The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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The attacks in Tipperary by armed parties are again
becoming frequent.
Wm. Boland,lnd 'ais two daughters, died of cold and
starvation at Feakie, on Sunday week.—Cork Constitution.
A linen factory, upon an extensive scale, is being esta-
blished at Westport, under the auspices of the Marquis of
Sligo.

At the meeting of the Dublin Council, on Wednesday,
Mr. Hamilton, a Conservative, brought forward a memo-
rial to the Queen, praying her Majesty to convene the
Imperial Parliament once in every three years in Dublin.

On Friday week, as Thomas Manning, a butcher, of
Clonmel, was returning home, he was set upon by two
men and a boy, who fancied he had money. They mur-
dered him in the most inhuman manner with stones, and
also slaughtered a sheep he had with him.
On Monday night, a man named Keegan, Eying in
South Great George-street, Dublin, quarrelled with his
wife, and in a paroxysm of passion she stabbed her hus-
band, from the effects of which he died early next morn-
ing.

RESPITE OF IRISH CONVICTS.—Four of the Ennis con-
victs have been reprieved, and their sentences commuted
to transportation for life. Their names are John M'Enery,
Patrick and John Guerin, for the murder of Thady
M'Mahon, and Michael M'Mahon for conspiring to mur-
der Matthew Boland.

A melancholy accident occurred at Killentiernee,
county Kerry, on Friday. Three persons of the name of
Brosnan (mother, son, and daughter), in endeavouring to
cross the river (Browne Flesk), were unfortunately
drowned, the river being at the time much swollen by the
snow and rain.

EXECUTIONS.—On Monday, the notorious Ryan and
Andrew Des were executed at Limerick. The wretched
culprits were truly penitent, and made a full confession of
their guilt, and acknowledged the justice of their sen-
tences. Dea declared that he had no accomplice in the
murder—that neither his brother nor any other person
assisted in it. In his declaration Ryan ascribes all his
crimes to the neglect of his religious duties, and he
solemnly avers that during his life he never received one
farthing for anything except what he earned as a labourer
by the sweat of his brow—meaning thereby that he never
handled " blood-money."
REPEAL.—At the meeting on Monday, Mr. Nicholas
V. Maher, M.P., took the chair. Mr. John O'Connell
having left for London on his way to Paris at the latter
end of the past week, the part of "leader" was enacted
by Mr. Joseph Henry Dunne, who addressed the assembly
at considerable length, abusing the Evening Post in no
measured terms, and praising the letter of Dr. O'Higgins
in reply to the communication from Cardinal Fransoni.
The meeting was also addressed by Tom Arkins, tailor to
the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, sword-bearer to
the Corporation' &c., &c., and Mr. Leyne. The latter
gentleman, referring to the recent meetings of the Young
Irelanders at the Rotundo, said that nothing so diabolical
had been discovered since the gunpowder plot as their
proceedings had developed. The rent was £6B 7s. 2d.
In Mr. Uniacke Bayley's case, when Daly was found
guilty, Nicholas Garrigan, an approver, gave some cha-
racteristic evidence. He declined shooting Mr. Bayley
for the reward of a suit of clothes, but offered to do it if
they would pay his passage out of the country. He ad-
mitted that Mr. Bayley had never injured him. He added
—" I would not murder any man I was asked to murder ;
but I would for Daly, because he was a relative of mine ;
I would have murdered any man Daly asked me." Mr.
Rollestone—" Would you have murdered me if they
asked you ?" Witness—" By Gor, I would, sir." On
being asked whether he thought it would be a greater
crime to commit a murder or break a pledge, Garrigan
said, " I think murder would be the worst ; but I don't
know."

