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    March 29 , 1351 . THE NORTHERN STAR

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    CAERMARTHEX . jbj * L auoharss Poisosisg Case . —We noticed in ow pap 61 * of last week the trial of Elizabeth fibbs for the murder of . Rebecca Uphill , and her rL . oittal , and that she bad also been tried on a second indictment for the murder of Mrs . Mary Ann Sverae , at Brixton , . near Inugharne , by admiuisj ^ io * to er wilfully a quantity of arsenic , and acflniu ed * A strong feeling existed among the population *«* regard to the prisoner ' s guilt , as was ^ - . played in what took place after her trial . Reco urse was obliged to be bad to a ruse , in order to orotectthe accused from harm by the excited popu-J ^ and she was clandestinely conveyed from the Ijj H , h er sister ( who much resembles her ) bavin ** jjgeu mistaken for ber . This mistake was encouyjged by tbe police , who escorted tbe sister through streetsfollowed immense

    the , by an mob , -who uttgred the most threatening expressions , such as « Cook her goose , " "Give her physic , " " Give it to her , for tbe jury say killing is no murder ; " and she was saluted as tbe wbolesale and professional poisoner . " The most , strenuous exertions of the police were called into requisition , in order to save the woman from harm , andj as it was , she experienced some rough usage . The rage of the mob knew no bounds when they discovered the trick t hat had been practised upon them . Elizabeth Gibbs , however , got clear off to Laughame , but here she was again assailed by the inhabitants of the district , and got roughly handled . Immediately after ber acquittal she said , that "had the fools of jury found her guilty , she would never have confessed , even when the rope was round her n ^ ckj and that she would have died like a brick .

    AXGLESEA . Burglary . —George Robins , 25 , Alexander Gough , 39 , Thomas Smith , 23 , William Thompson , 25 , William Wrieht , 27 , Richard Pogh . 33 , and William Ring , 26 , severally pleaded Not Guilty , the three former , to breaking into the premises of John Williams , at Clandensant , in February . last , and stealing therefrom a quantity of drapery , and the four last-named as accessories after the fact . At the close of volumnious evidence a verdict of Guilty was returned . Robins . Gough ,. and Smith were sentenced to transportation for seven years , and the four others , after receiving a caution from the bench as to their future conduct , to sue months ' imprisonment with hard labour . Upon being removed , Robins said , " It is my ferveat prayer , my Lord , that you may sit there till I come back . ' '

    SHREWSBURY . Poachixc . —Richard Morris , a labourer , was indicted for night poachiug on the 13 th of January last . The evidence for the prosecution was , that a party of poachers , to the number of twelve , bein ? discovered in a plantation , the property of Mrs . Sarah Williams , by her gamekeepers , wh- > were only five in number , turned upon these , and after shooting a dog that accompanied them , severely beat them . Two of the gamekeepers were armed with " Protestant flails , " a weapon of a most formidable character , analogous to the modern life-preservers , and which are celebrated in Scott's novel of Feveril of the Fedk ,

    aud without which it was said uo loyal Protestant could go to bed in security , at the time of Titus Oates ' s Popish plot . The form is a wooden handle , absnt two feet long , with a shorter heavier piece of w < iod , well shod with iron , and connected with tbe handle by a hook or hinge ; so as to swingabout freely , and thus increase the force of the blow . Two of the gamekeepers spoke to the prisoner as having been one of the poaching p *» rty , the one identifying him by Ms voice , and the other by his appearance . For the defence an alibi was set up , which , however , the jury disbelieved , - and the prisoner , being convicted , was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with bard labour .

    Highwat RonnBRT . —John Latham , William Ignelch , and Thomas Holmes were indicted for a highway robbery with violence , on the person of Michael Hayward , on the 10 th of February last , at the parish of Oakeagates . From the statement of tbe prosecutor it appeared that he had been to Oakengates market , to buy some ram and groceries for his sister , and on bis return , at about eleven o ' clock at night , was attacked by the prisoners ; that Latham seized him from behind by the arms , and forcing hiskneesagaiust his back flung him to the ground , when bewas beaten and iilused by tbe two others , and robbed cf his rum and groceries , and money to the amount of two shillings and sixpence . His cries brought four men to his assistance , and in their presence be charged tbe

    prisoners with the robbery . Ignelch and Holmes were taken a-few days afterwards . The former denied all knowledge of having ever seen the prosecutor , and the latter said that a portion of the rum bedbeen given him by the prosecutor , and that he did not mind three months , as when he came out he would break the presenter ' s head . Latham absconded , and was not taken till after a fortnight . . For tbe defence it was urged that it was a drunken squabble ^ and that although the prosecutor bad been iilused by the prisoners , there was no satisfactory evidence that he had been robbed of his property by them , 'and that a verdict of assault wonld satisfy the jnstice of the case . Thejury took this view of the matter , and the prisoners were sentenced to six months'imprisonment .

    YORK . Ma-Vslacchteb at Tuobstox . — -Anthony Abbott was charged with the manslaughter of John Smith , at Thornton , near Skipton , on the 27 th of December last . —On the day above mentioned a large Christmas party was held at a public-house at Thornton . The prisoner and the deceased were there , and during the greater portion of the evening they were upon the most friendly terms . Soon after midnight the party broke up , and the prisoner and the deceased went , away in company together . In the coarse of a short time they commenced wrestling with each other , and the prisoner was thrown down with great violence to the ground . On getting up , the prisoner was out of temper .

    some angry words ensued between him and the deceased , and a fight was the result . The deceased was knocked down by a blow from the prisoner , who then took hold of his antagonist by the hair and dashed his bead npon the ground , which was stony at this particular spot . Some of the ptrty who had been at the public-house cirao up , and separated the two combatants . On lifting Smith from the ground , it was discovered that life was extinct .- —The defence was , that tbe prisoner used no violence to Smith whilst be was on the ground . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , with a strong recommendation to mercy , believing that the prisoner had not dashed the deceased ' s head upon the stones . —To be imprisoned , without hard labour , for sis months .

