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;entenced the prisoner to three niontl

addressing the court, said -that
to the court what he knew of this case
told that the priscner and his family wee

had died, and he had been credibly informed that the
mother eat part of its legs and feet after its death. He
had the body exhumed, and found that nothing but the

instantly discharged.—Galway Vindicator.
IS THE PURCHASE OF PIKES LEGAL ?—A man named
Thomas Kirwan was brought up at the Dublin Police
Court, on Saturday, charged by Thomas Arkins, a special
constable, with having bought six pike heads of David
Hyland, blacksmith. The prisoner had ordered six pikes
to be made, and when he came for three of them, Hyland

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He was accordingly a

suspecting that..
go to the Castle. _
Mr. Arkins (apparently one of the young Irelan
who appeared against him

The case was adjour

party),
ned till

.
Monday, when Col. Brown, (commissioner of police)
stated that the prisoner had been employed by him to get

and unconstitutional concessions to popery, and of discourag-
ing the loyal, peaceable, and industnous portion of our com-
munity." - _ _

Moved by the Rev. H. Hodson, district chaplain ; se-
conded by James Reilly, deputy master of 536 :
Resolved—" That, considering the present distracted, demo-
ralised, and unhappy state of other parts of Ireland, we feel
deeply grateful to Almighty God for the pe ce, safety, and
comfort by which we are surrounded in Ulster, and ascribe all
our blessings, under Him, to the unrestricted use of His HOLY
WORD, and the unshackled liberty of conscience secured to us
by our PROTESTANT FAITH." _

(Signed)
JAMES WATSON, Chairman.
T. F. CALDWELL, Vice-Chairman

Other meetings of Orangemen, with similar objects,
have taken place in various parts of Ireland. The follow-
ing was one of the resolutions passed at a meeting at
Newry :—" That although we consider that loyalists have
been heretofore very badly treated when it was considered
their services would no longer be required, yet as our
loyalty is not based on unworthy motives, but arises solely
from a conviction of the soundness of the principles we
have espoused, we declare readiness, if reauired, to turn
out and assist his Excellency and the constituted authori-
ties in the maintenance of good order and good govern-
ment."

What does the Popish press, and what do the public
generally think of the Orangemen now ?—Will their loyal-
ty be doubled after this ?

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—An elegant stone screen, of
beautiful design, is now erected behind the handsome pul-
pit, which has lately been presented to the Cathedral by
Sir E. S. Walker.

DEATH OF BISHOP. RUSSELL.—This prelate of the
Scottish Church was, as in the case of the late Dr. Chal-
mers, found dead in his bed early on Monday morning.
The previous day he conducted the services in the chapel
at Leith, and thereafter the devotional exercises in his own
family.
MUNIFICENT GIFT IN AID OF THE ERECTION AND
ENDOWMENT OF CHURCHES.—John Hardy, Esq., late
M.P. for Bradford, has presented to the Rev. J. Burnet,
LL.D., the respected vicar of that parish, the munificent
sum of £6OOO for the purposes of church building and
endowment ; £2500 for the endowment of a church to be
built at Wibsey Bank Foot, in the township of North
Bierley ; £2500 for the endowment of a church to be
erected at Shelf; and the remaining £lOOO as a subscrip-
tion towards the building of the two churches. The
churches are to contain 500 sittings each, 350 of which are
to be free, and the population of the district to be assigned
to each church is not to exceed 2000 persons. Messrs.
Mellinson and Healy are appointed architects ; and Geo.
Ilarron, Esq., of Druton, near Hull, has very liberally
given the site for the church intended to be erected at
Wibsey Bank Foot, the works of which it is expected will
commence before the end of the present month.

POPERY IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—That there
are still many clergymen of the Church of England, who,
in secret, work for the propagation of Popery, though
they deem it prudent to preach publicly within bounds,
there cannot be a doubt. The exposures of the Puseyite
party have silenced their open perversion of Scriptural
truths, but still they go from house to house, and recom-
mend the perusal of certain works calculated to lead their
flocks astray. Only four days since we entered a friend's
house, and found on the table a volume entitled, " The
remains of George Herbert," it was left there by the in-
cumbent of the parish, several passages were underlined
in black lead pencil, and at page 52, under the head of
" Advice to Parsons on Sacraments," we found the fol-
lowing passage, "he is in great confusion, as being not
only to receive God, but to break and administer him."
The clergyman we allude to had underlined the word
" break." If this is not going the whole hog with Popery
we know not what is. The most bigoted Papist would
not go further than "breaking God!"—Shropshire Con-
servative.

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—This case came on at
Warwick last week. After the examination of the Bishop
and his lady totally denying the imputations alleged against
them, the defendant called several witnesses, most of whom
deposed to " peculiarities" in the Bishop's manner on the
occasions alluded to ; but the only witness who spoke with
any distinctness was Mr. W. J. Foster, the master of the
Blue Coat School at Birmingham, who swore that, in his
opinion, Mr. Lee was intoxicated when he visited the
school on the occasion referred to ; and that he had at the
time mentioned his suspicions to members of the com-
mittee. He admitted that Mr. Lee had put up an extem-
pore prayer and delivered a beautiful address to the chil-
dren—Mrs. Lee being present ; and that from the first
Mr. Lee had complained of the management of the school.
Mrs. Foster gave similar evidence. The sister of the de-
fendant—a lady of very amiable and most intelligent rp-
pearance—sat by his side, and acted as a junior counsel,
patiently assisting him throughout the whole of his very
long trial. The lady seemed perfectly conversant with all
the features of, and documents connected with, the case.
The jury found the defendant guilty, and he will be brought
up for judgment next term, which commences next week.
The defendant gave notice of applying for a new trial, on
the ground that the judge would not consent to postpone
the case to another day, to receive the evidence of one of
his witnesses, who was absent.
EPISCOPAL INCOMES.—The debate which took place
on Tuesday, in the House of Commons, upon Mr. Hors-
man's motion to diFeinti. ue the distinction between i!
episcopal and common funds, restricting the application
of the surplus revenues of the archbishops and bishops to
episcopal purposes, and permitting no part of it to be ap-
plied to the relief of parochial destitution—the debate on
this motion, although it resulted in the withdrawal of the
abstract resolution proposed to the house, will not remain
entirely fruitless. The working clergy will, we will not
say in due time—for the time has long been over due when
some arrangement should have been effected for extend-
ing their efficiency, and acknowledging it with adequate
remuneration—they will, we repeat, sooner or later, de-
rive benefit from Mr. Horsman's motion. Parochial des-
titution and inadequate clerical pay were confessed as
large and existing evils, by speakers on all sides of the
house, and of every shade of opinion. The speech of Sir
Robert Peel pointed to the magnitude of the evil, and that
of Lord John Russell left hope that it would not be per-
mitted to remain long unredressed. We think that the
rights of the working clergy may be established, and the
wrongs of the over-populous laity redressed, without the
privileges or the official property of the episcopacy suffer-
ing diminution, and we shall hail the day when this great
consummation shall be successfully arrived at. Lord
John Russell acts wisely in taking counsel of the lord
primate. The result of his grace's advice, if speedily
acted on, will be a day of renewed hope, the opening of a
season of realization for the Church of England generally.
—Church and State Gazette.