DENUNCIATIONS AT THE ALTAR.—The English reader
will hardly feel surprise at the announcement, that a case
or two are about to come under the cognisance of our law
courts, in which denunciations by Roman Catholic priests
from the altar will form the subject of investigation. I
understand that "a bad case" of this description, though
one which, as yet, has not all been brought before the
public through the press or parliament, has recently been
submitted to most eminent counsel, who have advised
that a prosecution will lie, and if the case be proved that
it will be successful. Also, that it ought to be prosecuted,
not by the crown, but by the party denounced. The ob-
ject of the attack was in this case a nobleman of whig
principles and very liberal tendencies, who has property
in a north-western and an eastern county. I do not say
positively that this prosecution will proceed, but recent
developements from Rome incline me to the belief that
such a course may be deemed necessary.—Dublin Corres-
pondent of the Daily News.
The Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith at
Rome, that is, the Pope, has issued a Rescript to " some
if not all of the Catholic Prelates in Ireland," requiring
information as to whether the statements of the public
journals respecting denunciations of individuals from the
altar are true,—discountenancing the crime of murder,
and entreating the Catholic clergy to seek only the things
of Jesus Christ and abstain from secular or worldly affairs,
as much as possible. Dr. O'Higgins, the Romish Bishop,
has addressed a letter to Rome, in which he asserts that
the Pope has been deceived by the notorious calumnies
of Lord Minto and the English press. He further re-
quests that the Cardinal may be informed that, " under
the name of legal right, the body of landlords in Ireland
are literally starving the poor," without any remonstrance
from the Lord Lieutenant, or " his employer," Lord
John Russell. He recommends that an Italian Cardinal
be sent over by Rome to see and inquire into the facts of
the case.

A curious scene is reported at a recent sessions in Mayo,
when the solicitor for one Anthony Gavan, being tried
for sheep stealing, cross-examined the prosecutor M' Hale,
who admitted that he (M'Hale) was an industrious and
thriving man, " occupying between tillage, pasture, and
mountain, between 70 and 80 acres," and possessed of
" sixty sheep, four cows, and two horses," besides " some
stacks of barley, oats, a lock of hay, and potatoes, milk,
and butter." On the contrary, he acknowledged the
prisoner was " honest up to the time of this accusation ;
a poor man, with a rood of ground, no• sheep or cattle,
and his family nearly starving." The following requires
no comment :

"Solicitor—' Do you know that the prisoner, with his poor
weak family, made several applications for relief to the reliev-
ing officer ?—A . He did do so.'
"Q. 'And. notwithstanding they are starving, was he not
refused? A He was refused.'
"Solicitor—' Now Mac Hale—and I call upon the Court to
take down your answer—and I have the book of the relieving
officer here—by the oaths you have here sworn, do you not get
the out-door relief?—Come !—no hesitating !—answer the ques-
tion.' Witness—' Ido!' " _ _

_ .
SERIOUS CHARGES.—On the arrival of the barque
Swan, at Cork, a few days ago since, information was re-
ceived by the authorities that one of the crew, named
John Preston, lay dangerously ill from the effects of a
beating inflicted on him by the mate of the vessel, John
Sloane, who was immediately arrested. The informations
of Preston, taken by the Mayor, disclosed also a circum-
stance seriously affecting the captain of the vessel„ John
Sterling :—That on the 17th January, while the vessel
was on her voyage, a Dutch sailor named Ititchart Helet,
being ordered up to unfurl a sail, in attempting upon two
occasions to execute the command, was obliged to come
down upon the yard-arm, his inability arising from lame-
ness, the effect of a wound received while in the American
service. The captain went down to the cabin, brought
up a six-barrelled revolving pistol, loaded, and presenting
it at the unfortunate man, threatened to shoot him if he
aid not go up and furl the sail—saying, while he directed
the pistol towards him, " will you go once—will you go
twice ?" Unable to obey the command, and fearful of
the immediate execution of the threat, the man jumped
into the sea and was drowned. Other evidence has been
had establishing the truth of this statement, and a prose-
cution will be instituted—Cork Constitution.
THE FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIETY.—A number of no-
blemen and gentlemen have resolved to apply to parlia-
ment for the incorporation of a company under the title
of " The Farmers' Estate Society of Ireland,".the objects
of which will be found defined in the following extract
from the prospectus :—" The Farmers' Estate Society
propose purchasing eligible estates in fee, as they come
into the market, and selling them afterwards in small lots
of not less than 40 statute acres, the preference being
given to the tenant in possession, if unobjectionable in
other respects, and the purchase-money taken in half-
yearly payments. The purchase-money being thus taken
by instalments, the purchaser can spend any capital he
possesses in the cultivation of the land, erection of build-
ings, and making other improvements ; and as he im-
proves he will be the better enabled to pay larger instal-
ments until the purchase shall be completed—a system
materially different from the present, under which the
farmer generally gives all lie possesses to get possession of
a farm, and has no capital left for cultivation or stocking.
Provision will be made to prevent the sub-division of any
farm so purchased to less than 20 acres."—The project
has met with the decided approval of the Earl of Claren-
don; and the provisional committee already comprises
the names of the Earls of Curtown and Devon, Lord
Monteagle, Sir Edward Borough, Sir David Roche, Mr.
Monsell, M.P., Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. Guinness, M.P.,
and several other influential country gentlemen. The
capital sought to be raised is £1,000,000, in 50,000 shares
of £2O each.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS

The Dean of Manchester, Dr. Bowers, has resigned the
rectory of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and the Rev. H.
Hatton has been promoted to the benefice.
The Bishop of London is stated to be in a weak state
of health. His lordship is obliged, it is said, to have

recourse to galvanism as a remedy.
In consequence of the forcible petition presented to the
House of Commons by the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster, the Romish Archbishop of Westminster is
abandoned—the lesser dignity of a simple bishopric
having been determined on.
The Queen's letter, for a general collection in behalf of
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, which has been delayed beyond the usual time, in
consequence of the two collections by royal authority
last year, for the relief of the destitute poor in many
parts of Ireland and Scotland, has just been issued.
On the foundation of the see of Chester (A.D. 1541)
there were in the diocese, exclusive of the portion as-
signed some years ago to Ripon, three hundred.. and

twenty-seven c'hurches-; from that time to the year 1828,
one hurdred and eighty-six additional ones were built,
averaging two new churches in every three years ; the

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present Bishop of Chester has consecrated two hundred
and thirty-three, averaging one new church each month
during his long episcopate.
THREATENED SECESSIONS.—I hear that the threat
which frightened some of our bishops was, that 800 (!) of
the clergy were going to form a nonjuring church, if Dr.
Hampden's confirmation took place. Something was
whispered, too, of obtaining ordination from the Scotch
bishops for the secession church. Your readers may re-
collect that Mr. Froude suggested the idea in his corres-
pondence, and Mr. Keble, one of the present triumvirate

of Tractarian leaders, was known to be favourable to
nonjuring principles as long ago as 1832.—Correspondent
of the Church and State Gazette.
PROCTORIAL RlOTS.—There have been some indecent
disturbances during the week in our streets, in conse
quence of attacks upon the proctors in the discharge of
their duties. Attempts were made by parties of black-
guards on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to rescue women
of bad repute from the custody of the University officers ;
but the proctors were protected by parties of under-
graduates, and the attempts failed. These disturbances
may be traced to the license given to dissolute persons by
the absurd Spinning-house agitation which certain Libe-

rals were not ashamed to set on foot last year.—Cam-

bridge Chronicle.
DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—On Friday, immediately
after his installation, the Bishop of Manchester proceeded
to Whalley Range, and laid the foundation stone of a new
church. After this he went to Droysden, where he conse-

•
crated the new church of St. Mary in that populous place.
After this his lordship received a number of the clergy to
dinner at the Palatine Hotel. On Saturday morning
the bishop consecrated the new Church at Shuttleworth,
near Bury, and in the afternoon the new church at Cold-

hurst, Oldham. These three churches have all been
erected from plans of Mr. Shellard, architect, of Man-

chester, who, we believe, is also the architect for Mr
Horsfall's new church at Everton.

The Earl of Shrewsbury has published a reply to Dr.
M'Hale's letter. The following is the commencing para-
graph :—My Lord Archbishop—Had you received my
letter according to the design with which it was written,
you had gone far to redeem the character of the Irish
Church in the opinion of the English people; but you
have chosen otherwise, and have only made bad worse.
My first impression, on reading your grace's reply, was to
leave it quietly to the public, and to its own merits ; but
circumstances and reflection have altered my purpose.
I will not, however, my lord, reply to you in the spirit in
which you'have replied to me. I will not substitute in.
vective for \a,rgument, nor recklessness for proof; but,
nevertheless, I will speak the truth, for you demand it of
me." _ _ _

