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bad imported a baron—the county of Sussex was a favourit 6 plaoe for such , things—he hoped the members for Sussex were present now . There was another bill announcing the appearance of a Baron de Gamen . ( Laughter and cries of 1 gammon . The Baron was to lecture an Mr . Chambers's motion on the 23 d instant at Brighton . It appeared that there was a very full meeting , and the Baron lecturing upon nunnerieB advanced the most monstrous absurdities , and produced tnodels . of instruments of torture , said to be used in nunneries , find asserted that during the ceremony of taking
the black veil the nuns were often smothered by the incense •^ fatwr / lter)— -and he stated cases in which they had been carried ^ out deadi ( Laughter ?) A thrill of horror pervaded rfhfl meeting ; and a gentleman challenged him to produce proof of fusts , just as the hon . member for Hertford had teen challenged here ; and as he could not , the Baron got in a . gre&t passion ; and a scene followed in which many females jr | Be 5 it supported the Baron , and one old lady distinguished Beiraelf by assaulting some ladies , supposed to be Roman Catholics ^ who occupied reserved seats—( laughter" )—xn& at length the meeting broke tip in great confusion . "
Mr . Qsborne showed that convents and monasteries Jiare decreased ; and lie corrected & prevalent error by ^ proving from Dr . I ) ollengen , of Munich , and Cfcwer&l : Radowitz that neither in Prussia nor Bavaria TOiliBteei&te the right of visitation to convents . Mr . ^ Oab ^ xrne wound up with these remarks : — ' ¦ . - ;«* n ^ j * r were going to send up-stairs a set of polemical -f » mtfiV ^ - < fat ^ Ater)—who had already come toafere--i ^ e conclusion on this question , who would rummage out , wlttijiid ooubt the hon . member for Hertford had already : SgD ^ insJus 5 tpockete , extracts from old works against Jesuits , jo ^^ th e o ^ y ^ esnlt be a « ry of ¦ * No Popery ; ' and therefore ; h 0 ^ < caUed , Qn the House to pause before appointing the comr nwiecL aod to vote for the amendment of the hon . and Dundalk there
^ Jw ^^^ j ^ nber for . But if was no objection h Jj ^ -i ^ Mmf i ^ Ba&f j ^ i ^ . 'inquiry , surely this was a most in-C ^ p iiMr ^ we iipie for such a motion . { Cheer * and covnter-«*« r « . ) V ^ e were on the eve of war . ( 'Rear , hear , ' and - -li ^ SimWSmeN ^ . : ~ WelL . then , we were at war ; and , when r-tBi « ?^^ hundreds of Uoman Catholre sailors in our fleet , ^ iiitfti ^^ soldiers in' bur army , it liwjjffliMtvwlw'or prudent to ^ n ^ feel , as he knew they I Wtl ^^ fii ^^ hatitbis WttS an insult to their religion . ( Cheers ' ^^^ iifmi $ ^ i )^ i ^^ - ^ B <} aqt 9 ! ir- no deliberative assembly r # | ip ^ i ) j ^ itt ^^ iperiod > had been guilty of such an absurdity . J $ 1 ) ij 0 BHi ^^ did somethingHke it ; for * CabflTO ^ cwafei that the council , pf the Greek empire was
eraauction as to whether the light cpon Mount Tabor waa created or imoreated , and " ' each side was ready to sacrifice ^^ tfi ^^ xmemtSj ^ when the enemy of civilisation , Matomet ^ the S ^ ndS was enteriug a breach in tie wall of the capital ¦^ ofr : Gh ^ nstewbmk It struck Mr . Osborne that they were doing : . something very tike it . The enemy ef all civilisation : was ev « n . no ^ stxrnng to eater , the same capital , and they were . & ^^ g » motion for inquiring into religious houses ; not - ' wiwa viewto mquny , but m order to carry outihe nefanf otis : p « ii « ctaof the Protestant Alliance and the Scottish Con . ^ fer ^; and any Bomaa Catholic who did not feel it to be i- in * . f « u » lr An ma amm mtiat . ha van Hi-rtoranf # Wu \ vn uhaf hA
to ^ him ^ for . Hjs c caueo on the House in the name of ^ rOzpeo > n (^ , ' and . in the name of justice , to support the ' amendment of thVhoa : member for Dundalk . " ( Loiid and Jowcpntmj ^ cheertnff . ) ( W .. ^^ rJXB 8 iBB was put up to reply . He congratuijtted lk ( r . Osborneon the fact that office had not destroyed the force or the freedom of his expression . But he had treated a solemn subject with levity , and had' met serious arguments with " bundles of rubbish , ' ? « silly paragraphs , " and other absurdities . ' ' Mr . Buhlop said that Mr . Oaborne was wrong in asserting that the resolution he referred to had passed , the Scotch Conference ; but he was followed immediately by Mr . Fitzgerald , who asserted that it was adopted at a great meeting at Edinburgh ,
