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      v nVre vessel within three miles of the colonial shores . Strange to say , the despatches of Mr . Abbott Lawrence do ! Lord Malmesbury are quite discrepant . There is * ' misunderstanding and some bungling somewhere . YTr Lawrence seems to think there is no trouble a-head . Tord Malmesbury is not of that opinion . The Colonial rovernments will not allow the Imperial Government to Jriilc with their rights or their interests . " The writer states that our Government is disposed to enforce the strict letter of the treaty , unless certain equivalents are given to the colonists .

      the colonists , have not the least idea of allowing us to iish between the headlands of their bays , nor within three miles of their coasts or shores , without receiving a full equivalent . The equivalent required , it is said , is reciprocal free trade between all the colonies and the United States in all the productions of agriculture , the forest , and the sea of each ; and a full and equal participation in all the coast fisheries of the United States , including the ¦ privilege of wrecking , fishing , and catching turtle in the Crulf and Straits of Florida , and other southern coasts . " Negotiations are announced as about to be opened at Marshfleld , between Mr . Webster and Mr . Crampton . Mr . Perley , of New Brunswick , had been at Washington , imparting that information to the British Minister ¦ which he is known to possess , respecting the colonies .

      But the most important extract we have to present , is from the St . John ' s Neio BmnswicJcer . The reader will see what great expectations have been formed of the Derby Cabinet by Sir John Pakington ' s despatch of May last . " In our last we published a paragraph , among the items of English news received by telegraph , which stated that the Imparial Government had agreed to settle the fishery question by allowing the Americans to fish anywhere in British waters three miles from land , which would give them the privilege of entering most of our small bays and recesses of the ocean . We expressed our disbelief in this statementas we thought the present Ministry would never

      , consent to terms so manifestly unjust . We have noAvmuch satisfaction in informing the public that the reported settlement of this question is incorrect , no such terms having been agreed to by the Imperial Government ; and we are also enabled to state , on the highest authority , that in the settlement of so important a matter , no rights which the colonists now claim or enjoy will be g iven up to foreign fishermen . We make this statement with the greatest confidence and satisfaction , and congratulate our follow colonists on the disposition manifested by the Home

      Government to guard and preserve every right which fairly and honestly belongs to them . Wo can also assure our readers that the Government of this province is fully alive to the importance of the subject , and has taken the proper steps to impress upon the Imperial authorities the true state oi the case , and the necessity of retaining all our rights unimpaired . The British Minister at Washington has also been made to understand the great importance of the fisheries to our own people , and wo may safely calculate that whatever is done by him will be done with a view to subservo the interests of British North America . We have

      no desire- to prevent our American neighbours from participating , to a certain extent , in tho benefits to be derived from our fisheries , provided they grant us an equivalent ; but . we will never consent to give up our fishing-grounds indiscriminately to the Americans lor all time to come . The people of these colonies arc perfectly willing to treat M-it li thorn in a fair and manly spirit , but they may rest asNuvud that all their energies will he exerted to preserve their valuable fishing grounds from open spoliation , no matter by what nation it may be attempted . "

      TJIK " MEMOKVr OV l . Ol'EZ . " At New Orleans obsequu-. w worn performed in honour of hope / , on the 1 st of September . The proceedings ani described in the J ' i . cai / uua of the 2 nd . " The torchlight procession which was got up lust night to commemorate the anniversary of the death of General ¦ 1 'Opez , must have exceeded in magnitude the most sanguine "xpcctatioiiN of the wiirnic . sl friends of the movement . About K o'clock the procession commenced moving down Koyiil-street from ( tonal , where an immense crowd as-Hi'mbled' to see it form . First went the different companies of the Washington Regiment , under tho command of Colonel Wood , who was surrounded by a numerous stall ¦ with brilliant uniloi-niM . Next , eiune tiie returned Cuban

      prisoners , with a large illuminated lantern , hearing on one wdo im inscription designating them , mid on the other , ' ' Hcnleii , hut not conquered . " A heurse , with all the in-Mgiiia of mourning , and bearing on its sides the names of 1 'Opez , (' riU . eiiden , Iverr , and others , was the next and must Hti-iUinjr feature of the procession . Three pall-hcnrcrH Walked at . each side . Then eunio a largo body of Cubans wIkmii-i ! exiled in this city ; and then followed a multitude "' firemen ( iiitl citizens , whoso unbroken lino , us they inarched past , where wo stood , seemed interminable . A J j"l <> number of the members of tho Society of I ho I . ono "tar and u ( iVrnuiii association , organized for ( . lie purpose

