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Songs and Lyrical Poems. By ROBERT STORY. WHIT- 1
- . TAKER and Co., London ; GRAPEL , HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
, Liverpool. 1 The South Eastern railroad bill was read a second time.
It is to us an inexpressible pleasure at all times to The Earl of Wicittow gave notice for. Friday next of a mo-
watchtiont for al.copy of the instructions given by the Irish government
the dawnings of genius and see meritcoming forth
to
Lordt leaolt,cyeNeDskitauhßhs'shment relative to commissions of rebellion.
tthhaet
,orliso'urehrusr,sedoay welelLihe
from obscurity to challenge fame in the face of the world.
should move the secirmulare'eadilticu'ef
Few can imagine the inward doubts and fears which the
first essays of authorship produce, whether in literature The. Marquis of LANSDOWNE having' moved theunposest postpone-
or the fine arts; but inasmuch as the poet is the slave of merit of the report on the bishopric of Durham bill, - 1
sensibility, to his lot falls the greatest share of acute 'The Marquis of LokinoNnuriur expressed a hope that the
. Court of Pleas and the Court of Chancery would both be pre-
feeling—of hope, distrust, pride, fear, anxiety—when
served in that diocese.
he has resolved to submit his productions to the public. 1
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that the Court of Pleas
I For the author before us, however, we need not solicit was to be preserved.
any undue tenderness, for he has talents of a superior 1 The LORD CHANCELLOR promised to make himself ac-
Order, and a command over the nobler and finer passions i quainted with the facts of the case.
After some further remarks from Lords Abinger, Harrowby,
Nv'hich must insure hini a hearty reception by every ad-
aulhWe ford,
mirer of lyrical poetry and refined sentiment. Mr. Robert
.Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that on Friday
Story, of Gargrave, in Craven, Yorkshire, is not alto- 1 next he would submit a motion on the subject.
gether unknown to the pUblic. Some of his songs— I • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE brought-in a bill for the regula-
worthy to be sung before princes—have been 'published, tion of the Universities in Scotland, and gave notice that he
and deservedly lauded, in almost all the leading journals should move the second reading on Monday.
Petitions,had been previously presented upon various subjects.
of the day, and we can justly say of those which in this Adjourned.
little volume have for the first time seen the-light that we HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
have never seen purer sentiment in more simple or more LIVERPOOL FIRE POLICE AND COURT OF REQUESTS BILL.
harmonious versification. All our readers must be ac- Mr. EWART presented the report of the Liverpool fire police
quainted with the song entitled " The Isles are Awake," bill. He also presented the report of the Liverpool court of
favouros fr o m
of
thewhich, when it appeared, was ascribed to Lord' Francis bill,
it and movaeuddthat it be recommitted.—Ordered.
retirests!.
.roAmwFi33:llf3ast
haottfhgsnpzsuenatfeudrepoetittuio
. The noble lord, we believe, appreciated the land (one t
compliment, and would have been proud of the parentage ; Irish municipal corporations bill, and praying the house to re-
but it belonged to as good, although by no means so i ect the lord's amendment thereto.
Sir R. BATESON thereupon gave notice that he would
rich, a conservative. To Lord Francis, however, Mr.
to-morrowh _present a petition from Londonderry, praying the
Story has dedicated that and the other songs in the vo- house
,c..i.adopt the amendments of the lords.
lutne ; and we cannot resist saving that it is the duty of ' G. STRICKLAND, on the occasion of several petitions
every lover of his country, and every admirer of genius, being presented.regarding the factory bill,'Said that the subjeet
to possess a copy and give the most extensive circulation required the decided attention of the house, as a very strong
feeling was every where growing up that young children in
to the loyalty of the sentiments with which his poetical
actirrr.rciloouutgrthstotNo
ahsaiscrpedle:freltahtei
whether
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fleo protection. r
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effusions abound. On the other hand, there are in theln ent hail received
author's love songs and rural descriptions numerous any intelligence of the Portuguese governmentge
having raised
touches which cannot fail to make an impression upon the duty on the importation of British goods into Vienna, &c.,
the heart. Some of the most popular of the author's from 15 to 29 per cent.
political songs have already appeared Ln this journal, and LordPALMERSTON answered that no intelligence had been
officially received of the fact, but he nevertheless had reason to
therefore we shall only offer the following as a specimen believe, that such an advance had taken place. A commercial
of his style in that way : . treaty had been fur some time negotiating loqween this country
THE CHURCH OF OUR FATHERS. and Portugal. The changes in the governments had throwh
Half screened by its trees in the Sabbath's calm smile, impediments in the way of negotiation; but he hoped that there
The church of our fathers—how meekly it stands! would ao longer be any obstruction. At all events, the British
0 villagers, gaze on the old, hallowed pile—
government would attend to the advance of duty to which no-
It was dear to their hearts, it was raised by their hands!
lice bad been directed, for the purpose of obtaining redress and
reduction. If, however, that should fail, the government would
Who loves not the place where they worshipped their God ?
Who loves not the ground where their ashes repose?
the sod, consider the means of counteracting the new Portuguese duty.
Dear even the daisy that blooms
Sir E. CODRINGTON made au ineffectual attempt to bring
on
For dear is that dust out of which it arose. on his motion for returns' of officers dismissed the service
without court-martial—an attempt that, the gallant officer said
Then say, shall the church that our forefathers built,
~ he had been making for two years.
Which the tempests of ages have hattered in vain; Lord J. RUSSELL persisted in moving that the house resolve
Abandoned by us from supineness or guilt, into committee on the births, roarria,res, and deaths' registra-
O say, shall it fall by the rash and profane? Lion bill. The motion was agreed to, and the house was occupied
No!—Perish the impious hand that would take in the committee for a large portion of the evening.
One shred from its altar, one stone from its towers! Adj our ned at half-past twelve.
The life-blood of martyrs hath flowed for its sake,
And its fall—if it fall—shall be reddened with ours!

