The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL.—The Cork Reporter
announces the death of the Hon. Cecil Lawless, after a
brief illness, on Saturday, near Cork. By his demise the
representation of the borough of Clonmel becomes vacant.
MURDER.—Some mechanics employed in making im-
provements in Lisdaff House, near Ballinasloe, went into
that town on Monday to drink. Having drunk some
whisky, they quarrelled, and in the fight Richard Thomas
stabbed Roger Reddan with a knife. The wound proved
instantly fatal. Thomas surrendered himself to the police,
and will be tried for the murder.
TIIE DUBLIN EXIIIBITION BUILDING.—The work of
demolition has already progressed far, the decree of the
committee causing the exhibitors to rush eagerly to the
Great Hall on Tuesday at an early hour, and long before
the sun had set, the fairy scene of the day before was
transformed into a wilderness. Another day, and there
hardly be left a single article save the massive machinery.
—Freeman's Journal.

THE VACANT SEE.—Although nothing positive has
transpired with respect to the filling up of the vacant see,
there seems to be a general impression that Dr. Higgin
will be translated from Limerick to the united diocesses of
Derry and Raphoe. With regard to Dr. Higgin's suc-
cessor, report is hourly adding to the long list of names
already put forward on paper as fit and proper candidates
for elevation to the episcopal bench. One of the latest
mentioned is the Dean of Limerick, Dr. Kirwan, son of
the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick, whose eloquence as a
pulpit preacher will long render his name memorable in
the annals of the Irish Church. Annother account men-
tions the Rev. H. Fitzgerald, Rector of Bredon, Worces-
tershire.

ME BANQUET TO MR. DABGAN by the executive com-
mittee of the Dublin Industrial Exhibition, took place on
Wednesday, in the King's-room, of the Dublin Mansion-
house. Nearly 600 persons sat down to dinner : and places
which were set apart for the accommodation of ladies, were
crowded. Mr. Fry occupied the chair; and among the
company were Mr. William Dargan, the Lord Mayor,
Lord Clancarty, Lord Massareene, Sir Robert Kay, the
Lord Chancellor, Lord Ward, Lord Talbot de Malahide,
Loid Bective, Lord Gough, Lord Rossmore, &c. Letters
of apology were read from the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord
Mayor of London, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lord
Eglington, and several others. Among the speakers were
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Ward, and Mr. Dargan.
CLOSING OP THE Dt7BLIN EXHlBlTlON.—Notwith-
standing the urgent appeals to keep it open a few weeks
'—crn_ the Dublin Exhibition was closed on Monday
week Las, by tue shej
was not a favourable one, there were above 21,000 persons
present. An orchestra of above 500 performers, together
with some half dozen military bands, executed several
pieces of sacred and other music, including the national
anthem. The honour of knighthood was conferred by the
Lord-Lieutenant on the Secretary of the Exhibition, who
rose Sir Cusac Patrick Roney. His Excellency concluded
by calling for three cheers for Mr. Dargan, a call which
was promptly responded to. On Wednesday a magnificent
banquet was given to Mr. Dargan and the executive com-
mittee, in the king's-room of the Mansion•house.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—ENNISCORTHy QUARTER
SESSIoNS.—At the last sessions at Enniscorthy a case was
tried which has excited much interest in the county Wex-
ford. The plaintiff was Michael Byrne, of Medop-hall,
labourer, and the defendant, Colonel Owen, of Woodlands,
both in that county. The action was grounded on a civil
bill process, in which the plaintiff demanded 1:40 damages
of the defendant for false imprisonment. Some time in
1852, Byrne had brought charges against Colonel Owen,
of having made overtures to him to murder Mr. George
Glascott, the former agent, of whim,
Owen had then become the agent. Byrne made deposi-
tions to that effect before the magistrates of the county,
and, in consequence, Col. Owen lodged informations
against him for perjury, and had him arrested. He was
brought to trial on that charge and acquitted. The pre-
sent action was to recover damages for the alleged illegal
imprisonment. In the evidence now given, Byrne reite-
rated his charge of subornation of murder against Colonel
Owen ; and that gentleman emphatically denied it. The
result was that the jury found a verdict for the defendant,
without any deliberation, thus evidently clearing Colonel
Owen's character from the foul imputation that has been
so pertinaciously cast upon it.
ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING BY A LADY.—A case that has
excited a great deal of interest in Dublin has occupied
the Criminal Commission Court for two days. It is a
charge of shoplifting brought against a Miss Margaret
Cantwell, who, with her sisters, keeps a respectable school.
Some days since she was purchasing ribbons of Messrs.
Cannock and White, when one of the assistants saw her,
as he said, slip a piece of ribbon, which she had not bought,
into her reticule. He immediately charged her with the
theft, and she was taken to another apartment, where she
remained until the police were sent for. On being searched
the stolen ribbon was not found upon her, but it appears
to have been discovered shortly after near where she was
for some time sitting. The excitememt caused by the
case has been such that an application was made by the '
prosecutors to remove it into the Queen's Bench, and have
it tried by a special jury ; but this application was unsuc-
cessful, and it came on in due course before the Chief
Baron and Baron Richards, at the commission of oyer and
terminer. A large bar of the most distinguished counsel
was engaged on both sides. The defence was concluded
last Tuesday, a host of most respectable witnesses to
character having been examined. The jury acquitted
Miss Cantwell.

