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. . CAERMABTJHE 5 . .. r - fri Iismiinf . JM *»| M : CASB _ We noticed Jutttal , and that gte had aUo beet , tried on a « e-, al indictment for the marder of Mra . JIary Ann > e , atBrixton , nearJh gbarne , by admiois . L g ta her wilfaUy a quantity of arsenic , and ac ggj . - A strongfeeling existed among the oopulti 0 B with regard to the prisoner ' s gnilt , aTwas jjp lsyed in what took place after her trial . Re . onrse was obliged to be had to a nut , in order to jpiect theaccnsed from term b y theexcited popu . lts > and she « &a clandestinel y conTeyed from the ^ her sUter ( who much resembles her ) having ^ mistaken . forher . This mistake wis encou * , jed by . the poUce , who escorted the sister tbronirh fl »™ Sm ™
be streets , iouoweaoy an immense mob wbo « t ered the most-threatening expressions , 8 nch £ Cook her goose , " «• Give her physic , " ' " Give it Bher , for the jury say killing is no murder- " and ^ ner . VThejnost strennous exertions of the ogee were eaUed into requisition , in order to save be ffoaan from harm , and , aa it was , she exoerU DCed soma roagh usage .: The rage , of the mob ^ no bounds when they discovered the trick hat had been practised upon them . ElizX ; ibb 3 however , got dear off to Lnwfaan ? but ere she was agan assailed by the inhabitants of te d . strtct , and gotronghly bandied . Immediatel y fler her acquittal she said , that had the fools of iry found her guilty , sue would never have con-S 3 ed , even when the rope was round her neck , and bat she would have died like a brick .
. ASGLESEA . ' BtraGLurr . —George . Eobins , 25 , Alexander ? "M ^ tJnianM Smi th , 22 , "William Thompson , j , WiUianx Wnaht , 27 , Richard Pagb . 33 , and FilUam . King , 26 , severally pleaded Not Guilty , ie three former to breaking into the premises of ohnWaiiainsVat Clandensant , in February last , n . a stealing therefrom a quantity of drapery , and lie fonr Iast-nametl as accessories after the fact . Lt the dose of volumniou 3 evidence a verdict of luilty whs returned . Robing , Gougb , and Smith rere sentenced to transportation for seven years , od the four . 6 thera , after receiving a caution from ie bench as to their future conduct , to six months ' mpriaonmenf with hard labour . Upon being reno « d , Bobiia said , " It is my fervent prayer , my [ iwi that you may sit there UJl I came back . * . ,
- SHREWSBURY . poACHniG . r-Kichard Morris , a labourer , was injicted for night poachiug oa the 13 th of January jgt . The evidence for the prosecution was , that a party of poachers , to the number of twelve , bein ? discov ered in a plantation , the ' property of Mrs . Sarah Williams , by her gamekeepers , who were only five in anmber , 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 , analoson 3 to&e modern , life-preservers / and which are celebrated in Scott ' s novel oiPever ilofthe Peak
and without which it was said no loyal Protestant could go to bed in security , at the time of Titus Oaie s Popish plot . The form is a wooden handle , sbont two feet long , with a shorter heavier piece of * xA , well shod with iron ,, and connected with the kindle by a hook or hinge , so as to swingabout freely , jad tlius ' increase the force of the blow . Two of the rtmefeeepers spoke to the . priioner as having . been one of the poaching party , the one identifying him by Ik voice , and the other . by Bis appearance . ¦ For the defence an dUbi was set up , which , however , the jury isbdieved , and the prisoner , being convicted , wa 3 sntecced to nine months * imprisonment with hard
u » m « _ • : ¦ . HiGmf at Robbkkt . —John Latham , 'William- Iecekh , and Thomas Holmes were indicted for a highway robbery with violence , on the person of Michael Hamrd . on the 10 th of February last , at the parish af Oakens ates . From the statement of the prosecutor it ap peared that he had been to Oafcengates market , to bay some nun and groceries for bis sister , and on Ms return , at about eleven o ' clock at nJght , Ws attacked by the prisoners ; that Latham seized him from bebindby thearms , and forcing his knees against Mj backJung him to the ground , whenhe was beaten aid iliosed by the two others , and robbed of his ram and groceries , and money to the amount of t * o shillisfs and sixpence . H » cries brought four men to Ms assistance , and in their presence he charged the
prisoners with the robbery . . Ignelch and Holmes vere taken a-few days after wards : The former denied all knowledge of having ever seen the prosecutor , and the latter said that a portion of the rum had been given him by the prosecutor , . and that be did not nind three months , as when he came out he would break the prosecutor ' s head . Latham absconded , and v& 3 not taken till after a fortnight . ' For the defence kma urged that it was a drunken . squabble , and tb&t although the prosecutor bad been iUused by the prisoners , there was no satisfactory evidence that be fad been robbed of Ms property , by them , and that a verdict of assault would satisfy the justice of the case . The jury took this view of the matter , and the prisoners were sentenced tosixmbnths' imprisonment .
YORK . HissurcHiEB at Thorstos , —Anthony . Abbott ws charged with the manslaughter of John Smith , it 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 fee , and during the greater portion of the evenis ? ibey were upon the most ; friendly terms . " Soon aftw midnight the party broke up , and the prisoner aad the deceased -wept away in company together , fa the course of a " short time they commenced wetting with each other , and the , prisoner was ibrawn down with great violence to the ground . 0 a getting up , the prisoner was out of temoer .
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 head upon the ground , which was stony at tins particular spot . Some of the party who had been at the public-house enme up , and separated the two combatants . On lifting Smith from the ground , it was discovered that life was extinct . —The defence was , that the prisoner used no violence to Smith whilst he 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 .
