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      The " Catholic Tt.Vivim-M-K Of Irelaxd."...

      * - h thev had locked and barricaded , iff . John ** * - wa ' s severely pelted . Mr . Collins , stipen-SW . * « , ventured in , was detained , and on his ^¦ 'Xt" to get out by opening the gate he was il' w pelted , and would , it is not unlikely , have ^^ riously injured , but for the intervention of b ^ Y ^ hv , the master of the establishment , Mr . FVnSbon , the clerk , who is greatly rejected , ideacon Fitzgerald , & c , endeavour id in v tin to ** % ? order , aud at length the pila-e and military r '» j Toot ) forced their way , under a tremendous if" r 0 f stones , about two o ' clock into the yard ' *' ? i iii » workhouse . The captain commanding tbe ' ---aiacntof the 52 nd showed no less deterniimit ^ Ttiiau humanity . He deemed it necessary to fj aI 1 d was the first to enter at the gate , wti » h with the

      I * been forced opea greatest intrepidity , " * itt a tremendous shower of stones , by Sub-Con-^ % > Jasper . The moment the gate was forced , ! i : re- ijtince ceased , and the soldiers showed the for est forbearance . Xot so . I am sorry to sty . ; j ^ " noiicc-constables . some of whom were seen to vji : he unhappy paupers in the most brutal and £ s « rrauied manner . A bay named Ivean , an av c " -aiii in the hospital , who being a sort of official , Ixj wholly unconnected with the riot , sat on a wal th-uking himself quite secure , was dragged down i £ * brutally beaten by policemen , iu spite of the wr-ies " - remonstrances of Mr . Collins , who was on -le ' . pat , and who asked them in vain not to III-« rest a prisoner . Another policeman was , on the xresiicaiion ttwlny , called up to prosecute a sup' * .-. vj rioter . His whole evidence consisted in

      stat-P- - iiat be liad knocked down the prisoner in the y , . The clerk of the union , Mr . Fitzgibbon , dejjribed the man so knocked down as his ablest aslant in trying to restore order , and this policcssiii , who hid thus confessed before the bench that i ; ehid committed an outrage on an unarmed and .-offending person , walked off tbe bench proud of } 3 achievement . It is hut fair to say that some of th ? police had been pelted seveiely , but that formed jo justiScation of the brutal violence to prisoners 3 Sd innocent persons . " The Exscixg Assizes . —In the Queen's County i * the ensuing assizes there will be very little bu-^ ness tobe transacted of either a civil or criminal rhaW ' -ter ; in f « ct their are only some half-dozen nrisoners for trial . This is a remarkable fact when •* B remembered in former days that an assizes held ¦ - Marvborou < rh lias been known to occupy more HrnVtbaa is allotted for the whole circuit at

      pre" Ti ** Cexsps— The Saunders' Fem Letter has the * o *! nViu < r on the subject of the Irish Census * . — - ' Tha census will show an important decrease in tbe population ; large in a positive aud large in a relative point of view . It will be found we believe 'ra ' t the diminution in the population rather exceeds r ' million and a half ; and while one part of this ar'sjs from the pressure of poverty and disease on ^ j . pfflsautry , a larger portion has been caused , no ? mM , by the desire to fly from the country , visited « i « has " been , and tried severely . "

      IJiGHw . iT Uobbeht . —On Saturday evening as Mr . 3 sri * e ? 3 , draper and mercer , was returning home » . j jiuat-. ' , his gig was stopped by an armed party of four , who desired him to alight , while they searched fee vehicle . Mr . Burgess obeyed tbe demand of jia party , and having over £ 50 in his pocket , ran yxards ihe police station , which was within a short dirlinee , leaving bis mother-in-law , Mrs . Robinson , a charge of the gig . The ruffians , after searching i ? - * ig and procuring some pieces of cloth that « re in the boot of the vehicle , and taking some staey from Mrs . Robinson , retreated with their ' ,-ifriy in a slow march across the country . This Ktrage occurred at about seven o ' clock , in the Iroi J daylight , and within a few perches of a police ia- ^ n . — II estmeadi Independent .

      E \ ci-i ! BEflEn isTATfe-s Court . —The extensive g-xie * ofthe Earl of Kings-on , situated in tbecoun-• kiofTipperary and Cork , were put up for sale on ja .-dsy in the Encumbered Estates Court . The Vita commissioners sat , and a large attendance of Esf' -s-ional men , intending purchasers , and others i :: ercsted in the proceedings , was attracted on this «« $ ! " ¦! - Only ten , however , out of the 102 lots into aiic-b the property has been divided were disposed of , sil tl » e * e principally at rates of about ten to twelve ---. jh purchase < -n the present letting value , and tbe xdiias for the adjourned lots seldom reached even

      ihise low rates . The portions sold are situated in : ' : f county of Tipperary . I ' aoTESTAXT Associatiox . —There was a meeting ;• : tie Dublin Protestant Association held on Tuesday * ..: Ut , at the Rotunda , for the purpose of coTJVmenv . irring the Battle ofthe Boyne , and " of affording an fp ; -oriunity to Protestants in general of expounding vxi enforcing their principles . " The chair was taken & r Jb . T . Thompson , and the speakers were Mr . 1 II . Muan , Mr . J ' - Wallace , the Iter . H . Prior , i ' r . Friers , and the Rev . T . D . Gregg . The attendee was verv numerous .

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      I Well-Plan'xed Robbery Cleverly Detecte...

      i WELL-PLAN'XED ROBBERY CLEVERLY DETECTED . it the Mirlhorough-street Police-office , "William duty , an elderly man , of substantial appearance , " «* li known , and John Tyler , an old man , also of - *~'* etalde appearance , but known to the police as } marned transport , were brought before Mr . Jirdwick , charged with having effected a robbery v . the London and "Westminster Branch Bank , in -:. James s-square . lu-peetor Lew , ofthe detective police , said r On taavday , 31 st May , while walking with Sergeant -sicker , aleo ofthe deti'ttive police , in Trafalgarvrnre , they saw the prisoner Tyler coming along * : ;; a irreat coat over his arm . Whicker

      immediv ? ly recognised him as an old acquaintance , and in . "sutqueuce of what Whicher said they decided on " arciimg Tyler ' s movements . "Witness followed T-ifcr int- j St . James ' s Park , and there noticed that - a short time he was joined by Cauty , who was •>*> well known to the police . The two prisoners took hands together and sat dawn en the benches t-re milk is sold . After a conversation of about ' - * aiy minutes duration the prisoners left the park v . iwt-nt logether to the London and Westminster link at the corner of Charles-street , St . James ' s-• r- ; re . Caury entered the bank , and Ty ; er waited v . ie opposite corner . Cauty came out in about ;~ laiiiUtes , and made some movement with liis

