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The Irish were not like the Government dunghills , but were real game cocks , and were not to be caught in this fashion . An important question of this nature ought not to be brought on in this manner at a late hour of the nieht , and with , in spite of the Treasury whips , a thin House Sic volo , sic jubeo , was the Government motto , but despite their bugles sounding in every quarter , and their threats of loss of place , they were unable to muster a full House . "
Lord Johx Rtxsseli , denied that the returns moved for had been received . He could assure the " gallant gentleman " that they were not kept back for any purpose of the Government . Mr . Bankes seemed to agree with Colonel Sibthorp that the measure ought to be brought forward at a time when it was not so exclusively Irish as at that moment . Besides they had been more than once told by Ministers that no more grants to Ireland would be proposed . Lord John Russell said it was an advance , not a grant . Mr . Bankes insisted , however , that it was very much the same , whether brought forward as a loan or a grant , which called forth an indignant " no" from several Irish
members . Colonel Dunne did not think that Ministers could give any guarantee that this would . be the last grant ; indeed he was convinced that they must go on asking for similar grants so long as the cause for them—the Irish Poor Law—rendered it necessary . Several Irish members replied to the charge of Mr . Bankes , that an advance to Ireland was equal to a grant . Mr . R M . Fox said it could be shown that , from the time the two exchequers ¦ were consolidated up to 1828 , the advances out of the consolidated fund to England and Scotland
amounted to £ 16 , 000 , 000 , of which only £ 6 , 000 , 000 had been repaid , while , during the same period , out of £ 9 , 000 , 000 advanced to Ireland , £ 7 , 000 , 000 were repaid . Lord Bernard said the House would be doing a great injury to Ireland if they did not pass this measure without any further delay . Sir Lucius O'Brien said the unions were in a complete fix ; the contractors would not go on supplying food , and the wretched paupers must inevitably perish unless immediate steps were taken in the matter . On the motion for the adjournment of the House being put , the numbers were , for the adjournment 23 , against
it 131 ; majority 108 . Colonel Sibthorp then moved that the bill be read that day six months , and Mr . Spooner moved the adjournment of the debate . The latter motion was negatived by 134 to 6 , upon which the bill was read a second time , Colonel Sibthorp dissenting .
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REFORM MOVEMENTS . Meetings of the " National Reform Association " have been , held at "Wisbeach , on Friday and Saturday , the second meeting being crowded with tenantfarmers ; at Sheffield , on Monday ; at the Educational Institute , Stock well-green , and at St . Ives , Huntingdonshire , on Tuesday . At the Sheffield meeting , Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., explained the principles of the Association . Sir Joshua Walmsley said : — -
" The association had originated nothing . It had not even engrafted anything new upon that which was old . It had taken up the principles of Earl Grey , of Mr . Pitt , and of the Whigs of more than half a century ago . It had been called into existence by the necessities of the times , and the general desire that a scheme of representative reform , promulgated years ago , should at length be consummated . Among other advantages it promised was the saving of the millions worse than uselessly spent on thankless and discontented colonies . He believed thatif a determined call for reform wa 3 made , the
, Ministry would not withstand it ; for he believed that they would themselves , if they could , make a rapid advance in the extension of the suffrage . But they required to see the indications of public support . He hoped they would unite with the National Association ; and when they should be able to tell the Prime Minister that it had enrolled millions of members , each having paid his shilling , the Parliament would be made to hear and grant that on which they had set their hearts . "
At the Stockwell Meeting , Mr . II . Roberts , one of the Council of the Association , took occasion to remark on the unsound notions about taxation in the country : — .
" He felt assured that Sir Robert Peel was the man who , when he saw that the country was unanimous in favour of a reform , would be the foremost to step forward to gratify the wishes of the community . He could say the same of Lord John Russell . •« A Gentleman in the bpdy of the meeting , also a member of the council , here interrupted the speaker and said that Mr . Roberts was misrepresenting the opinions of the council as regarded Lord John Russell , and the other members of the Ministry .
