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the latter place (of whom he gave an affecting description) I clergy pay for the vro►l
regaled themselves on bread and rice after the confirms I ment had taken preciou

with an earnest appeal on behalf of the funds of the mis

ih the west of Ireland, addressed them at some length,

Ey occur to

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THE BIRMINGHAM MAGISTRACY.—Government has
recently added thirteen gentlemen to the commission of
the peace for this borough. Of this numerous list, nine
of the new magistrates are Whig-Radicals, and four Con-
servatives. In religion seven are Unitarians. and six
members of the Established Church. No other church
Aberdeen
or sect is represented in the new batch. The same game Amiens and Boulogne.
is about being played at other boroughs. Belfast and Ballymena
We are gravely and coolly informed, by a free-trade Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire.
journal, that the Liberals of Shoreham and the Rape of Bolton' Blackburn, C. and W. II
Bramber have applied to the Earl of Arundel to quit his Bristol and Exeter
present seat, and to become their candidate, as the only , Caledonianste
rd
an HoHolyhead
course by which the Protectionists can be defeated ! e
Dublin and Belfast Junction
This is genuine " liberalism !" These gentlemen know Dublin and Drogheda
that if squire be pitted against squire—a Mr. Evelyn Dublin and Kingstown
against a Mr. Edgell—as at the West Surrey election, Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
their defeat is certain. Dundalk and Enniskillen
Earl Grey, the Colonial Secretary, appears never to be ttng
Edinburgh
and
iinn
Glasgow
out of a scrape more or less serious. Dr. Lang, a distin- Edinburgh and Northern
guished delegate from New South Wales, for the purpose Eastern Counties
of emigration to that colony writes, "In the object of my East Lancashire
visit lam happy to say, I have succeeded far beyond my Eastern Union
own highest expectations, though I have experienced Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
nothing from your Lordship's office but incivility and tit
Gresat4 o
Northern aenncr East Linc.
obstruction." Hit off to the life ! Incivility and obstruc.. I Great Southern and Western
tion have characterised the noble Earl since ever he had Great Western
anything to do with public life. Lancashire and Yorkshire
WHAT HAS FREE TRADE DONE ?—Lord Kinnaird, Lancaster and Carlisle
in a letter just published, says—" Jumping at conclusions Leeds and ''
011
rhisrsky,
b & Southport
is a Very common failing, and, because the prices at the LI
Londop ryonder and Enniskill ne
present moment are low, the cause is immediately attri- I London and North-Western
buted to free trade, whereas in fact the reduction is occa- London and Blackwall
sioned by the abundant crops. For instance, in this London, Brighton & South Coast
quarter, judging from what has already been threshed London and South-Western....
M'cliester, Sheffield, and Li ncolr
out, the produce on some farms amounts to 64 bushels of
Midland, Bristol,& Birminghan
wheat the imperial acre, instead of the usual return of Midland Great Western(lreland
between 30 and 40, and this of the best quality, well Monkland
cleaned, weighing 61b., exclusive of the light grain. North British
Though such an increase as this must necessarily keep Paris and Rouen
down the nrices, yet the quantity will amply remunerate It o winsial ncder%vlre
the good farmer." Does it not occur to his lordship that
Shrewsbury and Chester
this sort of argument has two sides or phases ? We fully Shropshire Union
believe that the worst results of free trade are yet to come. South-Eastern
We believe that a year of plenty is not the trial year with South Deven
the farmer. Probably, within two or three years, we may Taff Vale
have a year of decided deficiency. As compared with the
Ulster
Waterford and Limerick
• may fall short in the proportion of 40 to 60. West Cornwall
wheat ought to rise Whitellayen Junction

Week
en ding

1849.
Amount.

1N0v.17

s. d.
671 0 0
1260 0 0
401 0 0
720 0 0
424 0 0
3145 0 0
6022 0 0
1282 0 0
325 0 0
818 0 0
04 0 0
944 0 0
141 0 0
717 0 0
2459 0 0
2489 0 0
13948 0 0
2719 0 0
1572 0 0
2715 0 0
931 0 0
2757 0 0
3665 0 0
16461 0 0
11500 0 0
3330 0 0
0 0 0