      -o ! io Tyler , who immediately came across tbe r si an . 5 joined him . The two prisoners * , entered ¦ - ? iiuife together and remained about twenty lui-•;"?* . The rule of the bank is to shut the doors at '¦ xr o ' clock . The prisoners were shut in with the f- -i . « in « rs . Witness saw the prisoners leave tbe ? i - ' -i . and shortly afterwards they separated . On ^ wjtoSowiuH Saturday , June 7 , witness saw Tyler - > - Jaines's Park , sitting on a bench near one of ---a : lk stands . Cauty soon afterwards joined him , £ - ¦ » butii went to the London and Westminster "i-k a « am . Caury went in , Tyler i-emained out-- - " . Oamy came " out of the bank and walked

      • " . Mid St . Jamcs ' s-squttre , and went again to the ^ 3 » , wliere he r .-mained about ten minutes . Cauty " 1 : oe out and was joined by Tyler . After walking 1 -Uie aay they separated . On the 14 th the same . - ^ is again occurred with Cauty and Tyler , and v ! - ' ? " ) . * tde a report to the Commissioners of 1 . "— . went , by the authority of Mr . Commis-» 5 * H-r Mayiie , to tbe bank , and communicated to ^ praieipals his suspicions . Certain arrangements ?* e then made i-i antkipatiou of a robbery . On r -l ^ t witness again saw Tyler in the park . - 'iiiy alui .. st immeai-ttely afterwards joined him . *• ' ? tuey went together tu a public-house in P . ill *»¦! . Ihe prisoner went again to the bankCauiv .

      , t . e : ore , go . ng in , juid Tyler l-emaining at the - X-site corner . Cauty can . e ont aud lifted his J- - twice , ami Tyler came over to Lhn , and after - > aort conversation they entered the bank aether , Tyler having , as on former occasions Sreat COat over his arm . A police-coiisfabJe «~ ' * ig entered the h : a , k , Cautv and TvW iaimediitS ? * Ou the 28 th witness saw Cautv in Sl « ae » s Pari , smokmga cigar , Tyier joined him at •* e b clock , and the prisoners walsed together ¦ ¦ ft t ubhe-house in Pall-malJ . Witness imme-- - «• proceeded to Lord Dartmouth ' s residence , -- « i was opposite the bank , and having pre-J obzawed

      -=: y his lordship ' s permission , sta . --arilhiui ^ j f in the haii . While on the watch he ' ? . r ^ f enter the bank . Cauty came out and i !* ' "i * hat , and Tyler joined him and went into [ "T , '' In -bout three minutes Tyler came out , " ^ w ed J , v C-iuty , the first prisoner carrying a ^ ^ . l £ ' -nn . thhig like a cash box in if . Witness ^ ' ¦ I'leu .-r followed the prisoners nearly as far . /^¦ jetit-streer , before ihey stopped them . Wit-.- " took Tyler into custody , and asked him what ^ * -a a in the bag . The prisoner replied a box , and £ f pe » tedl y denied in tbe hearing of Cauty that . y > aevr Cauty , or had i-ver before seen him in his - ' Uuty When annealed to said . " So help me

      4 ' nertr « a * the man before / ' The prisoners * 2 iii « i 0 Ted t 0 the stition-ho « se , and the bag ex-* 5 x « r was fou , ld t 0 contain a large-sizv * d cash 1 ' tW cJl W * U 1 identified as the property of tbe P uli atMl Westm 1 nster Bank .- - - •~; c e" 3 er ^ eant WmcHEHgate precisely si milar is ' t , *?• a : htiiig— -When the prisoners were taken " * : * h -i d yarJ a PaPer was found under the seat • ii i " * ° rds on u — ' « To UHjuire if any cash Wb yai , i iat 0 tue - ' - fon , Ioa an -- Westmister h , A * .. ^* - Marquis of Anglesca to the account of h fa , i , an , Paget . " The use to which this —ia * * - ^ ' ^ oo'vi' - 'Ctured , was to afford a i f ^ T 1 S ° = tie b : * ••*• " < ler t 0 W ** ' * 5 r . ra " * moiuebt ' t ' o get possession of the cash I -v CuvHl v" -t .. —Was tbe manager of the -i -St-V- *"" Westrnini * ter Branca Bank in St . ** -faiTi ^ : are * and resided on the premises with - fi s , 1 ' ere was an interna '} communication 4 f ' from t ' " " * " e ^ hni ? house . In censel « ain CiJIn ' * a ' '* t iO '' fix-Hi Inspector Lund he * * -th . "J > ? e ? , ul » oiis with respect to the cash box , f c »" lain , - d " a ^ certain number of notes as a % i „ i v ^ he amount was generally under-* "w bs betweea * 2 O , O 00 and £ 30 , 000 . ) The

      I Well-Plan'xed Robbery Cleverly Detecte...

      cash was removed immediately , and a small quantity of other notes and a book printed , in order to give weight to the cash box , was substituted . Tne same precautions were taken on Saturday , the 21 st and 23 th . Witness recollected seeing Cautv at the bank on the 21 st , and he believed he also saw Tyler . The cash box was looked and witness kept the key . It was placed on the top of an iron chest in the front room . About a quarter of an hour before the box was removed on Saturday last witness had seen it safe in the usual place . The box produce 1 was the stolen box , and contained the notes and the hook , as placed by him in it . Saturday was usually a busy day at the hank . The prisoner Tyler , when he came to tbe bank on the - 1 st had a great coat over bid arm . Tiie day was too warm to render a great coat necessary . This being the case , the prisoners reserved their defence .

      Mr . IIardwick said the prisoners must be fully committed on this case . Mr . Lswissaid he should request the court to remand the prisoners , as there was another charge against Cauty for stealing a cash box containing £ 40 . The prisoners were then fully committed on the first case , and ordered to be again brought upon the second case .

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      Court Of Exchequer. Hart V. Bixesda!.*-....

      COURT OF EXCHEQUER . HART V . BiXESDA ! . * -. —JUUGMEKT . Mr . Baron Parke , at the sitting of the Court , delivereii judgment in this case , which involved a point of considerable importance under the Carriers Act . Tbo plaintiff is an army clothier , and having occasion to send a box of masquerading dresses down to Liverpool , the contents of which were of some value , delivered to tho carman of the defendants ( who are " Pickford ' s ") in the street , as the cart passed bis door . Tbe box being lost the plaintiff brought the action against the defendants , as

      common carriers , and they defended themselves on the ground that they ought to have received intimation of the nature of the contents , pursuant to their notice put up in their office under the act . The Chief Baron was of opinion that the defendants were protected , aiid a verdict accordingly passed for them . Subsequently this rule to enter a verdict for the plaintiff was obtained , and after tbe argument on behalf of the defendants by Mr . Peacock and Mr . WiiJea , and that on behalf of tbe plaintiff by Messrs . Montague Chanibei' 3 , Bram-sell , and 0 . Pollock , in Easter Term last , time was taken to consider .

      liis Ljrdship now , after going over the arguments on both sides , and entering into an examination of the various sections of the Carriers Act , expressed it to be the opinion of the Court that the plaintiff was entitled to recover , on the ground that no notice had been brought home to him , either actually or constructively , under the act limiting the liability of the defendants . There were , indeed , difficulties in coming to a conclusion in favour of the plaintiff ; hut they were moi e easily surmounted than those which presented themselves in the way of the Courts when called upon to adopt the construction contended for by the defendants . It was very easy for the servants of a carrier , receiving

      goods elsewhere than at the ofhee where the notice was put up under the act , to make a special contract with the owner , which would limit the carrier ' s liability . Under these circumstances the plaintiff was entitled to j-ecover , as he had no notice as required by the act * but as this judgment might be contested by the defendants , aud as the Chief Baron did not coincide with it , the Court would allow the defendant to treat it as tbe ruling at nisi prius , aud tender a bill of exceptions if he should be so advised . If he chose to take this step he would be put under certain terms as to the costs , which would be arranged hereafter . In the meantime there would be judgment for the plaintiff .

