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EXTRACT FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON

"The Catholic faith delivered by the Holy 318 Fathers (viz,
at Nice), and by the Holy 150 Fathers (viz. at Constantinople),
also by the other most Holy and glorious fathers (viz. at
Ephesus), we guard, and according to that we believe. The
most Rev. Bishops exclaimed, No person makes any other
exposition of faith. We neither attempt nor dare to do so.
For the Fathers have taught, and writings preserved, those
things which have been set forth by them: and other than
these we cannot speak.' "
"Those principles which have been set forth are sufficient;
it is not lawful to make any other exposition."
EXTRACT FROM THE THIRD SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF
TRENT, yEn. 4, 1546.

"This holy oecumenical and gener:fral Synod of Trent, &c., &c.

"Therefore, that this its pious solicitude may have its
beginning and continuance by the grace of God, it determines
and decrees that before all things the Confession of Faith is to
be premised, following in this the examples of the Fathers,
who in their Sacred Councils were accustomed to oppose this
shield against all heresies, in the beginning of their actions,
by
which alone they both sometimes drew Infidels to the faith,
vanished Heretics, and confirmed the Faithful."
"Wherefore it (the Council) commands that this Creed,
which the Holy Roman Church uses as that summary in which
all who profess the Faith of Christ necessarily agree, and that
firm and only foundation against which the gates of Hell shall
never prevail, shall he read in those words in which it is read
in all the Churches, which is as follows :
"Then follows the rcicenee greed—nothing else,"
garpi. 1, it.. 8. u-to—raay. Yie C. 89•

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, FRB. 15.
Lord Lyttelton laid on the table a bill to extend further
the practice of vaccination ►n this country.

CLERGY RESERVES IN CANADA.
The Bishop of EXETER moved for papers connected
with the clergy reserves in Canada, and proceeded in a
speech of considerable length to describe the origin of those
reserves, and their position at the present time, when a
measure for resuming them was contemplated, adding that
the present Ministry were the last persons from whom
such an act of confiscation was to have been expected. One
of the documents he moved for, and a copy of an official
letter from the Lord Bishop of Quebec to the Duke of
Newcastle, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State, on the matter of the clergy reserves, in Canada. In
that letter his right rev. friend declared that no measure
could have sacrilege more plainly stamped upon it than
one which provided for the absolute confiscation to godless
uses of property solemnly dedicated to God, in order to
satisfy the claims of the American loyalists. He asked
their lordships were they prepared to sanction that sacri-
lege ? There had been times when the House of Lords
would have spurned the very notion, and he begged to re-
mind the Government that the act would be in direct con-
travention of the coronation oath. —The Duke of NEW-
CASTLE declined to enter at large into the question on the
present occasion, more especially as it would be his duty
to bring the matter before the House on a future occasion.
The true defence of the measure was, that it was founded
on the right of internal self-government which had been
conceded to the Canadian Legislature. After some obser-
vations from Lord DESART, the production of the papers,
with certain exceptions, proposed was agreed to. The
House shortly afterwards adjourned.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17.
Several petitions were presented.
TRANSPORTATION.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in reply to Lord Mont-
eagle, stated that Western Australia would in future be
the only colony in that part of the world to which con-
victs would be transported. Even to that colony he did
not think it probable they would be sent for any long
period ; but with respect to Van Diemen's Land and
other parts of Australia, transportation would imme-
diately cease.

THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND.
The Earl of CARDIGAN called attention to the absurdity
of continuing the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
now that England and Ireland were so closely connected
by improved means of communication, and asked whether
the Government intended to carry into effect the inten-
tion announced by Lord John Russell when First Lord of
the Treasury, or of doing away with the office of Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland.—The Earl of ABERDEEN declined
to enter into a discussion on the expediency of abolishing
the office, and said that the present Government had no
intention of taking such a step.

LAW OF EVIDENCE

Lord BROUGHAM brought in a bill to extend Lord
Denman's Act for amending the Law of Evidence to
Scotland.—Their Lordships then adjourned.

FRIDAY, FEB. 18

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that he would
ask a question on Friday next as to the intention of the
government in regard to the future government of India.
The Transfer of Aids Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Viscount CANNING, the Valuation
Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill was read a second time,
committed, reported, read a third time, and passed ; the
standing orders having been suspended in order to enable
their lordships to expedite its progress, it being intended
that it should come into operation on the 21st inst.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, FEB. 15.
On the motion of Mr. CARDWELL, it was ordered that
no railway or canal bill containing any powers of amalga-
mation, lease, working arrangement, or other combination
of interest between different companies, be read a second
time before the 14th of March next, unless the parties in-
terested in promoting such bill shall elect to proceed with
the same on the terms of striking out in committee any
such powers as aforesaid.