UEcisA v . ItooKE , Smith , asd Scabfb . —The defendants , Matthew Scarfe , Thomas Rooke , and 'William Smith , were charged on an indictment famd at the Hull Sessions , with stealing US sovereigns , and other property , from the person of Wm . Inzlewood , and there were several remarkable ( irconistances in the case . The prosecutor is a fcwier , but be was not present at tfae trial , being tQT in the Honse of Correction , at Beverle / , for ton-payment of a fine oh a conviction for hawking titlion ' t a license , and being so ill as to be unable to leave Beverley . On the 6 th March , 1850 , the proseeotqr wa 3 at a public house which the prisoner Smith then kept at Hull , and the other pri-Sfflers were also there . The prosecutor made a with he
^ er Scarfe that could produce a hundred pvtrei gas in an hour . He went out , and returned Q about forty minutes , with a purse containing 143 soverei gns . The money was produced in the pre-**> ce of all the prisoners , and the prosecution « fe ged that the old man was rendered stupid with dragged spirits , and that when he left thenou 3 e he ^ as attacked by Rooke and Scarfe , who effected tas robbery . To connect Smith with it also , the en-ience ofagirl who lived in his house at that ume was proposed to be given , to prove that she jj » Smith dealing with a large quantity of gold the % after the robbery : All the prisoners werecomo > 'Ued for trial at the Dull sessions , but the case tad l » een removed by a writ ofcertiorari , and hence
^ . appearance in the court of 5 isi Prius ;—The girl Kkrred to as having lived with Smith had got away " too Hull since the prisoners were commuted , but « te could not now be found , and the prosecution aUe that she was taken away by the procurement of the prisoners . The depositions of the girl * ere sonsht to be put in , and , after an able argum eatas totheir admissibiltty , Mr . Justice Cress-? « admitted them , subject to the opinion of the i ^ gea hereafter , should that opinion be deemed ne-^^ T . —After the learned counsel bad addressed " fcpry for the prisoners , -witnesses were called to | lv ? Smith a good character . —The jury found f * & Xot Guilty , Kooke and Scarfe Guilty .-. " os oefendaiits will be brought up nest term for Iaa # aent
HEREFORD . B ^ GUBY . _ waiiam Prosserand Francis Davis Jf ^ dieted for having- burglariously broken and ^ uered the dwelling-house of "Willi am Pritchard , t ^^ ynoe , on the night of the HtU day of DexsteT T > aud 5 tol ? ^ oTCreign , a promissory nt . ; ^ 5 . a shilling , and two penny pieces . ' It t S ^ led b y the prosecutor , - that on the above j ^ s " . about twelve , three men struck violently at coor j that he ran downstairs , saw the men Stard ^^ UOn iiaiiuia , oan iuc iwtjj ^ his
^ . g outside a window , near door , and spoke « &Wk wliea one of them struck at him with a * imi tbr 0 D Kh the window . The sashes of , the teZ v broke ae Wow , and the stroke did not look :, i' ifc drove " ^ S ^^ bia hreast a ^^ "g-glass which was resting againstthe window , ftfaen dashed several times against the door , « at length broke it in , and all three went into j . a « nse and searched it and found the money « u tto v enti ? ned , and then decamped . The proses ft ™ ^ e , and his servant were positive that his ™ j ? en « ntered the house . The prosecutor arid * ad tt - ttou Davis was like one of the men ; we * serraut swore poaitirely to Prosser , aa
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" avtag knownibb ^ well&r a long time v * ww » t tS , ^ w L ni 8 elf as ¦ ¦* ^ - feWany ciMum-S » j . ^ ng . « tateulb 2 i . ie did nofc ^ go cSyStZjriT ** **™ Wof the , unfortofiafe Stion h ^^ f ^ "w . spo ^ e also tQ a o 6 h-ISSSi rS ? f W Davfe :-. Thejury . found conSn h % ' ^ 'osser Guilty ; and a former SaSSWESE * ii *^ r * , wa ? cal H ?* K > WOW Tfi 5 * he wVthe * ifcK ? .
• - MAIDSTONE . v ? , lJB 0 " , RlE 3 « CHATHAM—James Cla ^ k , 34 . feed « T' ! V «* - « fc « ge Turner , 80 y to ThS ^ Pwwi paU in wveral burglaries ? and ¦ S 5 Twa mS ° % ^ H&rriet Wilson . 5 ° . ^ Hannah Summers , 34 , were charged in all the itf . atctments with having feloniously received the property , knowing it to have been stolen . Thecharees 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 y and from the statement made b y him it appeared that he and Llark 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 house , and it appeared that she had purchased a portion of the articles that had been stolen , but it was doubtful whether she had 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 Jud ge sentenced Clark and Thomas to be transported for life , and Thomas . Wilson and Harriet Wilson to be transport-d 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 . Susder . ' —Bartleit «/ . Stoxe . —The plaintiff waa . a tea-dealer and grocer at Brixham . The defendant was also living in the same town , and for the last ejght or nine . months had carried on the same business near to . the shop of the plaintiff .. Since that time , it appeared that the defendant , on several . occasions , had stated to tradesmen of the town , that the wife of , the plaintiff , had become addicied . to . drinking ,, that . she spent large . sums to gratify her desir « for . liquor ,,, and that her husband was thereby reduced , in his circumstances . —Witnesses . we re , called for the plaintiff ,.: who spoke to the slanderous , wbrds uttered by the defendant , and particularly thathe had said tbatihenlaintiff could
not pay his debts , and that the travellers had called on him in vain for money , and that ie could not go on long . , Several of the witnesses also spoke to the sobriety and good conduct of the plaintiff ' s 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 thereforo . an opportunity , of justif ying the truth of the slander which he had uttered . This he had not ventured to do , but had " merely pleaded that he had not spoken the . words complained of . The action was one which could not be brought in the County Court ; the plaintiff , therefore , was coinnellea to
sue . as he bad done in the superior court . —For the defendant , it was contended that jthe action was brought in consequence of the rivalry in trade , between the parties , that , no real damage was sustained by the alleged slander , aiid that the defendant was not actuated , by malice , of which ' the jury must be satisfied in order to find a verdict for . the plaintiffi .-T- ^ TKe Lord Chief Baron summed" iip . To speiak wordi ) of a trader imputing insolvency or inability to payhis debts , was actionable ; andif the jury put that construction on the words used by the defendant , the law . wopld imply . tbat'be acted maliciously . —Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 5 . " .. '
, Charge . of Mcedeb .- ^ A poor woman of , the name of Bradford was put to the bar , charged with having : murdered her . two children . by throwing them into the canal . .. This unhappy ; woman waa deranged upwards of two . years ago , and while , jn that state she . threw two of her children into , the canal . ' She-was committed to prison , and . was broughtinto epurt 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 . Seeingio inaBy people in court , and naming theoffence Vith which . she . was . charge"d , had such 3 n effect . ^ pon her that it was necess ary instantly to remove her . from the court , Now she was brought up , and appeared quite calm and collected . When called ,, upon to pleadj she said she was . Jfpt Gnjltyl—Ilr . " Lopes , on the part of the prosecution , said that he should not offer any evidence . A verdict of Sot Guilty having been recorded , she sbe 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 Add Pittft at Dawljsh . pn the . 19 th of August last . The facts were extremely simple . ( . The prisoner was a farm labourer in the employ ; bf Mr . Pitts . He . didnotd' 6 his work tojhe .: satisfaction of the sons of Mrs . Pitts , and he was paid his wages and told to leave ; he made use , of some , threatening language , and in the evening , he was seen to set the rick on . fire . The defence ' was that thesons . of Mrs . Pitts were not to be believed . The iury , however , found the pri-Boner Guilty , ' and he was sentenced to ten years ' transportation .