THE TOLERANCE OF ROMANISM.— We have lately met
with sevcral illustrations of this, and latest of all, in a
work recently published by the Rev. F. Trench, minister
of St. John's Church, Reading, entitled "A Walk round
Mont Blanc." It appears that the reverend gentleman
found himself one Sabbath morning, of last autumn,
sojourning at the inn at Chamonix, in the territory of
Sardinia. On the previous evening he had intimated to
the landlord, after informing him that he, Mr. Trench,
was a clergyman of the Church of England, his wish to
assemble any English travellers who might be tarrying in
the hoftelry, for the purpose of joining in worship to
God, according to the ceremonies of the Church of which
they were members. To effect the latter portion of his
purpose, the modest English clergyman simply asked to
be accommodated with a private room • lint, proper and
modest as was the intimation, it well, nigh killed the
landlord with of on its being made to him. He
would have been content, and more to accede to the pious
and becoming request ; but the Sardinian law peremptorily
forbade all meetings for religious worship, except that of
the Romish Church. But, English travellers in a private
room ? Cospetto !—(cried the perplexed host)—English
gentlemen must not pray here without the permission of
the Government authorities. But mine host had naturally
a tolerant heart ; and, though ruin stared him in the face,
travellersto humblyay theirbe ggi
he had kindly audacity enough to apply to the proper
officials,
prayers af 37-
er
r leave to
otthat
morn, within one of the rooms of his albergo. lie mixed,
indeed, a trifle of worldliness with his zeal, by intimating
s together,certain poor English
Sunday

Lt ives that

Feb. 15, 1848.

POLITICAL VARIETIES.
4
Lord John Russell has fixed Friday next, the 18th, fof
bringing on the Budget.
Mr. R. Dillon Browne, M. P., is appointed to succee4

Sir Emerson Tennent, as Colonial Secretary at Ceylon. ,
At a recent League Festival in North Brookfield'
United States, Mr. Joseph Sturge was toasted as a truer
knight of the order of Bethlehem.
MORE TAXES.—Among the other new taxes suggestei
and probably kept in view by the minister for a case
necessity, there appears to be a general impression'Z
rumour of that sort which sometimes is a pledge of
fulfilment—that the property tax will be extended to
Ireland, and raised for one year to five per cent.—Tiaseif
The election for North Shropshire will take place W'
morrow (Wednesday). Mr. Dod, the only candidate,
will make a very valuable member ; he will " support the
Protestant Church in all its integrity, here and in Irelaudj
and is opposed to all concessions to the Romish Chute

to the ailinission of Jews to parliament, and to the pro'
gress of free trade."
Mr. Kyle has retired from contesting the University of

Dublin. Mr. Napier and Judge Keitinge are the 6.111 Y
candidates. • The return of the former gentleman is no"'
secure. In addition to his former supporters, nearly two
hundred of the electors who opposed him have, at tht
late contest, intimated their intention of supporting 114°
at this.
Lord George Bentinck has retired from the leadershig
of the country party in the Commons. The Marquis or
Granby is to be the future leader. Considering the viol
which Lord George holds with regard to the Jews btu
and further concessions to Popery, we cannot much reg

his retirement, though we are free to acknowledge the
important services rendered by him to the Conseran-
tive cause in the critical sessions of 1845 and 1846.
A COINCIDENCE AND A MISTAKE.—On Monday night
Lord Palmerston presented a petition against the Jew 9
bill, which he said was agreed to by a majority of the
senate, when Mr. Goulburn said there must be some 'ills'
take on the part of the noble lord ; for he had alreadY
presented a petition from the University of Cambridge,
against the bill, and (laughter) which petition was adopted
by a large majority. (Renewed laughter.) Lord Pal-
rnerston said he had been informed that for the petition
which he had just presented there were 75. and against it
39. Mr. Goulburn : Why, those are th -mhos

, very nun.,
that formed the majority in favour of the petition which;
presented against the bill. (Loud laughter.)
DREADED INVASION OF FRANCE PIY THE ENGLISU.
The national defences question has, according to the
Libre Exchange,
_raised a
.counter-panic in France'

