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oatholic body with having accomplished those fires. Now, it
is unnecessary for me to tell you. sir, and many present—nay,
any present—that I never made any such statement as this.

(Hear.) But, as my observations on the occasion in question
seem to have interested those journalists, I am not unwilling

to repeat what I really did say

(Hear, and cheers.) We know

that 'the order of the Jesults was established by Ignatius
Loyola about the year 1540, and that the expressed purpose

. .
of their organization was the overthrow of the Reformation.
They have found that a troublesome task hitherto, and I think
they will continue so to find it henceforward. What I stated
was this : that the movements of those Jesuits, whose sole

object is the aggrandisement of the Church of Rome upon
the ruins of Protestantism, and whose distinguishing princi-

ple is, that the end sanctifies the means, ought to be Carefully
watched ; and while I distinctly stated in that speech that I
those fires on no man or body of mer' and while I
was conscious that thousands of Roman Catholics would

have shuddered as much as we would ourselves at the perpe-
tration of such calamities, I did say, that while a succession

of strange fires continuer to be exhibited—the burning of
the Houses of Parliament, for instance, the burning of the

Royal Exchange, the burn'ing of ships in Portsmouth dock,

the burning of the Tower, arid recently, an attempt to fire
the Horse Guards—and in no instance any light thrown upon
the origin of those fires, nor any one of them satisfactorily

accounted for, notwithstanding all the investigations which
have taken place, I thought the circumstance called on me
and every lover of his country to warn England to be on the

watch. (Hear, hear) And 1 ask, is there not a cause? I

ask, is it not an' absolUte certainty that the Jesuits have been

not wish to speak in any terms of disrespect. He is, I
understand, a kind and humane man, and a liberal in poli-
tics. He is a great patron of the Irish national schools, and
he has established a number of them on his estate. For some
time Mr. Moore attended those schools, and the protestant
children of the parish were also in attendance; but it ap-
peared after some time that the system was not acceptable to
the protestant parishioners nor to Mr. Moore, who consented
to allow it to go on for a considerable time, from an unwil-
lingness to oppose the landlord. Mr. Moore accordingly
prayed that he might be allowed to establish a separate school

for the protestatds. This Lord Fitzwilliam refused. Mr.
Moore then resolved to break up all connexion with the na-
tional schools, and he sent a letter praying his lordship to
give him a piece of ground in the parish whereon to build a
scriptural school. This Lord Fitzwilliam positively refused.
Mr. Moore was then driven to build a school in his own
churchyard, whereupon Lord Fitzwilliam petitioned the bishop
of the diocese to prevent him from proceeding with the erec-
tion. This the bishop not only refused but said he would
give a contribution towards the erection. (Loud cheers.)
His lordship then moved for an injunction to restrain Mr.
Moore from proceeding with the work. The matter was
tried before the master of the rolls, himself a Roman Catho-
lic, in Dublin, who refused the application of Lord Fitz-
william with costs, and declared that a case of more odious
tyranny never came before him, and said it was absolutely
disgraceful to the noble lord. Then Lord Fitzwilliam issued in-
junctions to the tenantry that they should not give auy assis-
tance to the school, so that, in point of fact, Mr. Moore has
been obliged to draw the stones necessary for its erection
from another county, and the sand from another also. Driven
to these straits, the expenses will be nearly double what was
originally supposed ; and, therefore, Mr. Moore is obliged
to make an appeal to the benevolence of British Chris-
tians, to enable him to carry through the erection of this
building for the scriptural instruction of at least two hundred
children. But his lordship has taken another step. He
has brought the matter before the Privy Council in Dublin,
and prayed them to interfere and, prevent Mr. Moore from
building a new church; and having given the sum of £4OO
for its erection, he had the meanness to demand that his £4OO
should be given back to him. (Cries of " Shame.") This
case furnishes an illustration of what has been already al-
luded to—namely, that those who are the loudest clamourers
for liberty are in reality the greatest tyrants and despots.
(Hear, hear.) I have been requested by Mr. Moore to men-
tion the case. I mentioned it at the Bolton meeting, where
several subscribed handsome sums of money to encourage
Mr. Moore in his noble stand, and I trust there are indi-
viduals in this town who will also sympathise in that rev.
gentleman's distresses. Mr. Ould here resumed his seat
amid loud cheers.