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—It appears from a " Re-
cord of the Great Industral Exhibition," just published,
that before the building was completed £60,000 was dis-
bursed, and that previous to the opening £14,854 7s. was
obtained for season tickets. On the opening day, 15,000
persons were present. During the ss. days the receipts
were but small, averaging only £56 a day. The amount
on the half-crown days, from the 23rd of May, to the sth
of June, reached an average of £l2O per day; but during
the shilling days a steady increase was experienced, the
amount received each day averaging nearly £3OO, until the
15th of August, when £822 ls. 6d. being the greatest ever
received in one day, was taken. For the following month
a decrease was manifested, the receipts only reaching
each day to about £230; but from the 10th October to
the day of closing, a fair average was obtained, the admis-
sion during that period being only 6d.
DESTRUCTIVE INUNDATION AT COWL—GREAT Loss
OP LIFE AND PROPERTY.—On Wednesday Cork was
inundated by a deluge more terrific than any which has
occurred within the memory of its oldest inhabitants.
The morning was bright, the rain, which fell in torrents
on Monday and Tuesday, had ceased, but about ten
o'clock the flood in the river became most formidable.
The Lee overflowed its banks, and the water was soon
several feet deep in the principal streets. We regret to
state that, at about half-past twelve o'clock, a most heart-
rending scene took place at St. Patrick's-bridge, where a
crowd of persons had collected looking at the many articles
brought down by the flood, when on a sudden the northern
arch gave way, precipitating several persons into the
water. It is as impossible to describe the horror and panic
which seized the bystanders, as to conjecture either the
number or names of the unfortunate victims. They were
variously stated at from 20 to 40. A car with four per-
sons and the driver on it was precipitated into the river,
and they were not seen after, so rapid was the action of
the flood. When the train left Cork at three o'clock, the
water was still rising, and the destruction of property
was stated to be immense. All communication was inter-
cepted, and the worst fears were entertained of the night.
The forge of Perrith's Foundry, on the Western-road, was
carried entirely away, and four or five workmen drowned.
The houses on the Marsh were said to be injured so as to
be rendered unsafe. On the arrival of the train at Mallow,
information was obtained of the death by drowning of a
whole family occupying a cottage on the bank of the
Blackwater, which also overflowed. The Killarney train
was prevented from proceeding by the destruction of one
of the principal bridges some miles from Killarney, but
no accident occurred to the train itself. The passengers
by the three o'clock train unite in expressions of praise of
the precautions taken by the Cork station-master, the
guard, the driver, and, indeed, all the officers and ser-
vants of the Great Southern and Western Railway
Company. The latest accounts state that the floods give
indication of subsiding. The lives lost are estimated at
thirty ; and the damage done to public and private pro-
perty is very great.
THE FLOODS.—MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
—We regret to announce the occurrence of a melancholy
and fatal calamity which took place on yesterday evening
twheeekoo,
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passengers
by y
flooding of the marshy ground there owing to the inces-
sant
the
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the
Waterfordwhich arrives at Dunkitt, from Dublin, at eight o'clock
p.m, set out thence for Waterford by a two-horse coach.
wdays. Somea nd the
The inside passengers were a Mr, Norwood, a jeweller, of
Vann, who had £l,OOO worth of jewellery with him, a
Mrs. Barron, of Waterford, and Mr. Thomas Naylor,
commercial traveller to the firm of Rinks and Co., Liver-
roadigh was extremely dark and wet, and the
being covered with water to the depth of from four
to five feet, it was extremly difficult to guide the horses
whilst in the deepest portion one of the wheels got off the
road, and upset the vehicle into the ditch. The driver
contrived to cut the traces and free the horses, which were
kickingwindow,
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uppermost. Mr. Naylor, before thinking of providing for
bit, own safety, %elated. Me, Barron to Mow Mr, Nor-