    Reoka v . Rooke , Smith , as » Scabie . —The deferdants , Matthew Scarfe , Thomas Rooke , and "William Smith , were charged on an indictment found at the Hull Sessions , with stealing 14 S sovereigns , and other property , from the person of Win . Ibzlewood , and there were several remarkable ¦ c ircumstances in the case . The prosecutor is a hawker , but he was not present at the trial , being nov in the House of Correction , at Beverley , for non-payment of a fine on a conviction for hawking without , a license , and being so ill as to be unable to leave Beverley . On the 6 th March , 1 S 50 , the prosecutor was at a public house which the prisoner Smith then kept at Hull , and the other prisoners were also there . The prosecutor made a

    • war-er with Scarfe that he could produce a hundred sovereigns in an hour . He went out , and returned ia about forty minutes , with a purse containing 148 sovereigns . The money was produced in the presence of all the prisoners , and the prosecution alleged that the old man was rendered stupid with drugged spirits , and that when he left the house he was attacked by Rooke and Scarfe , who effected the robbery . To connect Smith with it also , the evidence of a-girl who lived in his house at that time was proposed to be given , to prove that she saw Smith dealing with a large quantity of gold the day after the robbery . All the prisoners were committed for trial at tbe Hull sessions , bnfc the case had been removed by a writ of certiorari , and hence

    it-sappearanee in the court of Xisi Prius . —The girl referred to as having lived with Smith had got away from Hull since the prisoners were committed , but she could not now be found , and the prosecution alleged that she was taken away hy the procurement ofthe prisoners . The depositions of the girl were sought to be put in , and , after an able argument as to their admissibility , Mr . Justice Cresswell admitted them , subject to the opinion of the judges hereafter , should that opinion be deemed necessary . —After tbe learned counsel-bad addressed the jury for the prisoners , witnesses were called to give Smith a good character . —The jury found Smith Xot Guilty , Rooke aud Scarfe Guilty . — The defendants will be brought up next term for judgment .

    HEREFORD . Bcbgurt . —William Prosser and Francis Davis "were indicted for having burelariously broken and entered the dwelling-bouse of William Pritchard , at Llanreynoe , on the night of the 14 th day of December last , and stolen a sovereign , a promissory note for £ 5 , a shilling , and two penny pieces . It "" •"" as proved by tbe prosecutor , that on the above J- ' iht , shout twelve , three men struck violently at his door ; that he ran downstairs , saw the men standing outside a window near his door , and spoke * o them , when one of them struck at him with a

    s -jck through the window . The sashes of the " window broke the blow , and the stroke did not reach him , but it drove in against bis breast a ^ king-glass which was resting against the window . Taey then dashed several times against the door , and at length broke it in , and all three went into the house and searched it and found the money above mentioned , and then decamped . The prosecutor , his wife , aud his servant were positive that three men entered the house . The prosecutor and bis wife thought Davis was like one of tbe men ; -sad their servant swore positively to Prosser , as

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    avmg known him well for a long time . A convioj was fl'ed , who swore that he was the third man , and tendered himself as . a witness to many circumstances , but having stated that he did not go within twenty yards of . the house was altogether discredited . A young woman of the unfortunate class , an acquaintance of his ^ spoke also to a conversation between her and Davis . —The jurv found Davis-fcot Guilty , and Prosser Guilty ; and a ' former conviction having been proved against Prosser , he was transported for ten years .

    MATDSTOflE . Bobguhies at Chatham . —James Clark , 34 , James . Thomas ; 31 , and George Turner , 30 , were charged as principals in several burglaries ; and Thomas Wilson , 55 , - Harriet Wilson , 50 , and Hannah Summers , 34 , were charged in all the indictments with having feloniously received the property , knowing it to have been stolen . The charges were clearly brought home to the parties , with : the exception of Summers , by the evidence of Turner , who was admitted to give evidence for the Crown , and by other independent testimony ; and from the statement made by him it appeared that he and Clark and Thomas , and some other men , had committed a great many , burglaries in the neighbourhood of Chatham , and it would seem that the other

    prisoners , Thomas and Harriet Wilson , who kept a low public-house at Chatham called the . Cannon were the ready receivers of the stolen property . The prisoner Summers was a servant in the bouse , and it appeared that she had purchased a portion of the articles that had been stolen , but it was doubtful whether she bad done this of her own accord or under the authority of her master and mistress . —The jury eventually found , the prisoners Clarke and Thomas and both the Wilsons Guilty , and Acquitted Summers . —The learned Judge sentenced Clark and Thomas to be transported for life , and Thomas Wilson and Harriet Wilson to be transports for fourteen years . —The accomplice Turner , who had pleaded Guilty to another charge of felony , was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months .

    EXETER . Slasher . — -Bamlett v . Sioxe . —The plaintiff was a tea-dealer and grocer at Brixham . The defendant was also living in the same town , and for the last eight omine months had carried on the same business near to the shop of the plaintiff . Since that time , it appeared that tbe defendant , on several occasions , had stated to tradesmen of the town that the wife of the plaintiff had become addicted to drinking j that she spent large sums to gratify her desire for liquor , and that her husband was . thereby reduced in his circumstances . —Witnesses were called for the plaintiff , who spoke to the slanderous words uttered by the defendant , and particularly that he had said that the plaintiff could

    not pay his debts , and that the travellers had called on him in vain for money , and that he could not go on long . Several of the witnesses also spoke to the sobriety and good conduct of the plaintiffs wife . — The learned counsel for the plaintiff said that it was necessary for him to bring this action in vindication of his character , and that the defendant had therefore an opportunity of justifying the truth of the slander which he had uttered . This he had not ventured to do , but had merely pleaded that he bad not spoken the words complained of . The action was one which could not be brought in the County Court ; tbe plaintiff , therefore , was compelled to

    sue as he had done iu the superior court . —For the defendant , it was contended that tbe action was brought in consequence of the rivalry in trade , between , the parties , that no real damage was sustained by the alleged slander , and that the defendant was not actuated by malice , of -which the jury must be satisfied in order to find a verdict for the plaintiff . —The Lord Chief Baron summed up . To speak words of a trader imputing insolvency , or inability to pay his debts , was actionable ; and if the jury put that construction on the words used by the defendant , the law would imply that he acted maliciously . —Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages . £ 5 .,

    Charge of Mchdeb . —A poor woman of the name of Bradford was put to the bar , charged with having murdered her two children by , throwing Siem into the canal . ' This unhappy woman was eranged upwards of two years ago , and while in that state she threw two of her children into the canal . She was committed to prison , and was brought into court two years ago , but was too insane to plead . She was again put to the bar at the last summer assizes , as it was then supposed she was so much better that she could have pleaded and

    been discharged . Seeing so many people in court , and naming the offence with which she was charged , had such an effect upon her that it was necessary instantly to remove ber from the court . IfOW she was brought up , and appeared . quite calm and collected . When called upon to plead , she said she was Xot Guilty . —Mr . Lopes , oh the part of the prosecution , said that be should not offer any evidence A verdict of 3 Sot Guilty having been recorded , she she was at once discharged and given up to her husband .