" While the ridiculous panic," says that paper, "is being
manifested in England, a counter-feeling is beginning r°
be felt on this side of the Channel. Here one is per
suaded that, under this pretext of defence, England In
reality is preparing the means of invasion ; and surely our

conjectures are as well founded as those of our neighbours,
The press already begins to demand precautionary mew'

sures; for of all daises the journalists are certainly the
most warlike. _ They have the good fortune never to leap•

in the field of battle either leg or an arm ;' it is the
peasant who is food for powder; and they contribute to
the expenses of the roar only a bottle of ink and a quire of
paper.''—Hereford Journal.
RATING OF SMALL TENEMENTS.—TWO notices are on
the books of the House of Commons, but without a spf:,
cific appointment of a day for their discussion, which iwiP
probably attract attention from the owners of small tens'
ments. One is a proposition by Mr. Francis Pigott, the
member for Reading, for assessing to local rates the,
owners of leases which, in towns, are under the value (/'
£8 per annum, and £5 in the country. The other is de'
similar character, by Mr. Poulett Scrope, who wishes to
exempt the occupiers of small tenements from local taxi'
tion. In this last case no amount is fixed. On form.°

tertett
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stigmatise:
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THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—III looking over the occasions, when it was sought to establish, by direct lcgis'
Life and Correspondence of the late Dr. Arnold, we find lation, the principle of rating landlords, there has been 0
most determined opposition, which hashitherto succeeded•
the following opinions expressed regarding the present
Bishop of Manchester, in letters addressed to Archdeacon Whether the intended measures possess within themselves
the elements of conciliating the house-owners is not yet
Hare. They are highly honourable to the writer, as well
known ; but it is not very likely.
as to the gentleman to whom they refer :—" I cannot
close this letter without thanking you most warmly for THE ORIGINATORS OF WAR.—We are not for recta&
the invaluable. man you procured me in Lee. He is, indeed, ing our armaments just now. Why ? Be.ause the ques-
far too good for any subordinate situation ; yet, having tion of peace or war is not in the hands of merchants, or
once had such a man here, it will be a bitter loss to be of wise and good men, or of public opinion, or of the
obliged to part with him. I trust, however, that we may people in the widest sense, or in any sense at all. It i
keep him for a few years at least."—Rugby, Nov. 12, not even in the hands of ministers or kings. It is in the
1830.—Life, Av. of Arnold, sixth edition, p. 226. ~ you hands of fools or madmen, of dotards or striplings, of
would rejoice in the good that Lee is doing at Birming- tyrants and ruffians. An idiot throws the torch thatlights
ham ;I do not think that there is, in all England, a man up a conflagration—a fanatic strikes the blow that send!
a dynasty to its account, and nurses another in the cradle
of war. A sot may sway the destinies of an empire, and
more exactly in his place than he is now.—Fox How,
June 21, 1839.—Ibid, p. 47.
so of the world, till the nuisance is suppressed byi an
APPOINTMENT OF BISHOPS.—At a meeting of the
dultress and an assassin. A headstrong admiral or 1
Church Pastoral Aid Society at Manchester, last week, a
raw lieutenant a word of rash encouragement froin
the Rev. Hugh Stowell made the following observations : •
royalty or power—:a mistaken signal or an unintelligibli
—" He trusted the glaring anomaly of appointing a bishop
dispatch, may begin those bloody retaliations which en
by the Crown, and then the calling on the Chapter to
choose a Bishop—he trusted that that glaring anomaly
AVERY SLIGHT STAKE.--011 Monday night 311.'"
would be soon done away with. (Applause.) And he age cannotvE close.—Times.mi
g n moved in the house for a return, the description
should be glad to petition in favour of having it done away
the
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repeal
distanceeilue fromer tfig Gfr:hri h not very well heard at
with, and not to leave it in the mouths of their dissenting
table, cu
ownaswhichMr. Reynolds,
friends to say, ' What a mockery, what an anomaly is
Dublin, upon
that he intended to move an amen:dwelt:
this !' (Hear, hear.) He had no doubt the recent con-
The speaker blandly asked, " Has ,the hon. znembe'
troversy on the subject of the appointment of Dr. Hamp-
hhoeaursde tahemotion? Itis— ' That there be laid before this
den to a Bishopric, though that was a subject which he
return of each kind of live cattle and other alai'
mall. " Mr. Reolds " thought it was the return
troversy would have some good practical results in mak-
seemto think the Dublin." mistakeT of the
connected with the Corporation of
was not going to discuss, but he had no doubt that con-
ing men sweep away such antiquated inconsistencies and
by its laughter, did not
contradictions. (Hear, hear.)
hon. member a very material one. A return of th,l
ENTHRONIZATION OF THE BIEHOP OF MANCHESTER. " other animals"—we could not spare the " live cattle
—The ceremony of enthroning the Bishop of Manchester —might easily include the members of the Corporation
took place, on Friday morning, in the choir of the Cathe- of Dublin and a few more of their fellow-country
neen
dral Church. The Bishop was met at the main entrance now in England, and would be very seasonable, if such
by the Very Rev. the Dean (Dr. Bowers), and Canons return was—to Ireland !
Wray, Clifton, Sergeant, and Parkinson, who were attired
as
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A PROPER REBUKE.—In the House of Commons, on
