The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.

conclusion

Edward Grey, broker, Cook-street, foreman.
Edward Astley, merchant, Tower-chambers.
Bryce Allan, merchant, South John-street.
James Bell, broker, Exchange-street East.
Thomas Barton, tanner, St. Anne-street.
George Booker, merchant, Rumford-place,
James Cunningham, broker, Oldhall-street.
Henry Crane, shipbroker, South John-street.
Jonathan Cooke, drysalter, Batchelor-street.
Charles George Cowie, shipbroker, Tower-buildings.
Robinson Duckworth, merchant, Cook-street.
John Driver, wine merchant, Exchange-alley North.
Charles Faircloueh, broker, Lower Castle-street.
John Gerard Geller, merchant, Castle-street.
George Glynn, broker, Exchange-street, East.
Edward Jones, merchant, Castle-street.
John Owens Johnson, merchant, Cook-street.
Robert M'Andrew, fruit merchant, North John-street.
William Ridyard, corn merchant, Brunswick-street.
Wm. Henry Waddington, broker, Chapel-street.
The proclamation against vice and immorality having
)een read,
The RECORDER, in addressing thegrand jury, said, they
would hare to inquire into the circumstances connected
with 130 offences which would be laid before them. This
number, though large, was less than had come before the
court on former occasions, when it was considered that two
months had elapsed since the court last sat. Looking to the
calendar, the most prevalent offence in Liverpool seemed to
be that of picking pockets, for which cffenc:., he found 21-
prisoners had been committed. Formerly the commission
of such offence was chiefly confined to men ; but he was
sorry to say that women, who now formed a large propor-
tion of offenders in this town, had been parties to this
offence, nine women and twelve men having been
committed. There were also at present no less than
eight charges of uttering base money. It was an offence
which was becoming more prevalent, and consequently it
became the duty of that court to visit the offence with
severe punishment. There was a novel species of offence,
for which six persons had been committed. Ho alluded
to the case of omnibus conductors keeping back the
money with which they had been entrusted by passen-
gers. Now such an offence was highly criminal, and
required to be punished with much severity ; but at the
same time he might perhaps observe that it was not en-
tirely to the law that omnibus proprietors must look for
protection, seeing that these conductors were placed in a
situation of great trust, constantly receiving money,
which was passing through their hands, and for which
there could be but little check. It was, therefore,
important that those persons should he selected only
who were known to be of good character ; and that
they be so dealt with that they might be placed, in some
degree, above the temptation to which they were clearly
exposed by the trust reposed in them. There was a
case in which a very dexterous theft had been effected
in a bank, of no less than the sum of £3,000. The case
was not of a complicated nature as regarded the evidence,
and appeared to be one that would turn mainly upon a
question of identity. There was another case, in which a
number of writing desks, dressing cases, and various other
articles which had been stolen in this town were disposed of
at Wolverhampton by parties who received them, and the
depositions before him had been taken at Wolverhampton.
Now the jury were perhaps aware that the jurisdiction of
the court was limited to offences committed within the
limits of the borough ; but, under the auspices of one of
our first great criminal references, the late Sir Robert
Peel, an act had been passed, drawn up by Mr.
Gladstone, of this town, a clause in which gave
him (the Recorder) jurisdiction in the present case.
The offence of house-breaking, either by false keys or
by violence, was one of the most mischievous in its
character which fell under the cognizance of the court,
and when he found only two cases of that nature
in the present calendar, he was in hopes that the
severity with which the court had dealt with these cases
had had some effect. He did not find either in the
calendar any cases of plunder, in which the victim had
been grasped by the throat, or treated with vio-
lence. The manner in which these offences had
hitherto been dealt with had also had some effect.
Many persons were now under sentence of transporta-
tion. He might here say that transportation was a
punishment which had varied very much at different
times as to the manner in which it had been carried
into effect. He knew that, generally, transportation
excited a feeling of dread in the minds of offenders,
and with great reason, but at the same time many
persons were of opinion that a party sentenced to
transportation was at once dispatched to a distant
country. Now, any person entertaining such an impres-
sion, would find, on being transported, that lie was
grievously mistaken. As a general rule, lie might say
that about half the term of the sentence was carried
out in this country, by separate confinement in the
first instance, and afterwards by hard labour. For
example, a person under sentence of transportation would
be treated in this way—the first year would be passed at
Pentonville, or same other prison adapted for solitary
confinement ; at the end of that period two years more
would be passed in hard labour in prison at the bulks at
Woolwich, Portsmouth, or elsewhere ; so that for the
shortest period of transportation he would be kept in
prison in this country to hard labour for nearly half the
period ; and after, he was sent to a distant country—it
might be to Bermuda, or to Gibraltar, where he would
still be subject to severe restrictions, and a long period
would have to elapse before he became, in the true sense
of the word, a free man. He had named this matter in
order to show that transportation was, as it ought to be,
a very severe punishment. Having' made these remarks,
not so much for the jury as for the public generally, he
would now dismiss them to their duties.
The petty jury was then empanelled ; and the court pro-
ceeded to the trial of prisoners.
A DISHONEST SERVANT.—AIbert Price, 16, (read and
write imperfectly,) pleaded not guilty to the charge of
having feloniously stolen four half-sovereigns from Mr.
Joseph Fry, accountant and commission-agent, Lower
Castle-street, his employer, by whom he had been em-
ployed as an errand boy up to December last. It appeared
that the boy had been sent out with several letters, each
containing a half-sovereign, for the parties to whom they
were addressed. Instead of delivering the letters, it was
alleged that the lad appropriated the cash ; and next day
disappeared. Mr. Fry expressed a wish that the boy, even
if found guilty, might be dealt with as lightly as possible.
The jury found a verdict of not guilty, and the lad was
acquitted.

LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS.

The second quarterly Council, which was also monthly
and special, was held on Wednesday, the Mayor, Samuel
Holme, Esq., in the chair.

FINANCE COMMITTE

•
The proceedings of this committee comprised a report
of the Law Society on the proposed Lill for assimilating
the practice of the Borough Court to that of the Superior
Court ; a recommendation that the cost of paving a pro-
posed opening of the lower end of Clarence-street, Ever-
ton, not exceeding the sum of £l6B 83. 7d., be defrayed
out of the surplus income of the Corporation, on condition
that the improvement, as shown on the plan, be completed
by the owners of the property ; a recommendation, that
propertybe purchased for the imp rovement of the corner of
Parliament-street and Smithdown-lane, at the sum of
£6B 6s. Bd. The Finance Committee had resolved that
the Town-clerk proceed with the biil for the mprovement
of the practice of the Borough Court, subject to certain
alterations suggested.

Mr. HORNBY moved the adoption of the proceedings,
which was agreed to.
LEVY OF A MUSEUM RATE UPON THE PARISH.
Mr. DOVER wished to have some understanding as to
the claim upon the parish for the museum rate for the last
year. After reviewing the previous doings of the parochial
and municipal bodies in regard to rating, he contended
that the whole course of things tended to show that the
museum rate had been given up by the Council. If the
present resolution of the Finance Committee were adhered
to, the parish would go to Parliament for a bill—and they
would get their bill—and, instead of the Corporation pay-
ing something like £9,000 or £lO,OOO a-year, they would
have to pay £13,000. He moved that the proceedings be
confirmed, with the exception of those relating to the
parochial authorities.—Mr. HORNBY replied, explaining
that the Finance Committee had only acted in accordance
with precedent, and the injunctions of the Council.—Mr.
DOVER withdrew his amendment, and the proceedings
were confirmed.