      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . THE QL'KKS V . BBOWA * . Cheating at Cards . —This was an indictment , on the Sth and 9 th Viet . 109 , s . IT , for cheating at cards on the 23 rd of January last . —It appeared from tbe evidence on the part oi tho prosecution , that on the day in question a ball was given at the London Tavern , Bishopsgatc-street , in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers . The company was admitted by ticket , and several strangers were present . Among other amusements it appeared that some of the party were playing at whist , when the defendant Brown and two others , who were strangers , were observed to enter . They went up to the whist table , and defendant after seating

      himself near the table , proposed that the aame should be changed to loo , which was done . Several played at the game , which was continued from five to six hours . Amongst those that played were Mr . Whitehead , Mr . Toung , Mr . Bennett , Mr , Ireland , the defendant , and bis two friends . The defendant was the chief winner . He was observed by Bennett to put , when he was not playing , a card at the back of his neck , and when that suit came to be trumps he took the card out and played it . He was seen to do this seven or eight times . Bennett left off playing , and watched . lie saw him put the ace of spades in his collar . Two or three deals intervened when spades were not trumps , but when they were he played it . Mr . Bennett had communication with

      Mr . Whitehead , who then watched , and saw the defendant put a card behind his neck . Clubs were trumps ; and while defendant was drawing the card , which proved to be tho ace of clubs , out of his neck , Whitehead seized it in his hand , and called out , " Gentlemen , you are playing with a ' blackleg . '" There was then great confusion . The gentlemen seized the money on the table , tiie king of hearts fell from Brown ' s sleeve , and be endeavoured to shuffle the cards together . A policeman was sent for , and the defendant was taken into custody . —Mr . Chambers , on behalf of the "defendant , submitted that there was no evidence to go to the

      jury , as no particular coin of any one person alleged in the indictment to be defrauded was shown to pass to the defendant * , but Lord Campbell thought there was evidence on all the counts . —Mr . Chambers then addressed the jury for the defendant , who returned a verdict of Guilty on all ihe counts . —In reply to an application from Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , Lord Campbell said he thought it his duty to pass immediate judgment . It was a most scandalous case , and the sentence of the court was that the defendant should be imprisoned for two years with hard labour ; and at the end of that period should find two sureties in £ 50 each for his good Oehaviour for two vears .

      Anglo-Italian Mission. Kew Church Of St....

      ANGLO-ITALIAN MISSION . KEW CHURCH OF ST . PETER'S IS LONTlON —THE POPE ' S APPEAL TO THE PIETY AND CHARITY OF THE ITALIANS . Among all the foreign missions that of London presents the greatest hopes and demand . Those conversions to Catholicism so frequent and , remarkable , that necessity which in the present day Protestants feel for instruction in Catholic concerns , those efforts which the ministers of error are now making to stop the spontaneous impulse of the nation towards the truth , are strong reasons for conceiving the sweetest hopes of the immediate return t-fthat prodigal daughter within the bo ? om of its afflicted mother—the Roman church . Sot only is the small number of Catholic churches in Loudon a very formidable obstacle to the propagation of the Catholic faith in tbe metropolis , but even to its preservation . Let it suffice merely to remember that of more than 200 , 000 Catholics who are now in that immense city scarcely 30 , 000 can find a place to attend the holv mass on the days of festival .

      The Italians , there most numerous , feel in an especial manner the loss they experience from the want of a church where they might freely assemble , and without expense listen to the holy mass , whence they are exposed to ihe painful alternative either ot entirely neglecting all religious duties , or of frequenting Protestant churches . This danger of losing the holy faith is still more manifest to them , because some of their apostate countrymen , stimulated by Protestant gold , are trying every means to reduce them , and have lately opened a Protestant temple for the Italians , wfiich , to deceive and ensnare the simple , has been called , and bears on its facade , the lying title of" Italian Catholic church . "

      To remove , therefore , from the Italians the danger of perversion , and to procure for them fitting means to keep themselves steadfast in- the faith , and persevering iu the observance of Christian duties , the project has been approved by ecclesiastical authority of building a spacious church in the centre of London , in a fine position , in one ofthe most majestic streets of the City , principally for the use of the Italians , and thence < . f other foreigners , as well as of the natives . In this way there will be in tbe capital of the British empire a church Roman , not wily in its faith and principle , but also in its rights , in its ceremonies , and in the practices of sound devotion ; a church similar in its material construction to the ancient Christian

      temples ; * church which , at the express wish of the Holy Father , will be dedicated to the Prince of the Apostles , St . Peter ; a church which will be always governed by a congregation of Italian secular priests-founded at Rome , that the Roman spirit may always influence the same ; a church in which no payment will be exacted for admission , but which will be freely open to all , and in which will be found confessors to confess in any language and preachers to announce the Divine word in the principal idioms of Europe ; a church which will have annexed to it schools for both sexes , as well as a habitation for tiie clersy and other individuals employed iu the service ot the church , and the schools .

      As the spot fixed upon being freehold , and tb =-permanent property of the churoli , does not co ? t less than £ 6 , 600 sterling ( or more than oO . OOU scudi , ) it is proposed that for the liquidation of

      Anglo-Italian Mission. Kew Church Of St....

      this * - um r " ? wel 1 as ' <> provide for the expense of theb \ , "J * . S » an experiment shall be made on the generosiv * ° / fth Italy , for whose advantage the work is priiicip . ' -lly undertaken . The holiness of our I ^ rd Pope Pius IX . has , in his provident zeal for the good of religion and souls , by means of the holy congregation for propagating the faith , and of that of the bishops and religious orders , caused this great work to be most urgently recommended to the charity of . Italian believers , and to the zoal ofthe bishops of Italy . Moreover , the Most Eminent and Most Reverend

      Cardinal Wiseman , Archbishop of Westminster , Ordinary of London , has equally recommended this most interesting work . And the Most Eminent and Most Reverend the Cardinal Vicar has published a second notification , dated March 26 , 1 S 51 , in which he repeats bis recommendation to the Roman charitv of this same most pious object . Finally , his Holiness himself , by his rescript to theholy cons-resation for propagatine * the faith , dated March 9 , 1851 , has granted an indulgence of 10 D days to whomsoever shall contribute any alms to

      this end . The appeal , therefore , is made in full confidence in the piety and generosity of tbo Italians , who have already the merit of having first diffused the light of the ' true faith in England , to contribute according to their means towards a work so meritorious and honourable for Italy and for the actual condition of London so urgent and necessary . Alms and donations of every kind are received in Homo by the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Cardinal the prefect of tho holy congregation for propagating the faith ; hy their excellencies the Prince and Princess Diria Pamphily ; by the

      rector of the church of the Holy Saviour , in the waves -it the Sisiinc Bridge ; at Loudon hy the Most Eminent and Reverend Cardinal Wiseman , 35 , Golden-square , or by the Reverend D . Raphael Melia , Apostolic Missionary , 54 , Lincoln's-innfields , and in the other kingdoms and dioceses by the representatives of tho holy chair , and by the diocesan bishops , who will have the goodness to forward the funds to Rome , or to London , according to the directions above given . At the Printing-press of tho Royal Apostolic Chamber . —Rome , 1851 .