in their canonicals. His lordship was conducted to a seat Friday week, Sir 11. Inglis presented several petitions fro!:
placed immediately
sine front of the communion table,
when the ordinary erice on such occasions was read ;
wished to know why these bodies assumed to them'
various
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after which the usual interrogatories were put to the
Bishop by the Dean. The Bishop answered each lodges,Relefe
Domini, from several bodies of loyal Orangemen.—XP
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him from the chair to the throne, and in brief terms ex- known they had been denounced in more than one Vt.;
pressed the congratulation of the Chapter on his elevation
to the Episcopal See. The Dean and Canons then Pro- R. Inglis said as the hon. member for Middlesex ( lane'
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Bishop, and implored the Divine blessing upon
The Bishop then pronounced the benediction, and the
ceremony was concluded. not belong to them, he begged to say the petitioners ha
THE PEW QUESTION IN CHELTENHAM.—For some as much right to that character as the . hon. member
time past the parishioners of Cheltenham have been at himself.
issue relative to the appropriation of a great number of Cosi. OF PRODUCING SUGAR.—In the speech of 3fr.
of
hTitith ee.
the pews in the parish church. Certain houses, chiefly T. Baring we have supplied some interesting particular;
situate in the High-street, or more ancient part of the with reference to the relative cost of production of sugar
town, were supposed to possess a right by prescription to in the island of St. Kitt's during the period of slave"
particular pews in Saint Mary's. The owners of these as compared with the cost under a state of free labour',
houses, and others, from tfme to time, have sold, re-sold, The return is made up with great exactness, from exPei,
let, and sub-let, the pews so claimed, to the great detri- rience on an estate and in an island both favourablY,sA
meat of many parishioners, who claimed a right to a seat tuated as regards other sugar properties in the Brit';
in their parish church, but were prevented by the traffic West Indies. It is as follows :—The cost of produc_je"
in pews. As much as £2OO have been asked for pews per cwt. averaged—During the last four years of slave";
favourably situated, and by a strange perversion of pur- 4s. sd. ; during the last four years of apprenticesbt
poses, one of the most prominent anti-Church-rate lead- 6s. 7d. ; during the first four years of freodom, 16s. 11 'l,'
ers in the town, who pertinaciously refuses to pay a six- during the last four years of freedom, 21s. 7d. The ail:,
pence to the rate, lets a couple of the pews so claimed at ference between the cost during the last four years of swd
a handsome rental. At length, however, some few very and the last four years of freedom is 17s. 2d. P,..";
lel
parishioners memorialised the Bishop of the diocese, and cwt. The returns of ten estates in the same island, g°
at his last triennial visitation. August 30, 1847, his lord- ring the last four years, show an average cost of 225. ut
ship, assisted by Dr. Phillimore, instituted an enquiry per cwt. In both cases, the calculation is for sugar on t°,,
into the nature and extent of the evil complained of. The beach for shipment, without allowing any profit or 6131
result was that an order was made on the Churchwardens interest upon capital invested.
to report on the subject every particular they could obtain REASONS WHY THE JEWISH BILL is stiFeonTElVil
before the Ist Nov., 1847. This order was obeyed ; but The general mass of support given to the Jew question.
it was not until I.ist month, that any answer was given to not, we feel sorry to think, of so honest and open a o,:
their report. They received on the 25th ult. a letter from racter as that accorded to it by Mr. Wood. We belledl,B°
Dr. Phillimore, through Mr. Holt, the registrar of the and we are sorry to have to say it, but we believe it tn,,,wi
consistory court, at Gloucester, informing them that the the fact, that the feeling which generally supports r.,
ijelliitgtilbeuismipnodrifftueureenetwis
court has no power to make an order with reference to measure throughout the country, and which is the ell''',..
fore it. At the same time the learned doctor lays it down
the disposal of those pews, unless some suit is pressed be- that carried Baron Rothschild in London, is one of sbs
hme.thePreaopmleanreisalalyjtehtvinokrtahacthirs',
oro
as a clear rule of law, that no parties can have a right to
sell pews in a parish church, unless by virtue of an act of lien. We do not, of course, speak now of such men
parliament, that " prescriptive right," 'and " faculty Mr. Wood, Mr. Gladstone, or, to take another case, 3;,x
right," to pews, are very rare, and must be of an unques- Sheil, or of those who think with them. But we ern,
tionable character, or else should be treated as nullities in of the mass of men—men engrossed in worldly eoneer";s
law, and that in every instance where the holder of a pew who make up the Jewish party on this occasion; and "to
ceases to be a parishioner his right ceases. Although the say advisedly that the above is a literal account of tb el
letter of the learned doctor is clear on many points, still feeling in the matter. They do not think it of importance
as no order has emanated from the Bishop or the Consis- whether a man is a Jew or a Christian, and by consequec
tory Court, the matter is left in considerable doubt, the they do not think it of importance either, whether a leg,lloo
Churchwardens, if they act at all, being obliged to do so lator is a Jew or a Christian. And thence the transitl
on their own responsibility. is easy_to an active suyport of the Jew, merely bees°o