. . LIVERPOOL . . USPBOIECTED MACHI 3 ERT . —COE ( A PaTOBR ) V . Ptiti A 5 B Asoihbb . —This was an action on the case for negligence , brought by the . next friend - of the plaintiff , a factory « irl , against the defendants , Messrs . Platt and Sunderland , cotton spinners , at Lostock , near Bolton , for leaving a shaft of their machinery unprotected , whereb y 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 the " Mnle-robm . " at their- mill at Loatoek ; and two new " mules" were being turned by a shaft in'the room , which a person named Holden was employed
io work . Holden required the floor sweeping , and he asked the plaintiff ; Kaucy Coe , a little girl thirteen years of age , who had been in the defendants ' employment for ei ghteen 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 hia 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
found her dashed to the ground , her clothes torn oil her , her right arm torn from ier body , and lying at Some distance from her , and her ancle broken . The 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 had promised to do so as long as shclived if she conducted herself well . The plaintiff was now recovered , and the action was brought to obtain for her some compensation far the dreadful injuries she ' had received , as was alleged , in consequence of the defendants ! negligence in not . keeping their
machinery properly , covered and protected . —For the defence it was urged by the learned Sergeant' that the plaintiff was not employed by the 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 puttisg up new . machinery . The action was bronght in forma payperis for 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 . . '
Higuwat Robbbbt . —John Mulvey 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 . The prosecutor is a greengrocer , living at Hejwood , and on the above night was in Manchester ; having met with a friend from Stockport whom he had not seen for iwenty 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 prisoner * , one of whom he had known before , and on their learning bis 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 him . His cries brought a policeman' to the soot , 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 ' around , and saw a door-key ' lying on the prosecutor ' s chest , while still on bis back . The prisoners had been Eeen . in company together at the' Red House up tOi balf-past ten on that evening . On Tulley ' bein <» . confronted with the j-rosecutor at the 8 tation ° hou 8 e , be was recognised , although placed among other prisoners . —In their defence , both prisoners said this was the first time they had been charged with ' . an offence . They were immediately found GuUty . ^ and sentencedjo eighteen months' imprisbrmem antl hard labour . BnBiaABT .-Joseph Mills was indicted for having , on the 2 nd of December last ; committed a burglary and ? roblery in the house : of Elizabeth ^ orris , at Warrington . Another count charged the prisoner with receiving the property knowmg it to be
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a ^ -n ~ *« a * W ^«^ ' « w ^ them being apppehended , and the prisoner , who escaped , was distinctl y recognised ; from that time he disappearedfrom his usual haunts ,= and was not a ^ oprehended until some time afterwards . The one wio was taken into custod y at the time was tried and conyicted at the last assizes .-Mr . Tindal Atkinson having addressed the jury for the defence , the jury foundi the prisoner Guilty , and a former conviction for felony , , as well as numerous summary punishments , having been proved against him , he was sentenced to ten years' transportation . ¦
^ Law v . Bawsos . —Accident thhouoh Naphtha . — The plaintiff in this case . is Mr . David Law , and the defendant Mr . ; Henry . Rawson .-Jtfr . 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 of the firm of Johnson and Rawson extensive stationers , of Manehes-• S , For some years past it had been the custom of the directors of the . Mechanics' Institution at Manchester ,. atthe festiveBeasonof Christmas , to furnish an annual entertainment to the inhabitants of the town , the ^ proceeds arising from the admis-, swn to which went towards defraying thecurrent expenses of the institution . For this nuroose . for
. tne . iast lew seasons they had engaged the use of the . Free-trade Hall . - Amongst other sources of entertainment , there was given & representation of the old Chratmas festivities , , and during this ^ S ? t » f / [ l ^ eariD ? y lo # . then S « ^ &c ., and the type of a large plumjn flame . Until theoccasion on which the accident occurred spints ^ of wine had always been used for tje purpose , but immediately before the eeremony took place it was found i that no spirits of wine had hTa ?^ 5 ° v the P"Pose ; and Mr . Rawsoh , the . d 6 fendant , . wljo was one of the directors on-the occasion , said he would go and get 8 omething which wouMdoqmte ? 8 well . He then went and procured
» wwa or naputna , a portion of which he told the ITte tOpOlir f the pudding . and set fire ft / i ^ accordingly done , but thoman said fae _ d . d not Jike the effect prodHeed ; it was not fS"ft 1 aud he a 8 ked Mr ; Rawson if he should follow the procession and occasionall y pour apor-^" n r <> n ^ e lighted puddV g . To this Mr . Rawson . assented , - and immediatel y upon the man pouring , the naphtha upon the iflasC substance , a frightful explosion took p ' ace , a « d ! n immense flame shot forth like a flash of lightning . Several persons were seriousl y injured , and amongst themitwas discovered that Mr ,-Law was most frightfully burnt , and in consequence ho suflered the most excruoiating agony . He was conveyed home and placed in bed , and for several weeks lay