WATCH COMMITTEE"THE NEW BRIDEWELLS-ASPER

SIONS UPON POLICE MANAGEMENT. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the IA„. atch,
Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committees,
comprised a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr.
James Cooper, surgeon to the police-force, from £llO to
£l3O per annum. The minutes also embraced a report
from the committee, to the effect that the charges made
by Mr. Bigham, impugning the management, &c., of the
force, were without foundation. With regard to the sub-
ject of bridewells, the report of the committee was sub-
stantially confirmatory of their previous resolutions. If
the Council objected, on account of the expense, to the
construction of all four bridewells, they considered that the
one proposed at Low-hill could be best dispensed with.
Mr. PARKER moved, and Mr. HORNBY seconded, the
confirmation of the proceedings, with the exception of
the resolution as to bridewells.—Mr. FERNIIIOUGH
maintained that the police force was not in the efficient
state which the chairman of the committee would have the
Council believe.—fir. TOBIN replied, and the amendment
was iwt by a majority of 26 to M The other proceedings

A FEMALE ROBBER.—Mary Ann Macklin (read and
write imperfectly), pleaded not guilty to having stolen 20
yards of linsey, the property of John Hardy, formerly a
linen-draper in St. James's-street. The robbery was
committed on the night of the 18th of December last. It
was deposed by Hardy that the female rushed into the
shop, picked up the vvolsev.and bolted, with the proprietor
at her heels. He however succeeded in capturing her
at the distance of about sixty or seventy yards
from tte shop. The prisoner alleged, on the other hand,

were confirmed : the recommendation with regard to Mr. that she had picked up the article on the pavement ; but
Cooper to lie over according to standing orders. she was found guilty and sentenced to six months' impri-
DOCIC COMMITTEE : THE CONTRACT DISPUTES. sonment with hard. labour. The prisoner is a married
These proceedings were read. Before Mr. Turner woman, and has twice previously been convicted of felony
moved their adoption, a warm discussion took place as to
whether a letter from Messrs. Baker and Son, enclosing
correspondence eith the secretary of the Dock Com-
mittee, should be read, or whether it should be included
amongst the Mayor's communications.—Mr. BENNETT
moved that the letters be read.—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE
opposed the reading, which he deemed informal and irre-
gular.—After some conversation, the Town-clerk read
the correspondence. it included the letters which had
passed between the Messrs. Baker and the committee
since the veto of the 15th, and closed with a letter of the
secretary, declining to apcep.t ;:',..lessrs. Baker's offer of
arbitration, and stating the committee could not go fur-
ther into the matter. In their letter to the Council,
which accompanied the correspondence, Messrs. Baker
submitted that they believed arbitration to be the only
course which would bring the matter to a satisfactory

Mr. TURNER, M.P., in moving the adoption of the
proceedings, gave a history of the matters which had led
to the dispute with the Messrs. Baker. The Council
should consider the very serious damage which every day's
delay was inflicting upon the town and trade of the port ;
a loss of £1,500, the proportion of £lB,OOO interest upon
the sum of £450,000, had been already incurred by this
unfortunate difference ; while every month's delay was
only entailing a further loss, which, in the first instance,
certainly would fall upon the Dock Committee, but which
would, ultimately, have to be borne by the trade cf the
town ; for it must come in the shape of an addition to the
cost of the docks, and to the charges for using them.—
Mr. MOLYNEUX seconded the adoption of the proceedings.
Mr. ROBINSON deprecated a veto, since ten out of the
twelve members of the committee elected by the rate-
payers, and seven of those sent by the Council, had voted
in favour of the proceedings which had been read.
Mr. W. J. HORSFALL moved, as an amendment. that
the resolution of the dommittee, with regard to the Wap-
ping Docks, be vetoed.—Mr. JAMES HOLME seconded the
amend ment.

In reply to Mr. Bigham, the TOWN-CLERK gave his
opinion that the Council could veto a part, without being
compelled to veto the whole, of the proceedings.
The resolution and the amendment were then both read
by the Town-clerk : the former being to the effect that
the committee did not see any reason for altering, and
thereby reaffirmed their resolution of the 10th December
last.

Mr. BENNETT. in favour of the amendment, urged
that the tender of Messrs. Baker was lower than even the
revised tender of Mr. Hartley.
Mr. ROBINSON and Mr. TURNER, M.P., insisted that
no blame rested on the officials in the matter.
Mr. ArNtcoL defended the right of the Council to
veto any proceedings of the Dock Committee.
Mr. 11°P-way thought that the Council would see that
they were fully justified in the course which they then
adopted. He contended that Messrs. Baker had a right
to complain of their treatment, The work would, if it
had been entrusted to Messrs. Baker, have been quite as
well performed as by the Dock Surveyor. He hoped that
the Dock Committee would not persist in acting contrary
to the plain meaning and intent of the act of parliament,
and at the same time in a manner most prejudicial to the
public service.