wood through the window, but lost his life by his gener-
ous solicitude for the lady's extrication, as, whilst he was
attempting to follow her, the vehicle lurched to one side,
sunk deeper, became filled with water, and the generous
fellow was haplessly drowned, his companions having
been unable to render him any assistance. The other
passengers scrambled back to the Kilkenny side of the
marsh, and remained there in the most pitiable condition
during the night, finding shelter in some miserable cabins.
The last that was seen of the driver, named Cummins,
was his mounting one of the horses and attempting to
ride through the flood to Waterford. He has not since
beet heard of, and it is feared that he perished. We
understand that Mr. Naylor has left a widow and nine
young children to deplore his untimely fate.

ECCLESIASTICAL lIITTELLIGENCE.

PROTESTANT INSTITUTE.

LECTURE BY THE REV. W. F. TAYLOR.

LAST night a lecture was given in the Concert-hall, by
the Rev. W. F. Taylor, on the subject of the Gunpowder
Plot. The hall was densely crowded in every part, by an
enthusiastic assemblage, a considerable time before the
period fixed for the commencement of the lecture. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Parker ; and on the
platform were the Revs. George Reade, G. L. Ireland, and
W. B. Matthias ; Messrs. J. P. Evans, George Nickson,
Thomas Gregory, Wm. Roulston, E. Ford, J. B. Williams,
T. Worrall, &c. On the appearance of the Rev. Lecturer
and his friends they, were received with the most enthusi-
astic cheers.

The CHAIRMAN said, having been requested by the St.
John's Protestant Association to take the chair on the
present occasion, he had been most happy to comply with
the request. (Cheers.) Indeed, he should consider him-
self unworthy the name of Protestant, if he had hesitated
to preside over a meeting intended to expose the errors of
Popery. As the practice, however, had always been with
the association to begin their proceedings with prayer, he
should call on the Rev. G. L. Ireland.

The Rev. G. L. IRRLAND having delivered an appro-
priate and impressive prayer,
The CITAIRMA.N said few words were necessary from
him to introduce the reverend and able lecturer to the
meeting, as he was well known to them all. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev, LECTURER then proceeded to say :—We are
assembled this evening, my Protestant brethren, in obe-
dience to the wishes of the highest authorities in the
British realm ; for how stands the case ? Thus, by an act
of parliament passed in the reign of King James the
First, it is "enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
the Lord Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in
the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that all and singular ministers within this
realm of England, and the dominions of the same, shall
always upon the fifth day of November say morning
prayer, and give unto Almighty. God thanks for this most
happy deliverance (i.e., from the gunpowder plot); and
that all and every person within this realm of England
shall always upon that day diligently and faithfully resort
to the parish church or chapel, and there abide orderly
and soberly during the time of the said prayers, preach-
ing, or other service of God there to be used or minis-
tered." Now, this statute remains still in full force, it
has never been repealed, nor has it been allowed to fall
into the category of obsolete statutes, as some would per-
suade us ; for when we look into our Prayer-books, we
find four forms of prayer appointed for special occasions,
viz.,—Gunpowder Plot, the Martyrdom of King Charles 1.,
the Restoration of King Charles 11., and the Accession
of Her present Most Gracious ➢lajesty Queen Victoria;
and appended to them we have the following :