. where Popery was denounced in the most impious way * ¦ After some more discussion , Mr . Cogan moved the adjournment of the debate ; but the motion was rejected by 233 to 91 . Then Mr . Moore moved the adjournment of the House ; that also was negatived by 223 to 59 . Finally Mr . Bowyer's amendment was negatived by 17 / to 120 ; and the nomination of the committee was adjourned till Thursday . ' The greater part of Thursday night was taken up with jaiocti 0 fU (> ns on the nomination of the committee . Mr . ( QwOiS > paoved the omission of the name of Mr . Chambers—^ negatived by' 117 to 60 . Mr . Luoas moved that the app < ant | n « nt of the committee be discharged . Before any ^ division could be taken Mr . Scully moved the adjournment of the debate—negatived by 150 to 74 . Mr . Kennedy now moved the adjournment . The division was taken nt half-_ past one—negatived by 121 to 68 . Mr . Moore then rose and moved the adjournment ; and , wearied out , Mr . Chambers consented .
IiT 0 OMB-TAX .- ~ -On the third reading Sir John Pakxnotoic made a long dull speech , hashing up Mr . Disraeli ' s old orations about the balances at the Exchequer , and the knowledge Ministers had of Russian intentions . Mr , Cardwell , replied . Other speakers followed ; but no division was taken , and the bill was road a third time and passed without opposition . Cuubch Rkvicnucs . —A fruitless debate o > n Lord BLANDFOim ' s Epiacopal and Capitular Estates Bill took place oa the second reading , on Wednesday . The bill proposes to vest the mana . g « ment of the property of bishoprics and chapters in tbeCaurch Estatea Commissionore , paying btshopa and chaptera a fixed sum , amd contemplating a gain of half a million by tbe arrangement , which would be upp lied in various ways for the benefit of the Cliurch . Among Its opponents are Mr . Goulbuun , Sir William Clay , and Mr . Hknley , and among itn uupportcis , Mr . IIljmic and Mr . HoiMUttAN . Ho unumbor of the Cabinet w * u present ,
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THE CO 1 TVENT INQIHSITION . The following document has been issued , entitled " A Declaration of the Catholics of Great Britain to four Protestant Eellow-countrymen , " and signed by several peers , and upwards of 300 Catholic gentlemefir ? r"The undersigned desire it to be known that they regard the saccess of the motion of Mr . Chambers in the House of Commons as a direct attack upon the Catholic religion , and as an insult to those who profess it , no less than as an infraction / of the religious toleration of which they are said to be assured by the constitution . They do not propose to argue a point which t l ey believe to be clear to all intelligent and fair minds , and therefore content themselves with the declaration that they view the proposal of Mr . Chambers , however , he may himself represent it , simply as a proof or hatred and fear of the Catholic religion , and of an ardent
desire to impede its legitimate influence by persecution . The charges against the convents of women have long since been satisfactorily refuted , and if they -were true the undersigned would be , of all persons , those most interested in procuring redress . To suppose them indifferent on such a subject would , in itself , be a grave imp-utation . The proposal to examine by a Parliamentary committee into the condition of monasteries , amounting , as it docs , to the institution of a tribunal of inquiry with a view to the criminal prosecution of individual Englishmen , they can hardly believe to be serious . la any case there are sufficient constitutional and legal reasons for the rejection of this proposal , without calling upon Catholics to deal with it as a religions question . This statement is made in ord « r that no misconception should exist respecting the sentiments of the Catholic body on a matter in which their rights of common citizenship are involved . "