      The Archbishop Op Florence's Appeal. Pev...

      THE ARCHBISHOP OP FLORENCE'S APPEAL . Pevdmaud Minucci , by the grace of God and of the Holy Apostolic Chair Archbishop of Florence , of the Holiness of our Lord Pope Pius IX ., Domestic Prelate , Assistant Bishop of the Pontificiiil Throne , Prince of the Holy Roman Empire , and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit under the title of St . Joseph : To our most beloved clergy and people , health and benediction . If all are acquainted with the happy success of the Catholic apostleship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain , if the numerous restorations to the bosom ofthe true Roman Church , not only of the unlearned , of tho simple , and of the poor , hut especially of the most

      enlightened , of tho most learned , and of tho most honoured personages , creates in the faithful the sweet hope that the day is not far distant when the unity of belief will be re-established in that island which before the fatal schism was termed " the Island of the Saints . " Those difficulties , however , are not so generally known which attend that mission , nor the many obstacles which , in the English dominions , and especially in London , oppose themselves not onlv to the propagation of the faith among the Protestants , but to its maintenance in the minds of converts , as well as in those of the Italians who inhabit the metropolis ; in fact , the ministers of error leave no means untried to arrest the marvellous tendency of

      that nation towards Catholicism , supported by certain Italian apostates , who not long since opened for their countrymen a church , by them falsely styled Catholic ; some schools , which they call of young Italy ; and some rooms in which they hold nightly readings and politico-religious conferences , where the poison of heresy is given out with the most studied malice to those who came thither in good faith and in tbe hope of tracing there the salutary nourishment of the true doctrine . To preserve the Catholics—especially our own countrymen—from the corruption of impiety and error , it has appeared absolutely necessary to construct an Italian church in London , which , for its size and central position , should correspond to

      the spiritual wants of go many of the faithful who live there , as well as also to establish some schools for tho scientific and religious instruction for younsr Italians . The reigning pontiff , highly commending the noble and holy project , in his fervent zeal and unwearied care fo ' r alfthat interests religion and the health of soul . ' -, has desired , by means of the holy congregation for propagating tho faith , to recommend its execution to the charity of the faithful , granting an indulgence of one hundred days to those affording any contributions to sucb an object . We . therefore , in conformity with the will of the Holy Father , and of our most religious sovereign , order that on the Sunday preceding the Festivals of

      the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul , the very reverend parish priests doannounce to the people that on the said solemn ocension a subscription shall be made towards the building of the forementioned Catholic Italian church in London ; and we propose that a similar collection shall also and especially be made in the churches of the religious orders of both sexes , in those ofthe asylums , confraternities or other pious institutions , in such a way as may appear most fitting to those who preside over them . The sums collected by the respective collectors shall be consigned to the treasurer of the archiepiscopal revenues charged by us to receive them , and to him also

      may be proffered in the succeeding days , the private offerings of tho . ^ e who , inspired by a generous sentiment of Christian charity , may wish to take a part in so noble a work . With reference to this , I should further announce that his Holiness Pope Pius IX ., at the request of certain English Catholics has deigned lately to grant an indulgence of 100 days to whosoever may recite three Ave Marias , with after each , the invocation Aiutilium Christiahorum , ora pro nobis , and plenary indulgence for one day , at their own choice to whosoever shall have recited them for one entire month , providsd that , having confessed and communicated , he shall pray particularly for the Catholic church of

      Eughind . We trust , beloved brethren , that you will all contribute , with such means as may be in your power ( 2 Cor . iv ) to the accomplishment of a work eminently Catholic , directed to the great glory of God and of his church , to the salvation of souls , of such merit to yourselves , and of so great honour to our common country , which never was behind other nations in its exercise of the most noble Christian virtues . We impart to you , in the meantime , with all the effusion of our heart , our pastoral benediction . From the Archiepiscopal Palace , June 9 , 1851 . ( Signed ) Ferdinand , . Archbishop of Florence . ( Countersigned ) Luigi Santo . ni , First Archiepiscopal Chancellor .

      Wreck Of The Emiobant Ship Iiaicto.V.—We...

      Wreck of the Emiobant Ship IIaicto . v . —We regret having to record the loss of the American emigrant ship Halcyon , which sailed hvnee on the 17 th May , with lipw-irds of SOQ passengers , principally Irish ami German emigrants , for New York . The whole of the passengers and crow , with tbo exception of one woman and a child , were providentially rescued from a watery grave , having been hum . nely taken on board , almost in the last extremity , by the Now York ships , Connecticut , Captain Latham ' , and the William H . Wharton , Captain Gates , laden with cotton , on their passage to Liverpool . The Halcyon encountered a heavy gale on the Sth ult ., longitude being about 57 s > and latitude 42 , within five or six days' snil of New York . The

      ship , from a succession of disaster *' , became totally disabled ; and , notwithstanding the exertions anil skill of Captain Wade and his officers , to which the whole of the passengers we have conversed with hear willing and eager testimony , those on board would most inevitably have perished had not the vessels alluded to have rendered timely assistance . To Captain Wade , who most courteously and readily afforded us every information , wo are indebted for the following report of the disaster : — "On the Stii of June , the Halcyon , when within five or six days' sail of New York , was dismasted in a heavy S . E . gale . The fore and mainmasts went by the deck , and tbe mizenmast below the top . The rudder was rendered useless by the

      thumping of the spars before they could be got cb ar , and the viohnt action of the sea . One pump was' broken by the cargo fetching away , and the other was so much injured as to be rendered nearly useless . Up to the time of the Connecticut and William H . Wharton coming to the rescue , which was-oh the lltii , it was impossible , in consequence of the violent rolling of the wreck at the lime , to get up ; i jury mast of sufficient size to steady the sinking ' ship . All this time the leakage was increasing , * the cargo was working , and the hull straining violently . One of the steerage passengers ' , a woman ! gustained a serious * injury from

      some iron rails on deck , falling on her feet , and crushing her very much , which caused her death . When the Connecticut and William U . Wharton came down t hey took off the passengers and crew , witti provisions , water , & c , and they left on the 12 th . When having , the wreck being directly m th'j track of ships bound to the eastward , and it being nearly night , he ( Captain Wade ) deemed it prudent to set her on fire , to prevent any ships that migja come along during the night running foul of her . Captain Wade , the officers , and passengers ol * the ill-fated vessel express the deepest gratitude for their deliverance . Tho William 11 . Wharton arrived

      in Liverpool on Thursday evening , with the mate of *| : e vessel and 100 of lier p-issenners , and the Coniieciicut , bringing Captain Wade and the rest of tbe unfortunaie people , on Friday evening . — Liverpool paper .

