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      Witness : Yes , sir , they axe-Mr . Parry r Is it part of your creed to iuterfere with the religious professions of other sects ? Witness : No , sir . . . . Cross-examined by Mr . Payne : We believe in the divinity of the Saviour , and hIsoih the authenticity of the Scriptures . We believe equally in the Inspiration and authenticity cf the Book of Mormon—that it was a Divine revelation to Joseph Smith , and is equally as inspired as the Bible , and as authentic as the Word of God . Mr . Parry , interposing , said , this court was not the proper arena for discussion ot questions of this land ; they had nothing to do with this charge . Mr . Payne thoughtthey had . The prosecutors had brought the case here , instead of quietly aus . we . ring the question as "to what the text was which was being preached from . They had sought a pablicinguiry , and these things must be looked into . ( To witness ) . —la not plurality ojf wives recognised by your religion ?

      Witness : : Nbt in England . Mr . Bodkin thought it would be better that this line of cross-examination should not be gone on with . Mr . Payne would show that it was quite relevant to the case . ( To tlie witness ) .: Is it not stated in your books that further information may be had at all your religious meetings through-out the world ? Witness : Yes ; but such information is to be had in preaching , net in noisy discussion . If there is no information to be gathered from preaching , then where is the use of preaching ? Mr . Parry : A very proper answer .

      The witness , in cross-examination : We betieye'that the Almighty , through theinstrumentality of the elders of our church ,, efiects inaacnl (> u 5 cores . There was sucH a place as the tenfpleof Kauvoo . The head of the sect does not represent tlie Almighty Being , and go through the cere ^ nnony of pretending to create a wcanan from' rib of a man- Brigliani Young ; does not do this . Such things'have been stated ; but it vras also stated that Christ vras a blasphemer . Mr . Payne ; Do not the Latter Day Saints declare as part of their belief that all other sects are corrupt , and teach false doctriiSe , and that anew revelation was necessary , which revelation was made to Joe Smith ? fitness : They believe that' there was a departure from true apostolic doctrine and from apostolic institutions , and therefore that a new religious organisation vyas necessary .

      The new revelation was given to'Joseph Smithy who was deliberately murdered in America . Mr . Payne : Is it not part of your belief that the bishops of the English or Protestant church , must come to . Joseph Smiths church as the only true one , in order to be saved ? fitness : It is just as reasonable to believe that as to believe that Joseph Smith ' s church must come over to the bishops in order that they may be s » ved . Mr . Parry said there were a great many questions of faith in the church of England itself , and if Dr . Pusey himself were in the mtnessJoox , no doubt a smile could be t 4 « ted from his cross-examination . A man , as far as he could see , might be just as able to preach religion even if he had not been educated at Oxford or Cambridge as if he had .

      Witness in continuation : The defendant is a lecturer , and a Protestant clergyman has presided at his lecturesto my great surprise however . I have heard of a book called " An Exposure of the Procceedinga and Itn proprieties of the Mormons . " Be-exanained : Those are the calumnies of those who assail our religion . Joseph Smith was cruelly and barbarously muidered in America because of the religion he professed . By Mr . Bodkin : Wb consider ourselves Prote stant Dissenters . Evidence of the defendant having 1 disturbed the congregation , and of the place being duly licensed having been given ,

      A discussion took place upon a clause in the act 52 nd George III ., cap . 155 , with reference to those licenses for places of religious worship . The clause required a return of a licenae being granted to be made to the Quarter Sessions from the Bishop ' s Court , when the parties went there , and vice verad when the proceeding originated at the Quarter Sessions . In this case no return had been made from the registry of the diocese , nnd Mr . Payno contended thaft such return was ft condition precedent , while Mr . Parry , on , the other-haitd , argued that the legal rights of the parties obtaining the certificate : could not lie affected by qny negligence on the pfurt of the bishop or his deputies , thoy having taken air tjio stops tho hw required thom to do ; nnd that it w « a su ^ cjent for them if they h « d tho certificate . This tho latter gentleman observed , was a most important question , affecting u \\ bodies of Dissenters j and if tho bishop , or those under lnrn , did not perform the duty rcquirod of thorn , ) t must bo looked too . Mr . Bodkin 8 uh \ ho felt the force of Mr , Purry ' s remarks , nnd ho sliould not atop tl » o enso uDon tho noint raised .

