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      Lords Derby or Eglinton said no more , and the whole subject was allowed to drop . THE liOMiN CATHOLIC MINISTERS . The following correspondence , relating to the resignation of Messrs . Monsell , Keogh > and S adleir , lms appeared in the daily papers : — ME . MOKSELXi TO LORD ABERDEEN . 25 , Chapel-street , Grosvenor-square , Juno 2 , 1853 . My Lord , —I was not present in the House of Commons on Tuesday night , and only learned from the newspapers what had passed in Iho debate .

      IT IIIIV lltb « A Ifl ** ' * - ' ^* " - * -- --- ^ - — — -- ^ — It appears that in the course of a discussion upon tne ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland , Lord John Russell , who is the organ of the Government in the House of Commons , spoke of the lioman Catholic Church in a manner which could not fail to be most offensive to the members of that communion . His lordship described , not individual members of the Iloman Catholic Church , but that Church itself , " under the direction of its head , " as hostile to free institutions , and disloyal to civil governments , and therefore the qualification which Lis lordship added to his censure could not apply to any who , like myself , are in deep and thorough unity of sentiment and spirit with that church and its head .

      No other minister expressed dissent from the opinions of liia lordship ; they -have therefore gone forth as the opinions of the Government ; and of a Government publicly professing such opinions I cannot with honour remain , a member . Of the votes given upon the question before the House I do not complain ; but sentiments so thoroughly hostile to the civil equality of the communion to which I belong I cannot pass by . Acknowledging , therefore , as I am on many accounts bound to do , the great and consistent liberality of your lordship , and of many members of your government , and tin ; great personal kindness which I have received at your hands and at theirs , I beg respectfully to tender my resignation of the o / liec which your lordship has hitherto thought mo worthy to fill . I am , my lord , your obliged and faithful servant , William Monsell . To the Earl of Aberdeen .

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      ELECTION EXPOSURES . Intoxication seems to have been an active agent with the Derby ites at the Liverpool contest . One witness not only acknowledges that he was again and again drunk during tlio election , but since he has come up to London to give evidence ho has been " drunk every day . " Another agency at the Liverpool election appears to have been an improper tampering with the postmen . Circulars issued by the Cardwell and Ewart parly were brought by the postmen to the Tory committee rooms , and there detained for some time .

      The stories elicited by the Durham committee betray a system of Tory bribery very cautiously curried on . A man , named Atkinson , laid a plot for the bril > ers . Ho negotiated with Blagden , agent for Lord Adolphus Vane , mid after some time wrung from him 5 / ., and then voted for the opposite party . lie kept the money , and produced the identical " five sovereigns" ho had received . Bliipdon was overseer of the parish , and in his canvass told John Hollidiiy that unless he voted for Lord Adolphus Viino lit ; would ho doubly assessed . Other cases of direct bribery have been traced to the agents of Lord Adolphus Vune . Lord Adolphus Vane bus been therefore declared " guilty of bribery by his agents , " and " not duly elected . "

      Hut evidence this week before the Claro committee has been of the same completion as that recorded in our lust . ' Tho tutting member established a countercharge of intimidation at Kilrush , but could not prove thud "voters wore detained from the poll . The eoniniit . dee decided that Sir . John Forster 'Fitzgerald and Mr . Cornelius O'liricn were not , duly elected , that the last , election was void , and that tho Reverend John Kurko and tho Reverend Michael Chine excited the people to riot .

      . Hie ( ! iimbridgo bribery commission has commenced its wit tings . Several o-iscs of bribery have been proved against the Conservative party . Tho Conservative agent confessed that he bribed entirely over one hundred lMM'HOllH .

      Mr . Whalley ( Peterborough ) has been found " guilty of treating , " and has been consequently unseated . Mr . Oakes , member for Bury St . Edmund a , has tjeen declared " duly elected . "

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      LOBD DERBY INSTALLED . Once a year Oxford puts off its sombre everyday attire , and puts on the robes of rejoicing . Having drank and dined , and rowed , and read , and been examined , all with more or less success , the young men of whom are made our future preachers , guardsmen , lawyers , members of Parliament , diplomatists , and gentlemen on the turf and the town , are indulged in a jollification previous to going " home . " Every year Oxford has her Commemoration ; every year she has not an Installation . But 1853 is an exception ; and Lord Derby , the chosen successor of the Great Duke as Chancellor of the University , has been duly installed , with all that pomp and circumstance , and good wine and good ' eheer , for which the sons of learning and the aldermen of London are alike famous . The festival begins with a grand and solemn promenade under the arching boughs of the elms that shade the noble avenue in Christ Church meadow , called the " Broad walk . " Here the Oxford Don with his lady visitors on his arm ; here the gentle student , with his sister or his cousin ; here the respectable townsman with his wife or his sweetheart congregate , and for an hour or so walk uninterruptedly up and down—a black crowd , relieved by the gay colours of