    Arson . — Henry Dodge was indicted for setting fire to a stack of corn , the property of Ann Pitts , at Dawljsb , on the 19 th of August last . The facts were extremely simple . The prisoner was a . form labourer in the employ of Mr . Pitts . He did not do his work to the satisfaction of the sons of Mrs . Pitts , and he was paid his wages and told to leave j he made Use of ionife threatening language , and in the evening be was seen to set the rick on fire . The defence was that the sons of Mrs . Pitts were not to be believed . ' Tho jury , however , found the prisoner" Guilty , aud he was sentenced to ten years ' transportation .

    LIVERPOOL . UsrnoiEciED Machiserv . —Cob ( a Paeper ) v . Plait and Another . — -This was an action on the case for negligence , brought by the next friend of tho plaintiff , a factory girl , against the defendants , Messrs . Piatt and Sunderland , cotton spinners , lat Lostock , near Bolton , for leaving a shaft of their machinery unprotected , whereby the plaintiff ' s clothes were caught in the machinery and she received great personal injury . —It appeared that on the 11 th of last June the defendants were having some new machinery put up in a room called tbe " Mule-room , " at their mill at Lostock , and two new « . ' mules" were being turned by a shaft in ; the room , which a person named Holden was employed

    to work , Holden required tbe floor sweeping , and he asked the plaintiff , Nancy Coe , a little girl thirteen years of age , who had been in tho defendants ' employment for eighteen months , but who was not then in their employment , to assist him . Of . this he told Hart , the defendants' manager , who assented to her employment . The shaft which turned the machinery was protected by boarding round three sides , but was uncovered round a part of it . As the plaintiff was sweeping round this shaft her petticoats were caught by it . She screamed out to Holden to assist her , and on his looking towards her he found her being whirled round the shaft . He instantly went out to get the machinery stopped , and . when he came back he

    tound her dashed to the ground , her clothes torn off her , her right arm torn from her body , ' and lying at some distance from her , and her ancle broken . 'J'he defendants had done all in their power to mitigate the severity of the accident by obtaining medical attendance for her and sending her wine and otherthings requisiteforher recovery , and had since paid her her wages regularly , and bad promised to do so as long as she lived if she conducted herself well . The - plaintiff was now recovered , and the action was brought to obtain for her some compensation for the dreadful injuries she had received , as was alleged , in consequence of the defendants * neg li gence in not keeping their

    machinery properly covered and protected . —Fcr the defence it was urged by tbe learned Sergeant that the plaintiff was not employed by tbe defendants to do the work which she had done , and that in the execution of that about which she employed herself she had been herself negligent and careless in approaching the shaft without a proper pinafore tied round her dress to protect it , and also that at that time the machinery was not under the defendants ' control , as mechanics were putting ; up new machinery . The action was brought in ^ rma jwwpercsfor costs , and had not been directed by the factory inspector . —His lordship having summed up , the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages ,

    £ 120 . ; Highwat Robbbby . —John ATnlvey and Patrick Tulley , two youths , aged 18 , were indicted for a highway robbery on Henry Travis , in Manchester , on the 14 th of December last . Tho prosecutor is a greengrocer , living at Bey wood , and on the above night was in Manchester ; having met with a friend from Stockport whom he bad not seen for twenty years before , they remained together at the Turk ' s Head public-house till near twelve o ' clock , when they separated . Prosecutor went in search of a bed , when he fell in with the prisoners , one of whom he had known before , and on their learning his errand volunteered to show him where his object would be attained . Upon arriving at a retired place , however , near the Gaping Goose , at '

    Shutehill , the prisoners . knocked Travis down - and robbed hira . His cries brought a policeman to the spot , who found Malvey still kneeling on the prosecutor , and heard some money fall . He took the prisoner into custody , and picked up 6 d .- from' the ground , and saw a door-key lying on the prosecutor ' s chest , while still on his hack . The prisoners had been seen in company together at tbe Red House up to half-past ten . on that evening . On Tulley being confronted with the prosecutor at the station-house , he -was recognised , although placed among other prisoners . —In their defence , both prisoners said this was the first time they Lid been charged with an offence . They were immediately found Guilty , and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour .

    Bubolabt . —Joseph Mills was indicted for having , on the 2 nd of December last , committed a burglary and robterv in the house of Elizabeth Morris , at Warrington . Another count charged the-prisoner with receiving the property Knowing it , o be

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    stolen . It consisted of twenty pounds" of bacon , six pounds of tea , a tea-chest , a pound of cigars , fcalt a cheese , some Iqajes . twelve yards of flannel , twelvd , yards of . floor cloth * and-other articles . From tbeevjdence it appeared . that about twelve o ' clock on the night in question the prisoner was seen with others near the house of the prosecutrix , and that the property was found next day by a little boy secreted near a haystack , about a mile from the place of robbery , and the pol ' ce . haringset a watch , the prisoner and others were observed in the evening approaching within two yards ofthe haystack , when one of them said"It ' s all right * -thecoast

    , . is clear ; " . but immediately perceiving the watchers , they ran off—not , however , without one of them being apppehended , and the prisoner , who escaped , was distinctly recognised ; from that time he disappeared from his usual haunts , and was not apprehended until some time afterwards . The one who was taken into custody at the time was tried and convicted at the last assizes . —Mr . Tindal Atkinson having addressed the jury for the defence , the jury found the prisoner Guilty , and a former conviction for felony , as well as numerous summary punishments , having been proved against biro , he was sentenced to ten years' transportation .

    Law v . Rawso . v .--Accident through Naphtha . — The plaintiff in this case is Mr . David Law , and the defendant Air . 'Henry Rawson . —Mr . Sergeant Wilkins stated the case , from which it appeared that the plaintiff , Mr . Law , was a hale old man , although nearly seventy-five years of age , and the defendant , Mr . Rawson , is one ofthe firm of Johnson and Rawson , extensive stationers , of Manchester . For some years past it had been the custom of the directors ofthe Mechanics' Institution at Manchester , at the festive season of Christmas , to furnish an annual entertainment to the inhabitants ofthe town , the proceeds arising from the admission to which went towards defraying the current expenses ofthe institution . For this purpose , for

    the last few seasons they had engaged the use of the Free-trade Hall . Amongst other sources of entertainment , there was given a representation of the old Christmas festivities , and during this pageant persons came in bearing the yule log , then barons of beef , & c , and the type of a large plumpudding , which was borne into the room , enveloped in flame . Until the occasion on which tho accident occurred spirits of wine bad always been used for the purpose , but immediately before the ceremony took place it was found that no spirits of wine had been obtained for the purpose ; and Mr . Rawson , tbe defendant , who was one of the directors on the occasion , said he would go and get something which would do quite as well , fie then went and procured