717
3402
2003
13125
1586
1227
2408
884

-171
11
17
Is

3137
7625
0128
2111

90 0 0

135 0 0
36274 0 0

494 0 0
8575 0 0
8368 0 0
4565 0 0
20775 0 0
1509 0 0
718 0 0

- 17
- 17
- 18
- 18
- 18

6350 0 0
2483 0 0
1258 0 0
1302 0 0
350 0 0
8935 0 0
1325 0 0

714 0 0

0 0 0

- 17 2M 0 0
=- 11 211 0 0
-18 1178 0 0
- 18 5989 0 0

Ifrona4 40s. to 60s. But it will do nothing of the sort. York, Newcastle, and Berwick
There will not be, in one year, a failure of crops in Eng- York and North Midland, &c.

o the laric

coursing upon various doctrinal points, applied himselt to comes had gone
disprove the assertions of a Roman Catholic priest, named how much of th
O'Donnell, who, in a letter addressed to a Dublin journal, the Poor Law Commissioners, and
stated that the agents of the mission, headed by the Rev. pound the clergy to povert
Mr. O'Callaghan. exercised the greatest tyranny over the some of then

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people in their district, and. on a recent occasion, had library ro put loaves on
interfered with the rights of conscience, in preventing of expense in travelling a
him from holding "a station for confession" in the house in building schools and
of one of his flock. The fact was, that Mr. O'Callaghan their means. The objet
went to the house where the priest nad appointed the sta- one worthy of a Christian

tion to be held, by the invitation of the owner. it was a lection
gross and unfounded falsehood to say Mr. O'Donnell was motive
invited there. It was a eross and unfounded falsehood to liberal
say Mr. O'Callaghan would dismiss any of the people who (lemd applatPe.)
went to riviss. But there were not wanting among the Mr. PLUMPTRE, M.P., having
Roman Catholic priesthood men who would venture on port of the resolution,
the most absurd falsehood, and then make use of any de- Mr. BICKERSTETEI announced, amid cheers
fence which might be made as a lever, to make it appear gentleman, convinced by Dr. M'Neile's speed

he meant one which was free in its o
, cheerful in the manner of its

gout.. ,
,t cvbtej!

said a few words in sur

hat one
had r'

E9O- •!')!

there was some truth in their story_.___ (Hear.) . 7'hevisi Pre down his ..me for' £lOO. anii sc-yoral of -E ~
coming to great days when a priest complained of perse- £lO, were announced on the platform, and a colleen?!
cution from converts, as Mr. O'Donnell had on the day was made at the doors, which amounted to £ll9 ls. 61/.
in question checked the violence of his companion, and The Rev. Mr. NOLAN having proposed, and Mr. :e
seemed ashamed of him, saving he was not fit to say mass. Cot.cinuoux having seconded a vote of thanks to 1....

Mr. O'Callaghan was greatly surprised he should have put chairman his Grace acknowledged it very briefly,
forth such a statement. The rev. gentleman concluded meeting then separated.

1 THE TRIAL

AND 1115

COURVOISIER.
COUNSEL.

The Rev. Mr. WILKINSON, having corroborated the - -
accounts given by the preceding speaker, more particularly
as to the interview between Mr. O'Donnell and Mr.
The charge against Mr. Commissioner Charles)
O'Callaghan,
The Rev. Mr. BICKERSTETH moved a resolution, ex- Phillips of dishoncurable conduct at the trial of C°is,
pressing the thankfulness of the meeting to God for the voisier having been revived by the Examiner ne.fir.
encouragement given to the labours of the society, and paper, that gentleman, at the special request of i
expressing its sense of the valuable services of the clergy, S. Warren, has given a public denial and complete.re' ~u,
,
missionaries, and other agents employed by the committee tation to the same in a lengthened letter to the 111
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[large rest