Mr. BIGHAM urged the Council to veto.
Mr. JAMES HOLME gave his voice for the veto. He
did not wish to disparage Mr. Hartley, but the fact was
that Mr. Hartley had an uncontrolled fund at his
command, and he would be a very bad learner if he did
not execute the works in the best possible manner. He
could do £20,000 of extra work, and the committee never
be the wiser.
Mr. HOLT could see no direct gond by carrying out the
veto. It would only render the struggle still more
deplorable.
Mr. GLADSTONE strongly supported the veto.
On the motion of Mr. J. B. LLOYD, an adjournment
was made to Monday.

The February sessions for the borough of Liverpool
opened yesterday (Monday), at the new Assize Court, St.
George's-ball. before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder.
There were 109 prisoners charged with felony, and 19
with misdemeanours. The prisoners contained in the
calendar thus amounted altogether to 128, of which two
could read and write well, 61 could read and write imper-
fectly, 21 could read but not write, and 44 could neither
read nor write.

The following gentlemen were empanelled as the grand
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CORRESPONDENCE.

Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the
real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith; this is indispensably requisite
in any statement of facts.
The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold
himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his
correspondents.

TENANT RIGHT FOR ENGLAND.—No. 111.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sin,-1 resume the subject, from the conclusion of my last
week's letter, with reference to the respective positions of the

landowner and the occupier.

According to the existing law, the right in the freehold be-

longs to the owner, and the usufruct of the land is the property

of the occupier. The land he is bound to restore to the owner
in the same state of fertility as that in which lie took possession
of it, and so far there is equal justice ; but it is required that
the land should be improved in value, and here commences the
difficulty. The law which binds the occupier to all the former
value, gives him no claim to that which his industry, skill, and
capital has added to the land, and it is a claim to this addi-
tional value which the law is required to provide. On the
termination of his tenure he should possess a legal property in

the value of those manures which he has purchased and which

are still unexhausted, and from which the advantage is to be

ding occupier. In admitting this claim,
no injustice can possibly ensue to any party concerned. The
landowner, in the fint place, will not only not be injured, but
he will be considerably benefited ; his land, improved in value,
will command a higher rent; while his new tenant will have to
pay for the improvements, and by this means a partial security
will be provided for the accruing rent, and the necessity of such
a payment will tend to provide a better class of tenants. In
the second place, the new occupier will not be injured, because
he will receive the full value for his outlay, in the increased
produce of the land ; while the outgoing tenant, who may be
changing his farm, will be in a position to reimburse the pre-
ceding occupier of the farm he is about to enter upon. In

derived by the succee

practice, a right to compensation would merely operate from

one tenant to another, ,giving

the landlord tt:

advantage of an
enefit of additional
couragement to renewed exertions by the

improved estate, and to each tenant t

crops, with the en

security given to him of a return for his outlay. It is not the
obj ect of this letter to suggest the particular details of the
legal enactment which is required in order to give the tenant
the necessary security, or it might be shown that the question
is not beset with so many difficulties as some writers on the

subject have endeavoured to make appear. For all improve-
ments which it !s the duty of the landlord to perform, lie might
be protected by due notice of their requirement, and the arbi-
tration of competent surveyors as to their necessity, with some
limit as to their cost ; while in the case of farm buildings, the
object may be answered by giving the outgoing tenant a right
of removal without injury to the freehold, and, consequently,
of resale to the landowner or incoming tenant. In claiming
for unexhausted manures, or food purchased for cattle, the
scale of proportion, according to the time at which they have
been used, might be fixed by law at a maximum rate, and the'
details left to be settled by arbitration ; while any apprehen-
sion that such a law would enable a wealthy tenant to overbur-
den an impoverished landlord might be obviated by making
the right to compensation accruable only when the notice to