in a most precarious state ; he had lost the vision of one eye , and the other was materially impaired and having teen , for his years , ^ a -most-rejnarfaible health y and strong man , of great bodily activity and mental , intelligence , he had been -rendered quite a different charaeter b y reason of the accident . —Mr . Knowles submitted that there had been no case made orit against the defendant Bawson . There was the relation of servant and master existing between the'person who had aecidently injured the plaintiff and-the defendant . Where two people were quite independent of each other and one suggested a course of preeeeding which the other assented to , as in the present instance , the party suggesting was not amenable for the ant , of
tbe prime worker in the case . —The Judge intimated his belief that this point possessed force , but requested Mr . Knowles to address the jury on the subject of damageVreserviDg the point in case of the verdict being adverse to the defendant .-The jury , however , found a verdict for the defendant ^ Coohibrpbit Coining : - Henry Francis , John . Henry , and' Elizabeth Taylor , were indicted for making and uttering counterfeit coin of tlie realm iin Liverpool , on the first of February last ; Henry . Taylor pleaded guilty ; the three others ,, hot ' guilty The evidence adduced' oh the part of tlie prosecu ^ turn showed that a rather extensive trade had been . carried on b y the prisoners in the manufacture of spurious shillings and half-crowns , ' their place of residence in Cazeneau ^ 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 ifci to the ( hoy . On the arrival of Francis , and ; HjTaylory 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'hiss residence ^ aiid tell his wife that he was in custody . ' From what ' the police ^ man 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 , H . Taylor and H . Francis , was exceedingly , clear . ' 'Mr . Powell , the Mint inspector , deposed to . the coins found beine allc 6 unterfeifc-ithey con 8 isted of shillings . 'bearihfr date 18 Mand 1839 , aiid ihalf-crowns of 1840 . Mr . Justice Cresswell' elaborately summed' up the evidence . The jury deliberated for a" few minutes , when they -found . Henry Taylor Guilty , and acquitted John , and Elizabeth Taylor . —Sentence deferred . . ' ' " ' ' : ' ¦ ¦ > . '
. WhomsAlb UiiBBisd op . Forced Bank Botes ^ - Joahua Butterworth was indicted for . havin ? at Rochdaleknowingly uttered several Bank of England notes , which were forgeries ^ and purporting to be of the value of £ 10 and £ 5 ' respectively . ^—Botterworthresided atUochdale , and . was considered to hold-a respectaWb position ihere ; OntheiSOth of February he went toMr . Hooton ' ; of theKew ^ market Tavern , by whonr he was knownj ' and procored change for " a £ 10 ' ¦ note . Mr , Hoq ' toh kept this note for two days ; and eventually passed it to Mr . Horrocks , a ; traveller , who took the number of the note ; but on * attempting to pass it discovered it to be forged , arid accordingly returned it to Mr . Hooton / who eventually got two £ 5 notes in
exchange for it from the prisoner . This was'about five or six o ' clock in the evening of the 20 th ult ., and as soon as the prisoner had left'Hootoh ' H , he proceeded tq another tavern in . Rochdale ,, kept by a Mr . Eccles , and there procured change for the identical £ 10 note ; that he hail just taken back fiom Hooton , by whom'he was told it was not genuine . From Eccles he received ten sovereigns , and thereupon returned to flooton , and offering to give him gold for the two £ 5 notes . Suspectin g 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 , a « a the notes found on him examined , they proved to be forgeries , as of course was the £ 10 note he had that evening passed to' Eccles , and also one for £ 5 previously cashed for him . by that person , and who had hot parted with it . Soon after
his apprehension the prisoner made a statement jwhich led to suspicion attaching itself to another in Rochdale named Whittles . Butterworth denied 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 difBculty ; they were partly for himself and partly for Whittles . Upon this revelation Whittles was taken into custody , and in his 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 of the prisoner . So well were these notes executed that several parties to the notes were genuine .-r-Mr . Justice Cresswell laving summed up the evidence , ' the' prisoner was immediately found Guilty , —Sentence deferred . John ' Whittles , the person referred to in the foregoing trial , pleaded Guilty . —Sentencealsodeferred ,
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Thb Gri ? at Hatioxai FAiB .-r-The London Committee , which have held their meetings , every Tuesday in the Mloori ^ of the Cjty Tbeatre , 'for the last four months , have at' length obtained " anjeligible site within a ? hort distance from ' the'Ci-yatai Palace , comprising twentj-fiv ^ acres .. " The'ihanagement is entrusted to ' mostrexperiepced . 'hands , who are pledged to , carry out , the ' arrangement of the committee with every ' possible respectability ^ The principal establishments in the three . kingdom s 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 opeii on the 1 st of May ; and will be a great relief to ' th ' e opening of the Exhibition , by attracting tho ^ e who could [ be ; 6 f : no possib e service beyond tending " to ' overcrowd' the Park . TW Committee 'have most flattering ' testimonials
from" the authbrities-4-so that our ' Continental neighbours will have an opportunity of witnessing a real English fair , conducted with a due regard to decorum . " - One of the principal rules of the Committee is , that no gambling or Sunday trading will be permitted on the ground . ' ' ¦' ¦' ¦'¦ ' '' Fall of ihb ; NwoabA Fal « . —There has been another fall from . the rock over ' which the stream at Niagara runs ! " ¦ A' correspondent of the New lors Tribune thfeks it possible tlidf people how ; alive may see these celebrated Falls converted into a rapid ; or ^ succession of rapids . The leilgo of rock extends' about a quarter of a mile back from the cataracir ^ beybnd that , the Niagara' is said ' to'bo a 'hundred'fe ' et 'deep , or even deeper ; when , therer fore , the , j » feat ; &ll reaches the deep water , there wm only be i Maid .