      <» ' practising gymnastics , called the " Turners , " also joined in tho procession . l , a . sl . of all followed a number of well-Known citizens on horseback itnd in carriages . Ah all moved 'ilong , ( lie gleaming torches , the glancing bayonets of tho jinlitary , Mm jr ,, y uniforms ot tho ofliccrH , tho shining caps ol I '"¦ ''men , the stars and regalia on the breasts of many ot ><> se who composed the purely civic part of tho procession , ll >« ' Mags of | , | M , Unit ,., ! Stilton and Cubit , and banners ol ^ "jnoiis devices , gave tho pageant a truly imposing aspect . liero were several bands of music . Messmer's celebrated > iintI played a very linn piece which had been composed by l ) ""> iort . h ,,, asio " n , andis . iill < Hl " The l-opoz Dead March ?' very n | , r < ic t through which the procession passed , during ii itu ucu of nearly two bourn , wua crowded by puruoiiu oi

      both sexes and all ages and conditions . The balconies and windows in the line of march were filled with ladies . The principal streets appeared as if the population of the city had turned out en masse . When the procession filed into Lafayette-square , Colonel Scott Haynes ascended a stand , and introduced W . J . A . Roberts as the orator of tho occasion . That gentleman delivered a very spirited address , which was received with repeated applause . All passed off in the most harmonious manner , and we did not hear of an accident or a breach of the peace during the progress of the procession through the city , or at the meeting that followed . At the close of the procession religious services were held in the Cathedral , when speeches were delivered by Lieutenant Haynes and others . Interesting ceremonies were also held on ' board the steamer Pampero . Cuba continues in agitation , and the severity of the governor is not relaxed .

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      MOVEMENT AGAINST THE IRISH CHURCH . A " peitate and confidential'' circular , issued by the Preparatory Committee of the Friends of Religious Equality , in reference to the Conference to be held in Dublin on the 28 th of October , came into the hands of the editor of the Dublin Evening Mail , who at once published it , the mark " private" notwithstanding . It is dated September 15 th , and subscribed by Mr . G . H . Moore . After an introductory paragraph , it continues : — " It has been deemed advisable that , at the present important crisis of public affairs , the whole scope and operation of the religious laws which separate the people of this empire into hostile castes , and which tend to degrade large classes of British subjects beneath the level of their fellows , should be submitted to the consideration of the legislature . Although some of these laws may be found more mischievously operative than others , it appears to be a general opinion that , as they are all parts of the same system , and have an equal tendency to reproduce themselves , and reappear at intervals in more dangerous forms of organization , it is indispensable , for a right conception of their fgreat capabilities of evil , that they should be brought under review at the same tune , and with a regard to their mutual relations to each other .

      " These laws , or operations of laws , may be classed under four heads : — . . - " 1 . The appropriation of the ecclesiastical revenues ol the country—originally set aside for the religious instruction and consolation of the people—to purposes quite foreign to the spirit of that sacred trust . " 2 . The penalties or prohibitions which still attach to the performance of certain spiritual functions , or the exercise of certain ecclesiastical rights of order or jurisdiction . _

      " 3 . The laws which still disqualify certain classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , on account of their religion , from holding various honourable and important offices in the state " 4 . Those more hidden operations of Government which , by a certain connivanco between the legislative and the executive , between the wording and the working of the law , pervert tho best and most benevolent institutions into instruments of persecution ; drain the bitter cup of poverty of its one blessed drop of comfort ; and cheat oven the gallant men who live and die in the service of ^ their country of all that elevates life and consoles death . " The first in this list is sty led the " largest of these elements of persecution ; " and the circular says further •—

      " The iniquitous anomaly of the Church establishment of Ireland may be truly said to be the cause of every evil , and to stand in the way of every good , in that country ; and it would be superfluous to arguo the condemnation ot a system which has been already denounced by the voice of the whole civilized world . " On this subject , however , there are the widest differences of opinion ; nevertheless the time has eonie , we are told , when this great question must be looked fairly in the face , and come before the Legislature : —

      " Our complaint is , that large revenues , designed for the religious uses of the great bulk of the people , have been diverted from the original purposes of their trust , and applied to a purpose which is not , on the whole , one of general benefit to the community . It may bo a question , therefore , whether , before we can hope to obtain the consent of the legislature to another appropriation of those revenues , we must not be prepared to point out to what extent we think that appropriation should be tarried out , and in what way tho . se revenues may be most beneficially applied . " What , the differences of opinion are , the circular proceeds carefully to enumerate : -

      " Some gentlemen are for the withdrawal of all public funds from all religious bodies ; for the appropriation of the revenues of the Established Church ; for the repeal ot the Jtvt / inin Domnn and the Maynooth grant ; and for the complete establishment of religious equality , by the complete removal of religious endowment . Thin arrangement , although it wotdd find favour among a largo section of tho friends of religious equality , while it is liable to the charge of being almost as complete an alienation of the Church revenues from the original purposes of their trust as ( . lie mode in which they are now applied , leaves still open the whole question of the application of tho funds proposed to

      be appropriated . " It is an opinion very frequently advanced , that ; these revenues should bo applied to the relief of the poor ; and this proposition is supported by the well-known fact , flint such application was one of tho purposes of their original trust . It is objected , on I he other hand , that this allocation would bo a virtual transfer of tho funds to tho owners of property now rated to tho relief of Mm poor ; and that , although a part of tho rovonueu in quoution wna orig inully