[yes us
of—F[

heads:— %er
is brief Ott

and concluded by stating that as the expenses of the titis- ,ips is in,— _ .rstiy, retain,,. _--. , to.
sion were between £3OO and £4OO a-mo'ith, they must hearing Courvoisier's confession ; secondly, appeal"' to
have more money and more subscribers. heaven as to his innocence; and, thirdly, attempti"g.ter
The Rev. E. HOARD observed, the meeting seemed to throw the guilt on one of the st rvant maids. The lii,,,
be assembled on the principle in which St. Paul used to he denies emphatically, and appeals to the reports ot 7‘,
gather together the church of Antioch, to tell what things speech, at the time,, quoting passages, showing th.Bt of
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had been wrought among the gentiles, seconded the reso- warned the jury that he had not the slightest itirelo.--,rbe
lotion, and enlarged on the apathy and neglect with which imputing the crime to either of the other servants. :104
Ireland had been treated since the reformation. Bishop following is Mr. Phillips's refutation of the first
Bidel was the first who made any effort to establish Irish second charges :
preaching, but from 1700 to 1811 there had not been a minis-
of the Irish church who preached in the language of
in juneterVierwcTairttsohnis conuxsel.,seilifir,loleoi
jt,giets waseentered,
eorned
t thet
h asteccoonudmmo 1
soirenrtn
standing
dtihnegt trial,
ilculsyt
ibre.ff,o4exticettbeolf,
the people. It was not till the beginning of the 17th the
etdfoifektiti.°aliiiVec(ol
century a bible was printed in Irish ; there then appeared diately approached him. 'I beg of you to Clarkson, and
;IT presencetlg
500 copies of the New Testament in folio. In 1686 there Mr. Clarkson, as it will become very material presentlY' An
were 500 more Bibles and 750 copies of the New Testa- tsootdliddsinmaeirlyniontghelrsbealisewveell most
yfisremifl.y
,iili his
a vei nsneonctenfe_rd',eool
ment issued ; and from that year to 1811 the church lay
in utter inaction, and even then the issue of the Bible was
printed in English letters, so that the people could not coull'irtein7ei,rtechioleun'l,de,la,soipcuinahkree:v,`t(? tell you I committed thesna!;: .
going to
NtNo'a spineontd immediately
gullty?,
• understand it.
the reply • • I exuect you to defend me to the utmost. ~ I
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A movement of deep interest to the shareholders in the
Eastern Counties Railway Company is in agitation.
Some large holders in the north, who were beguiled into
investing in the shares of that company, are determined were ...
to put in question the liability of Mr. Hudson to make ment issuee, ,
good the losses they have sustained through the ex- in utter inaction,o-
aggerated and false character bestowed upon that under- printed in English lettee,„
taking by him as chairman. - --"stand it.
The traffic returns for the last week exhibit, in some - -----***. in moving the ..
instances, a slight failing off, as compared with those of --wledge ti,,
the corresponding week in 1848. It will ..-^-1" - ' 'iivine tru
most of our readers that the very strict observance 0...._
day of thanksgiving is the cause of the deficiency. Upon woula also recognize tne neep responsinuity muter wine. .....- opinion of the learned judge who was not trying tnecuu-,-,,,,c.
all the leading lines Sunday trains only ran; and the tish Christians are tlscreb laced and would also_ humbly and what he considered to be the professional etiquette uni;,out
traffic, both of passengers and goods, was even below the Larmneesetyjaieuge itself_ to increased efforts to enable the society cumstances sn embarrassing. In this I very wiliinglii,,,,X,
the demands thereby made upon it."
average of those trains. esced. We obtained an interview, and Mr. Baran „o 14
Said, that this was the first attempt made to introduce the wished to know distinctly whether the prisoner insisted .vi yi 0
On Tuesday, the large wooden sheds erected for the did, said !halm tte.,
reception of the engines and carriages of the Scottish Protestant reformation into Ireland.—(Cheers.) He pro- defending him, and, on hearing that he
posed to. sverpoo_ 0 years ago toforma
Lord 14. 1 2 body of bound to do so, and to use all fair arguments arisin, vrd fel