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^ uS ?^^™^^ ON PERT HALL THE PRISCES ' S'S CONI
'¦ ¦ ¦ THU ABSURDITIES : OF A . MEMBER . 0 ? ¦ ; j ' '¦• ' v \ "ARLIAMBNT : " - . ' ¦;• . ¦ :.-, o V ¦ . » The hall was crama ;^ - ' 'The first appearance of ihe ' giftedorator , M tne ^ 'a'forra ' was greeted with prolonged cheering , and w »? M > moraent . ' s pause or preliminary . prelude he proC eetleo tbgrapple with his «? gre 880 r inth ^ ^ r of ^ . mmons . ( ' %# & \? T ^ i- ' - ' $ ' ^ i ^ 9 li
TtiicSSffl ^ r ^ rane ^ t o ^ echt onslaught on Italy ' a humhl « T «« ide' a ) Oint m&m , with teanof S ? V 6 rs of Babylon they weep the Stle SVP 011 ^^ " ? sorrow . I am calleS know £ > Jell ffi hy M ^ countrymen who Sim SaiSL f - met 0 waste the withering SSJ t w 2 l £ fl *? 0 I 1 tbe venal calumny , lley as well agl look forward to a' denuratod fS ° from the'fo l infe ° , f aith ^ *^ « SftJ freed trom the foulness of ultramontane feculence a n ? n De o C r ; 8 ary conc ° mitai » t of the land ' s 5 ffi nni of \ J $ * Detat l ° » • such is the extent of our common apostacy , in which wo riorvif Cheers . V
asioonr treason to the house of Hapsbure and Z ffi ° L T , erence , ? i ^ ' ambassior in ' " - rnn ' hin « , ff * " * ¦¦' m ^ i ^ h taunt' of Mr . Cochrane shall meet an answer . ( Cheers . ) Who is this person ? We , all know the poor' drivellB pantaloon , discount Arlingcburt , of France-til Sfi&hfZfiT ' i '" ? totterin S' champion of divine rignt , who lasfyear . - on returning from bur country where he hadgone to fiSenSfe wUhall its ieir , s ated tyrannies , and tomfooleries , wrote a book called Itahe Rouge , wherein ho gave vent to the vituperation of yen ' emous dotage . Arraigned before the tribunals ' , of France for a malicnant libel on Prince Cahiho ; and found guilty evenby the functionaries of a government that'had crusheil the commonwealth of Rome , heowted themitiffnted
penalty m which he was mulcted , to pky for his grey hairs , and indulgence for idiotic senility . But the book , Ymmg Italy , written by this Mr . Cdehrane ; arid 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 belpuo ; ed to the coterie of " Youh't Englanders , ' a small infantry of conceited nonage , which the manhood of this country has scouted with ' deserved derision , and of ' whose' exploded puerilities he is now the solitary embodiment . And what is the charge he brings forward in the British parliament against bur proceedings in this hall ? Forsooth , that , the vice ' s of the imperial court of
Spbonbrunn are pot slurred over , or hushed up in aii assembly of its victims , and what is only whispered at Vienna is liere procJaimed from the house top . 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 Jirchduchess of Austria besides the immaculate Sophia held up as a model of decorum ? Why overlook in his champ ionship of ' that irreproachable household the Austriaaarohduchess , Carolineof Naples , of whom also the context ' made honourable mention as bavin ? " revived" in ' that classic haunt ofimperial profligaby , " the cruelties as well as the , Caprean aaturnalia ' of Nero " perpetrated -the murders ' "of Oirillo and Caraeciolo' "
and dragged into unholy complicity with herdis - gUBting deeds the brightest . name jn England ' s muster-roll of n ; wal ; hefoism . ( Cheers ' . ' ) Has he forgottenanpthernrchduchesB of Austria ; wedded to the greatest conque ' rbr ' a ' nd ruler of : the modern world , who "did not wait for' the ' . weeda of widowhood to contract . an . inglorious alliance , for ge tting ; in the dalliance of . an ignoble paramour the distant ¦ denizen of a " , desolate rock under the equator ; ( Cheers . ) I make him a presentof the , Archduohesa Antoinette , of Fiyince : not a syllable ' . of blame shall fall from my ] lip ' s on her whom sacred misfortune has , absolved , and . calamity almost canonised : but I . ' tell ' him her sister , the . A ' rqhduchesa Louisa Anialia of Parma , has left in Ithly ' a
remembrauce of public frailty and scandal , which' no similar atonement has come to obliterate in the memory of mankind ^ . Lethim then seek sympathy fov'his Archduchess . Sophia elsewhere thati . in the Cbmmons of England , and when I . publicly designate her as enacii ; ig , 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 these , who surround her . "; Who are they ? . Dees he ; mean ; Prince Schwarizenberg , the notorious , seducer of another man ' s wife , , who lias left unpaid . to ithiB day the damages awarded by . an English
jui 7 vtotheinjufed : 1 husband ;? . VjThe . fespject of those . who . surround her ! " ' Has . the honourable gentleman ever , heard of certain letters intercepted , after the Milanese revolution ,. from the sons , of Archduke Ranieri , Viceroy , of Lombardy ;?; . Thera he might learn the respect of those who ; ought to k ^ now her ^ ,. There he would understand the drift of two yearaVintrigiie . to bring about the abdication of a dotard and the substitution of an idiot . emperor , both being her tools ,. fpr the furtherance ; of a policy originating in her alone . Has tlie gentleman ever heard of the wholesale murders in Galicia , ? . — 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 ? ordqes he : mean to class the butcher ? Iaynau a , mong , thbse '' who . surround her with the bulwark of their respectful de . ference ? . Doubtless , Catherine . ' of . " , Russia , the Messalina of the , north , ; was-an object of similar respect to her court circle , but . ' the Russian .. ambassador would find it difficult to , enfprcp , here , in London her claim to British veneration . .. Christina of Sweden , ; after , the murder , of her paramouri Monaldeschi , in the saloons of . Fpntainebleau , ' was hot only respected by those around her , but , got a ( Sepulchre , in the Yatican basilica ,,,. and a statue erected ) jy an admiring PopD ito thjs illustrious c ' on-, vert , whose adoption of Catholicity preceded ; tliat act of assassination . But why talk ! of female