" VICTORIA R.,
"Our will and pleasure is, that these four forms of prayer,
made for the flrth of November, the thirtieth of January, the
twenty•nintli day of May, and the twentieth of June, be
forthwith printed and published, and annexed to the Book of
Common Prayer and Liturgy of the united Church of Eng-
land and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said days in all
collegiate and cathedral churches and chapels, in all chapels
of colleges and hall within our Universities of Oxford,
Cambridge, and Dublin, and of our Colleges of Eton and
Winchester, and in all parish churches and chapels within
those parts of our United King,doai called England and
Ireland. _ _ _

".Given at our court at Kensingtan, 21st day of June,
1837, first year of our reign.
(By her Majesty's command)
"J. RUSSELL."

There can be no doubt, then, as to what the mind of Her
Most Gracious Majesty is upon this point. By her com-
mand we are enjoined to meet yearly on the fifth of
November, and use the Service appointed for that day. It
is true, that we are not carrying out the letter of her
command, for it would have been, perhaps, a serious in-
convenience to many, as society is now constituted, and
particularly in reference to that class which chiefly com-
pose my congregation—the working and labouring classes
—to have assembled for public worship on Saturday last,
the fifth instant ; still I conceive we are acting according
to the spirit of the law at least, in meeting in this way,
and by our attendance on a lecture of this sort, in a
serious and solemn manner giving expression to our
thankfulness to Almighty God for his gracious deliver-
ance wrought in time past for our Church and nation.
(Cheers.) Mark then : Let it be distinctly impressed on
your minds that we are assembled under the sanction of
British law, and for the express purpose of carrying out
the spirit of one of the solemn and continually renewed
statutes of the British Constitution,—the shield of the
highest sanction therefore is extended over us ; the Act of
James commands us, and the solemn decree of the. Lords
spiritual and temporal, and the Commons of England; and
one commands whom we all love and revere, and for
whose throne and constitution we would shed the last
drop of our heart's best blood—our gracious Queen—that
man is disloyal who refuses to obey. (Great cheering.)
There is another event.which we commemorate on this
day,—an event which stirs to its inmost depths the loyal
affections of every true-hearted Protestant before me, viz.,
the arrival of William 111., of glorious memory—Prince of
Orange, the Deliverer of our Church and Nation from
Popish tyranny and arbitrary power. We shall, with_ the
divine blessing, glance at the history of the country
during the period which was thus bounded by the Gun-
powder Plot, on the one hand, A.D., 1605, and on the
other the arrival of Williana,.and the establishment of our
Constitution, 1688. The review will demonstrate, beyond
the shadow of doubt, that Popery is the deadly antagonist
of our civil and reliaious ,frepflain and I\e-
zne neiormation amen at tne subiugatton of our country
beneath the yoke of Antichrist. (Hear, hear.)
BefOre doing so, however, I would in a few words prove
a priori, that from the very nature of the case, and sr-
, going a. 9 it were from cause to effect, that Popery is, and
must be essentially and for ever treasonable iin a .Pllo-
testant country. This may be proved without referring
to any antiquated decrees or canons, the force of which the
Romanist tries to evade, by alleging that they are obso-
lete ; but in vain, for if so, what becomes of the boasted
unchangeableness of Rome ? Now mark, spiritual supre-
macy-is claimed on the part of the Papacy ; according to
which doctrine the Pope is supreme in spiritual things—
that is, everything which affects the soul; this claim really
involves all that can be: &sired, for everything may be
referred to a spiritual account. So intimate is the con-
nection, so mutual the dependence between the soul and
the body, that it is absurd to try to separate the interests
of the one from those of 'the other ; our physical and mental
powers, our talents, our time, our wealth, our position, our
rank. in a word, the wide circle of our influence, be it less
or more, may and ought all to be employed to advance the
glory of God. Yea, the Apostle Paul reduces even. the
ordinary actions of eating and drinking, as well as every-
thing, else, to this category—" Whether therefore ye eat
or drink, or whatsoever' ye do, do all to the glory of 'God !"
The claim of spiritual supremacy, then, implies. the dis-
posal of all we have and all we are, for, as aforesaid, it may
be demonstrated, by reason and Scripture, that everything
may be referred to a spiritual end. If the Pope, then, be
supreme in spirituals; and also, as they say, the only and
final judge in all controversies, and therefore in any
controversy, as to whether a matter be spiritual or not,
he must be absolute, for it is in the nature of man, to seek