      feminine costume . Then on Monday the broad bosom of the silver Isis is covered with a gallant show of boats . This year there were twenty-eight boats—they row in procession—Brasenose , the victor of the season , first . At a certain point the hero boat draws on one side , and each " eight" as it passes salutes the victor by throwing up its oars . Gay crowds line the shore ; and smiles revisit even the starched face of the Oxford Don . But Tuesday was the great day . Then the Chancellor was installed in the Sheldonian Theatre . We

      borrow from the Morning Post an account of the scene there . Long before the time appointed for the opening of the theatre every entrance was literally besieged ; but by the judicious arrangements which were made on this occasion , there was an entire absence of that crushing and trampling down , both of ladies and gentlemen , which has hitherto been the characteristic of a commemoration . All the entrances to the theatre were opened earlier than was mentioned in the programme , and the result was , that a person was enabled to gain admission without running the

      probable risk of breaking an arm , or the greater chance of losing his coat off his back , or his hat off his head . No sooner had the undergraduates located themselves in their gallery than they commenced the proceedings without waiting for the chancellor , by giving one hearty round of cheers for the Queen , and this demonstration of loyalty was followed by an ebullition of gallantry , no less warm and enthusiastic , in a similar compliment to the ladies , whoso bright eyes , playful smiles , and gorgeous dresses gave , as it were , an air of enchantment to the sceno . The name of Priaco Albert was received with less enthusiasm

      than heretofore , but tho mention of the younger branches of tho royal family , especially of tho " Queen's last baby , " elicited universal cheers . The mention of " tho Earl of J ) erby , our honoured lord and chancellor , " was receive'd in ovory instance with deafening cheers , and presented a striking contrast to tho reception given to tho name of Lord John Russell . Tho vice-chancellor ' s name waa hailed with tho heartiest demonstrations of applause , and the proctors appeared to have earned tho good opinion of the undergraduates , if we may judgo from the demonstration in their favour . Tho lato Government appeared to have a host of hearty supporters , although it was evident that unanimity did not prevail in that respect ; and tho

      Hiuno may bo naid of tho present Government j but with the latter tho non-placets certainly predominated . Tho mention of " Louis Napoleon" drew down a torrent of disapprobation , unmodified by a single redeeming cheer ; but greater respect was shown to Mrs . Napoleon , " for in that instance there waa nothing to mar tho applause which it elicited . " Richard Cobdon , " and " Friend Bright , " were calls which gave riso to loud disapprobation , anii ' d which a few faint diooi-N wore hoard . At length a call wa » made from the gallery , which seemed to unito all in ono common demonstration . It was tho name of Disraeli a name no sooner uttered than an involuntary burst of approbation wan heard from all sides , and it , appeared aa it tho spirits and energies of tho whole assembl y had boon pent up and nursed for that especial moment . It was not one round of cheerH , but a succession of rounds of cheers the last , if possible , nt , ill heartier than the first . This

      enthuHiiiHin lasted for several minutes ; and it was remarked by Hoveral that , since tho appearani-o of tho Iron Duko as chancellor , there has been nothing to be compared with Mum demonstration , whether as regards Km intensity or duration . Ah n sot-on" to thin , and to show that disunion could prevail oven among thoHo who , the moment before , wero of one mind , tho naiuo of Gludatono wu « i thrown in ' and cheers and disapprobation worn commingled tho lattor , however , predominating . . DLdtiiiguiahtx ? litorary characters served as another rallying point ; and tho naniOH of Maeaulay , Tonnynon , Grote , Alison , Diokena , and Thackeray , woro received with' umninglod approbation . Tho Hinhop of lOxotor and Dr . 1 ' usey appeared to havo lost n groat portion of their popularity ; and , iustoad of the roundH of choorn with which their niuneg woro wont to bo greeted , tho reception given to them was

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      IOED ABERDEEN TO MR . MONSELL . Downing-streot , June 3 , 1853 . My dear Sir , —It is with much concern that I have received your letter , in which you tender your resignation in consequence of the proceedings which took place in the . House of Commons on Tuesday last . I havo to inform you that , while the vote on that occasion bad the sanction of the Government , the reasons for that vote given by Lord John liussell , and the sentiments of which you complain , are not shared by mo nor by many of my colleagues . I wish this to be distinctly understood , as I might otherwise be justly charged with a departure from those feelings which , both in and out of oflice , I have held and still hold with regard to tho Roman Catholic body , and the open avowal of which had appeared to several Roman Catholic gentlemen to justify them in accepting office under tho Government .

