til?;te
chapel, and commenced the solemn service: Ps:ciple
was taken into the chapel, during which time the ersree,),
the troops formed into close column on the O',,cse eberep
Green. At three the body was removed from tic
Green. At three the body was removed from
,jo Olt;
and lowered to its last resting-place. The pre°:,,,inOte
returned up the High-street. The several r;pertl,h,
formed four deep, and marched to their Itosolwri
quarters. Thousands of persons flocked into Pro a!,
crowding in dense masses upon the ramparts ,aticie''
available spot, to get a sight of the imposing a' /
choly cortege.—Morning Herald. 81.$pa``5.'t
FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH OF THE PRINCEI 1
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales preseaL)ait,d
juiadiritoesubotlinhf eboububoFrilinys
,odafwiythe Royal Hibernian
bscoyf
hcotoohloeiurs
•
v%th-eewkioThm ethcoehniosu
nated. The ceremony of presenting the gcoglweosieltkl'a'ql
strictly private, that no persons were pr esel't vm'
the s.
Countess of St. Germans and some members Lord l'
his Royal Highness and his Excellency the I"°f 11,ig
rant. The ceremony, notwithstanding, was °•th a,'`,oll
interesting nature. The Prince was received Piece
salute. In giving the colours to the boy shad Are
Highness addressed them as follows I have -
Pleasure in presenting you with these colellrl or-Poeil
soldiers' sons, and know how to value theln• aof 0.,0
will keep them in remembrance of this day, Pusioo,o
in time to come." The colours consist of the, ttie e. 14
and a regimental colour, both embroidered it"
rid la•
and harp, encircled by a wreath of shamrocks, alie
F bid
bearing the motto, Fear God and honour 1-xua a
i!Ito:00
The boys then marched paw, in slow, cluickiletl
time, and, after some raibuceuvring, were mare At wool
dining-hall, where ids Royal Highness saw Oleic witbd
On the a.parture of the Prince, he was .ilut o
e,
bp..-cy cheers. Thus ended a ceremollY,woo 43°
..,„4
u" those who were interested in it as boys ill' P 1W; +
member as men and soldiers. _lli-
-11 /Men'
HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL AT BAL3IO/1100' °l3o't+n
party left Holyrood a few minutes past 8 ,° eeds, pace
,5
day morning, and proceeded through the :4-,11 e`.. a.
St. Margaret's Station. The party drove a' 011"ece5;
St. Margaret's, where the Lord Provost was Want}, tbeetlS
royal party immediately entered the sak>eltaa
sary arrangements having been made, the "„.ht•
on its way about twenty minutes past
Albert, before entering the carriage, sho4'l! bk"
the train started, her Majesty made
cordial manner with the Sheriff of Edin bah,,,,,ejo
Taostf,L-sttir7ol
to those upon the platform. Her MajestYi ;17 and
a blue silk dress, royal Stuart tartanslaits ofratild an;
bonnet with a blue veil. The princes wore 7 the,ti'
mixture, and appeared to great advantage
dress. The train, which was drawn bY t" Wave tl5.
the are G
and preceded by a pilot engine, mached gsrg4ree
bridge station in a few nrhmte fter leaving --,-,„;see 1,4
a aand Dr"
It proceeded slowly through the station g
Gardens, both east and west, affording P',.7ea the late
loeela- rler
of her Majesty to considerable crowds whiedh
way en both sides, especially in those ra:, e,.t the
open to the public. The royal train arev, and were
terminus at Perth at a quarter to 11
11.10('
corriageiolale.
Coupar-Angus about a quarter past
_to to
in waiting, by which the royal
Glenshee.
rid, by Blairgowrie and Spinal of
party proem..

STEANGE.--On the 4th inst., says The Traomis Diu,
,a
a little time before dark, a storm of ins,et6 ",ontillfe;
from the Delaware up the Pequest. The storilil 'The n 4,
two hours, resembling a driving snoW 5(1119t7, in 1015`
were of a whitish colour, and about iof an etch at tile!ec;
FRENCH LANnuAGE.—Mons. L. P. PLuwr
oT. introdyr
quest of several large families, has determined Lfciases,,fits
Ladies of all ages toI any of the fifteen differel'oahra`es.
vetted by him, in Six respectable Educational s,a,ael trig
for Young Ladies, on the same terms as the Pupils i"
„ers in nd"
Mons. has Alphabetsclases of all gradations, from begin.iderstA,, as
French to the Pupils capable not only of ulb, satris,)
ing very well the Classic Works used by him, ( in l'' OCD
adopted in the best Educational Establishme""the Fre tile
but also capable of speaking and writing correctlY_:„„ i 4,
Language. Each Lady has the option of rernalie';, Li,Ts.
tlemen,
different classes one, two, or three hours twice a- ' r
of all ages may be introduced al sameo,7earegs 113itstille,
tablishments for YoUng Gentlemen, on the
Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to Ladies, Cle:,;ge
ment, Terms, and many Testimonials frono ,ong'.4l
men, and Gentlemen who have learned the Fren „ears, '..p,
upon Afons. P.'s new system during the 19St ten ' 100„0,
be bad at any time. at the Professor's Residencein to 4'1'20,
is at home every_day Half-past One ta`ro° frivsle;clo
noon. No. 45, UPPERfrom PA RLIA NI EN T.50,01.* +g
WO 0,
sons for Ladies or Gentlemen, at the Professontcr, ,_ as
at the Pupils' Residence, or by Corresponcieloer,
The next Quarter commences on the 3rd Of 0'