for power, and to keep it when possessed, and also to use
it or abuse it, as the, case may be, for the advancement of
his own ends. But the prerogative of absolute and irre-
sponsible power may be entrusted only to Him who is also
absolute and infinite in wisdom and goodness.. It cannot
be entrusted to fallen men, as all history proves.the Popes
to have been. The admission, therefore, of the doctrine of
the Pope's spiritual supremacy in any states, implies the
dependance and submission of that state to• the power of
the Pope in all things—their laws, their, customs, their
worship, their literature, all have a bearingon the spiritual
condition of the inhabitants, and therefore come fully
under the cognizance of the Pope. It is evident, then,
that the spiritual power would modify, regulate, and con-
trol all other institutions, and in time absorb every other
interest in itself; the Pope would be supreme, the virtual
if not the avowed ruler of the nation. (Hear, hear.)
This claim is utterly antagonistic to. the existence of a
Protestant state, the very genius of which is free institu-
tions, based upon individual responsibility. In such a
country each man is taught to think for himself, to form
his own independent judgment, to select his own repre-
sentative in the national assembly. The laws are the
expression of the general intelligence, embodied and put
into legal form by the combined, wisdom of the free re-
resentatives of a free people, freely elected; in fact, the
entire constitution reposes on the broad foundation of the
national intelligence, and is enshrined in the national
heart, and carried into effect by the national will ; enlist-
ing the sincere co-operation °tall right-minded individuals.
It is evident, then, that the Popish idea and the Pro-
testant idea are simply incompatible. The very defini-
tions are antagonistic—the one can only exist at the ex-
pense of the other. Co-existence is impossible ; they bear
to each other an inverse ratio. Now, every Papist, if
sincere, must labour to carry out his idea, to make the
Pope supreme : and so far forth to unprotestantise the
State, and alter the Constitution—to do which is treason-
able. He must be the foe of our free institutions, and the
implacable enemy of' our doctrine of individual responsi-
bility. He must be a traitor in principle ; and whenever
opportunity occurs, a traitor in practice, otherwise he is
not a sincere or consistent Romanist. Now, when to
these considerations is added the fact, that Rome teaches
that the end sanctifies the means— that mental reservation
and equivocation may be employed—that dispensation
may be had for the most solemn oaths and obligations, the
danger resultir g to any Protestant state from the existence
in it of Romanists, particularly should they hold any
legislative or executive functions, is apparent to all.
Now, this conclusion, thus arrived at a priori, is abun-
dantly proved a posteriori—that is, by history and the
facts of the case. We shall not dwell on the persecutions
of the reign of the cruel Mary, when 250 were burnt at
the stake for refusing to worship the wafer-god ; nor on
the massacre of St. Bartholomew, (1572,) when 70,000 or
80,000 were butchered in cold blood, to the great joy of
that Romish wolf, Gregory XIII. nor on the Spanish
Armada (1588) of 150 vesseLs, with its 20,000 soldiers, 8,000
sailors, 2,000 galley-slaves, 2,680 pieces of cannon, besides
the instruments of inquisitorial, torture, and which, not-
withstanding the benediction of the Pope Sixtus V., was
destroyed by the Lord himself." .Deus afflarit et dissi-
pantur." (Loud cheers.)
But we pass on to the accession of James 1., 1603. He
was the son of the beautiful, but unfortunate, Mary
Queen of Scots, and from this circumstance the Romanists
had indulged in great expectations, but they were disap-
pointed. James declared his intention of upholding the
Protestant interest, and, without persecuting the Roman-
ists, certainly keeping them under wholesome restraint by
the operation of disqualifying laws. This provoked their
wrath, and one Robert Catesby resolved on revenge, by " a
plan," to use the words of Ling, a Romish historian,
`so atrocious in principle and so sanguinary in execu-
tion, that it is difficult to be conceived how it could be
harboured in the mind of any human being." The plan
was, as you are aware, to blow up the parliament house
with gunpowder, and involve king, queen, the royal
family, lords and commons, in one common ruin.
He first communicated his design to Thomas Winter,
agent of the Spanish party in England, who was horrified
at the suggestion, but was soon won over by Catesby. Guy
Fawkes was the next individual to whom the fatal secret
was entrusted. He was a native of Yorkshire, and had
been in the army in Spain, employed by. the Popish party.
Percy, a descendant of Northumberland, and Wright,
were next added to the company of conspirators, and
these five men took a solemn oath of secrecy and obliga-
' tion, and then went into an adjoining room .Lnd received
the Holy Sacrament, in confirmation, from the hands of