      certain inferences ; they adopted the Scripture as divine inspiration , but differed not so much upon matters of doctrine as of discipline ; but this party ( the Mormons ) had a Bible of their own . They believed thai a new revelation had been made to their prophet , Joe Smith , under circumstances of the most miraculous nature , and that their Bible was equal in divine inspiration and authenticity with our own . Were these persons , entertaining such doctrines , to be deemed Protestants , and could it be supposed that the Legislature ever contemplated such a sect when they threw a protection over Protestant Dissenters , in the true sense of the term , in the exercise of their religious worship ? The doctrine of the Mormons was essentially antichristian , and the idea of their Bible being inspired reminded him of what the native Indian said of it . He said , God made one Bible ,

      and the devil another , but the devil was so ashamed of Ins Bible , that he went and buried it , and Joseph Smith afterwards found it . Plurality of wives was recognised by the Mormon religion , bat not by tie English Jaw , and he argued that the law could never be construed to protect in worship those who entertained the abomioable Morrnonist doctrines . They had procured the bishop ' s certificate by a false pretence that they were Protestant Dissentersfalse pretence , he reiterated , for , though professing to be Protestant Dissenters , they held tie belief thajt their elders or the heads of the church had the power , through God , of working miracles , and that Protestant biguops must conform to thetr doctrines in order to he saved . Now , suppose , on the occasion in question , tbfe preacher was advocating these doctrines , and he belonged to a seet which professed then , -where was the crime in a man asking tyhere he took the text from ? He would say let evecy Protestant Dissenter have every liberty of consdeincfi , every freedom of

      religious worship , but let it not be tolerated that the jprofessors of these poisonous and baneful doctrines should take refuge in the guise of Protestantism ^ a religion with which theirs could riot be reconciled ^ and ttfider that mask seek to avail thenaselves of a protection the law could sob have intended them to participate in * Ihey wefie dealers in moral poison , and now wished to appear as goad Protestaafcs He trusted the jury -would not measure this matter with golden scales , that they would put a liberal construction upon the whole case , for such proceedings as those -of these Mormons were not to be endured by honest Englishmen , and that , for the honour of the country , of the trus Pair feestant religion , for God ' s Word , and as good men , they Would not convict the defendant on this charge of disturbing a " Protestant" congregation , and so subject him to a penalty of 40 £ , which the Court bad no power to mitigate - '

      The prisoner Was found guilty , but discharged on giving sureties not to offend in the same way again .

      Mr . Pavyno , in addressing the . jury , said , l > o was one of those who groatly rojolced at the amount of religious freedom , and liberty of conscience enjoyed by tho people of this country , but etill ho thought por « icioua offcotfl would result irora n matter-of-cowrao sort of registration of fheso places of worship , without a preliminary inquiry into tho tenets iu » d professions of those by whom such pliicos wcro to ho used . Now , t ; ho place in question—fchia 41 , Globe-roadwna licensed nn a pWo of meeting for I ' l-oteutwAt Disaontera ; not a , word waa there about ftlormonism ov Latter Day painty in tho bigltopVi cortificnto ; and it vv < ts sot forth ir * . the indiot , mcnt that the nsflcinbhigo was ono of Protestant DJs ^ ontora gathered toftethor for the purpose of religious war / ship . Xia contended thnt tho indictment \ v « a not borne < flj > t by the evidence in more rospcattt Umn one . The first was tlija : —Wus the ' conurcgiilion in ( jueHtion a bond Jlde asBomHy of Protestant PibBuntorn , for ineetingfl of which rvtono tho place wan licensed ? KuptistH , Independents , and WceloyiinH were Protestant DiHHontoru ; thoy each hud tho Bible for tho foundation of their fuitii , did'oning only as to

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      NORWICH : FREE LIBRARY . The first stone of a Eree Library at Norwich was laid , on Wednesday , by the Mayor , Sir Sanvuel . Bignold , assisted by the Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Oxford , Sir J . P . Worlean , Sir F . Kelly , Mr . Peto , M , P ., &c . After the ceremony of fixing the stone , addresses were delivered by the Mayor , who stated its object , and called on th ' e Rev . E . Sidney , Mr . Peto , Sir F . Kelly * and . Sir J . P , Boileau , who severally spoke to the occasion . The Mayor having stated that Mr . J . H . Tilletthad been the " main-spring of the Institution , and that he had never lost sight of it since the Act of Parliament placed it in the hands of the Corporation , requested that gentleman also to address the assembly ;—