terminate the tenure originates with the landlord, so that any
, • ,

claims for remuneration for improvements which the landlord
was unable to satisfy might be met by a continuation of the
tenure to the occupier whose property was embarked in it. The
effect of such a regulation would be to remove much of the
objection which may exist to any law which, by making the
occupier more independent of the landowner, might have the
tendency to weaken that community of interest and mute-,1
goodwill, and destroy that continuity of tenure which has so
long been the peculiar characteristic of the relations between
landlord and tenant in this country. To briefly sum up the
necessity for the law now sought, it may be stated that in-
creased production of food is imperatively required by the
necessities of an increasing population for an additional sup-
ply of food ; that this demand can only be satisfied by a general
adoption of the most approved system of cultivation ; that
such improvements can only be carried out by an out►ay of
capital for labour, manures, draining, buildings, &c. ; that
with the exception of the two latter, which may be done by
landowners, the expense and risk must fall upon the occupiers,
and that tenants will not and cannot be expected to undertake
this additional expense unless they can acquire a legal right to
the value of the improvements which they have effected. It is
no longer a question of choice, or one which even admits of
delay. The farmers of England are thrown at once into direct
competition with the untaxed corn growers sf foreign coun-
tries, and unless they are enabled by increased production to
maintain their right to supply their own markets, agriculture
will no longer be a profitable pursuit, and England must, by
necessity, be made dependent upon foreigners for the most
important supply for the subsistence of her population, while
the nation would suffer almost irremediably by the large num-
ber of her people which would be thrown out of employment,
and the loss to the revenue from the great deficiency in those
taxes which are now borne by the land.

I shall conclude this subject next week, and am,

Sir, yours,
kG'RICOLA.

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DR. CAHILL AND THE INIADIAL

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

. .
SlR,—Most truly does the Catholic Standard describe
Dr. Cahill's letter to Lord Carlisle as " worthy of the
man ! "—worthy of the man who bade the Trish papists to
" keep up their courage, and wait their opportunity," re-
membering how every Frenchman " would dance with
frantic joy, at the glorious idea of burying his eager sword
into the inmost heart of every man bearing the hated
name of Englishman ; " and then, in attempting to gain
" the applause of Leeds," brought down upon himself

the cutting and lasting irony" of every one above an
idiot, by assuring his audience that he " would rather
have cut off his left hand," than have expressed any
‘•gratificalion" at such a thought ; nay, that he specially
adopted that particular style of exhortation, in order to
"reconcile the people of Ireland with the English
character, and not to make them enemies to each other ! "
Worth•y of the man, who further courts "the applause of
Leeds," by telling them that " he bad put in print on
four several occasions, and had declared it in a public
speech in Liverpool, thatit wasin the nat ore and in the hearts
of Englishmen to he generous ;" and from very gratitude
for such unbounded generosity, thus pours fourth his soul
to a Popish audience at Dublin :—" The capital that rises
from our green fields, and the gold that flows from our
national revenue, feeds the English apetite and fattens the
cherished English artizan, while our poor millions are
starving in naked destitution in their unroofed hovels, or
crawling through the putrid poorhouse to a coffinless
grave. (Sensation.) The dogs of the English kennels
are fed with sympathy and care ; the wild gracile have a
security, and are protected by law •, the unlawful death of
a fox is followed by a penalty, and his life is protected by
the British constitution. (Hear, hear.) But, alas ! my
beloved country, the poor Irish Catholic, the child of God
and man, is left to feed upon briars and thorns—perishes
of hunger by the wayside—the coroner's inquest need not
record the case ; the handwriting of England is traced in
the protruding bones of his skeleton frame, and publishes
in red capital letters—' Starved to death by English law.' "
Worthy of the man, who assures Lord Carlisle that he
has " formed a very exalted idea of the honesty and reli-
gious feeling of the English people ;" and also in a
" brilliant discourse" at Dublin, during the delivery of
which, the Popish report states that " the vast congre-
gation evinced an emotion and an excitement which it
would be impossible to describe ; rocking to and fro in a
smothered murmuring rage," gives vent to his admiration
of such models of honesty and religious feeling, by a
glowing prediction that " the days of England are num-
bered ; that the God of justice will soon break open her
brazen gates, and in the midst of her delirium and drunk.
enness, will send an unknown enemy to place the sword
of vengeance on the throats of this persecuting and Anti.
Christian people." Honest lago !
Worthy of the men, who, after passing through the
Insolvent Debtor's Court, in Dublin, has to fly from a
country where he is sufficiently known to be duly appre-
ciated ; and comes here to seek a precarious subsistence by
astronomical lectures and controversial sermons, amongst
the generous people for whose blood he appears to be
thirsting.
Worthy of the Man' who, having covered himself with
scorn by his repeated displays of theological ignorance
and moral cowardice in Ireland, intinerates through
England, throwing out boastful challenges to imaginary
opponents in Romish chapels, but almost invariably takes
refuge either in dogged silence or vulgar abuse, whenever
his challenge is accepted ; who is always proclaiming to
his admirers, what he could do, and would do ; but when
put to the test never can do, or will do, anything : thus
adding the modest courage of Falstaff to the tender mer-
cies of Shylock, and the open truthfulness of lago.
Worthy of the man, who never negatives invitations to
preach the Gospel to an heretical world at whatever