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having more serious work on hand , and after an unsatisfactory talk of several hours the debate "was adjourned till the 8 th of Acpril . Ministbrs' Monet . —This Government bill passed through committee on Monday . It was gallantly contested and several divisions took place . The most important were these : —Mr . Fagan moved that all liouses under 20 / . rent should be exempt from the tax ; this was negatived by 92 to 77 . Mr . Hadfeeld repeated the motion , substituting 15 / . for 20 ? ., with a similar result . It was fixed at 10 / . Mr . John O'Conhbll moved that houses the property of Roman Catholics should be exempt , bat he was defeated by
92 to 71 . . Dublin Mails . —Mr . H . Herbert , after anNexplanatory statement , moved , " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that immediate measnres should be taken to give effect to the recommendation contained in the report of the select committee of that House , appointed in the hist session to examine and report upon the present state of communication between London and Dnbkn ; namely , ' that a class of steamers be provided with adequate accommodation for passengers , and-Witfugreater capabilities as regards speed than those at present employed . ' " Mr . Vakob seconded the motion .
Mr . Gladstone reminded the Ho-nse that postal communication with Ireland was regulated in accordance with the recommendation of a select committee , who advised that the contract > system should be substituted for the Government performing the service itself . That recommendation had been a ^ d upon in every case save one— -the Dover passage —and to . that case the change would take place on the 1 st of . April . The motion before the House was not really a " postal" question , bat a " passenger " , question , and not only a -passenger question , but an " upper passenger"
question—in fact , a demand to secure better accommodation , at a heavy expense to the public , for the special advantage oi that class of passengers the best able to take care of themselves . To provide the accommodation aimed at in the motion , an immediate outlay of 300 , 0002 . would be necessary , and an annual expenditure of 120 , 0002 . This was not the tuna for entering upon such an outlay—a case of sufficient necessity had not been made * out in its favour—and Mr . ' Gladstone called upon the "House to negative the motion . ' - ¦
After remarks from Mr . French and Mr . CowrER , Lord Naas urged that the motion had been opposed upon mistaken , grounds . It was a question of improved postal communication , and not of passenger comfort or luxury ; and the object could be effected at an outlay not exceeding 40 , 000 ? . per anxum . Ultimately a division was taken , said the motion negatived by 208 to 152 ..
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plaint against the Sultan with reference to the settlement , which his Highness had sanctioned , of the conflicting claims of the Greek and Latin Churches to a portion of the Holy Places of Jerusalem and its neighbourhood . To the complaint of the Emperor of ItusBia on this head justice was done ; and her Majesty ' s ambassador at Constantinople had the satisfaction of promoting an arrangement to which no exception was taken by the Russian Government . But while the Russian Government repeatedly assured the Government of her Majesty tbat the mission of Prince Menschikoff to Constantinople waa
exclusively directed to the settlement of the question of the Holy Places at Jerusalem , Prince Menschikoff himself pressed upon the Forte other demands of a far more serious and important character , the nature of which he in the first instance endeavoured , as far as possible , to conceal from her Majesty's ambassador . And these demands , thus studiously concealed , affected not the privileges of the Greek Church at Jerusalem * but the position of many millions of Turkish subjects in their relations to their Sovereign the Sultan . These demands were rejected by the spontaneous decision of the Sublime Forte .