      " Mr . J . H . Tillett rose and said , —My fellowr-citizens , I ¦ vyill promise you one thing—^ that I will detuin you . but a very few minutes indeed . X havo listened with the utmost pleasure and satisfaction to the admirable observations which have been made by the preceding speakers , and the only point to which I shall now urge your attention is this —that all we aro now doing will bo perfectly vain and fruitless unless the people will accept tlie advantages held out to thom by this institution . The people must come forward , and , feeling that they have a desire for information and useful knowledgo , they must avail themselves of this institution for obtaining them , nnd they must support with earnest and zealous co-cporation ovoiy effort made for tljeir good . You have hoard , from our lion , member , Mr . Peto , that many of tho men who have been most distinguished in

      tho most noble enterprises which constitute tie greatness of this country have sprung from the people . TUo Eev . Mr . Sidney would also tell you that mimy ol tho brightest ornaments of tho church , and in every department of scknee and litomturo , have risen from among tho poor . Whatever difference there may be in external circumstances , God ia just . Ho has made man with a soul as well « s a body 5 wo are not merely flesh and blood ; wo have n work to do , nnd every mnn who does not try to do his work before , he dies will Jivo in vnin . ( App ! ause > . Every man Biiould try to leave tho world better than ho found it } ovo » y noun sliould f , col that ho haa a powor to do good , and every man ulvouWl try to do good . I sjiy in tfio language of tho Apostle , " Glory , honour , nnd peace to e ^ ery man that workoth good . " ( AppliuiHO . ) The proceedings closed with n . vote of thanks to the Mayor , proposed by tho Duko of Wellington .

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      Wanted an Owner fob 20 , OOOZ . —It appears by a letter which we have seen addressed to Mr . Graves , Sub-Insjector of Police , that several parties in the neighbourhood of Forkhill are in . a state of considerable agitation as to the whereabouts" of a female , named Catherine Byrne , alms M'Guumess , to whom has been left the princely sum of 20 , 000 Z ., besides valuabl * annuities . Patrick Byrne , the husband of Catherine M'Guinness , was , it appears , sentenced to transportation some years ago at the county Antrim assizes . Soon after the execution of the sentence he was left the property mentioned by a distant relative ; this property was transferred to his soil , Thomas Byrne , who was then in America , and who has since died , leaving it with other sums , to his mother , and now the relatives are in a state of great anxiety as to the existence or fate of the interested party . They seem to be ignorant of the value of newspaper advertisements , and as a matter of charity we mention the

      above circumstances in the hope that Mrs . Byrne , who is supposed to be in Belfast , and who had two of her sons employed as tanners here some time ago , may be discovered . Information on the subjeet . will be thankfully received by Sub-InspectocGraves . —Belfast Paper . Mercantile MoRAxriv . —In Chambers' Journal , the following statement is giv . en * with an air of authority : — " Who would suppose that London firms of character and eminence deal , knowingly and systematically , in forged buls ? Yefc such is actually the case . Great money dealers , whose naonesaloue can sometimes turnthe character of the market ,, haye a quiet drawer in which they stow away these bills ,. just as they would " airy other . The principle upon which they proceed is a very simple one .. They know their customer ; he is a man in business , with a stock in trade , a character to lose , and greatly in want < jf ready money . The

      customer forges to his . bills the name ,, usually , of a near relation , or spine one of mopeyed fam « with whom he is connected . The dealers , ftuljr aware of the circumstance , takethe bills . They know well that tth « ir customers will pay . this bill before any others—that he wHjL tun ajlrisk , refuse all payments , make all sacrifices , rather than feave these bills tinnaid ., with the terrible ooBsequences of their examination Th « . customer , in fact , says to the dealer— ! : put my liberty , ray ¦ character , and prospects in yottr haad ; if I fail in iny engagements , you will have the power to transport me as a felon , tshall not ran that r ^ k ; I haye such and . such jrppecty—such and such cQanexions— -lend me , so much money . * The dealers do not hesitate to copiply . " Marriage of Mr . Utrquhart ; . — 'There is a probability that fc Urquhart will not trouble hinasettaboufc the Eastern Question , at least ibi ? a month , for be , has ., just-married