What we subjoin are of a very different description
but they are exquisite, and of the first order of lyrica

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY.
The Royal Assent was given by commission to a great num.
ber of public and private bills.

poetry :

HARDSHIP ON A ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.
Lord LYN DI! URST said he held in his hand a petition from a
Roman Catholic clergyman in Ireland, complaining of the
grievances to which he had been subjected, and praying their
lordships' attention to the nature of them, with a view of afford-
ing him redress. He (Lord Lyndhurst) would not venture to
state that he thought their lordships could grant that redress
which the petitioner sought, but as the petition was most re-
spectfully worded, and as it contained an account of the grieir-
awes to which the petitioner had been exposed, he thought it
his duty to lay it before their lordships; and as the facts ap-
peared to be so extraordinary, and wholly unprecedented, he
would now proceed to detail them. The petition was from a
gentleman, a Dr. Mullholland, a Roman Catholic clergyman,
who had for many years resided in a parish in the county of
Louth, and who had been the priest of the Rojefan Catholic po-
' pulation of .that parish. He had there resided for many years,
;and had obtained for his piety and good conckuct, the approba-
' tion of all persons in that district. lie had, howelier, the fil
mis-
fortune to bring upon him the dislike of a priest o n adscining
parish, who had calumniated him ; ujlion which e petitioner
applied to the Roman CatWic b,ishop of the roviuce, Dr.
Kelly cn the subject. Dr. lellv advised' him to appeal to the
Vicar-General, and he did so, and the result was, that there was
no foundation for the charges which had been prefkrred against
him by the4toman Catholic clergyman, and he was directed to
make public apology for the calumnies which he had Fopa-
gated7rThat gentleman refused to do so, and the petitioner
was advised to bring an action for defamation against his ac-
cuser. The action was tried in the Court of Common Pleas in
Ireland, and after a full investigation of the facts of the
case a verdict was obtained in the petitioner's favour. He felt
after this that he ought to have redress, having first appealed to
the ecclesiastical tribunal, in which he was successful, and,
secondly, he had obtained a verdict in his favour on appealing
to a jury of his country. In a very short time afterwards he
was removed from his parish, without any reason being assigned
excepting this, that he had thought fit to institute a civil action
in the courts of the country. Having been removed from his
living, it appeared to him extraordinary that such a proceeding
should have taken place, after the two tribunals had decided in
his favour. He (Lord Lyndhurst) could not help thinking it
extraordinary also, and he believed their lordships would like-
wise consider such a course extraordinary, for it had been held
that it was no violation or infringement of the rules—no of-
fence in a Roman Catholic clergyman to appeal to the tribu-
nals of the country in a civil action against another. (Hear.)
Under these circumstances, the petitioner having been thus re-
moved from his living, being so deeply injured, he appealed to
the ecclesiastical tribunal at Rome, and the matter was fully
investigated there, when a rescript was issued from that tribu-
nal recommending this gentleman to be reinstated in his
living. Between the period of his removal and the arrival of
the rescript the Roman Catholic bishop of the district, Dr.
Kelly, died, and Dr. Croly was" appointed his successor. On
the petitioner applying to be reinstated, Dr. Croly told him that
he should be reinstated; but a very short time afterwards Dr.
Croly told him that he had altered his mind, and that be should
not reinstate him, and the reason assigned for this was that he
(Dr. Croly) entertained so high a respect for Dr. Kelly that he
would not act contrary to Dr. Kelly's directions. He then
asked Dr. Croly whether there was any thing in Iris mural cha-
racter objectionable? and was answered, "Quite the contrary ;
for," added Dr. Croly, " you are a model of piety and good
conduct ; but I -cannot reinstate you in the parish. I will,
however, give you a license to preach." The petitioner re-
ceived an exeat, and he had a testimonial of his piety, and zeal,
and good character. He was requested, however, by Dr. Mur-
ray, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, not to leave
Ireland, for the sake of peace, and he should have a curacy
given him if he wished. He agreed to accept of a curacy, and
he applied to know if Dr. Croly would appoint him. Dr.
Croly said he would, but in the course of a few days he inform-
ed the petitioner that he had again changed his mind, and that,
if he pleased, he might avail himseif of the exeat, and go to
America, or to what country soever he thought proper. Such
was the nature of the treatment to which the petitioner had been
subjected, after he had successfully appealed to a jury of his
countrymen, and had obtained a verdict against his calumnia-
tor. (Hear, hear.) Being stripped of his living because, it
was alleged he he had brought an action, and had appealed to
the legal tribunals of his country, he now submitted his case to
their lordships. He (Lord Lyndhurst) begged to call their
lordships' attention to a clause of the enactment which had
passed a few years ago, because it showed how little the boon to
the Roman Catholics had been regarded. (Hear, hear.) By
the 24th clause of that statute, it was enacted " that no person
should assume the name of archbishop or bishop of a province,
or dean ;" so that, in point of fact, by the law of the land, no
such persons as those who had acted in the manner described
by the petitioner were recognised. This was a provision which
was now in force, and which had been enacted at the period
when the measure in favour of the Roman Catholics passed.
Now the document to which he had referred bore the signature
of Dr. Croly, as archbishop of the province of Armagh. The
noble and learned lord concluded with remarking that he was
certain their lordships would feel the hardship of the situation
in which the petitioner was placed—(hear, hear)—and as it was
respectfully worded, he had presented it.
The noble and learned lord then moved that the petition do
lie upon the table.
After a lengthened conversation, the petition was ordered to
lie on the table.—Adjourned.