    a bottle of naphtha , a portion of which he told the property-man to . pour on the . pudding and set fire to it . This was accordingly done , but the man said ne did not like the effect produced ; it was-not sufficient ; and he asked Mr . Rawson if he should follow the procession and occasionally pour a portion of the liquid on the lighted pudding . To this Mr . Rawson assented , and immediately upon the man pouring the naphtha upon the blazing substance , a frightful explosion took p'ace , and an immense flame shot forth like a flash of lightning . Several persons were seriously injured , and amongst them it was discovered that Mr . Law was most frightfully burnt , and in consequence ho suffered the most excruciating agonv . He was conveyed home and placed in- bed , and ' for several weeks lay m a most precarious state ; he had lost the vision of one eye , and the other was materially impaired ; and

    having been , for his years ,. a most remarkable , healthy and strong man , ; of groat bodily activity and mental intelligence , he had been rendered quite a different character by reason of tlie accident . —Mr . Kuowles submitted that there had been no case made oat against the defendant Rawson . There was the relation of servant and master existing between the person who had accidently injured the plaintiff and . the defendant . Where two people were quite independent of each other , and one suggested a course of preceeding which the other assented to , as in the present instance , the party suggesting was not amenable for the act of the prime worker in tbe case . —The Judge intimated his belief that this point possessed force , but requested Mr . Knowles to -address the jury on the subject of damages ,-reserving , the point in case of the verdict being adverse to the defendant . —The jury , however , found a verdict for the defendant .

    Coosterfeit Coining . — Henry Francis , John Henry , and Elizabeth Taylor , were indicted for making and uttering counterfeit coin of tbe realm , in Liverpool , on the first of February last . Henry Taylor pleaded guilty ; the three others , not guilty . Tbe evidence adduced on the- part of tho prosecution showed that : a rather extensive trade had been carried on by the prisoners in the manufacture of spurious shillings and-half-crowns , their place of residence in Cazcneau-street being fitted up with crucibles , pipkins ,-and all the other appliances for coining . The detection of the prisoners was mainly caused by their sending a boy to purchase an ounce of tobacco , to whom they had given a spurious half-crown . The shopkeeper , Mrs . Louden , in Rose-place , detained the coin and sent for the men who bad given it to tho boy . On tbo arrival of

    Francis , and H . Taylor , a policeman was sent for , and they were given into custody ; and the prisoner Taylor , on being taken to Bridewell , requested the policeman to call at his residence , and tell his wife that he was ia custody . From what the policeman there saw , a search was instituted , which resulted in the discovery of the materials before referred to , and a quantity-of spurious coin . The case against the prisoners , II . Taylor and II . Francis , was exceedingly clear . Mr . Powell , the Mint inspector j deposed to the coins found being all counterfeit—they consisted of shillings , bearing date 1 S 44 and 1839 , and half-crowns of 1840 . Mr . Justice Cresswell elaborately summed up the evidence , Thejury deliberated for a few minutes , when they found Henry Taylor Guilty / and acquitted John and Elizabeth Taylor . —Sentence deferred .

    Wholesale Uttering op Forged Bask Sotes . — Joshua Butterworth was indicted for having at Rochdale knowingly uttered several Bank of England notes , which were forgeries , and purporting to be of the value of £ 10 and £ 5 respectively . —Butterworth resided at Rochdale , and was considered to hold a respectable position there . On the 20 th of February he went to Mr . Hooton , of the Newmarket Tavern , by whom he was known , and procured change for a £ 10 note . Mrv Hooton kept this note for two days , and eventually passed it to Mr . Horrocks , a traveller , whotook the number of the note ; but on attempting . tb pass it discovered it to be forged , and accordingly returned it to Mr , Hooton , who eventually got two £ 5 notes in

    exchange for it from tbe prisoner . This was about five or six o ' clock in the evening of the 20 th ult ., and as soon as tho prisoner had left Hooton ' s , he proceeded to another tavern in Rochdale , kept by a Mr . Eccles , and there procured change for the identical £ 10 note , that he had just taken back fiom Hooton , by whom he was told it was not genuine . ' From Eccles he received ten sovereigns , and thereupon returned to Hooton , and offering to give him gold for the two £ 5 notes . Suspecting there was something wrong , Hooton took the gold , and gave the prisoner back his notes , but sent immediately for an officer and gave him into custody . On being searched ; and the notes . found on him examined , they proved to be forgeries , as of course was the £ 10 note he had that evening passed to Eceles , and also one for £ 5 previously cashed for him by that person , and who had not parted with it . ' Soon after

    ins . apprehension the prisoner made a statement which led to suspicion attaching itself to another in Rochdale named Whittles . Butterworth denied I in that statement all knowledge of the notes being bad , but said he had procured them from a person named Parker to help him ( prisoner ) out of a difficulty ; they were partly , for himself and partly for Whittles . Upon this revelation Whittles was taken into custody , and in bis pocket-book were found ten forged £ 10 notes and thirty-five forged £ 5 notes , the latter being all from the same plate as the three traced to the possession ofthe prisoner . So well were these notes executed that several p arties to whom they were shown gave it as their opinion that tbe notes were genuine . —Mr . Justice Cresswell having summed up the evidence , the prisoner was immediately found Guilty . —Sentence deferred . » John Whittles , the person referred to in the foregoing trial , pleaded Guilty . —Sentence also deferred .

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    The Great Uatiosal' Fair . —The'London Committee , which have held their meetings every Tuesday in the saloon of the City Theatre , for the last four months , have at length obtained , an eligible site within a short distance from the Crystal Palace , comprising twenty-five acres .. The management is entrusted to most experienced hands ; who' are pledged to carry ' ont the arrangement' of the committee with every ' possible' respectability . ¦ The principal establishments in the three kingdoms have made applications for ground * , also several foreign exhibitors . An' eminent surveyor has drawn the plan to scale ; with " wide approaches and promenades . It is to be open on the 1 st of May , and will be a great relief to the opening of the Exhibition , bv attractinff those who could be of no pbssib . e

    service beyond tending to overcrowd the x art * . Tho Committee have most flattering testimonials from the authorities—so that ' our Continental neighbours will have an opportunity of witnessing a real English fair , conducted with a- due regard to decorum . One ofthe principal rules of the Committee is , that no gambling or Sunday trading will be permitted on the ground . , Fall of the Niagara Falls . — There has been another fall from the rock over which the » trt-am at "Kiagara runs . A correspondent of the 'New Tort Tribune thinks it possible - t ! -at people now alive may se * these celebrated Falls converted into a rapid , or a succession of rapids . ' The ledge of rock extends about a quarter of a mile back from the cataract—beyend that , the "Niagara is said to be a hundred feet deep , or even' deeper ; wheii ^ therefiraitbe ' great fell reaches the'deep water , there {• wllonltf ha » rapid .