the Jesuit missionary, Father Gerrard. Lingard states
that he was not acquainted with the fact; but of that
more by-and-bye. These men "exhorted each other to
hazard their lives, like the Maccabees, for the liberation
of their brethren." Yet; having some qualms of con-
' science, they framed a question for Garnet, the superior of
the Jesuits, "whether, should necessity require, it might
be permitted to involve the innocent in the same destruc-
tion with the guilty," to which he replied in the affirma-
tive. The plot was discovered by a letter written to
Lord Monteagle, desiring him to absent himself from the
coining Parliament, as both God and man had concurred
to punish the wickedness of the times." The contents of
the letter created suspicions as to the possible nature of
the catastrophe. The king held a council on the point,
and resolved on having the vaults beneath the parliament
house inspected, which was accordingly done, first by the
Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, and then at midnight,
on the sth of November, before the assembling of Parlia-
ment, by Sir Thomas Knyvett, who found Guy Fawkes,
with matches, &c., in his pocket, and all things prepared
for the explosion of thirty-six barrels of gunpowder,
which had been stowed beneath, and covered with loose
faggots of wood. (Sensation.)
He expressed sincere regret that he had not accom-
plished the diabolical transaction, and blown, as he said,
the Scottish beggars back to their native mountains."
The conspirators suffered the extreme penalty of the law,
as they richly deserved, all of whom confessed, whilst they
defended their crime, At length Garnet and Oldcorn,
another Jesuit, were taken, Greenway and Gerrard having
escaped to the continent. On his trial Garnet confessed
(1 here quote from Lingard) that " he had heard of the
plot in Confession, but among Catholics the secresy of the
Confession was inviolable." "He boldly declared that the
practice of requiring men to accuse themselves was bar-
barous and unjust; that in all such cases it was lauful
to employ equivocation, and confirm that equivocation,
if it were necessary, with an oath," "To these avowals,"
continues Lingard, I ascribe his execution. The man
who maintained such opinions could not reasonably com-
plain if the king refused credit to his asseverations of in-
nocence, and permitted the law to take its course."
Now mark. It is often stated that we have no right
to charge Romanists with the Gunpowder Plot, but we
here find that Lingard confesses not only that it ori-
ginated with Romanists, but also that the Jesuits were
aware of the plot. True, he endeavours to clear them of
complicity with the conspirators, by saying that they
simply knew it as revealed in confession, and that they
dare not reveal it by the laws of the church. Now this I
do not believe. I, for my part, believe that the whole plot,
if not actually concocted by the Jesuits, was certainly not
opposed, but rather encouraged, by them, although that
encouragement may have been given in such a manner as
they thought would have saved them from the legal con-
sequence of their crime, should it be found out. But, even
granting that Ling,ard's statement be true, and that they
only knew it beforehand by the confession of the con-
spirators, still—mark it is admitted—they knew it—they
were aware of it ; —by whatever means they had acquired
that knowledge, they were cognisant of it, and, as cogni-
sant of the intended perpetration, I charge them with
being accessories before the fact—they were murderers
in the eye of God ; for if any man, be he priest or layman,
know that it is intended to murder an individual, and
withhold from the intended victim, or the legal authorities
that information whereby the deed of blood may be pre-
vented, and the victim's life preserved from the assassin,
such an individual is, I hesitate not to say, accessory to
the' murder, nor will his plea of the secrecy of the confes-
sional avail him at the judgment-seat of Christ, nor ought
it to avail him before the bar of his indignant country.
The voice of outraged justice calls for vindication—the
blood of the murdered man eries aloud for vengeance, and
the moans and tears of his widowed partner and his
bereaved children will witness. against him at the last day.
. Once more, then, I repeat that Rome's best historian
admits that the plot was a popish plot, and that it was
designed with the cognizance of popish priests, and yet
was not disclosed by them. (Hear, hear.)
We must be-brief in our summary of history in the fol-
lowing period. James was tempted in about ten years
after to seek for an alliance for his son Charles—first with
the popish princess, the Infanta of Spain, the negotiations
whereof were pending for seven years, and at length
broken off, though- not without great advantage to the
Romish party, through the instrumentality of the Spanish
king, who held out to James no other way to obtain a
dispensation from.the Pope (Gregory XV4than by making
large concessions to his followers.
In 1625, Charles married Henrietta of France, a Romish
princess, and in the marriage articles concerning religion
it was stipulated that the. Queen should. be allowed a
Romish chapel in the palace, a Romish household, a Romish
bishop, and twenty-eight Romish priests, and that the
children of the marriage should be brought up by the
Queen until fourteen years of age. It was no-wonder that,
with such an influence- as this in the royal palace, Popery
soon became dominant Protestantism disgusted and
alarmed—national disunion followed—discontent and dis-
turbance came next, and eventually the flames of civil war
were lighted in the country. Charles coquetted with
popery, and under the' Jesuit influence thus brought to
bear upon him, showed too much indulgence to it. His
views were carried out in. Ireland by the unfortunate
Strafford, who brought over with him Sir Toby Matthews,
a notorious Jesuit priest. Alas ! what miserable conse-
quences followed ! Strafford encouraged the king in IL-
il.
extravagant notions concerning arbitrary ppwrn 104: was
attainted, condemned, andbro_whi-
The Great Rebell . ot.. d -
.ctalitt t owe shortly after, on
;4
4.1,, ass o. uue , m the same year, urged on by Fitzsimonds
and other Jesuits, when the most atrocious massacre took
place—the Romanists boasting that they had put to death
152,000 in the province of Ulster alone-200,000 in all.
The most barbarous cruelties wore perpetrated on the un-
fortunate Protestants ; neither age nor sex were spared.
The aged patriarch and the infant child, the strong man
and the weak and tender woman,—yea, even the women
with child were not suffered' to escape ; all were mercilessly
slaughtered by the rebels, incited thereto by Romish
p-iests, who deemed it meritorious to rid the world of so
many heretics. (Sensation.)•
Archbishop Laud next paid the penalty of his- Roman-
istic tendencies on the block in 1645. He is said'to have
been offered a cardinal's hat by the Pope ; and.lastly, in
1649, the unfortunate Charles, who, we may hope, in his
declining days, was awakened to regret the follies and
errors of his earlier years,. fell a victim to Jesuit wicked-
ness, urging on an indigant but misguided people.
The Commonwealth succeeded under Oliver Cromwell,
and whatever he was in his own personal character, his
policy was decidedly Protestant, and under his govern-
ment Great Britain rose to an unparalleled pitch of na-
tional honour and renown. The name of an Englishman
was feared as much as was even that of the ancient
Roman ; but even in his army were found at first one
hundred Jesuits, who had come over to England and
entered the service of the parliament, in order to create
divisions, and be in a position to give information on Pro-
testant affairs. He, however, quickly weeded them out.
Charles 11. succeeded. Through Popish influence he
was led to marry Catherine of Portugal.. He issued a
declaration in favour of Romanists, which was followed by
a great increase of Popery. A plot was formed to reconcile
England to Rome, for which Colman and five other Jesuits
were executed.