Central Railway, opposite the Penetentiary at Perth, fell evidenc,-. I, therefore, retained the brief; and I coot!„',, tte
with a crash. The workmen were engaged in taking away king's chaplains to visit. that country, and,Archbishop it, that every argument I used was a Lair commenter) `iticiao•
Magee having concurred in the project. his lordship was
the wooden sides, and were supplying their place by walls evidence, though undoubtedly as strong as 1 could tuelsof, ssWor
of brick. A plumber who was employed on the roof, was about to establish the mission, when it pleased God to I believe there is no difference of opinion now in the Par,, bet ;
render him politically defunct. They were now about to that this course was right. It was not till after eigLies..el4
completely buried among bricks and broken wood, and so
strike at the heart of popery, and before he sat down he public exertion before the jury that the prisoner o'i:iron's
severely injured that he now lies in the infirmary.
could not but protest, as he always did, against that porn- and to have abandoned him then would have been %,,, til',o
The amount of traffic for the last week on 5,087 miles of
railway, was £209,129, thus accounted t0r:—£94,041 for promise which admitted the Church of Rome into the surrendering him to death. This is my answer to `,41 d ,i`e
charge. lam accused? secondly, of having ' aqe-fteer r*
the conveyance of passengers only, £63,896 for the car- Christian community. If it resembled anything of God's, heaven as to my belief in Courvoisier's innocence; 8,, 'not
riage of goods, and a remainder of £51,192 for passengers it was that temple over which hung clouds and darkness, `had made me acquairted with his guilt! * * *,._, 0,,0
and out of whose doors were about to proceed the seven a appeal to. heaven
.for its testimony_ to_ a
make c,noe•
and goods together, not respectively apportioned • being
angel on their work of death and love. expect to be answered by its lightning? \A hat ! t liesi"V
an increase of £19,702 over the corresponding week' of last appeal, conscious that an honourable colleagte 'at t, s ve
Dr M'IsTEILE who was received with cheer-
The Rev. . ,
year, when the mileage was 4,420. The average earnings whose valued friendship I must for ever forfeit ? Pt' 1 Ile
ing and applause, observed that when the resolution " in- all and beyond all, and too monstrous for belief, Wan bein
per mile were £4l, whilst last year they were £42.
vited attention to the opportunity opened by God's pro- dared to utter that falsehood in the very presence of i 4,03;
RAILWAY RECEIPTS. vidence to spread his blessings over an enslaved and be- to whom, but the day before, I had confided the .01 1
honou _„fi
The following are the receipts of railways for the past week ; righted country," it should not be forgotten that Ulster There, upon the bench above me, sat that time. `antv„e
—that. upright magistrat—pure as his ermine?... Arran
that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns was not benighted and enslaved, and that in the perform-
watching' every word I said. Had I dared to mai,r,,,, oat`
are made:-
i 1848 province would bear comparison with Middlesex. and my own conscience, he would have started fror,to ~, Too
einint. (Cheers.) For years back the British had been attempt- and withered me with a glance. * s s a * *
_,„, I or
ing to rule Ireland by means of those who were not hos- trial terminated on Saturday evening. on Sampolciote
•e tile to British ascendancy. The great question was, shown in a newspaper the passage imputed to me•_„„0, De. 0(1'
3G2 how Ireland was to be ruled ? As had been observed by paper to court on Monday, and, in the aldermen's '-',-' tiltilerf,
1534 all assembled, after reading the paragraph aloud, Itch oP ferf
369 the writer of a pamphlet, that couise had the effect of dressed the judges—' I take the first opportunity will I e
tier. lips,.
687 keeping alive in the pamphlet,
and hierarchy the hope of my lords, of most respectfully inquiring of you wile! rail a,
226 obtaing possession of all the confiscated lands ; and in used any such expression ?" You certainly did no! ,itioi
• • that hope induced them to keep alive agitation.( Cheers.) was the reply of the late lamented Lord Chief .ta I''o,, , ;4,,
