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of synbdical action originated among the working ^ FEe an d important meetingoTl ^ e ^ -frrends-of ? w Phiwch of England " w * s held at the Hanover-££ e * o 6 ms on Thursday . ^ Reveren d ^ Col - lins B . D ., rural dean of the ^ locese of Ripoa , resided . The meeting was considered as adjourned &bm a meeting held at Derby in October last , as ^> ur readers will remember . Resolutions were passed in favour of the revival of diocesan synods ; and the meetingazain adjourned until the . 29 th of April , 1852 . In the diocese of Exeter there is great activity . Petitions are in course of signature to be presented to both Houses of Convocation next session , praying them to take the necessary steps to procure leave from the Crown for the performance of their constitutional functions . The Exeter Church Union passed a , series of resolutions on Tuesday last , condemning Lord Shaftesbury's proposed alterations in the National Society ; thanking Lord Redesdale for his conduct last July , " hailing with hope" Mr . Gladstone ' s promised bill on the subject of colonial dioceses ; and viewing " with feelings of devout thankfulness the truly Catholic suggestion made by the Bishop of Vermont to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , for the assembly of a council of the bishops of all the churches in communion with the Church of England , " to settle existing divisions , and maintain the primitive faith and constitution of the Church against the pretensions of Rome . The Preston Chronicle says that a few Protestant gentlemen , to mark their sense of the high literary attainments of Dr . Iingard , and of his private worth , intend to erect a monument ta his memory in the parish church of Hornby , near Lancaster , in which village the doctor resided about half a century . His remains , it will be remembered , are interred at XTshaw , in the county of Durham . ~ —~^ he ^ Ar ^ hdeaconjoLJsaintgnhas forwarded to the Leader the subjoined correspondence : — - ^ ~ TO SIB JOHN PAK 1 NXJT 0 N , BABONET . East Brent , January 10 , 1852 . Sir , —In you letter latelypublished in the Times , you appeal to the public , as against my friends and myself , in behalf of what you term " moderate counsels . " Now it is certainly possible that I may be wrong in my apprehension of what constitutes " moderation , " in dealing with such matters , as those ujjon which you and I are , unhappily , at issue—and as it is clear-that our apprehensions of what is meantjby " moderation" are not identical , 1 shall be glad to have the point quietly argued and cleared up for the public's sake , for your sake , and for my own sake . : I have always supposed that what is meant by " moderation" or " moderate councils , " in such matters , is this . . That neither party put any force , moral or otherwise , upon the other party's conscience , or help any one else to do so . I am content , you see , to argue this matter as a matter of individual conscience , and not as a matter of Church obedience , because my argument is ' sound either wayupon the low ground , as upon the high ground . Now , then , what is it exactly that you and your friends are about ? You have got from the State just the terms you like , just the conditions of assistance which suit your own conscience ; and , having got these—and very comfortable things they are to get—you apply yourselves to help the State in maintaining its refusal to your brethren of the Church of England of such terms and such conditions as suit their conscience . And this proceeding you are pleased to dignify with the title " moderate counsels . " Now what are . my friends and myself about ? What have we been asking , but asking in vain , ever since 1846 ? That our own conscience be respected . In asking this we have ever disclaimed all interference with those of our brethren who approve of the existing management clauses . We think them indeed mistaken in their estimate of the clauses themselves and of their tendencies . The mistake is matter of regret to us , but we do not interfere with them . We leave them , as we ask to be left ourselves , to follow their own conscience , without being bribed to sacrifice it . And this ib what we call " moderate counsels . " If I have misstated your part of the case in any way , I shall be glad to have the mistake pointed out . And I submit , I trust not offensively , but very plainly , that it would be only ridiculous , if it were not painful , to find memberb of the Church of England clamouring for the- unrestricted exercise of private judgment on their own behalf , and at the same moment straining every nerve to help the civil power to coerce what is , to them , the private judgment of their brethren . There ia an appearance of aelflshneers , too , about the proceeding which seems to call for explanation . What mischief can possibly result to yourself and your friends , to the public , to the Church , to the State , from simply allowing the addition of a management clause E ., under which those . whose conscience demand the appeal to the Bishop and to none other , the exclusive management of the school by the clergyman of the Parish , and the communicant qualification of the schoolmaster and schoolmistress , or what advantage can ' possibly acoruo to any one , by helping to exclude his brethren from a share in that State assistance which ho himself enjoys , no one has ever yet attempted to show j and no wonder , for it la impossible to show . But in the absence of reason and argument , the odium theologicum" and party considerations supply the place of both ; and so it is , that when my frienda and myself labour to secure clause E , which ia just as much our plain rigUt as olauaes A , B , 0 , J > , uro yours , we aro