honour . in connexion with papal testimony , ? . Am I to be arraigned by court sycophants , and volunteer flunkeyistn for , telling a notorious truth , when a notorious lie goes unrebuked , and the noble women of Rome are proclaimed , prostitutes by .,, the felon Ferretti "in tho face . of Europe with dastardly cowardice and unblushing effrontery . '' . Is the gallantry of Cocbrane insensible to all but archidupal defamation ? Has womanhood no claim on his championship when only dignified by love of country and active benevolence ? And , must the lady of hia chivalry assume the attractive beau ideal of Hecate or Meesera , the scourge of humanity ' ( Donna de SatanassoJ when he seeks , his , Dulcinea del Tobozo in the house of ' Hapsburg ? ( Cheers . )
' The speaker next adverted to Mr . Cochrane ' s "imwarrantaWe assertion in the Coramsn 8 , ' that one of the Roman triumvirs , Mazzini , hid himself in Consul Freeborn ' s wine cellar at the entrj of . the French . He was not M . Mazzini ' s 8 pt ) keVman ~ that getitieman was fully competent to defend h'i ' s own honour against sucb scurrilous assailants , if not deemed beneath the notice of his - lofty and unimpeachable character ; but he would tell Mr . Cochrane tbattbe French b £ { J ' met on the ramparts of Rome valour equal if i » ut superior to their '' pwn . ' and if he ; ( Gavazzi ) , ' who had hot sbiunk Horn their encounter in honourable warfare , had after their entry injto . Rome felt himself , on ,, unsquaVtermB ^ wi'it ( thei foe ,. it ^ was because the soldiers of France were set to , do the
vile work of Papal siim and police agents , in . which capacity he declined tlieir further acquaintanceship . ( CtiefcrB . ) ; He proceeded to' animadvert on Mr . Cochrane ' s book , of' ' which he Reproduced'several malignant and offensive ' passage ?; ' This ' roe inber of a BritisKparliamehtthus prop ' ounas his views ' of the policy .. becoming a mitred spvjefeign : — "He . perceived tbat it . was absolutely necessary to pl ay ! w ! th the movement . The leaders . of the mob did not un . derstand his character , ; < they . \ mistook the mere coquette for the lady of' easy virtue . I ' . '^ page ( 38 ) . This is pretty decent , but all is in perfect keeping . Again : — '¦ "The Pope bad ue « n unfortunately advised to poncede a " slig ht 'degre ^ % (" liberty to the '
pre 88 " : ( pagp ; 68 ) . To find an Englishman ^ using such phraseology must be hi ghly acceptable to the Archduchess Sophia ;' but the father questioned whether this country was yet ifge for the introduction of an . Austrian censorship ^ . either for the press or tbe free utterance of ppmion in public assemblies , which ; Slr . Coelirane " would put downby the . jnterr ference of the Austrian . embassy " . ' Such an attempt would be quite natural on the pa " rt of" young England , " but old England ihoughrptherwise , thank heaven ,. and anj emissary of . A ' usTrja who would seek to . enforce here the terrors prevalent at Vienna would do well ; to i avoid the 'brewery of Barclay . ( Cheers . ) '" i ! : :
The speaker here took occasion to describe the various procesuons and similar Pagan performances which modern Rome has borrowed from the . ritual of idohtry— the blessing of . cattle at i the . porch of , St . Anthony , and other similar dl-plays , the primaTy object of which wasof . course clerical rapacity (; fa Uttegaj : He next " .. ' afivetfid t to tha'deligKt of-the Roman Camarilla on the news' oi lord ' J ] 6 hn Rassell ' s resignation reaching them , and tihuiiiaaowj
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ol a " judgment ' Jn the providential occurrence Reverting next to the pastoral lately issued by the Westminster cardinal , he sifted with vi gorous and merciless scrutiny the phraseology and tenor of that document ; pointed out the grovelling views of the writer , and biB incapability of appreciating the exalted scope ^ and tendency of this great effort of humanprogresls . and European brotherhood , ending by the ^ suggestion jhat the rivalry of competition might bave . tinged the views of the red-robed exhibitor of Vatican curiosities , and fears for his showbox in Southwark stimulated his jeremiade on tbe approaching festival of human industry .
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MONDAY , March 24 . HOUSE Of iORDS .-The gale of Arsenie Regiilation Bill was read a third time with additional clauses and passed on the motion of Lord Cablislk . The Earl of : Desam mi > ved , for certain returns of wheat and flour imported k J 849 , 1850 , and 1851 into Great Britain and Irelancf , and called the attention of the house to the great inconvenience winch had attended tbe importation of flour into the United Kingdom , and especially to tho injury whwh it had inflicted on millers .
Earl Grky admitted that tbe importation of foreign flour , had been groat , but believed it had been far from disadvantageous to the country at large .-. ( Hear , hear . ) It might bo that our millers wero suffering from French competition , but the trench possessed no advantages , which were not equally available to the , British miller , while tho British bad advantages which tho French miller did notpossess . ( llear , hear . ) -Lord Stanmw , in spite of the noble Earl ' s observations , thought tho facts of the caso , as exhibited in thesuffermgs of the millers , were entirely against him . ( Hear , hear . ) . ,
> After some further . discussion , in which Lord FiTzwitLiAM and Lord Malmesburt took part , the motion ofjLord Desartwas agreed to . . 1 The Farl of "WiKcniLBBA , in presenting a petition against Papal Aggression , was about to enter upon thecaseiof Miss Talbot , which he Bti gmatised as one of the greatest conspiracies ever heard of , when Lord Campbell reminded the noble Earl of the impropriety of making remarks on cases which were subjudice . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Poor Batbs .-TIio Sheriffs of LosnoN appeared in tlieir robes of office at the bar of the house , and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and member * of the Common Couneil ,, praying that the owners and 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 , iu answer to Mr . Kbr Sbtmbr , that he had communicated with the Treasury , for the purpose of ascertaining whither it would be possible to remove some of the trees which at present disfigure the interior of tho building for tbe Exhibition ,. In answer to a quostion from Lord R . Grosvenor , Lord J . ItussKLL said , that on the Tuesday or Wednesday befoiuEaBter Sunday , he should move the adjournment of the house for the Easter recess , till the Monday se ' nnight . .