      applied to the relief of the poor , it was a very different mode of relief , and worked by a very different machinery from that of the poor law . " Others have urged their application to the reliet ot county cess and other burthens upon land ; and it has been objected on one side , and denied on the other that this proposition is liable to the same objection as the last . " The education of the people is another purpose which has been very generally advocated as more analogous to the original trust , and ' not open to the same objections as the foregoing ; but , after the experience we have had of the purposes to which Government education may be perverted , the disposition of 800 , 000 ? . a-year in the hands of the Government of the day , for general education , might be regarded by many as a more dangerous engine of religious warfare than any the present Church establishment supplies . '

      _ _ .,,... " Another suggestion to be considered is the very obvious alternative of restoring the ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland to the purposes for which they were formerly allotted , the religious instruction and spiritual uses of the whole Irish people . It has been suggested that the whole revenues of the Irish Church Establishment , after having been appropriated and turned to account , should be divided amongst the three great religious denominations into which the Irish people are divided , according to their respective numbers , wants , and circumstances ; and that these sums having been thus allocated , absolutely , irrevocably , and without , condition , the state should thenceforth leave each denomination , as far as their further wants are concerned , to the operation of the voluntary principle , and to their

      own internal arrangements . To this proposition , however simple and equitable it may appear , formidable difficulties have been suggested . Even if such a general arrangement were finally assented to , the good faith of the Government in carrying it out might reasonably be questioned . It is not probable that the present establishment , although stripped of a portion of its trappings , would be allowed to slip altogether out of the harness of the state ; and there may be ground for apprehension that , in endowing other denominations of Christians with a portion of its spoils , an attempt might be made to fasten upon them a part of its subjection . It is clear , at all events , that great caution is necessary in this matter ; and that every step taken should be well and carefully considered .

      " A final suggestion is , that as each benefice or bishopric becomes vacant , the tithe rentcharge , episcopal palace , and revenue be sold , and the proceeds invested in the names of commissioners to be appointed for that purpose ; the fund to be afterwards appropriated as may be agreed upon . It has been argued in support of this proposition , that the appropriation of these revenues could not be hastily decided on ; and that by eliminating from the controversy the chief elements of discord , a greater amount of support would be procured for this first and most important , part of the process . On the other hand , it has been objected that this proposition is blinking the whole question of the purposes for which this property is hehl in trust ; that it deprives our case of the greater part of its strength , and leaves it open to the charge , on the part of its opponents , of being a mere naked measure of spoliation for no definite purpose assigned . "

      Passing by the second and third topics with a few remarks , the circular dilates on the fourth : — " With regard to the fourth element of persecution to which we have ventured to call your attention , we conceive it to be one of tho deepest importance , and one on which statistical information is most required . Secret and widespread in it a operation—stealthy and yet daring in its mode of action—at home and in the colonies—in the camp and in the hospital —in the school-house and in the poorhouse—from the ) orphan pauper to tins strong but friendless soldier and sailor ; all are equally subjected to its sinister and subtle influence ; and if is therefore earnestly requested that this committee may be furnished with every information that , you possess , tending to throw light upon the operation of this dark and dangerous agent of sectarian injustice . "

      The persons to whom the circular is addressed are informed that , although the above mentioned divisions have been adopted , if . is not intended to confine attention to them exclusively . Information upon all pointo connected with the subject is asked for , and co-operation earnestly m | u < 's ( ed .

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      NV ) W STKAM-1 'OWKIL Australia is a land of wonders . When Hie while man first landed on its cousin , he lound that , the natives killed their Ami ! with a , weapon of a totally original < : onstnict , ionV « rtttwl a " boinerang . " Some years ago we romeinber hoys in their teens playing with this weapon ; and young Kngland , therefore , is familiar with its shape . Wi « ll , what shall we say to the application of this rude instrument of the aborigines of Australia to tho statin ships of the western world ? Yet , the last files of tins > Si / ih > ri / Morninif llcntld contain accounts of a . new propeller , invented by Sir

      Thomas Mitehdl , the Surveyor-General of New . South Wales , a trial of which i > i n Miiall steuiner at that , port , had just , excited great interest . If . is called the Koine r . uig propeller , aii < 1 is constructed on the : principle of the weapon of that name used by the natives to kill game . Although Ihe experiment was only on a small and impcrfcH , snihs h « l > eed of Uclve knots an hour a-uinsl , ii hciKl-wind is slated to have been obtained . 'Hie instrument- is described to combine great , strength and simplify , vvhiln >*' lmH ulrt () tho »' lvillll » K r <« motion in *¦• " > water causes but . n comparatively slight agitation , m t hat it i « capable of being adapted to

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      October 2 , 18620 THE LEADER . *>

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 939, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1954/page/7/