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      MONDAY , JtiSE SO . hi" $ f fA ° ? ^ ORDS .-Lord MAUtBsnuRT , Oil theshtenfS- ^ ' Postponed tho motion on been given for Monday evealng . a *; t i r fai ? of L ^ D 0 XDE « Br brought the case of £ n « rh . f ^ before the h < » - < -e , and wished to know , *» SB' * Sovernment were in possession of any « S X * S ' e o 'P , ecting «* traawoU-iion of Abd-el-„ Z 1 , ? uUan ' " dominions , and whether in-It K !? 4 * buen S'mi to our diplomatic inputs f "h ; ? - Ol ) ns -antmople to facilitate the release ot th ;« t emmeuc warrior . „ ^ ^ : S . , ' , ' qU - is , ? ** » ovrHJj replied that , though - ! M , ? h « V ? - J , v , ( lual hi 3 sympathies wentaloSs ffShnulA i U V lobIe fricud < a , ld ' * < - * - S-a- * n f u , t 0 hear of Abd-el-Kadei- ' s release , he uSnnSi . tt ? liiril , 'I « hat as a government we had no sort oi right to interfere in the matter

      . After some observations from Lord Buououam , the subject dropped . Thei Earl of Shaftesbury called the attention ot Lord jj -insdowno to the case of a climbing boy who had beenisu located in a chimney near Leeds , and wished to know w ,, at tho government were prepared to do in the matter . The Marquis of Lansdowse said that he had only just beard ot the case , and would give his answer wlien lie had informed himself more fully as to its details . * Several bills were then advanced a stage , and their lordships adjourned .

      IIOLSE OF COMMONS . —On the order for ? ° '" S into committee on the Customs Bill , Mr . T . Bahing moved an instruction to the Committee to make provision for preventing tho mixture of chicory with coffee by the vendors of coffee . There wore , he observed , two questions in this case —first , whether the proposed reduction of tho duty upon coffee was to a sufficient extent to prevent the future adulteration of the article , which , he thought , must bo decided ia the negative ; secondly , if such he the fact , whether it was fair to those who paid a duty of fifty per cent , upon coff , ; e to place them in competition with an article which paid no duty at all ? He did not desire to interfere with the growth of chicory , but to prevent its being sold for what it was not . It might be difficult to

      prevent fraud altogether , but it was one thing to brand fraudulent practices with disgrace , and an Other to legalise thorn . He appealed to the evidence of figures to show that the consumption of coffee , notwithstanding the diminution of price , had year after year fallen off , whilst that of tea , in spite of a -high duty , was increasing ; and he urged the recall of the Treasury minute upon grounds of justice , morality , and policy . ( Hear , hear . ) Tun Ciiaxcellok of the Exciikquer , in opposing tho motion , stated the difficulties which surrounded any interference by the Excise in this matter .

      There wore only two ground * , he observed , upon which government interference could he justifiednamely , that the mixed article was deleterious ; or that the revenue was injured by the process . ( Hear , hear . ) He denied that there was anynoxious property in chicory , and though the revenue might suffer in some degree from its mixture with coffee , it was not to such a degree as to make it worth while to incur the expense , inconvenience , and vexation of an interference , which would , moreover , check the cultivation of a root profitable to agriculture . ( Hear , hoar . ) In point of form , he objected to tho introduction of an Excise regulation into a Customs bill .

      Mr . Crawford , in a first speech , supported the motion , insisting upon the injury inflicted upon the poor by tho countenance which the Treasury had given to the adulteration of coffee , not merely with chicory , but with filthy ingredients . Sir j . Tvbrll rallied the supporters ofthe motion , who were inflamed , he said , with jealousy of chicory , the culture of which the agriculturists had improved by skill aud science . Mr . Baring did not like to see the extended use of this wholesome root , and he availed himself of the prejudices against adulteration . Mr . AiNSTEi * supported tho motion , contending that coffee should be protected from adulteration like other excisable articles , and that the existing law was sufficient for the purpose , if properly enforced . !

      Sir F . Bahing domed that if the Treasury minute were repealed , the law would be sufficient to prevent the admixture of chicory with coffee ; ten years' experience had convinced him to the contrary . The minute had been issued upon a representation of respectable traders , that the law operated as a punishment to the honest and a protection to the dishone-t trader . Mr . Heuries said , the interests of agriculturists and ot" coffee growers , however important , were subordinate to the question whether the government should be at liberty to offer encouragement to fraud and a direct infraction of the law . He should support the motion .

      Mr . Osborne said the whole gist of the question was this—that tho Chancellor of the Exchequer was called upon to violate a great principle , hy interfering in all the petty details of trade , which should be left to itself . ( Hear , hear . ) He warned the house not to be made the tool of large holders of tea and coffee , who expected enormous gains from the proscription of chicory . Mr . G . BiiKKEiEY supported the motion , and hoped the house would put an end to a gross fraud , which was injurious to the colonies .

      Mr . Wakley said , whether chicory was wholesome or not was not the question , but whether the "overnment should openly sanction adulteration for a purpose not explained . Ho considered such a proceeding unjust , immoral , and injurious to the character ofthe legislation of this country . ( Hear . ) Mr . Hume approved ofthe Treasury minute , and should vote with the government . Mr . Caylet also supported the motion , which , upon a division , was negatived by 109 noamst 122 . The house then went into committee upon the bill , tho clauses of which were agreed to , after some discussion . Inhabited House Duty Bill . —Upon the order for noing into committee upon this bill ,