told that we create " an unnecessary and injurious agitation . " — -Th ^ imblicj 8 nU . JLiiop e . have now some more correct understanding of the value of your appeal 7 ~« ntt-sdnrebetter means of judging which of us it is that really advocates " counsels of moderation . " t I beg to add that I purpose to make this letter public , together with any reply that you may see fit to give to it . . '¦ I have the honour , to-be , your obedient servant , Geobge A . Denison , Archdeacon of Tauntonv
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WestwoocUpark , Droitwich , January 12 , 1852 . - Reverend Sib , —I have this morning had the honour of receiving your letter of the 10 th instant . I beg you to believe that I do not intend anything like personal disrespect or discourtesy towards you , when I decline to enter into the " quiet argument as to what is meant by moderation in such , matters , " to which you invite me . " . I shall not shrink from any course which a sense of public duty may prescribe , but I am unwilling to be led into a controversial correspondence from which I do not think that any benefit would arise , either to the public or to the National Society . I have the honour to be , Reverend Sir , your obedient servant , John S . Pakinoton . The Venerable Archdeacon Denison . ;
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THE STATE OF IRELAND . Lord Rossmore last week convened a meeting of the magistrates of Monaghan , to consider ^ batrwas ^ necessary to be done , under the present circumstances . They resolved that the Riband conspiracy " has rendered life and property uncertain and unsafe , and declared that the reenactment of the Insurrection Act . was necessary to its suppression . They also suggest that murders , " and other offences denominated ' agrarian ' ' * should be tried by the grand jury panel . Thia " Ribandconspiracy , " and these " agrarian " outrages , which are causing so much" alarm in the North and West of Ireland , are described in a late number of the Dublin Mail as follows : of course we do not vouch for the correctness of the description . " A Riband lodge is an affiliated branch of a-secret society , composed exclusively of Roman Catholics , having for its object the twofold purposes of extirpating heresy and regulating the occupation and possession of land . It is both a religious and an agrarian society . Each separate lodge is composed of 40 members ; it has a master , secretary , delegate , three committeemen , and 34 members . These are admitted with a solemn oath to y ield unlimited obedience to the authorities of the institution , and to maintain the utmost secresy ; they pledge themselves ' to wade knee deep in Protestant blood , and to spare none of the heretic race , from the cradle to the crutch . ' The members are known to each other by secret signs and passwords , changed every three months by a central authority ,
unknown even to the conspirators themselves . They meet by concert at fairs and on market days at some publichouse , known to be friendly , and drop in one by one till the room is full , and then proceed to business . They avoid night meetings as much as possible , lest they attract attention ; and when they do meet at night , ic is generally at dances got up for the purpose , when the junior members are dressed in women ' s clothes ; all that appears to the observer is rustic hilarity and merriment , but the work of death is going on within . When an offence is committed against the barbarous code of law this society has established , either by an agent ejecting non-paying tenants form land for which they are unwilling or unable to pay any rent , or by a
farmer m becoming tenant for such ejected land , or by a landlord preferring a Protestant to a Roman Catholic tenant , or by information given for the purpose of bringing to justice members of the association , then , on the next meeting of the lodfje , a complaint is brought forward against the offending individual ; a jury is forthwith empannelled and sworn , consisting generally of seven members ; the master of the lodge acts as judge ; the complainant is sworn and examined by counsel ; members volunteer evidence on one side or other , and the judge charges the jury ; the verdict is brought in by the majority , and the sentence of death pronounced in hideous
mockery of justice by the presiding conspirator . 'JLhe appointment of the executioners next follows ; lots are drawn , and they on whom the fatal billet falls must , on pain of death , carry out the merciless sentence . Frequently , however , the trial and sentence aro reported tP a distant lodge , which furnishes the executioners , on the understanding of the service being returned in kind , when demanded .. There . la no liurry about the matter ; all is conducted in the most sedate and business-like manner . The victim is watched , his habits examined and reported , accurate information of all his movements obtained ; a time is appointed for his execution ; if unfavourable , it f a deferred with perfect coolness ; if favourable , he is executed without remorse and without mercy . "
Meanwhile the " Defenders" are calling meetings to expose the proselytise ™ , and tho Bishop of Galway endoavouring to put the decrees of tho Synod ot Thurles in execution . Dr . O'Donnell has publioly desired Dr . O'Toole , vice-president of tho Queen a
College ; Gal way , to resign his office ; the vice-president has declined . There seems likely to be as much : anarchy in the Roman Catholic as in the ^ n ^ lwh ~ Prme ^ nrt ChTirc h . — ———' - Mrs . Cosgrave , the wife of the head constable at Loughrea , murdered her two children on Thursday week by cutting their throats . The Galway Mercury says : — "No blame can attach to any party beside the unhappy woman ' herself , nor can any cause be assigned which might lead to the commission of the fearful deed . She was a person of a morbid and brooding disposition , much prone to novel reading , and she lived in a very secluded manner during the last nine months , but her conduct to her husband was most affectionate . " .