inconvenience to himself, but wbo obstinately refuses to
let the heretical world hear a word of it unless they choose
to attend a Romish Chapel, and generally, if not always,
pay smartly for the privilege.
Worthy of the man, who is lauded as a " most eminent
divine," " distinguished scholar," and " ornament of the
church," who yet is totally unable, by his own tacit con-
fession, to prove that his church possesses at this moment
any Pope, any priest, any sacrament, or any rule of faith,
and who very wisely shows his contempt for such an
" airy nothing" by publicly teaching the very doctrines
which she condemned as heresy in the person of Galileo !
Sir, this great Goliath of Rome well knows that the
above is far from the most unfavourable picture that stern
truth might draw of him, if it were always right for her to
tell everything she knows. But taking it as it stands, I
ask whether such a specimen of all that does not command
respect or esteem was ever presented for the admiration
of an intelligent public ? And I would ask further, whe-
ther, if the reports be true of the crowds that attend his
lectures, any stronger proof could be found of the exces-
sive gullibility of that estimable gentleman, John Bull,
Esq., who never can believe any one to be worse than
himself, and whose dormant shrewdness can seldom be
stimulated into activity by anything short of a matter that
touches his pocket.

. --
Every one who makes a great stir must have something
remarkable about him, In Dr. Cahill's case this is
simply and solely a commanding figure, fine voice, and
great powers of language. The latter alone could of
course be exhibited in a letter; and if that be added to
the photograph already taken from his own sayings and
doings, any one may know what to expect from a produc-
tion which is described by such competent authority to
be " worthy of the man !"
With this admission from the Catholic Standard, few
Perkeps will care to know more of the doctor's cp!nionti