On these plots Hume, the historian, states " that the
restless and enterprising spirit of the Catholic Church,
particularly of the,Yesuits, is in some degree dangerous to
every other communion. Such zeal of proselytism ac-
tuates that sect, that its missionaries have penetrated into
every section of the globe, and, in one sense, there is a
Popish plot perpetually carrying on against all states,
Protestant, Pagan, and Mahommeclan."
James 11., the avowed Papist, succeeded. Charles 11.,
the concealed one. He appointed Father Petre, his con-
fessor, to be, a privy councillor. Popery again became
rampant. The Earl of Castlemain w.as sent on a mission
to Rome, to effect the reconciliation& of this country with
the Pope. A Papal nuncio resided openly in London.
The livings.and universities were filled with open. Papists.
The seven bishops were sent to the Tower for refusing to
read the toleration act. The nation would endure this no
longer. James, in perplexity, abdicated the crown,, and
fled from, the kingdom. William 111., invited by the
nation, landed at Torbay on the sth November, 1688,
bearing en his flag the motto, " I will maintain. the Pro-
testant religion and the liberties of England."' It was a
singular coincidence that the favouring breezes: of heaven,
which, in the year 1688, wafted to our shore& a noble de-
liverer, the Prince of Orange, had, exactly one hundred
years. previous (1688), amid the awful fury of a storm,
wrought deliverance for our nation in the utter destruc-
tion of the Spanish armada. (Loud cheering)
We cannot too highly estimate the blessings which have
thus been secured to us by means of what has been called
the revolution of 1688,when, the framework of our glorious
constitution received its complete establishment. To it
we owe the famous bill of rights, and all the inestimable
privileges which it secures to us.. In the [first article of
it we read,
" That it is the right of the subjects to petition the
king, and that all commitments and prosecutions for such
petitions are illegal."
But, especially, would I call attention to the 9th Article.