      Mr . Disraeli moved , by way of amendment , three resolutions , to the effect that , according to an estimate of the probable future produce of the existing taxes , it appears that a surplus revenue may be expected in ' the present year of about £ 2 , 000 , 000 ; that in the revenue so estimated is included £ o , 000 , 000 derived from the tax on income , the renewal or modification of which may depend on the result of an'inquiry by a committee of the house ; and that , iu this state of our financial arrangements , it is not expedient to make any material sacrifice of the public income . He observed that before the close of the session it was important that the house and the country should clearly understand our financial condition , hut be defied any

      member to tell his constituents what that condition w-as whether tht .-rc w . is a surplus or not—whether the sources of our revenue were permanent or fleeting ; and , therefore , he had thought it his duty to induce the house to enter upon this discussion . The minister , in his financial statement , had calculated upon a surplus of about £ 2 , 000 , 000 , and had proposed certain remissions ol taxation by the assistance of this surplus , which ho had assumed upon the fact that the income-tax would be renewed and for no inconsiderable period . He would not discuss the comparative merits of direct and indirect taxation ; but if direct taxation was to form a considerable feature of our financial system , it was of tbe utmost importance that its principle

      should be a ¦ riuht one , —that it should not differ from that of indirect taxation , —that it should be general . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir tt . Peel ' s object when he introduced the income-ti > x was temporary ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer in making this tax the basis of his financial system , had not been actuated by the same principle ; he had confessed that he could not contemplate a period when our finances could dispense with this impost . ( Hear , hear . ) If soke should have laid down the principles on which such . in amount of direct taxation could justly he applied to the property and industry of the country . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) did not dispute the policy of repealing the window-tax ; with respect to the tax on houses , his objection was that this direct tax was not general ; that the exception to which the income tax was open applied in an aggravated form to the house tax . ( Hear , hear . ) The surplus would have permitted a . remission of

      the window tax ; this , however , was not . 1 remission , but a commutation , anil a partial one . ( Hear . ) Passing in review other financial propositions made during the session , be came to Air . Hume ' s motion for the limitation of the income tax for one year , which was carried , and with this vote he observed , the basis of the minister ' s fairy fabric gave way , and from that moment the financial condition of the country became a precarious one . What , then , waj the prudent course which , under these circumstances , should be pursued ? The fund from which the proposed remissions were to be made practically no longer existed ; all agreed that tho income-tax , as at present framed , would not be renewed by the House of 'Commons , and it was a prevailing opinion that ndne of its odious features could be removed . How , then , was a deficiency of £ 5 , 000 , 000 to be met ? There were only two modes —by reducing expenditure , or inereasine taxation . Sufficient relief could not he obtained from the

      former source , unless the military armament were touched , and this no minister would dare to propose . Taxation must then be increased , and what could be more impolitic in such circumstances than to take off £ 2 , 000 , 000 of taxes 1 ( Hear , hear . ) He and his friends were prepared to support the ministosa in a complete repeal of the window duty , but they called upon them to transform the hou-- « - tax iato a complete commutation ; and as to the timber duty , he hoped they would not persist in their impolitic proposition , but that they would ¦ permit the British shipbuilder to build his 81 % in

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      bond , ft was with the conviction that parliament and tho government were determined to support public credit that he submitted these resolutions to the house . ( Cheers . ) The CuA-vceuob of the Exchequer said Mr . Disraeli had three times addressed the house upon this subject , and had always left them in profound ignorance of the practical measures he proposed , except tho building of British ships in bond . Upon the present occasion , his motion suggested one thing , and his speech another ; tho former said , " Repeal no tax ; " the latter recommended the application ofthe surplus to the repeal ofthe window

      tax . The surplus ofthe present year did not , as Air . Disraeli alleged , depend upon the permanency of the income tax , which he ( Sir Charles ) had never advocated . ( Hoar , hear . ) Ho asked how-Mr . Disraeli could reconcile his vote for tho repeal of £ 3 , 000 , 000 of taxe * on the Sth of May with hi * apprehensions that public credit would bo endangered by the remission of the window duty on theSOtli of June . The real question was whether this duty was to be repealed or not . if these resolutions were adopted by the house , its vepeal must be postponed for another veur , ( Hear , lioav . ) Mr . Newdkoate supported the motion , as did

      Mr . Gladstone , considering that it asserted a sound financial principle . He objected to tho plan of the government in reference tb the house tax for two reasons . First , it re-introduced , without qualification , an anomaly which had caused its abolition in 18 . 14—namely , the inequality of its incidence upon the mansions ofthe great in comparison with other dwellings . ( Hoar , hear . ) But if he overlooked this objection , he could not assent to a plan which exempted from taxation six-sevenths of the house property in tho country . Mr . Gladstone suggested various reasons for concluding that the income tux was in a precarious position , and , if so , was it politic , ov even honest , he asked , to exclude from view preparations for so probable an cieut as the lapse of £ 63 , 000 , 000 of revenue ? The income tax could not he dispensed with , and tho public credit maintained , without new taxes , and this house tax was placed upon a basis so narrow that it could not he made , a-s it might bo , productive of revenue , ( Hear , hear . )

      Sir . Labouciiere said , the simple issue before the house was , whether it would fulfil the wishes ofthe country by repealing the window and timber duties . He felt assured that if the income tax should not be continued next session , tho house would not shrink from its duty of putting the finances of tbe country upon a proper footing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume did not object to a house tax , but he did object to the mode in which this tax was proposed to be carried out , Upon a division , the motion was negatived by 212 against 120 . The house then went into committee upon the

      bill . Tho General Board of Health Bill was read a third time and passed , after a short discussion upon a motion of Mr . Fuller to insert Hastings in the schedule , which was carried upon a division . Other bills were forwarded their respective stages . Mr . Ladouciierb obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend tho Mercantile Marine Act in certain particulars , which he shortly stated . The other business having been despatched , tbe house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , July 1 . HOUSE OP LOltDS . —Lord Rkdesdale brought up a report from the Committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill , to the effect that the standing orders had not been complied with , and recommending that the bill should not proceed . Some discussion then arose as to whether the bill was to be treated as a public or a private one , ; md whether the standing orders could be properly dispensed with , and it was ultimately settled tbat Lord Beaumont should submit a motion to the House on Friday to the effect that the bill was more of a public than a private nature , and that the standing orders should be dispensed with .

      Lord Granville then moved that tho House should go into Committee on the Patent Law Amendment Bill > o . 3 , and proceeded to explain that tho measure now before the House was an amalgamation of tho two bills on this subject which had been referred to and rejected by the Select Committee . The noble Lord , in a very able speech , then went into the grievances inflicted on almost all classes by the existing Patent Laws , as well as the remedies which would be applied to those grievances by tho proposed measure , and after remarking that its clauses had been unanimously adopted by the Solect Committee , who had bestowed on it the utmost attention , concluded by moving that the House should resolve itself into committee on the bill .

      Lords Buououam , Campbell , and Grey expressed their approbation of the bill , while the Duke of Argyll and Lord UAniiowuV expressed their dissent from some of tho propositions advanced by Lord Granville . The motion was then agreed to , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The morning aitting of the house was occupied in Committee with the details of the County Courts' Further Extension Bill and the Ecclesiastical Property Valuation ( Ireland ) Bill .