      Miss-Harriet Fortescue , daughter of the late Ljeutenant-Colohel Fortescue , of Glvde Farna , county Loutb , and sister to Lord Claremount . The marriage took place on the ^ th inst ., at the parish church of Ardee , where the ceremony was performed by the Rev . E . Hamilton * brother-injqw to the bride , who was given away by her brother , Lord Claremount . Mr . Urquhart is the son of David IJrquhar . t , of BraclongweM , county of Cromarty , Esq . ; and the bride is sister to Laird Claremount , and to the JHon . Ghichester Fortescue , M . P . Mr . CARDEN .-r-Ireland is doing -what the one young Irish lady did—rejecting Mr . Garden . The thihWp . Evening . Mail says : — " We did not think we should again have to mention Mr- Carden ' s name . But since it las naturally and almost unavoidably presented itself in reference to this case , we not unwillingly accept tho occasion to state a fact which has latel y come to our knowledge . That' Irish Gentleman' is

      not an Irishman at all . Neither by bir th * parentage , not education can Ireland prefer the slightest claim to hixn H& was born in England , and so was hia father before him . For his breeding—such as it is—he is indebted to England ; he is the graduate of an English university ,, where lie gained some distinction . There is nothing Irish belonging to him , except a certain quantity of green acres . Railway Pasbkngurs Assurance Co-MrAFY ., -nrAt the meeting , this week , of this Company , some interesting statistics were given : — " The income lor the past half-year amounted to 5 , 034 / , ISs . 9 d ., be 3 og an increase of 2 ( 5 per cent , as compared with the year 1662 . That was a proof that tho system was becoming well established in the estimation of tho public . The business of tho Company would , ho ( the Chairman ) beliwed , increase as the system was better known and more widely appreciated . It might r

      perhaps , appear that tlie amount disbursed as compensation , 1802 ? .. was comparatively large . It was so as compared with the number of accidcntB . There were two oases in which sums of 370 / . and 3501 , wer e paid to persons who had received injuries previous to tins half-yoar , one , of them being that of a gentlenwin whoso leg was fractured in the accident ; at Hornsey in the August of last yetu . He did not know why , but tho month of August appeai-cd to bo fatal « s regarded accidents . Uy a singular recurrence of events , the nuniber of accidents was again great in the August or this year . Tho company was happily not involved in any of these , except in that at the Croydon Station , Tho company had issued 70 insurance tickets to persons in tho excursion from Dover ; but at Asbford the train was found so huge that it was divided , ami the first portion , in which tho majority of tho ticket holders pf tho company voro , reached tho Crystal Puln . cc in safety . There had been 1 hon . iforo only seven claims on tho cornnnnv . nil of which had boon s « ttlu ( J ^

      MISCELLANEOUS . Scotvish Civilisation . —Tho herring iisliory beinK very bnclcwnrd , somo of tho fishermen oi'HuoUia recently dicsaod a . cpopor in a flannol shirt , with burs stuck . ill over it ; nnU In this condition he wns carried in procoeuion throunh tho town on a lmrtd-barrow . Tliis w « h don « to " bring better luck" to tho fiuUlng . It happened in a v ) JWo , wlioro tl crp « ro no fpwor . tlifin niqo churclicu and chupolp of Various kinds , mid thirteen schools .

      except two cases , which were in progross of settlement . Tub IJjHwtKSB cw raw Fiuwmoh awo wms Nun . — rjiat the Empress of tho Fri'noh is judiciously watchful () f Jl 0 r Iinnorhil husband appears from the following anecdote : — " 'Ajieir MnjcstioB lately visited tho nuns ht St . Kernurd , near Anglot in tho south-went of Franco . All tho nuns , to receive their Imperial vioitors , stoood in two ranks , in their u » nai nttire , which covers them so entirely « s not to nllow ufciituro of the face to bo soon , n lhrgo hood being drawn far over tho face . The Emperor an < l Emprw nnefica betiv < oen th « winlts , und when they hnd nrrivoq nfc tTho qnd , Louin Nnpuleon inquired if tho ruloa of tho order would not nllow tho hood to bo thrown lack . Tho Atbtf Coetnc , who accompanied "' tl | r Ma ^ jcBtjoH , replied that tlioro wan nothing to » bwolutely pievent tlmb being dono- and ordered tlio nuurcHt ttiaw t 0 uncover hor head . Tliis she did , and prosuiitod to view »» ° face of ii young girl of sixteen , * of groat beauty . ' "/ iei Emprc&s took this mm with her in her visit round tho cstn-Mffltmant . ' "

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      674 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 16, 1854, page 874, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2056/page/10/