"Whereas, it bath been found by experience, that it is
inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protest-
ant Kingdom to be governed by a Popish prince, or by
any king or queen marrying a Papist. The said lords,
spiritual and temporal, and Commons, do farther pray that
it may be enacted, that all and every person and persons
that is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold com-
munion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall pro-
fess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall
be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, pos-
sess, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this realm,
and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, or
any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal
power, authority, or Arisdiction within the same, and in
all and every such case or cases the people of these realms
shall be, and are hereby absolved of their allegiance, and
the said Crown and Government shall, from time to
time, descend to, and be enjoyed by such person or per-
sons being Protestants, as should have inherited and
enjoyed the same, in case the said person or persons so re-
conciled holding communion, or professing, or marrying,
as aforesaid was naturally dead."
Such are some of the provisions of this famous Bill of
Rights, which became law of the laud on the 16th December,
1689. Let us make ourselves acquainted with its con-
tents, let us resolve to guard it as the strong palladium
of our national greatness, as well as the sacred shrine
wherein are deposited the holy ark of our national reli-
gion, and the bright gem of our Protestant liberty—on it,
as on a sure foundation, the fair temple of freedom may
be firmly blinded. While this foundation stands, the most
furious assaults of our enemies may be laughed to scorn,
as the empty foaming of the waves against some giant
rock from which they are hurled back in harmless spray.
Hence the constant and unceasing efforts of Romanists to
injure that constitution, hence the sapping and mining
process which they are carrying on, and I am sorry to
say with some success ; witness their attempts in the
name of liberty to subvert liberty,—in the name of the
constitution, and by the very forms of the constitution to
overthrow the constitution. Witness that case which has
recently occurred inDublin, where, under the specious plea
of preserving the peace, a young man named Smith was
locked up in prison all night, and next morning com-
pelled to enter into bail, or be committed for fourteen
days by a • Romish magistrate, a Mr. O'Callaghan, and
for what, think you ? For merely distributing religious
tracts in the streets. Surely things are come to a pretty
pass, when an attempt is made to put down track distri-
bnting by law, (Disapprobation.)
The same week a placard, announcingar
Qcfolthr9 iovyelsicae.l
stiwaoxi, in Dublin, was removed Ily order