Mr . LABoucnERE said ,. in answer to Mr . IIomb , that the New Mercantile Marine Bill would retain the main provisions of the bill of last , session , but some of them would be . introducod in an improved form . Tho . right hon . gentleman ' promised' that ample time should be given for its consideration . 11 Mr . IteHoMos re-asserted that the Hon . Miss tfalbot 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 . Rev
nolds ) , that he had stated on authority one thing , and , others on . authority exactly the reverse , and that each authority was perfectly correct . ( Liughter . ) The statement he ( Sir . B . llall ) had made was on the authority of one of bis . ( Mr . Reynolds ' s ) own bishops , who had been a party himself to the transactions . ( Hear , hean ) He ( Sir B . Hall ) had credited this bishop , but . now lie sorried for him . ( Laughter , and hear ' , liear . ) , : Ecclrsiastical Titles Bill . —The debate on the second reading , of this bill was resumed by Mr . Faoan , who opposed ' the measurp , as well as Mr . . G . Smytre , Mr . Sadlbir , Sir J . Young , Mr . Grattan , andLord CASTi , EnEAon ; . Mr . M . Milnes . Mr . H . Bebkelby , and Mr . G . Bkr ' kule-x supported the
measuve . .,-, ..-After a few words from Mr . A . Hope , the adjournment of the debato was moved , and Lord John Russell , 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 be heard , and that the debate should be extended still further , for the 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 64 . - , --Another division then took place on the question of adjournment when the numbers were 360 against 43 . ; Lord J . Russell then 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 , March 25 . HOUSE . OF LORDS . —The Bishop of Oxford put a question with respect to the inquiries which had been promised" to bo mado by her Majesty ' s government into the grievances complained of by the Church of England in the colonies . Earl Gbk said that no complaints had been received respecting any grievances , ' which could not be remedied by the colonial legislature , without the interference of the imperial legislature . It . had , therefore , been deemed prudent to refer those who made suoh complaints to their local 'legislatures for redress . . ' ' ; . . Lord Malmbsbort presented several petitions remonstrating against , the injustice of the present hs-8 ossn ) ent for tlie poor . rates levied upon tithes and rent charges . These petitions the noble lord supported on behalf of the working clergy , and elicited a statement that the . govermnent had no intention of introducing a bill upou the subject .
A brief discussion ensued , after which the petitions were laid on tho table , and their lordships adjourned at seven o ' clock . HOUSE'OF COMMONS—Petitions wero also presented by Sir G Pechall , from tho unlobated shareholders in the National Land Company , residing in Brighton and jts 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 . , '' ' ' . : ¦ : ' , Paibsi Laws . —Mr . Ricakdo gave notice that noxt week , he would ' move the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the policy of altering the patent laws .
Equalisation of Poor ' s Rate , —Mr . G . Berkblet gave notice that on this day fortnight he would move a" resolution to the effect that there should be equalised poor ' s rate of Is . 6 d . in tho pound , subject to local government . Mr . IIawes , r ' eplying-to Mr . Christopher , stated that the return of Sir B . Tonnent to this country was solely owing to domestic circumstances having no corihexibn with the Ceylon inquiry , and without any recall haying been sent out by the government . ' : ' " . : ' ¦ ¦ - ; i ; ¦ •'
Mr ; HoBHOUBB-re ^ opened'the' discussion of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill by arguingthat'the Papal rescript inflicted no insalt and produced no aggres- ' siohthat warranted legislative interference . He apprehended much injury from the acrimonious debates which thei subject had occasioned , fearing especially . the handle' that would be given to the scoffers against ' all religioni ( Hear ; hear . ) ' >¦ ¦ Mr . Portal ; in a maiden spee ' ch ^ 'dwelt upon the infelicitous scopo th ' at waB given to- the bill , just enough to irritate , andriot enbughto resist , rendering it as a measure impotent for good , but'ill powerful'for evil . ( Hear ; hear . ) ' Acknovpled ging that the Papal act' was an aggression upon the church , he thought that tHe ' churoh should not rely on tlie state for protection ; . and , proceeding to exnmine the measure as a piece of legislation ,
contended that it could not be made to work effectrtely . ( Hearj heari ) ' ; ' ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ; " : - ' '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ! ' Mr . Johi j O'Co »« tlii admittedthat the Pope hadno temporal power in this countryV but'contended that the < Jueeh had no spiritual power ovor the R 6-manCatholic Church . ( Hear , hear . ) » -It was even doubted whether shekad ; by the'common law , any jurisdiction ' over Spirituals even' in the Protestant Church . " He went on to defend the character of Dr ; Cuileri , the Catholic Primate oMrehmd ; from the calumnies which-h' ad : been thrown out : agamst him ; and 8 aid'his " ' appoihtment'by the Pope was one in every way beneficial to Ireland ; He denounced the insinuations which had been cast iipon- the loyalty of the Roman Catholios by tho noble Lovd , and declared his determined hostility to the persecuting measure which -they were now seeking to pass into law : " ( Cheers ;); - ! -- •;; "
; Lawless spoke against the bill . : Mr . Muntz supported it . not because he looked upon it as a'religious question , , but : because it in * volved themaintenance of constitutional liberty in tliis country and in Europe . ( Hear , ; hear . ) - He would never have it said to hia children that he had gone « ut « f his way to encourage a religion which
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was inimical to civil and religious libertv anrf « n « twr , to his own convictions Sn it HfeffiJ ; Or « a ' f HuMB had wutched with Pleaswe tho prohad becomf ^ . ^ i' in hich 8 ectari ^ acerbi » es ™ ° ? mM « & and governments deprived of nolicvftf % - he fir eater sorrow the retrogado S&rSiKXufa EsiSr" ^ ° *" - srsasdftSSs&Tsjs s ^ -AJSr a ® 1 ^ proof thatthe rescript was an aggression . ' 2
near . ) m establishment of the Catholic epis 0 ' . paey had been urgently demanded by the English members of that ftiith , was currently talked about years since , and was merely a copy of tbe system existing and recognised in Ireland . ( Cheers . ) It mis childish folly to adopt petulant measures , at tins time of day , against ao trivial an aggression . ( Hear , hear . ) The bill would create many inconsistencies in Scotland , and many difficulties in Ireland . ( Hear , bear . ) Sir . F . Tjiesioer 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 pf indefeasible spiritual right , and on the other by those who viewed that act as an aggression upon the reh-ious liberties of the country ! Assuming , ; L' ! &r ? , s sake ' ttofctter position , he conl 2 £ i tif e 1 < re - " fc measure x&M n ° »» against tbe aggress , on , nor provided anv nreventa .