4671 That hope must be wholly crushed, or be wholly gratified, will be your voucher whenever you choose to cal! ous, 1410
1126 I, said said Mr Baron Parke, happily still spared to voit;DeP,
before agitation could be put down. England was afraid 1
season which the,Lord Chief Justice did not know WI inn, `itill7
63 to do either. By half measures only the monster was you narrowly, and he will remember my saying to 2 csfe tlif,
655 kept alive; by half measures only the monster was kept you sat down. ' Brother Tindal, did you observe li°l‘oo 0:s•
932 hungry.—(Cheers.) That was the whole secret of Irish Phillips abstained from giving any personal 01),T,,,5e0
lilt
history in modern times. However, there were signs of case ?' To this the learned Chief Justice instantly
on
9, 11,,
upOn CO'
a change. He recognised, as one of the means of After this letter, Mr. Phillips was looked ~ leo,
preparation of God, the system of national educa- ing triumphantly vindicated himself from !„o,l2kinc of
tion.—(Cheers.) The famine, too, had doubtless done tion he was supposed to have borne with u",,roar:s'cl!
something.—(Hear.) He desired to speak moderately heroism ; end the public would have done any '' "So',. to
when he spoke of the conduct of the piiests during the penance for their connivance at his defamatioaltooaeoa.,
pressure of its first winter ; but, speaking generally, he must appears to have dreamt of the posaibility of ri-a)lecto,, 0)
say that in some instances their conduct had not been such Phillips ; but the fame of Fonblanque as a 'esouret,'„oll;
as to attach their flocks to them, nor gain much affection his syllogistic skill, and mastery in all the thentife
owing to the way in which the money was distributed— verbal finesse, naturally whetted curiosity a 5. ht corpottli
the manner in which they exacted their tolls from the ness of the degree of infamy with which be alati b'er '
tickets for labour given on public works, when the priests to creep out of the odious predicament be..., aigia (hei
eOs tin te,
were members of the committee of management of those involved in ;—hence the eagerness for the
nt (n 1 'hilt' i 0
works was not such as to
hereivet the goodwill of their flock, Saturday. And what is one's astonishme ~00i .:„9 ,
(Cheers.) While, on ontrary, the way in which the that the seeming victor of Tuesday is utterlWroillolrf al;
clergymen of the Established Church conducted them- on Saturday—that the original charge again r, oat jeelto
selves, and distributed the funds committed to their charge brought home to him far stronger than eve. bito of 1../
without discrimination as to creed, profession, or even as own mouth—and that his defence criininate'retrieca,ootrc
to character, where all were starving, was calculated to , in the first offence and implicates him '.5 tbe re,.aiii-7,
win and fix the affections of any well thinking hart. 1 others scarcely less reprehensible. This i 5 or eo,
inage' 3 reo
(Cheers.) He had heard from a friend of a large railway Ino artifice of the schools, no satirical bad under _ ~
'ontractor in the west of Ireland that so soon as the men I pleasantry, such alone as was looked for "„oote fel
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were paid their wages they went and deposited whatever cumstance ; bi
they did not want—not with the priest, but with the Pro- pitulation of tl
testant curate of the parish. When they were asked Phillips own
" why," they replied that he was the only person to whom and from Phill
th2y could give money without the priest knowing they
had it, (Cheers.) For years past the Romanists have
boasted of their millions; their leader, now gone to his RICHATZDSC

at lIIIS muul -
Is of the profession•A
loving the case,
_912:',9t.ec...1

,f an almost judicially ai5P-- tir
elf-evident facts of the case! ,
ement [every word of whio

s' own outhorit

" " " s

account, exaggerated their millions ; he used them tcA in-
fluence the government of the day ; the pressure from
without became stronger bent ath these supposed millions
and God had thinned those ranks of millions. (Loud sical world here, v
cheering and applause.) Taking the average of all the ' rich treat.

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At the Colll;e4

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believe,