The doxology was then sung. a collection was made at the
doors, and the meeting separated about half-past ten o'clock.

TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART.,

&c. &c

SIR,-With great deference I venture to propose a plan
for a modification of the corn-laws, which, on examination,
will be found to effect the twofold object of giving at once
substantial protection to the agriculturist, and permitting, at
the same time, a regular supply of foreign grain, at a mode-
rate price. It will also be found exempt from the main defects
which attach to the present laws.
I will first state that the average price of English wheat,
for the last ten years (according to parliamentary returns) is
565. 11d. per quarter, observing that, bad the returns been
made by the grower instead of the dealer or factor, this
average would probably have been lower.

The plan consists of three scales of prices (for selection)
at which foreign wheat is to be admitted, and three scales of
duty. One of these may be selected, (and applied to either
scale of prices,) or all three may be adopted in order, in three
consecutive years, the last then to be permanent.
it will be observed that, in no instance, have either the
prices or the duties a wider range than Bs. per quarter.
WHEN THE MARKET PRICE OF
THE DUTY TO RE

ENGLISH WHEAT IS _
Ist scale. 2d scale. 3d scale. Ist scale
525. 48s. 41s. 12s.
535. 495. 455. Ils.
50s. 465. 10s.
51s. 475. 9s.

bss.
565. }

2d scale. 3d scale,
10s. Bs.
9s. is.
Bs. 6s.

525. } 48s. 1* Bs. } Gs. } 4s. # *

575. 535. 49s
58s. 545. 50s
595. 555. 51s
60s. 565. 52s

7s. 53. 3s
Gs. 4s. 2s
ss. 3s. ls
4s. 2s. Os

*Average.
The operation of the above table is as follows
FOR EXAMPLE.
Average price of wheat, per Ist scale of prices .
Average duty on foreign, per Ist scale of duties.
Charges on bringing foreign to this country....

Leaving, as cost of wheat at foreign port of shipment 38s

- 565.
being a protection to the British agriculturist of 47 per cent.
By the same mode of calculation, (which it is not necessary
to carry out in detail here,) the same average price, (565.,)
gives a protection, by the
2d scale of duties (6s. on average) of 40 per cent.
3d (4s. „ ) of 33 per cent.
Average of 2d scale of prices (525.) gives a protection by the
Ist scale of duties (Bs. on average) of 53 per cent.
2d (Gs. on average) of 44 per cent.
3d (4s. on average) of 36 per cent.
And in the same way, the average price per 3d scale of prices
(485.) gives a protection by the
Ist scale of duties (Ss. on average) of 60 per cent.
2nd „ „ (6s. „ ) 50 „
3rd „ „ (4s. „ ) 41 ~

These results may appear extraordinary ; any person,
however, who will go through the calculations, will find
them correct, and will arrive at the same conclusions. If
the two lower scales of duty be set aside, as not sufficiently
adapted to the purposes of revenue, and the Bs. average scale
be adopted, the result will be as follows :
By Ist scale of prices (565. on average), protection 47 per ct
2nd (525. „ ), 91 53 „
t 3rd (48s. 60 „

The " charges on foreign wheat," as above, comprise the
expenses of bringing wheat from a foreign port to the port
of London or Liverpool. They have been obtained from
various authentic private sources, and from printed circulars
of authority, and consist of the following items :
Freight to London or Liverpool, per quarter,
from Dantzig .. 65.1
„ all other main ports of Average .. 5 6*
the Baltic
Marine insurance, Bd. ; dock and town dues, sid. 1 14
Interest for 3 months, at 5 per cent. per annum.. 0 74
Cartage and porterage, Bd. ; storage 2 mos., ld.. 0 9
Commission