Two assurances had been given to her Majesty : one , tbat the mission of Prince Menschikoff only regarded the Holy Places ; the other , that his mission -would be of a conciliatory character . In both respects her Majesty ' s just expectations were disappointed . Demands were made which , in the opinion of the Sultan , extended to the substitution of the Emperor of Russia's authority for his * own , over a large por- >* tion of his subjects ; and those demands were
enforced by a threat : and when her Majesty ' learnt that , on announcing the termination of his mission , Prince Menschikoff declared that , the . refusal of his demands would impose upon the Imperial Government the necessity of seeking a guarantee by its own power , her Majesty thought proper that her fleet should leave Malta , and , in co-operation with that of his Majesty the Emperor of the French , take up its station in the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles .
So long as the negotiation bore an amicable character her Majesty refrained from any demonstration of force . But when , in addition to the assemblage of large military forces on the frontier of Turkey , the ambassador of Russia intimated that serious consequences would . ensue from the refusal of the Sultan to comply with unwarrantable demands , her Majesty deemed it right , in conjunction with the Emperor of the French , to give an unquestionable proof of her determination to support the sovereign rights of the Sultan .
The Russian Government has maintained that the determination of the Emperor to occupy the Principalities was taken in consequence of the advance of the fleets of England and France . But the menace of invasion of the Turkish territory was conveyed in Count Nesselrode ' s note to Rechid Pacha of the 19 th ( 31 st ) May , and re-stated in his despatch ' to Baron Brunnow of the 20 th May ( 1 st June ) , which announced the determination of the Emperor of Russia to order his troops to occupy the Principalities , if the Porte did not within a week comply with the demands of Russia ^
The despatch to her Majesty ' s ambassador at Constantinople , authorising him in certain specified contingencies to send for the British fleet , was dated the 31 st May , and the order sent direct from England to her Majesty ' s admiral to proceed to the neighbourhood of the Dardanelles was dated the 2 nd of June . The determination to occupy the Principalities was therefore taken before the orders for the advance of the combined squadrons were given .
The Sultan ' s Minister was , informed that , unless he signed within a week , and without the change of a word , the note proposed to the Porte by Prince Menschikoff on the eve of his departure from Constantinople , the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia would be occupied by Russian troops . The Sultan could not accede to so insulting a demand ; but when the actual occupation of the Principalities took place , the Sultan did not , as he might have done in the exercise of his undoubted right , declare war , but addressed a protest t # his allies .
THE DECLARATION OF WAR . ( From the supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday , 28 th March . ") It is with deep regret that her Majesty announces the failure of her anxious and protracted endeavours to preserve for her people aad for Europe the blessings of peace . The unprovoked aggression of the Emperor of Euflsia against the Sublime Porte has been persisted in with such disregard of consequences , that , after
the rejection by the Emperor of Russia of terms which the Emperor of Austria , the Emperor of tho Trench , and the King of Truesiu , as well as her Majesty , considered just nnd equitable , her Majesty is compelled , by a sense of what is due to the honour of her Crown , to the interests of her people , and to the independence of the States of Europe , to corno forward in defence of an ally whose territory is invaded , and whose dignity and independence are assailed .
Her Majesty , in justification of tho courso she ia about to pursue , refers to tlio transactiona in which her Majesty has been engaged . The Emperor of ltus » iahiul some cnuse of
coni-Her Majesty , in conjunction with the Sovereigns of Austria , France , and Prussia , has made various attempts to meet any just demands of the Emperor of lluaaia without affecting the dignity and independence of the Sultan ; and had it been the sole object of Russia to obtain security for the enjoyment by the Christian subjects of the Porte of their privileges and immunities , she would have found it in the offers that have been made by the Sultan
. But as that security was not offered in tho shape of a special and separate stipulation with Russia , it was rejected . Twice has this offer been made by tlio Sultan , and recommended by the Four Powers : once by a note originally prepared at Vienna , and subsequently modified by tho l ' orto ; once by tho proposal of basis of negotiation agreed upon at Constantinople on the . 'list of December , and approved at Vicuna on the 13 th of January , as offering to tho two pairtios tho means of arriving
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292 * THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), April 1, 1854, page 292, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2032/page/4/
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