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    THE ABSURDITIES OF A MEMBER OF , m . , PARLIAMENT . ; ; Ka '„ ? ,. n was craomied . - The first appearance of me gmed orator on'tlie ' platfbrni . was greeted with prolonged cheering , ' and without a moment's pause or preliminary prelude ' he proceeded ^ grapple with his aggre 83 prin the Houselot Commons . n » ri £ ? Jl ^ ° | g 3 of foreign janizaries in tho 5 i-r , ,- . u En « , and : ltf « ^ esuitantie gli ff S " Tr Austrian ib » gade and the lancers mJS ¦} lootB ' of M- * yo . on behalf of the Ho"A " , ?™ J . and Baillie Cochrane , a Lansknecht in

    ? L ^ a , T ~ both > st now engaged reviling iSlatef" # y « fc . teve made a joint S 2 f ™ , on y ' s humble advocate ; one calls Jh » n noi fY the other " > bel ! I am told I excite thL i ? Hi ta , mr i t 0 dis < -ontent . God help them I Silli . ne ed a voice to bring homo to their fff m , nds and heavy hearts the reality of Sri , w '' r ? a the river 8 of Babylon they weep wHii tears ot too spontaneous sorrow . I am called tne apostle of anarchy ! My countrymen who know me well fosbid mo to waste the withering scorn of a patriot priest on the venal calumny , liiey as . well as I look forward to a depurated religion and a disinfected faith , to a Christianity treed irom the foulness of ultramontane feculence , as a necessary concomitant of the land ' s political and moral regeneration : such is the extent of our

    common apostacy , in which wo glory . ( Cheers . ) As to our treason to the house of Hapsburg , and our want Of reverence for its ambassador in Loudon , the servile and un-English taunt of air . Cochrane shall meet an answer . ' ( Cheers . ) Who is this person ? Wo all know the poor drivelling pantaloon , Viscount Arlingcourt , of France—that brainless , toothless , and tottering champion of divine right , who last year , on returning from our country , where he . had gone to fraternise with all its reinstated tyrannies , and tomfooleries , wrote a book called Italic Rouge , wherein he gave vent to the vituperation of venemous dotago . Arraigned before the tribunals of France for a malignant libel on Prince Canino . and found guilty even by the functionaries of a government that had crushed tho commonwealth of Rome , he owed the mitigated penalty in which he was mulcted , to pity for his grey hairs , and indulgence for idiotic senility ' . But

    the book , Young Italy , written by this Mr . Cochrane , ' and a wretched counterpart of the old Frenchman ' s twaddle , only shows that raw youth can antedate the inevitable work of years , by the sad exhibition of precocious imbecility . ( Cheers . ) This ; gentleman ^ belonged to the coter ie of "Young Englanders , " a smalf infantry of conceited nonage , which the manhood of this country has scouted with deserved derision , and of whose exploded puerilities ho is now the solitary embodiment . And what is the charge-he brings forward in the British parliament against our proceedings in this hall ? Forsooth , that the vices of the imperial court of Sphonbrunn are not slurred over or hushed up in an assembly of its victims , and what is only whispered at Vienna is here proclaimed from the housetop . Why not quote in full the whole paragraph of my eighth discourse , of which a garbled fragment was selected for unfair and invidious commentary ? Was no other archduchess of Austria besides the

    immaculate Sophia held up as a model of decorum ? Why overlook in his championship of that irreproachable household the Austrian archduchess , Caroline of Naples , of whom also the context made honourable mention as having * ' revived" in that classic haunt of imperial profligacy , " the cruelties as well as the Ca ' prcan saturnalia of Nero , " perpetrated the murders " of Oirillo and Ca ' racciolo , " and dragged into unholy complicity with her disgusting deeds the brightest ' -name in England ' s muster-roll of naval heroism . ' ( Cheers . ) Has he forgotten another archduchess of Austria , wedded to the greatest' conqueror and ruler of the modern woild , who did not wait for the' weeds of widowhood to contract an inglorious alliance , forgetting

    iii the dalliance of an ignoble paramour the distant denizen of a desolate rook under the equator . ( Cheers . ) I make hira a present of the Archduchess Antoinette of France * , not a syllable of blame shall fall from my lips on her whom sacred misfortune has absolved , and calamity almost canonised : but I tell him her sister , the Archduchess Louisa Amalia of'Parma , has left in Italy a remembrance of public frailty and scandal which no' similar atonement has come to obliterate in the memory of mankind , Let hiin then seek sympathy for his Archduchess Sophia elsewhere than in the Commons of England , and when I publicly designate her as enacting in modern history the part of Etrurian Matilda , in propping up the tottering

    papacy , and crushing the liberties of Europe as a set off for ill-dissembled personal misconduct , let him hear in this hall the echo of a thousand tongues , and estimate at its proper worth the " respect of those who surround her . " Who are they ? . Dees he mean Prince Sehwartzenberg , the notorious seducer of another man ' s wife , who has left unpaid to . this day the damages awarded by an English jury to the injured husband ? , " The respect of those who surround her ! " Has , 'the honourable gentleman ever heard ' of certain lettersintercepted , after the Milanese . revolution , from the sons of Archduke Ranieri , Viceroy of Lombardy ? There he might learn , the , respect of those who ought to know her . There he would understand th ' edrift ' of

    two years intrigue to , bring about tho ahdioation of a dotard and . the substitution of . ' an idiot emperor , both being her tools , for tho furtherance of a policy originating in her alone . -Has ' the gentleman ever heard of the wholesale murders in Qalicia ?—of peasants paid capitation money for the heads of refractory nobles throughout that unhappy land , deliveredup to the mercies of Archduchess Sophia ? Has the name of Zcela reached him ? or does he mean to class the butcher Hayriau among those - who surround her with the bulwark of their respectful de . ference ? . Doubtless , Catherine of Russia , the Messalina of the north , was ' . ah object of similar respect to her court circle , but . the Russian ambassador would find it difficult . ^ o enforce here in London her claim to British : veneration . Christina of Sweden , ; after the murder of her . paramour , Monaldeschi , in the saloons gf Fontainebleau , was not only respected by those around her , but got a

    sepulchre in the Vatican basilica , arid a statue erected by an admiring Pope to this illustrious convert , whose adoption of Catholicity preceded that act . of assassination . But why talk Of female honour in connexion with papal testimony ? Am I to be arraigned by court sycophants and volunteer flunkeyism for telline ; a notorious truth , when a notorious . lie goes . unrebuked , and the noble women of Rome are proclaimed prostitute ' s by the felon Ferretti"in the face of Europe with dastardly cowardice and unblushing effrontery . "' Is the gallantry of Cochrane insensible to all , but , archiducal defamation ? Has womanhood nb : claim on his championship when only dignified by love of country and active benevolence ? . And must tho lady of his chivalry assume the attractive beau ideal of Hecate or Megaera , the scourge of humanity ( Donna de Satanasso , ) when ho seeks , his Dulcinea del Tobozo in the house of Hapsburg ? ( Cheers . )