      Spirituai . Destitution . — At tbe evening sitting , The Marquis of Bi . ANDFORD moved an address , praying her Majesty , with reference to the spiritual destitution existing in England and Wales , to adopt measures for affording more efficient relief to the spiritual wants ofthe people , and for extending the parochial system by help drawn from the resources of the Established Church . He adverted , in tiie outset , to a speech of the late Sir R . Pool , in 1843 , when lie introduced a measure for Church extension , which , he said , expressed his own Idea—that it is to our parochial constitution , founded in other times aud circumstances , to which attention should be directed . He then distributed his argument under three heads—first , the existence of great and

      pressing spiritual wants anions * st the people ; secondly , the means whereby these wants may be supplied ; and , thirdly , tho willingness of the public to co-operate in what was required for attaining that object . Under the first head , he showed that no fewer than 1 , 893 , 000 souls had neither encouragement nov opportunity to enter the Ilouse of God , whilst the deficiency of the clergy was alarming . ( Hear , hear . ) In advocating an increase of the episcopate , which might be effected by making deans' incomes available for new bishoprics , he did nut contemplate the necessity of the new bishops being peers of parliament . The means he proposed under tho second head to remedy tho acklowledued

      destitution were indicated by the Royal Commissioners—namely , the erection of 600 new churches at the cost of £ 2 , 100 , 000 , one-half of which could be raised by private contributions . The objections to this proposal he considered and answered . With reference to the third branch of the subject , that of local aid , upon which Sir R . Peel laid ureat stress , Lord Blandford stated that of the £ 1 , 240 , 000 expended in seven years by the Incorporated Society in building churches and chapels , no less thuii £ 985 , 400 had been collected from private individuals . He concluded by strongly urging his proposition upon political and social , as well as moral and relitjious grounds .

      Lc-rd R . Crosvkwob , in seconding the motion , observed that tho proposed measure was a practical one , which sought to put in motion no new experiment , but to extend a plan which had already been productive of signal advantage . Mr . Hums moved to add to the motion a prayer for an account of all property belonging to the Church of England , or to any bishopric or capitular or ecclesiastical body or corporation , setting forth particulars . Ho did not take this course in a spirit of opposition to the motion , for ho admitted generally the evils uoit ' ted out hy Lord Blandford , but to facilitate his object by showing how he might carry out religious instruction in tho Church of England at less cost by existing means out of the ample funds at the command of that Church .

      Sir B . Hau . supported the motion , the effect of which would be to remedy existing abuses in the Church , though he should oppose the grant of any sum of money by parliament for its object , or the sale of the Lord Chancellor ' s livings ; the object could be arrived at by a better management of Church property . The people could not bo put forward in this matter until the Church was put upon a more satisfactory basis . Tho enormous amount of Church property appeared by a recent return , which showed that the net aggie-iate income ofthe sees was £ 1 , 344 , 170 , including £ 030 , 387 for fines on leases . It further appeared that six bishops , during the seven years , had received £ 28 , 267 more than was allotted to the sees , and

      that there are duo to the Ecclesinstlo . il Commissioners from three bishops £ 14 , 225 ; making together £ 42 , 402 , which ought to be now applied to the augmentation of small livings . ( Hear , hear . ) But the six sees just referredto were what were called small sees ; take three of the great sees . To take two on the old foundation-London and Winchester : in 1837 it was decided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , the bishops of London and Winchester consenting , that the income of these sees on the next avoidance should be £ 10 , 000 and £ 7 , 000 . It was remarkable that there was no one single instance of any one of these bishops during their lifethe benefit of the

      time giving up anything for Church : these gentlemen determined that their successors should have £ 10 , 000 and £ 7 , 000 ; but if that income was proper for their successors , why not for them ? elves ? ( Hear , hear . ) Each of these two prelates had a town residence and a country residence , quite irrespective of tho income . \ IIear . ) \ ow , in fourteen years , the Bishop of London , at £ 10 . 01 ) 0 a year , ought to have received £ 14 !) , CU 0 ; but he had received £ 217 , 259 ,, or £ 77 , 259 more than he ought—more than ho himself said was adequate for the see . ( Hear . ) In fourteen years the Bishop of Winchester , at 47 , 000

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      • i year , should have received £ 08 . 000 ; inst ead of which he had received £ 151 , ICG . or £ 53 , 1 SG more than he should have done . ( Hear , hear . ) So that these two bishops had taken from the Church in fourteen years £ 1 , 00 . 425 more than they themselves considered sufficient to namtam tho dignity of their sees ! ( lie .-. r . ) Ic might he s ; , „ i tli-tt these were bishops of the old inundation and that this new scale of income wft 3 not to apply until the next . avoidiinco- ( hcnr hear ) —but when the Bishop of London was constantly asking the laity for money for advancin * - the interests ol the church , surelv it would be more salisf . ictory if ho would show that ho considered what would suffice for hh successors was sufficient for him . ( Hear . ) But take a case ofthe new

      foundation . In ISoG the Bishop of Durham was appointed ; £ 8 , 000 a year was assigned as tho income of that see ; in fourteen years , then , he should have received £ 112 , 000 , but he had received £ 101 , 053 , or £ 79 , 053 more than ho . should ; : md these prelates hud deprived the church of £ 210 , 083 in fourteen years . ( Hoar , hear . ) These were facts not to be got over . ( Hear , hear . ) . Again , when " hurch ext' -usion was talked of , and the people were appealed to , they would look first whether tho clergy were doing their duty iu their respective localities . Sow , to take some cises—to hni . 'in with the diocess of Ely . What was the case in Wisbcacb , and the adjoining parishes ? The value of tho living of Wisbcach was , —St . Peter ' s , £ 1 , 311 ; St . . Mary ' s , £ 87 !); total , £ 2 , 100 . The vicar , who was

      absent about six months in the year , was also prebendary of Ely ( £ 700 , ) and vicar of Waterbeach ( £ 500 . ) so that his income was £ 3 , 300 , which he obtained because he was son-in-law of Bishop Spnrkos . In the adjoiuine parish of Walsokcn , the rectory was worth £ 1 , 203 ; tho rector was nonresident . The rector of Luvorington ( value £ 2 , 009 ) was non-resident ; he was abo canon of ' Ely ( £ 700 , ) and rector of Guntliorpe ( £ 534 ); total income £ 3 , 333 . The vicar of Burnetii ( value £ 2 . 900 ) was non-resident ; he was also vrebendnrv of Brecon . The rector of Tydd St . Giles ' s ( £ 1 * 200 ) was resident in Germany ; he paid his curate , 1 " 120 ; the population was 000 verv few attended church ' . The rector of Tydd St . Mary ' s ( £ 1 , 200 ) was also non-resident ; he was prebendary o ? Lincoln

      ( £ 1 , 000 , ) and rector of Woolbeding ( £ 227 ); total income , £ 2 . 32 " . Here were five cleruimen receiving £ 11 , 143 , and not lining any duty , and one clergyman receiving £ 3 , 390 and doing duty only when it suited his convenioncn . ( Bear , hear . ' ) > Tas not this a scandal to the church ? ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Sir Benjamin Hall , ) as a member of tho church , felt compelled to ask , with shame and disgust , would the Roman Catholics do these things ? ( Hear , hoar . ) To turn next to Rochester . " The bishop , who was appointed in 1527 , bad held the deanery of Worcester and some other benefices , and he resigned these in 1 S 4 C to receive the stipulated income of £ 4 , 500 , to which he had no right ; that income was to bo assigned to the bishop at the next avoidance . At

      first a smaller income was assigned to Rochester ; in 1845 it was raised to £ 4 , 500 , and then he offered to resign his pluralities that he mij-hfc receive that income . But had he received only that ? By his own returns he had received £ 5 , 370 a year . ( Hear . ) One of his duties was to hold a triennial visitation , of the cathedral ( a different thing from the visitations of the diocese , ) to correct abuses and see tho statutes of the cathedral observed * , ho ( Sir B . Hall ) had made inquiries , and had not been able to ascertain that the bishop had ever made one of thes © cathedral visitations , though he was sworn to do so , and in " another place " lie alleged his ontll 03 an excuse for not voting for the Ecclesiastical

