The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-14
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LONDON, March 26, 1851.
THE pApAL AGGRESSION.

The Papal aggression has passed the zenlth,
and the bill rendering penal the assumption OF
territorial titles by Romanist priests has been
carried on its second reading by majority OF
343-the numbers having been 43S against 90
The immense majority has caused bitterness
and CONSERVATION among the supporters Of the
Pope. 1t was never doubted by any one that
the measure would be adopted, but its oppo-
nents had persuaded themselves that they would
be able TO reduce the vote to mt III lower
number The disappointment OF the Irish mem
bers at the result has been increased by the fact
that, previously to the division, they had been
allowed to talk as much AS they liked During
the greater period Of the entire debate they rose
one after another, and were listened to without
interruption. There wa no power of complain
ing, therefore, that decision had been come to
in the hurry of intempernnce and without the
opportunity having been afforded them OF ex-
hausting their etorc.
They had, however consid erably damaged
their cause by their open avowal that the doe
trine of the end justifying the means would be
the rule Of their conduct, and that if the minister
dared to press the measure, they would vote
against him in body upon all other questions,
whatever might be their opinions of the abstract
right or wrong Of what he might propose. Since
this notification the party have been styled :" the
honorable members for Rome"
Another cauLe Of weakened resistance was
found in some remarkable revelations of the pc
cuar energy with which the Roman Catholic
priesthood are pursuing their designs in private
homes. A few weeks since an action was conf
menced in one of the law courts by the rela-
tiyes of Frenchman, who died in London, be
queathing the savings Of his life--about E7,O00
to the advancement of Popery and who, b
was alleged, had made his will in his last mo-
ments under the threats and misrepresenta
c. two priests. While the scandal consequent
| upon the evidence in this case was yet fresh,
| another and far less doubtful affair was glarlng
| ly exposed A Miss Talbot, and orphan and a
ward in chancery with fortune of 100000,
was found to have been placed in a nunnery by
Roman Catholic relatives, (he Earl and Count
ess of Shrewsbury under circumstances which
bear all the appearance Of long and deliberate
plot to induce her upon coming of age to take
the veil, and transfer her property to the pur-
poses of the church. An inquiry instituted be-
fore the lord chancellor not only interrupted the
scheme but led to an exposure of deliberate
falsehood on the part of one of the Catholic
preates, Or. Hendren, "bishop" Of Clfton,)
which had anex tracrdinary effect in strengthen
ING the hands of Lord John Russell. This
| DR.. Hendren had incautiously rushed into print,
to defend all the proceedings in Miss Talbots
case, and among other things had said that she
had entered the nunnery as Protestant after
due explanations, and that the lord chancellor
had authorized her being placed there. Suisse
quent evidence from Miss Talbot and the lord
chancellor, respectively, have stamped both these
assertions q utterly untrue, and Bishop Hem
dren, who had previously figured for some days
as an indignant writer in the newspapers, has
since been publicly denounced in the most sim
I'LL oh la 10 10 nd has
ventured to utter another word. Apart from
their direct untruths also, the whole Of his at
tempted representations had shown the affair to
be very bad one Miss Talbot is 10 years of
age, and is forthwith to be removed from her
present guardians.
The list of 95 members who voted against the
Ministerial bill, contains no names CT any par
ticuar note in addition to those of the Irish and
Puyseite memb S, except those of Messrs. John
Bright and Jc PHI Hume. Mr. Golden was
against it, but he paired off with member OH
the Ministerial side, and therefore escaped voting
Mr.. Fredc lex Peel, the second son of the late
Sir Robert, likewise was in the l.st but Sir
Robert, his elder brother, warmly supported and
voted for the measure.
The bill has now to be discussed in committee
and it is thought not unlikely that the two
clauses originally proposed by Lord john for
feitng all requests made to persons assuming
the prohibited titles, will ultimately be restored
in order to make it stronger while on the other
hand clause may be introduced exemptiug Ire
land. Probably Lord John would not be sorry
to have both these alterations forced upon him.
| Accounts have been received of the effects
produced at Rome by the intelligence of the re-
turn of Lord John Russell to power The NOR
tifcation it created appears to have been such
that for time the Pope and Cardinals refused
to believe it. 1t will be interesting to learn the
way in which the new blow ca sed by the pass
ing of the Ministerial bill will be met
4 FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The continent remains stagnant and with the
exception of fitful expressions of disquiet and
apprehension, entertained by the ruling powers
throughout Europe, at the movements of MAJ
zini, there is scarcely any political matter to re-
mark upon. In the House of Lords last night,
two of the Tory peers, Lord Lyndhust and the
Earl of Aberdeen, made an effort to procure a
revival of the alien act to suppress the revolu-
tionary clubs which are known to exist in the
metropolis, and with which Mazzini, Ledru Roll
lin, Gen. Klapka and others are connected
Earl Grey, however, iDtimated that the govern
ment would not take any such step, although
they condemned the parties in question for
abusing the hospitality shown them, by making
the country the focus of their plans, and would
discountenance them as far as possible
1 Austria has decided to establish military cor
don between her Italian dependencies and Sar-
DINA, where the presence Of 10000 refugees in
spires her with constant dread. At the same
time she processes to treat Sardinia with frank
ness, and to desire a good understanding-the
secret of this amiability being that Sardinia is
discreety governed. so as to give Austria no pre-
text for offence, while it is likewise thoroughly
understood that her independence is watched
with interest by the English government, and
that France also is bound to protect the integ-
rity of her territory.
A secret of the recent Dresden conferences
appears to have TRANSFERRED, TO the effect that
Austria, with the completely of Prussia, had ac-
tually promoted an agreement that the suppress
sion Of the constitutions of the various smaller
States should form an indispensable part of their
plan for federal union.
Amongst the most recent indications Of the
state of affairs An Prussia, it appears that the
representation of the two plays, Massanieo and