      Words spoken in tho heat , of the debate ( ire liable to bo misapprehended , and Lord John Russell de-tiros ino to say that he did not impute want'of loyalty to the Roman Catholics , and that ho expressly said that political and social cqualiiv ought to he maintained . 1 . have ! made n similar communication to -VIr . JC . cogh and Air . Sadleir ; and after this explanation 1 confidently trust , that you will not persevere in an intention which would be to me the cause of sincere regret . 1 have the honour to be , my dear . sir ,

      Very truly yours , Ajjkujjhek . AV . AfoiiHcll , Km <| . To this note MY . Moxsiar , replied , that as he found that the basis upon which he accepted oflice was unshaken , he would withdraw his resignation . Tie added , — " Henceforth , unless I shall learn from your own lips , or from formal acts , that the policy of tho ( iovernment is changed , I shall accept , every fresh dillicuity which attends its course sis a fresh reason for oH ' ering to your lordship a oontinu . mco of the services , humble as they

      are , which I : un capable of rendering . " These letters woro made the subject of a question in the House of Commons on Monday . The Thnns , in publishing the letters , had in the second paragraph of Lord Aberdeen ' s letter , printed " any of inv colleagues " for " ninny of my colleagues . " The Chronicle , had the correct version . Mr . << . II . Mooiti :, therefore , asked Lord John Russell which was right , and ndded- — Thnt is to uny , whether it in by the wholo or only by a

      inn joril y of ( lie Government Unit the opinions of the noble lord arc repudiitled P And , if the hitter , who are those ; iiieinlier . s of the < Government P In the second place , I wi . sli to know if the House of (' ominous is now (* iven to understand that- only the votes given l > y the nohlc lord the member for the ( , 'it v of London have tho Himctioit of her Majesty ' s ( Government , and that the reasons offered uud the opinions expressed by the noble lord iih t ho " lender " of the Mouse may lie repudiated , on all oeriinioiiH , by tho whole or l > y u majority of Iho (» o \ ernmenl P

      Lord . 1 . Kuhhkm ,: With roHpeet to tho first ( mention which the hoiiounihln gentleman Imih nuked mo , I nave to Hlute that I have boon informed liy Lord Aberdeen that thorii in tut important misprint in I lie letter of his which is given in tint Timos ; and that misprint eonsintu in Mtating that certain opinionH uro not Hhared " by mo or any" in-Htoad of "by i , u > ur hy mauy . " The " transcript in the Mommy Chronicle in , therefore , correct . No far with regard to tho liibt tpuuution tho honourable gentleman hut )

      whence their communications with the base of operations could not be protected . We should not occupy the province of Pegu ; it had no natural frontier , and unless we entirely destroyed the empire of Ava , we would , while holding it , be continually engaged in new wars . We should alter our plan , withdraw entirely from the left bank of the Irrawaddy , with the exception of retaining the narrow strip necessary to protect the passage of our steamers . By this means , by making good roads between our own provinces and Arracan , and by improving the passes to Prome , and from the Sang to the Irrawaddy we would possess a strong military position . The present war could not cost less than from l , 00 O , 000 Z . to l , 2 OO , 000 Z . a-year . The last Burmese war , which lasted two years and a-half , had cost

      asked . As to what members of the Cabinet they are who share my opinions and which members of the Cabinet do not , I ain totally unable to answer the honourable gentleman ' s question . I have only to say further , and this shall be tho answer to the last question asked , that Lord Melbourne used always to say—and I think that that was a very sensible opinion of his—that it was quite sufficient for the members of a government to agree on the course they should pursue , and that it was not at all necessary that they should agree in all the reasons for that course . The War in Bxtkmah . —Lord Ellenbobotxgit condemned this war as impolitic and expensive . A great mistake had been made in advancing troops to a position from

      12 , 00 O , OOOZ . Common Law in Ireland . —Mr . Whiteside ' s bill for the simplification of proceedings at Common Law was considered in committee , on Wednesday . One clause enacts that the cause of action shall be set forth on the summons . To this the Attorney-General objected , as putting the defendant to unnecessary expense in cases where the proceedings went no further than the summons ; but on being informed that in most Irish cases the parties went , further , he withdrew his objection . He then objected to clause 38 , which necessitates the verification of pleadings on oath , but after some conversation the clause was passed . A clause which proposed that , in actions against magistrates and other similar official persons , the venue should be laid in the place where the action rose , was rejected , at the suggestion of Mr . Keogh , by a majority of 70 to 31 .

      The Attainted Earis of Perth . —For their part in the rebellion of 1745 , the Earls of Perth were attainted . Their successors , Duke of Melfort , in France , and an officer in her Majesty ' s army , claimed the lapsed title , and the House of Lords have read a bill to reverse the attainder a second time . Duty on Ieish Spirits . —The additional duty of 8 d . per gallon on Irish spirits was opposed by Captain Jones , and other Irish members . Illicit distillation would result from it ; and tho revenue would not increase . Sir John Young thought differently ; and the amendment , after somo irrelevant talk by Scotch members , was rejected by 100 to 38 . On other clauses of the " Excise Duties on Spirits' Bill , " conversation in committee took place , but no division was taken and no clause was altered . The bill is to be rend a third time on Monday .

      Tenants' Compensation ( Ireland ) . —The Government Bill on this subject waa to have been committed last evening , but was postponed at the request of Sergeant Shee and other Irish members . Hackney Carkia « es Bii-t ,. — Omnibus proprietors must provide lights inside their vohiclos at night , and advertising vans are suppressed . Clauses to this effect havo been added to tho bill in the Lords .

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      556 ~ THE LEADER . [ BA « toBW __

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1853, page 556, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1990/page/4/