    The speaker next adverted to Mr . Cocbrane ' s unwarrantable assertion in the Commons , that one of the Roman triumvirs , Mazzini ,. hid himself in Consul Freeborn ' s wine cellar at the entry of the French . He was not M . Mazzini ' s spokesman—that' gentleman was fully competent . to ' defend his own honour against such scurrilous assailants , if not deemed beneath the notice of his lofty and unimpeachable character ; but be would tell Mr . Cochrane that tbe French bad met on the ramparts ; of Rome valour equal if not superior to their ban , and if he , ( Gavazii ) , who had hot ' shrunk from their encounter in

    honourable warfare , bad after their entry into Rome felt himself on unequal . terras with the foe , it was because the soldiers of France were . let to do the vite work of Papal sbirri and police agents , in which capacity be declined their further acquaintanceship . ( Cheers . ) : He proceeded to animadvert on Mr ; Cochrane ' s bonk ; of which" he reproduced several malignant and offensive passages . This member of a ' British parliament thus ' propounds his views of tbe policy , becoming a mitred , sovereign : — " He perceived that it was absolutely necessary to ' play with the movement . The leaders of the mob did not

    understand his character ; , they mistook the mere ctfquette for the lady of easy virtue ! " ( page 68 ) . This is pretty decent , but all is in perfect keeping . Again : — "The Pope had been unfortunately advised to concede a slight degree of liberty to tbe press' ! ( page " 68 ) , To find , ah Englishman using suchyphtaieolosy must be highly . acceptable to the Archduchess Sophia , but tbe father questioned whether this country was yet ripe for the introduction of an Austrian censorship , either for tbe press or the free" utterance of opinion in public assemblies , which MK Cochrane would put down by . the interference of the Austrian embassy . ' . ' . Such' an attempt would be quite natural oh the-part cf'' young England , " but old England thought otherwise , thank heaven , and any emissary- of Austria who would seek . to enforce here the terrors prevalent at Vienna would do well to avoid the brewery of Barclay . ( Cheers . ) -.

    The speaker here took-occasion to describe the various- procesiiona and aailar Pagan performances which-modern Rome has borrowed from tbe ritual of idolatry— the blessing o / cattle at tbe porch of Si . Antiiotty , and-other similar di plays , the primary object of-which , was of course clerical rapacity ( la Botteifa ) . He . next , admted to tba delight of the Roman Camarilla . an-the-news-of Lord JohnRusselli * reftignatiojhre & ohin * them * and their discovery

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    of a "judgment" in the providential occurrence . Reverting next Jo the pastoral : lately issued by the Westminster cardinal , he sifted with vigorous and mercifess ' scrutiny ' the phraseology and tenor of that document ; pointed out the grovelling views of tbe writer , and his incapability of appreciating the exalt ' ed tc ' ope ' and tendency of this great effort of human'progress and European brotherhood , ending by the suggestion that the rivalry of competition might have tinged the views of the red-robed exhibitor of Vatican curiosities , and fears for his showbox in Southwark stimulated his jeremiade on the approaching festival of human industry .

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    MONDAY , March 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill was read a third time with additional clauses and passed on tho motion of Lord Carlisle . The Earl of Desabi moved for certain returns of wheat and flour imported in 1819 , 1850 , and 1851 into Great Britain and Ireland , and called the attention of the house to the great inconvenience which had attended the importation of flour into the United Kingdom , and especially to the injury which it had inflicted on millers . Earl Gbey admitted that tho importation of foreign flour had been great , but believed it had

    been far from disadvantageous to the country at large . ( Hear , hear . ) It might be that our millers were suffering from French competition , but tbe French possessed no advantages , which were not equally available to the British miller , white the British had advantages which the French miller did not possess . ( Hear , hear . ) , Lord Stanley , in spite of the noble Earl ' s observations , thought the facts of the case , as exhibited in the sufferings of the millers , were entirely against him . ( Hear , hear . ) After some further discussion , in which Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Malmesbuby took part , tho motion of Lord Desart was agreed to .

    The Pari of Winchilsba ,, in presenting a petition against Papal Aggression , was about to enter upon the case of . Miss Talbot , which he stigmatised as one of the greatest conspiracies ever heard of , when Lord Campbell reminded the noble Earl of tho impropriety of making remarks on cases which were subjudice . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMON'S . —Poob Rates . —The Sheriffs of Lonhon appeared in their robes of office at the bar of tbe house , and presented a petition from tho Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and members of the Common Council , praying that the owners : md occupiers of land should pay their fair share of the rates for the poor , and against the existing law of rating and settlement .

    Lord Seymour stated , in answer to Mr . Kek Seymeb , that he had communicated with the Treasury , for the purpose of ascertaining whether it would be possible to remove some of the trees which at present disfigure the interior of the building for the Exhibition . In answer to a question from Lord R . Grosvenor , Lord J . Russbll said , that on the Tuesday or Wednesday before Easter Sunday , he should move the adjournment ofthe house for the Easter recess , till tho Monday se ' nnight . Mr . Labouciiebe said , in answer to Mr . Hume , that the New Mercantile Marine Bill would retain the main provisions of tho bill of last session , hut some of them would be introduced in an improved form . 'IV right bon . gentleman promised that ample time should be given for its consideration . . Mr .. RraoLDS re-asserted that the Hon . Miss Talbot had not entered the convent at Taunton as

    a postulant , and he invited any hon . member to state the contrary . At the same time he gave credit to Mr . Craven Berkeley for having acted upon well-founded impressions . Sir B . Hall was very glad that this matter could be so agreeably disposed ' of . It was clear from what had'fallen from the hon . gentleman ( Mr . Roy nolds ) , that he had stated on authority one thing , and others on authority exactly the reverse , and that each authority was perfectly correct . ( Laughter . ) The'Statemen ' t he ( Sir B . Hall ) had made was

    on the authority of one of his ( Mr . Reynolds s ) own bishops , who . had been a party himself to the transactions . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho ( Sir B . Hall ) had credited this bishop , but now he sorried for him . ( Laughter , and hear , hear . ) Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —The debate on tho second reading of this bill was resumed by Mr . Faoan , who opposed the measure , as well as Mr . G . Smythe , Mr . Sableir , Sir J . Young , Mr . Grattan , and Lord Captlereagh ; Mr . M . Milnes . Mr . H . Berkeley , and Mr . G . Berkley supported tho

    measure . After a few words from Mr . A . Horn , the adjournment of tbe debate was moved , and Lord John Russbll , representing the extent to which it had proceeded , recommended the house to come to a division , or to hear any member who wished to speak . Several Irish members insisted upon their right to bo heard , and that the debate should bo extended still further , for tho proper discussion of a subject so deeply affecting Roman Catholics . ^ After some further discussion , the house divided , when the motion for . adjournment was lost by a majority of 414 to 04 . Another division then took place on the question of adjournment when the numbers were 300 against 43 . ' Lord . J . RussKLtthen consented to the debate being adjourned until Tuesday . Upwards of an hour and a-half having been lost in this discussion , the house , after some further business , adjourned at two o ' clock .

