The Sun. — 1864-04-09 (London, England)

NEWDEGATE—I knew not one single thing about it. Lord C. HOWARD continued. He hoped this would be a caution to the hon. gentleman in future as to what company he trusted himself in, and what use might be sought to be made by others of one who was a member of one of the largest interests in England. Really, a gentleman of his age—(laughter)—they heard of young men going into the metropolis and being taken advantage of by persons here and there. This did happen, but the house would allow him to suggest, in the most friendly way, that if the hon. gentleman had not been prudent hitherto, he should in future have some little introduction, and see who the persons were who soaght to father their views upon him and lead him into practices which he himself would deprecate. That paper accused the duchess of the prospective murder of her daughter by immuring her in a certain convent. That young lady was his niece, and he never saw a person so anxious to enter into the order, knowing well its scope and practices, as she was. There were many young w omen who like her never could be happy in the tumult and disturbance of the world. The hon. gentleman had said that they should respect the feelings of others as Protestants. Had the hon. gentleman respected their feelings as Catholics when he stated that he disapproved of the letter being addressed to the duchess, but not its contents. That letter said her grace stood by the grave of his relative in a sort of ecstacy ; that was not attributing the most praise. worthy motives to her grace, who seemed to have gone to the funeral to take part in the ceremony that was being performed on the solemn occasion. And then as to the increase in the number of converts ; the fact was that in 999 cases out of 1000 these converts simply consisted of two or three nuns, who were invited into the neighbourhood to teach a school which some philanthropic gentleman had founded. , There were those—and probably the hon. gentleman amongst the number—who accused the Catholics of keeping their poor in ignorance; and yet they threw every obstacle in the way of their educating them. He apologised to the house for the statement which he had made ; it had been most painful to him. if the sorrows whiehoppressed one more than one could describe were to be raked up in this way before the public one must come to the house and in one's place defend himself from such attacks. Unfortunately his famiiy had been diminished very considerably of late, but he was happy that he was spared to defend them from the calumnies which he had hoped that no member of this house would have lent himself to. His family could wish the hon. member (Mr. Newdegate) no harm; they would wish: that he might see the error of his ways, and as he became an older he might become a wiser and a juster man. Thanking the house meet cordially for the reception they had given him, and convinced that the British public would know where to bestow its sympathy and its judgment —a judgment, although it might be misled at times, was in the main sound and healthy—he left the case with the fullest confidence in their hands. (Cheers.) Mr. O'HAGAN said it was perfectly notorious that, in every probate cturt in Ireland, as well as in England, cases were continually occurring on the ground that spiritual influence had been exercised, and on that ground the verdict was sometimes set aside. The hon. and learned gentleman proceeded to say that Mr. Hutchinson had a fortune of £30,000, over which he had had entire control during his  Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that he would put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury to the effect that whether the result of the Conference having entered into any engagement which might be binding on this country, the terms of such engagement should not be submitted to Parliament for sanction before its aloption. ST.