on the Madiai case ; but it may be useful, nevertheless
to point out the most characteristic feature in his lette!!
Lord Carlisle, inasmuch as it not only affords an Mugu;
tion of the tactics habitually employed by his party ina,sl
country " where heretics are strong," but also resents
favourable opportunity for an accurate statement of
to
precise crime alleged against the Madiai, about vrfo
two opposite errors are prevalent in this country. B°lo,,
Catholics say it was " sedition,incipient rey°;,,l
tion." Some Protestants say it was " reading the Bib' ;
Both are wrong. The crime was Proselytism,
resTuhltesoef doubtnaerroisraspnplareyhneonsion.
Binu many aunnyfocratsiethsabteelpyurfoelri
" distinguished scholar," while labouring to convince
EArl of Carlisle that the Madiai are punished for a CI;
instead of a religious offence, he must needs indulge is
little of his usual egotistical grandiloquence by soriii,
" As I hold in my hand the indictment of the Tuscan
torney- General [the italics are his own] I can corno:foi
your lordship's attention whilst I instruct you," 'or
this is what exhibits him to such perfection. For
one who reads that same indictment (not one word
which does the Dr. quote) together with the Attorgi
General's speech, will see that not the slightest charqoo
revolutionary conduct is made against them, but s()„i'
tint of proselytism. Witness the following extracts Iry
the " Act of Accusation." " The Chamber of Acci
lion has ordered that Francesco and Rosa Medial
accused of the crime of impiety."
" It is likewise ascertained that they lent their die ,-
ings for the convenience of meetings, both for RnLiol°:,
FXERCISES, and THE INSTRUCTION OF THE IMENII3S:
* * * * And that the Madiai even out of the
ing profited by every favourable occasion to exercise I'l
SELYTISM, preaching and insinuating among other thl
maxims contrary to the sacrament of confession, 10
real presence in the Holy Eucharist, to the sacrifice
the mass, to the doctrine of Purgatory, to the worshin
the Sacred Image, to the intercession of the blel
Virgin and the Saints, to the Priesthood, to the Pefi
cate, to the observance of certain feast days, to the J
bidding of certain food, &c." They are not accused
even " insinuating maxims contrary to " loyalty
civil obedience. "In consequence Francesco and
Madiai are accused of IMPIETY, committed by the"
the course of last year, BY MEANS OF A PROPAGO
AND PROSELYTISM TO THE SO-CALLED EVANGELIC
CONFESSION OR THE RELIGION OF THE PURE GOO
not so much by teaching as by the distribution of 1,
and tracts, to the prejudice and insult of the Cain,
religion predominating in the Grand Duchy ; a cri
foreseen and punishable by the 60th article of the MO
Nov. 30, 1786, and by judicial observance." Yet Ole
the very law which Dr. Cahill calls " a prudent and esse
vial enactment," which he says " had no reference vibl
ever, either directly or indirectly, to forbidding the cir
lation of Cle Word of God," which " was framed Si
against religion of any kind, but against blasphemy;
against liberty either civil or religious ; but to protect
and man from a scene of blood and devastation."
The speech of the Attorney-general, which rosii
found, together with other most interesting informstlA
upon the subject, in the " Prisoners of Hope," follows
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tone of the indictment. Not a hint is thrown out of
Madiai being " incipient revolutionists." On the C
trary, he confesses that " the acts of goodness, ntii°?'
probity, and benevolence, that Madame Madiai wisbeloi
urge in arrest of judgment, may cause one to grieve
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over her separation from Catholicism, but cannot free Pi
from the present crime."

Now, Sir, the whole of Dr. Cahill's letter, from beg
nine to end, is grounded on the assumption that,
Madiai were charged with revolutionary intrigue.
indictment" itself, which he says he " held in Iff,
hand," distinctly proves that they were not. Therefoi
unless he plead guilty to a pretty strong Liguori, by $l,l
miffing that he had not read the document whicbq
held in his hand, it is somewhat difficult to see, if he
possess " one of the finest intellects that adorn
church," how be can escape from the charge of l;stlm.
wilfully slandered the Madiai, and deliberately attercii`
to deceive the Earl of Carlisle.
One great good that can scarcely fail to result from
agitation is the dragging to light Rome's true charact
Englishmen surely must see through the shameless hyr„,,
crisv of that " increasing majority" of Roman Catholw#l
as Mr. Chisholm Anstey candidly and sorrowfully n
fesses, who clamour for unbridled license as their i!j;f
right in this Protestant country, the slightest restt
upon which is denounced as a violation of " the sacrlil
cause of civil and religious liberty," whilst they profess 4
believe in the infallibility of a Pope, who stigmatised tt,,
same liberty as "an absurd and erroneous maxim`
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or rather wild notion ;" and whilst they justify 4,
imprisonment of a poor Tuscan woman, whose 04
ratter commanded the admiration even of her accutel
for no other crime was alleged than that of "leaving)
dwelling for the convenience of meetings for religiO4,
exercises and instruction, and promoting"—(oh, fries!
ful enormity in the eyes of a Church that loves darhoed
rather than light)—" the distribution of books 813
tracts !"—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
SAMUEL MINTON, Incumbent of St. Silt*
Liverpool, 7th February, 1853.