    TUESDAY , Marcu 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Bishop of Oxford put a question with respect to the inquiries which had been promised to be made'by her Majesty ' s government into the grievances complained of by the Church of England in the colonies . Earl Grey said that no complaints had been received respecting any grievances , which could not be remedied by the colonial legislature , without the interference ofthe imperial legislature . It had , therefore , been deemed prudent to refer those who made , such complaints to their local legislatures for redress . , . . Lord Malmksuury presented several petitions remonstrating against the injustice of the present assessment for the poor' rates levied upon tithes and rent charges . These petition ' s the noble lord supported on behalf of the working clergy / and elicited a statement ' that the government had no intention of introducing a bill upon the subject .

    A brief discussion ensued , after which tho petitions were laid on the table , and their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS —Petitions were also presented by Sir G Peciull , from the unlocated shareholders in tho National Land Company , residing in Brighton and its vicinity , of No . 2 Locality , stating the failure of the Company being caused by the unprincipled conduct of a majority of those who have been located on the land , who have never repaid the several sums' advanced for their maintenance , or any rent for the space of four years , they , therefore pray the bill for Winding up the Company may be proceeded with , to bring affairs to a settlement . , . Patbni Laws . — Mr . Ricarbo gave notice that next week he would move tho appointment of a select committee to inquire into the policy of altering the patent laws .

    EQUALisA-nosof Poor ' sRate , —Mr . G . Bkrkelby gave notice that on , this day fortnight he would move a resolution to the effect that there should bo equalised poor ' s rate of Is . Cd . in tbo pound , subject to local government . Mr . Hawes , replying to Mr . Christopher , stated that the return of Sir E . Tonnent to this country was solely owing to domestic circumstances having no connexion with tho Ceylon inquiry , and without any recall having been sent out by the government .

    Mr . HoBnousB re-opened the discussion of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill by arguing that tho Papal rescript inflicted no insult and produced no aggression that warranted legislative interference . He apprehended much injury from the acrimonious debates which the subject had occasioned , ' fearing especially the handle that would be given to the scoffers against all religion . ( Hear , hear . ) ' Mr . Portal , in a maiden speech , dwelt upon the infelicitous scope that was ; given . to the bill , just enough to irritate , and not enough to resist , rendering it as a measure impotent for good , but all powerful for evil . ( Hear , hear . ) Acknowledging that the Papal act was an aggression upon the church , he thought that the church should not rely on the state for protection ; and , proceeding to examino ' the measure as a piece of legislation , contended that it could not be made to work effectively .

    ( Hear , hear . ) . Mr . John O'Conbell admitted that the Pope had no temporal power . in this country , but contended that the Queen had no spiritual power over the Roman ' Catholic Church . ( Hear , hear . ) It was even doubted whether she had , by the common law , any jurisdiction '' over ' spirituals even in the Protestant Church . Ho went on to defend tbejclinracter ot Dr . Cullen , the Catholic Primate of Ireland , from the calumnies which had' been thrown out against him , and said his appointment by the Pope was oBe in every way beneficial to Ireland . He denounced the insinuations which had . been c ast upon the loyalty of the Roman Catholics by the noble Lord , and declared his determined hostility to the perseouting measure which they were now seeking to passinfolaw . ( Cheers . ) , , Mr Lawless spoke against the bill .

    . Mr . Muntz supported it ; not because he looked upon it as a religious question , but because it involved themaintenan ' ce of constitutional liberty in this country and in Europe . ( Hear , bear . ) He would never have it said to his children that he had cone out of his way . to encourage a religion which

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    was inimical to civil and religious liberty , and contrary to his own convictions on that subject . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume had watched with pleasure the progress of recent yeara , in which sectarian acerbities had become mollified and governments deprived of an excuse for persecution . ( Hear , hoar . ) He therefore noted with the greater sorrow the retrogade policy of the ministry , who nere about to undo tbo work of thirty years ; although they themselves had home a chief share in building the edifice of toloration they now seemed determined to destroy . On hrst . reading tho letter of Lord J . Russell bo had sympathised with tho political noac .-sitics which , he presumed had compelled hira thus to prepare emloyment beforehand for

    p unquiet spiritsi during tha session . But he foundnojnstincation for the bill now before them , or for tho speech by which it had been introduced by the Prime Minister , and ho saw no proof that the rescript was an aggression . ( Hear hear . ) The establishment of the Catholic episcopacy had been urgently demanded by the English members of that faith , was currently talked about years since , and was merely a copy of the system existing and recognised in Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Ifc was childish folly to adopt petulant measures , at this time of day , against so trivial an aggression . ( Hear , bear . ) The bill would create many inconsistencies in Scotland , and many difficulties in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . )

    Sir . F . Tiiesigeb remarked upon the opposite points from which the subject had been argued , on one side by those who saw in the papal act an exercise of indefeasible spiritual right , and on the other by those who viewed that act as an aggression upon thereli « ious liberties of the country . Assuming , for argument ' s sake , the latter position , be contended that the present measure raised no barrier against the aggression , nor provided ahy prcventa-Uon of further mischief . ( Hear , hear . ) Ontbeopposite side again , he maintained that no explanation had been given of thcalleged religious necessity which was said to have existed for the serious hierarchical changes effected by the Pope ' s rescript . ( Hear , hear . ) He was forced to seek for other motives , and , after a brief historical survey of past transactions , inferred that the .-e motives " ptrtook of a political and intrusive character , which demanded tbo