The legal authorities presiding over the courts in Nenagh , the counties of Kerry and Waterfofd , congratulate the juries on the lightness of the calendar . Clare , Limerick , and Tipperary , are quiet ; Monaghan , Louth , and Armagh , are disturbed . What a contrast to the state of things in 1845—6 ! Kerry , headed by the Earl of Kenmare , is even demanding a decrease of the police force . The Netory Telegraph tells us , that as Joseph Brady ,
an assistant bailiff , employed under the Earl of Charlemont , was returning home to his residence near Camla , in the county of Armagh , on Monday night , he was attacked from behind by three ruffians , one of whom knocked him down with a heavy bludgeon . The whole three fell on him , beating him on the head and about the chest until they thought him dead , when they departed . As soon as the unfortunate man came to his senses , he crawled to a
farm-house . The tenantry on Lord Charlemont s property in that neighbourhood have combined in determination to pay no rent . The Netory Examiner records another dreadful attempt at murder , the locality of the outrage this time being that part of the county of Armagh adjoining the northern extremity of the county of Lou th . It appears tb at as Mr . Meredith ^ ChambreV Justice-of-the-Peace rof-H ^ w- — thorn-lodge , was returning from the petty sessions of Fbrkhill this he fired atwoundedcarried
evening , was , , first to the house . of'a peasant , and thence to his residence . His horse and car ran away home , and his wife , who was dressed for dinner , instantly ran out , and , followed by a servant , hurried to the scene of the assassination . Mr . Chambre is not expected to recover . It is said that the police have succeeded in arresting two men , one of whom was half undressed in bed , and ia his pocket was found a " riband order , " on which his own name and that of Mr . Chambre were written .
The meeting of Mr . Fortescue ' s tenants was held on Monday . While all agreed that if Mr . Fortescue had been menaced with assassination the would-be assassins were execrable , there was a difference of opinion respecting the truth of the allegation ; the Reverend Mr . Marmion asserting that he was satisfied now that a Riband conspiracy did exist , and the Reverend Mr . Callan contradicting him point blank . The resolutions were highly favourable to Mr . Fortescue .
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AMERICA COMING TO EUROPE . KOSSUTH AT WASHINGTON . The good old English habit of dining in amity flourishes in the land of our . brethren over the Atlantic ; and at the banquets of rival statesmen are uttered the heartiest words Of welcome to the heroic refugee from the nation whose forefathers defended Europe against Moslemism , The last mail brought by the Pacific , which left New York on the 10 th , and anchored in the Mersey on Wednesday , is full of important facts and indications of the state of feeling in relation toKossuth . Throughout the week , ending Saturday the 10 thsuccessive demonstrations , public and
, private , had been held at Washington . Kossuth had dined with the President privately on the 3 rd of January ; had visited all the governmental departments ; dined on the 6 th at the House of Senator Seward , in company with Mr . Webster , General Cass , and General Sam Houston ; he was received by the House of Representatives on the 7 th , and welcomed by the Speaker in the name of the House ; and on the 7 th he was present- at the Congressional banquet , so called , because the three hundred persons present
were chiefly members of Congress . This was a most eventful occasion , and is fairly the starting point of the new foreign policy of the United States . Mr . King , the President of the Senate , occupied the chair ; and seated on his right were Kossuth and Mr . Lynn Boyd , Speaker of the Lower House , and on his left , Daniel Webster ; Secretaries Corwin and Stewart , Judge Wayne , General Houston , and Senator Seward , near at hand . The cloth being removed , the ladies admitted , and the loyal American toasts drunk , Mr . King gave the toast '' . Hungary , " represented
by their welcome and honoured guest . " Having proved herself worthy to be free by the virtues ana valour of her aons , the law o { nations and the dictates of justice alike demand that she shall have fair play in her struggle for independence . ( Moat enthusiastic cheering . )" Governor Kossuth arose , when tho cheering had subsided ; and , bowing feelingly , began his oration aa follows : — " Sir , —As once Oyneaa , the Epirote , stood among th « flenfttora of Rome , who , with an earnest word , of oelf-
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East Brent , January 14 ,. 1852 . Sib , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12 th instant . I have only to say upon it , that I regret you should have added your name to the list of those , who , having published grievous charges against their brethren of the Church of England , are not prepared to support and justify their act by any manner of argument or proof . I have the honour to be , Sir , your obedient Servant , George A . Denison , Archdeacon of Taunton . Sir John Pakington , Baronet .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1852, page 75, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1919/page/7/
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