as such, he is opposed:L-Guardian.
sbwillttoßeonmabel.e herTh eMnaojbesietyrntaoreqsutiasbmli establish
moved,
first DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.—In the 11°,0
of Lords on Monday night the Marquis of Lansdownoio,
second reading on Friday. Lord Stanley and, 0
dilitillieg"aof the bill, and gave notice that he would Po
etroasetf Richmond protested in the strongest terniliii°
course pursued by the government with respect t°
fimotpohnrsoauestttkeihcerei
nab
bill. A measure of such immense importance ought
to be pressed forward without giving time for duo e°, ,'";(4
deration. The people of England and Scotland-110;d
the least idea that such a bill was in contemplation ;
the announcement of it would cause the greatest eLcor
ment throughout the country. The Marquis of ambledowne yielded to the strong expressions of the two 0"for
lords for delay, and subsequently appointed the lithieo
the second reading of the bill. We are disposed to 436
with extreme jealousy the overtures that are now tns of
to the see of Rome ; and it behoves the true -frienuce
Protestantism to watch vigilantly the overt acts of the or
vernment. The promise of the Earl of Eglington t 0 1e
traducea clause preventing the Pope sending an ricoll!
siastic as Ambassador to this country,"—and the spec ,old
assurance of the Marquis of Lansdowne, that he to
" never have asked their lordships to give their asselj
poG
the bill, unless he was enabled to prove that it won' re'
be attended with the slightest injury to the Protestants
ligion,"—we hope will not be sufficient to satisfy ,
House of Lords, whose opposition to such a ineasureitoo
_
)y petitions '

io doubt, speedily be
!very part of the country

trengthened

LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL CommirrEE-MEN.-or
well-known case of Reynell v. Lewis, came on for ll'of
ing before the Chef Baron, at Nisi Prins, on \Wane!,
Phic vr•ne .1 • I _ isrOv A,

by tile plaintin, as advertising agent, against the ae,:e-te
ant, as a Provisional Committee-man of a railway scPrti9s
in respect of which the debt was incurred for .advevir
ments. A verdict was given for the defendant, the voni
Chief Baron confirming the doctrine already laid!'
that a Provisional Committee is not 0 partrzers4/Pee'
that no man, by becoming a member of a Con-1111i° ,100:4
bound by the acts of that Committee, unless 'll,enriev
some other act rendering himself liable, or a11t.n1.5e,:

had actually given an indemnity to the defendant, I' • tips
-iven by their order to the Plain

advertisements were g
The liability could not I

sustained.