    moit vigorous measures of defence . ( Cheers . ) Examining the state of the law in Ireland , from the date of the Revolution of 1083 , ho argued that the existence of Catholic bishops in that country was at , first absolutely prohibited , and had never since received a statutory permission . Tho appointment of such prelates in Ireland by the Pope was , therefore , as clearly an act of aggression as it was in England . ( Hear , bear . ) Adverting then to the laws restraining the introduction of papal bulls , he regretted the inconsiderate kindness which , since 1820 , had removed all the penalties from those Jaws , and by dismantling the fortress of our nationality , allowed an enemy to take possession . But by ignoring all the ' long-established safeguards provided by law , the new act ofthe minister had done a great injury to the very cause it was destined to serve . He found in the terms of tho

    rescript the assertion of a principle whoso natural development would speedily lead to an universal dominion . ( Hear , hear . ) The new episcopacy , it was alleged , would constitute a fresh barrier between the English Catholics and the Pope ; but what advantage waa that , if the religion itself aggrandised its power in this country ? In the bill he detected a crooked and timid * policy , since it would interfere indirectly with ordination , synodical action , and other ecclesiastical functions-, against which the frame ' rs did not venture to enact an express prohibition . ( Hear , hear . ) Altogether , he concluded that the minister , consistently with tho maxims that induced him to prune away the second and third clauses , must vote against bis own bill ,

    unless he admitted into the retained clause a scries of exceptions so wide as to swamp tho whole of the purport of the measure . For his own part , he intended to vote for the second reading ; partly because he thought legislation so necessary that ho would accept even a im ' niimim measure , but principally because he looked forward to the probability of getting it largely strengthened in committee . In no other way did he think it possible that the public could be sitisfied , or the legislature of England be saved from becoming a by-word throughout ; Europe . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gladstone said the views of Sir F . Thesiger were formidable indeed , and it w-. « desirable , before the house entered upon a new path , that it should

    at least understand the direction in which it . tended . ( Hear , bear . ) He had talked of benefits abused and of defences surrendered , and it was too plain that , in his judgment , those defences should be repaired by restrictions upon religious freedom . His ( Mr . Gladstone ' s ) vote would be governed by a regard to principles of imperial policy , and to tho welfare of the entire community , with reference to the interests ofthe Church of England . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that our Constitution was strong enough to resist any aggression whatever , by any power . in the world . ( Hear , hear . ) The Church of England was not in such a position , but the power of the Church could not be defended by temporal legislation , which had been tried before , and had utterly

    failed . ( Hear , hear . ) If it could be shown that the Papal authorities-had interfered with our temporal affairs , which was not permitted by any other religious bo-iy , legislation was not only just , but called for . Until , however , that line was passed , we had no right to interfere . ( Hear , hear . ) He admitted that the language of the Papal documents was not only unfortunate , but of a vaunting and boastful character , of which complaint might justly be made —( hear , hear )—but was it just to pass a proscribing act affecting bur Roman Catholic fellow-subjects , on account of language for which they were not responsible ? ( Hear , hear . ) We must look to tho substance of the act , and by that stand or fall . If the law of nations had been broken , nothing was

    more disparaging to the country , than to proceed only by act of Parliament imposing a penalty . There was nothing to prevent our representing the wrong to the party who had done it , and demanding redress . Tho bill , however , was before the house , and the question was , what to do with a measure which no one had said was adequate for the purpose . Mr . Gladstone then pointed out various denciences , and anomalies in the bill , ' which , ho said , did not defend the territorial rights of the Crown ; and with respect to Romish aggression , there was a preliminary question—whether tho rescript of tho Popo had a temporal character . That the Iloman Catholics recognised the Pope as their spiritual head , did i < ot justify tbe withholding one jot of

    religious freedom . ( Hear , hoar . ) It was not enough , that bishops were appointed by a foreign authority ; it must be shown that they are not spiritual officers , but appointed for temporal purposes . ( Hear , hear . ) If the appointment of bishops per se was a spiritual not a temporal act , why interfere with the Roman Catholic bishops ? If it washer se a temporal act , why exempt the Scotch bishops ? ( Hear , hear . ^ There was no proof , as to any of the details of ecclesiastical machinery , that there was any temporal character'in the rescript distinct from that incidental'to the disciplinary arrangements of every religious body , and without such proof there was not a shadow of ground for the bill . ( Cheers , ) In tho forgotten corners of the law might be found ,

    doctrines of 'Royal supremacy which might make this act ofthe Pope an aggression ; but if we fell back up . 'it these doctrines , he protested against their application to one religious body alone . ( Hear , hear . ) There was a part of this question which , Mr . Gladstone remarked , had not been adverted to in this discussion , namely , the effect which this measure would exert upon the two parties into which the Romish 'community was divided . For 300 years the Roman Catholic laity and secular clergy—the moderate party—bad been struggling , with the sanction of the British governiiu-nt , for this very measure , the appointment of diocesan

    bishops , which tbe extreme party—the i egulars and cardinals at tbe Court of Rome—had been all along struggling to resist . ( Hear , hear . ) The present legislation would drive the Roman Catholics back upon tbe Pope , and , teasing them with a miniature penal law , would alienate and-estrange them . ( Hear , hear . ) Religious freedom was a principle which had not beenadopted in haste , and had not triumphed until nearly half a century of agonising struggles ; and he trusted we wei e hot going now to repeat Penelope ' s process without her purpose , and undo a great work which had been accomplished with so ' much difficulty . ( Cheers . ) , ¦ and

    Mr . Disrafxi rose to express hit * sentiments those of his party upon the general question and the particular measure . They had been informed by the Minister that there bad been an aggressiou against the supremacy of the Sovereign'and tha honour of tho nation by a Prince of no great power . ( Hear , hear . ) But whatever opinion might be entertained ofthe aggression , is ' was not wise to despise the foe that committed it , He denied that ho was of no « reat power ; he was of very great , if nob tho greatest power , his army consisting of a million of piiests . ( Hear , hear . ) And was such a power to bo treated as -a-Wesleyan -Conference or associated with the last invention of Scotch Dissenters ? If tbe interpretation of religious liberty given by Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Palmer was correct , oa what plea could the same principle be refused to '

    ' be Church of England ¦! ( Hear , hear . ) Wh * y should _ sho not have s yhodical ' action ? . ( Hear , hear . ) Why should she acknowledge the supremacy of the Queen ? The inference from their doctrine was that they were opposed to the alliance between Church and State . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to the bill , which in six weeks had undergone count * less transformations , he objected to it , first , because it declared by implication the conduct of tbe Car « dinal not to be illegal . ( Hear , hear . ) If legal , it was no offence ; if illegal , why was it not to be dealt with by law , which , though ai . cient , was not obsolete ? Ho objected to the bill , secondly , because it was an attempt to legislate against titles only . ( Hear , hear . ) Believing it would bo utterly inefficient , he should nevertheless vote for tie second reading , solely for tbe reasons assigned by Sir . if .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29031851/page/7/