      Revenues Bill . It seemed he had seldom or never preached in his cathedral except on Easter day last . ( Hear , hear . ) It might be said that it was not the part of a friend to the church to state these abuses ; but , unless abuses wore put forward , there was no chance of their being redressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Bow had the example of the bishop been followed ? The dean preached twelve times between December 1 st and April 1 st . and attended service four ti . es ; his income was £ 1 , 400 a year . One canon , with £ 680 income , preached twelve times in two years' residence ; another , with £ 780 , preached " twice last December , but had not preached since , though he had an additional £ 100 a year because it was represented to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that the

      duties were so laborious ; another canon had not been in Rochester for three years , but had sold off his goods and left the place . In the month of Juno just ended no canon preached on any Sunday , not even Whit Sunday , though one did ' on Ascension Day . The minor canons did tho tvholo work ; two * of them got £ 150 a year , and tho others £ 30 . In a , few days the cathedral would probably be closed , and the canons could go and enjoy themselves . The income of the whole body—bishop , dean , and canons —was £ 10 , 000 ; but the dean and five canons had additional incomes , amounting to £ 7 , 740 , malun "* total of £ 17 , 040 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) This case of Rochester had "become notorious , in consequence of a suit now pending ; and the pamphlet of I Mr . Whiston , master of the Grammar School , had

      drawn public attention to it . When the charter w-, i 3 "ranted to this ecclesiastical body , it was ; determined that six old men , called almsmen or ' bedesmen , should be allowed £ 40 a year . He ( Sir B . Hall ) had got a return which showed that the last appointment was of Thomas Peatberton , in 1774 , and that there had been no bedesmen in existence since 1700 , no that in the sixty vears tbe chapter had taken £ 2 , 400 and divided it . ' ( Hear . ) But wouM the house believe that every quarterday , until lately , the chapter clerk went through the solemn farce of saying . " Thomas Featherston , come forth and receive your income , ' '— " John . Smith , come forth and receive your income ? ' ' ( Loud laughter , and cries of " Hear , hear . ") To think of this abominable imposture being acted

      under the very eye of the dean and canons , they knowing well that Thomas I'Vtherston and John Smith had been in their coffins for years . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Iii consequence of the exposure , and of representations made hy himself ami one of the members for Rochester to the Secretary of State—so that he ( Sir B . Hall ) had done some little cood with one of these bodies —( hear , hear)—new appointments were made ; six poor old men wore appointed , one of whom had served in Lord Howe ' s action , aud another was at Waterloo , pains being taken to select men who had been of service to the country , and who were to receive the stipend of £ 40 a year , but a few days ago , when £ 1 10 s . lOd . was to be paid to each for the quarter , tbe chapter clerk , the officer of this ecclesiastical corporation , whose members

      received £ 17 , 040 a year , actually deducted 10 s . for his fee from this payment to each of these poor people ! ( Hear , hear . ) The dean and chapter of Itochester had control of the funds of an hospital there , but they pocketted tho money , aud it was only in consequence ofthe appointment of the Charity Commissioners that an exposure took place , and a stop was put to the system under which the property of the hospital , called the " Lepers' Hospital , " was appropriated under the influence of the moral leprosy which had sprung up among the dean , aud chapter , lie came now to a district with which ho was well acquainted ; and , if any one wanted to see a church destitute , neglected , ' the dis < -race of tho establishment , let him go into the diocess of St .

      David ' s . Tho Bishop of St . David's was ono of tho now foundation , with £ 4 , 500 a year , receiving £ 1 , 600 a year from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to make up that amount ; but . from the return it appeared that lie received £ 5 , 500 , and , to make as great as possible deductions from the gross income , there was not a single item of expenditure which could enter into the mind of a man or a bishop which was not introduced . Ho was dean and treasurer of the collegiate church of Urocon , the property of which amounted to £ 7 . 213 10 s . annually . Mr . Jesse , a gentleman of undoubted respectability , who . after a long term of . «• rvice , had relived otily a few years ago Ii-obi a responsible situation under the Crown , visited Brecon in 1847 , aud had given a description of : —

      The interesting old cathedral , now fast mouldering away—neglected , forsaken , ami almost unkuonn . Who van see it wiihimt fooling of the deop < st regret ? Ao soletnn anthem miwusceuds to hc ;> ven , no choral praise is hoard . Thu insidious ivy creeps tliroiij ;) i the roof , the door is damp , and the old oak ftalls , with their curiously carved misereres , are fast falling- to decay . And why is this ? Are there no funds to keep it in repair ?—no estate * attached to its original foundation ? Where is the dean who occunied the . stall on which his name is inscribed , or the precentor or presbyters who sat in this others ' . Did they resign the ecclesiastical duties because decayinjr in . comes kept pace with the decay of the sacred edifice ? Noihini ; of this sort is the case . The llishopof St . David ' s is the ( Jean , and there are no less than fifteen prebendaries all of iJu-iii ( the biiiflop Included' deriving cuusideranle incomes from this ncisleeted place . Yutthe estates flourish , the rents are-paid , and the dean and prebendaries pocket t »> emoney . The livings which pious men left to this church are still held hy them , and y et it ; s an decay , ruin and desolation .

      That was a description of tho collegiate church of Christ in Brecon . Would ihe Roman Catholics suffer these things ? If ¦ they had a great and roval foundation would they not endeavour to extend-ita usofulnes ? And when the Pope saw these thinea gome on u . tho diocess of St . Daiid ' u , or Meiievi ! was it . jmmxugihat he should appoint a bishop doi or ? r ° M' tl - n T kMy unglwcd wK rtom-m 0 rv ° * 't 1 huroh tbere should arisi a Roman Catholic church , admirably designed and perfectly suited to meet the- wishes of the inhabitants of the neighbourhoS Ho would h

      Si ' 1 T e ! " # ° was tho state of the K chu , vehes («* ioh-. a bishop" ought to visit ) , as shown from the reports of commissioners appointed when the ripht honourable member for Kipon was Secretary of State for the Home department , to inquire into the state of education m Wales . Tn <« i 0 coinmifsioners deemed it neoeaaary to visit many churches , because the school were frequently h dd in-tbo chancel or belfry . [ TiiS honourable barocot proceeded to read extracts describing the jtatfl of a number of churches , soma having large holes in the roof , others hoingm ruins , and in some the services being seldom wf-$ rmed in ono instance , the clergyman being f t-

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05071851/page/7/