WITH ME, MY LOVE, REPAIR.
With me, my love, repair
While the morn eves us leisure,
And the Spirit of air
Is abroad on his pleasure;
He has left the blue skv

Where each white cloud is sleeping,
Through the gay scenes to fly
Which the clear dews are steeping.
He roves through the heaths
And the thyme of the mountain;
He playfully breathes
On the blue-curling fountain.
The field where the bee

'Mong the mead-flowers is bumming,
And the gold-blooming lea
Roll in waves at his coming.
Through the hawthorn he goes,
With its snow-load of blossom;
And bis kiss finds the rose
With the dew on her bosom—
Butla
with me! , dhe will come
From the bes ml-the rarest
To sport with t bloom
On the cheek of my fairest!

THE WANE OF THE DAY.
0 ! the heart is not so light
In the wane of the day,
And the eye is not so bright
In the wane of the day;
The ear bath duller grown
For the swell of music's tone,
And the dance's charm is gone
In the wane of the day !
The sweet spring bath its buds
In the wane of the day,
Where the primrose decks the woods
In the wane of the day;
The mead is flushed with glad,
And the lark is on the woldf
But he sings not as of old
In the wane of the day!
With these extracts we must conclude. Mr. Story
may rest well assured that his talents will find him out,
wanderer though he may be in the secluded dells and
dales of Craven. His little book is now on the waters,
and he will find his reward ere many days. We are
proud of such a conservative, and we wish him, and his
health happiness and prosperity.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
OORPORATIONS—IHRLAN
Sir R. BATESON. pursuant to notice, presented a petition
from a considerable portion of the respectable inhabitants of
the city of Londonderry and its vicinity, praying the House to
give their sanction to the bill, as amended by the House of
Peers; for the:lrish Municipal Corporations. 'Phis was not, he
said, one of the " Hue and cry" petitions of which they had-
heard so much of late, nor was it one that proceeded from obe-
dience to the mandates of the agitator-general, issued from the
head quarters of agitation in Dublin—(hear, hear;) but it was
a petition from the spontaneous movement of the parties
signing it, among whom were many of the most respectable
inhabitants. The petitioners expiessed their surprise and in-
dignation at efforts made to subvert the second estate, and to
introduce in its stead arbitrary power and democracy; they
rejoiced that such efforts had been defeated by the tried and'
consistent supporters of our happy constitution ; and that they
therefore prayed tne House to adopt the Lords' amendments,
being convinced that the bill in its original form, if passed into
law, could only continue to involve Ireland in those broils by
which, unhappily, it had been too long agitated—(hear, hear.)
Petition ordered to lie on the table.
Sir R. FERGUSON presented a counter petition from the same
place.
.111 A LTA.
Mr. EwArIT: presented a petition from the clergy, nobility
and other inhabitants of Malta, praying. for the redress of
grievances in that island. As' it was the intention of govern-
ment to send a commission to Malta to investigate these griev-
ances and to suggest remedies, he, Mr. Ewart, did not at present
mean to institute any proceedings in parliament,- but if the
commission were not forthwith sent out, or if the inquiries were
not full and satisfactory, he would bring the whole case before
a select committee of that house.

catmINAL PROSECUTIONS.
Mr. EWART obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal the
law which admits the fact of a previous conviction to be given
in evidence to a jury on the case before them.

MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS.
Mr. Tut.): moved a series of resolutions with a view of obtain-
ing £lo,ooofrom the East India Company as a compensation
to Mr.
.Buckingham, for having been forcibly ejected by the
Company's servants from the East Indies. The motion, which
was discussed at some length, was lost on a division-60 voting
for and 92 against it.—Adjourned.