% r ; Z -T Ohief - ( Heir - hear - ) On ' theoppohadbeonKk H I 0 'Ttilir'Vthat no ^ plunatioa nau oeqn given of tl . eaHeged religious ncccasitv whinh was said tc . have eXistctlfor thesorfflSS f ( 6 ?^ toJscek for otlfer mo tives and , after a brief historical survey of nast transact B n" 6 rred tliat the ? e motives WS of " Jo ! htioal and intrusive character , which demanded tho most v gorous measures of defence . ( Cheers 1 the date of the Revolution of 1 C 83 , he ai-gued that tneexwtence of Catholio bishops in that country was at firat absolutely prohibited , and had never since received a statutory permission . Tho an . pointment of suoh prelates in Ireland bv the Ponft
was therefore , as clearly an act of aggression as it was in England . ( llear , hear . ) Adverting then to the- laws restraining the introduction of papal bull ? , he ^ regretted the inconsiderate kindness which , since 1829 , bad removed all the penalties from those laws , and by dismantling the fortress of our nationality , allowed an enemy to take possession . Hut by ignoring all the long-established safeguards provided by law , the new act of the minister had done a great injury to the very cause it wag destined to serve . He found in the terms of tho rescript the assertion of a princi ple whoso natural development would speedily lead to an universal dominion . . ( Hear , hear . ) The new . episcopacy , ifc was alleged , would constitute a fresh barrier between ihe English Catholics and the Pope ;' but what advantage was that , if-the religion itLlf a < r .
grandised its power in this country ? In the bill ho detected a crooked and timid policy , since it would interfere indirectly with ordination , synodical action , and other ecclesiastical functions , against which the iramers did not venture to enact an express prohibition , ( llear , hear . ) Altogether , liia concluded that the minister , consistently with the maxims that induced him to prune away tho second and third clauses , must vote against his own bill , unless ho admitted into the retained-clause a scries of exceptions bo wide as to swamp the whole of thepurport 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 minimum 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 satisfied , 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 was desirable , before the house entered upon a new path , tliat it should at least understand the direction in which it tended . ( Hear , hear . ) 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 reli » ious freedom . His
fMrUladstone s ) vote would be governed by a regard to principles of imperial policy , and to the welfare of the entire community , with reference to the interests of the Church of England . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that our Constitution w ; . s strong enough , to resi 3 t any aggression whatever , by any power in the world . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho Church of England was not in such a position , but the power of the Church could not be defonded by temporal legislation , whicli 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-ly , 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 our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects , on account of language for which thev were not responsible ? ( Hear , hear . ) We must look to the 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 oar representing the wrong to the party who had done it , and demanding redress . The bill , however , was before the house ;
and the quostion was , what to do with a measure which no one had said w » 3 adequate for the purpose . Mr , Gladstone tUen pointed out various deficiences , and anomalies in the bill , which , he 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 the Pope bad a temporal character . That the Roman Catholics , recognised the Pope as their spiritual head , did not justify the withholding one jot of religious freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not enough that bishops were appointed by a foreign authority ; it must bo shown that they are not spiritual officers , but appointed for temporal purposes . ( Hear , hear . ) If the appointment of bishops per ae 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 diatinot from that incidental to the disciplinary arrangoments of every religious body , and without such proof there wa 3 notashadowofgrouridforthe bill . ( Cheers . ) In the forgotten corners of the law mi ght bo found , doctrines of Royal supremacy which might make this act ofthel ' ope an aggression ; but if we fell back up . m these doctrines , ho protested- against their application to one reli gious 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 exort upon the two parties into which the Romish community was divided : For 300 years the Koman Catholic laity and secular clergy—the moderato party—had been struggling , with the sanction of the British government , for this very measure , the appointment of diocesan bishops , which tbe extreme party—the legularsand cardinals at the Court of Rome—had been all along struggling . to resist . ( Hear , hear . ) The present legislation would drive the Roman Catholics back upon the Pope , and , teasing them with a miniature penal law , would alienate and estrange them . ( Hear , hear . ) Religious freedom . was a principle
which had not been adopted in haste , and had not triumphed until nearly half a century , , 6 f agonising struggles ; and he trusted wo weicnot going now to repeat Penelope ' s process without her purpose , and undo a great work * which had been accomplished with so much difficulty . . ( Cheers . ) . Mr . DisRAELirose to express his sentimeuts and thf ; Be of his party upon the general question and the particular measure . They had been informed by the Minister that there h ad . been an aggreBsioa against the supremacy of the Sovereign and tho honour of the nation by a Prince of no great power . ( Hear , hear . ) But whatever opinion might , be entertain ed . of tbe aggression , is tas ! not oviso to despise the foe that committed it . ¦ He denied that he
was of no grea t power ; he was of very great , if not the greatest power , his army consisting of a million of priests . ( Hear , hear . ) , And was such a power to bo treated as a Wealeyati Conference or associated with the last invention of Scotch Dissenters ? If the interpretation of religious libert y given by Mr . G adstone and- ^ hv ^ almer-was correct , on whatpea could , the ^ arno ; principle . be- refused to the Church of England ? \ Rear , hear . ) WBy bear . ) -Why should she acknowled ge the supremacy of the Queen ? The inference , from their dontrmi
was that . they wore opposed to tho alliance between Ctoch and . State . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to tno bill , which in six weeks had undergone countless transformations , he objected to it , first , because it declared by implication the conduot of tie Cardinal notto be illegal .. ( Hear : bear . ) If legal , it was no offence ; if illegal , why was it not to be dealt with bylaw , which , though aiicient , -was not obsolete ? He objected to ; the bill , secondly , because it was ; an , attempt to legislate against titles only . ( Hear , 'hear . ) "Belioving it would be utterly inefficient , he should nevertheless vote for tie second reading , solely for tlie reasons assigned by Sir «•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1619/page/7/
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