" Mr . Roberts said that he was merely disclaiming , on the part of the council , any hostility towards Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel , and that if the gentleman who had interrupted him had permitted him to proceed , he would have heard that it was the opinion of the council that , no matter how well-intentioned Lord John Russell or the rest of the Government may be , they were unfit to govern the country at the present time . { Cheers . ) The eyes of the people were not sufficiently directed towards the state of taxation , and they had only to agitate the matter sufficiently to compel the Government to yield to the just demands of the people . " Mr . M'Enteer told the meeting at St . Ives that the association had very Conservative objects : —
" To put our Queen right before her people , who were loyally attached to her—to pay all men who worked , soldiers , sailors , or civilians , instead of holding out a premium to idleness , and to put that class of most injured Christian gentlemen , the curates of the establishment , in the position they were entitled to , were results the Association sought to accomplish , making the House of Commons a true representation of the people , and not a mere landlord assembly , legislating for their own benefit in opposition to every other industrial interest in the state . " At a meeting of the Council of the Irish Alliance on the 4 th of April , Messrs . C . G . Duffy , J . V . M'Grath , and M . R . Leyne , were appointed a deputation to attend the Conference , to be held by the " National Reform Association" in London on the 23 rd and 24 th instant .
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THE MOVEMENTS IN THE CHURCH . A numerous meeting of the clergy of the archdeaconry of Totnes was held in the Mayoralty-house , at Totnes , on Thursday week , for the purpose of pronouncing in favour of the Bishop of Exeter . Archdeacon Froude occupied the chair , and upwards of 120 clergymen were present . An address to the Bishop of Exeter was carried unanimously , in which the subscribers declared their conviction that the question at issue " involves the integrity of the Catholic faith , " and that " the tendency of the recent judgment of the Judicial Committee is to unsettle the faith and produce contradictions in the teaching of the Church , by authorizing subscription to the Articles and Book of Common Prayer in a
reserved and non-natural sense . " "We are only in the commencement of the fight of faith appointed to us . " In the conclusion of the address they speak of the strong feeling which prevails in the Church against submitting its doctrines to the final judgment of •* a tribunal neither of her own choosing , nor necessarily composed of her own members . " They express a hope that " the present agitation will lead to such an adjustment as will give the Church the power of determining within herself , and by her own duly appointed spiritual representatives , all questions of doctrine and discipline , a power
exercised by every other religious body in the empire . " A memorial to the Queen was adopted , unanimously praying her to devise " a proper appellate tribunal for determining all questions of doctrine , and other matters purely spiritual . " A memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury was afterwards adopted , in which the memorialists implore him not to allow ' one who is openly charged by the bishop of the diocese with holding heresy to exercise cure of souls . " They ask him to wait till an ecclesiastical court or synod has given its decision in the matter : —
" We respectfully , but earnestly , implore your Grace to have regard in this weighty matter to the ancient discipline of the Church , and not to risk a breach of Catholic unity by interference in the diocese of a comprovincial Bishop , ^ so as to withstand his authority therein ; but to wait until the point of doctrine at issue has been decided on by a Church court or synod , to which , on such points , in such a case , by Catholic usage , appeal may lawfully be made . " On Thursday week a deputation of the clergy of the archdeaconry of Exeter waited upon the Bishop of Exeter , at his palace , with an address . The Bishop expressed his personal gratification at receiving such a proof of their regard and attachment : —
" He would , under God ' s providence , rely on the faithfulness and self-devotion of the clergy , convinced that their sense of duty would make them abide closer by the Church ; and he would never believe that , though clouds and storms arose , the faithful ministers of the Church would be ever driven from it , driven from the Church established in this realm by law , notwithstanding its being so established , and leave it in hands less faithful . ' It is stated in Woolmcr ' s Exeter Gazette , that " upwards of one hundred and forty of the clergy of the archdeaconry of Exeter have declared thoir steadfast adherence to the doctrine of holy baptism . " The clergy of Hull , Beverley , and several other
parts of the East Riding of Yorkshire , have addressed the Archbishop of York , expressing their gratitude for disapproval and sanction of " the wise , dispassionate , and conciliatory decision of the Judicial Committee . " A large and influential meeting of the parishioners of St . Just was held last week , at which a resolution was passed , with only one dissentient , expressing their thanks to the Reverend Gr . C . Gorham , and congratulating him on the successful issue of the suit between him and his diocesan ; involving , afi that suit did , vital Christian truth . "
A report of a church festival at Harlow , in Essex , appears in the Morning Post of Wednesday , at which some very significant remarks were made by the Reverend Charles Miller , who presided over a dinner party ,- which was attended by a number of the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood . In his opening speech he said their principles were Church and Queen , " , he was sorry to add , not according to the modern version of that phrase . The definition of the constitution of the Church was that "it is
entirely independent of the State . Every institution has a revenue , and the Church has a revenue in herself . " He protested against the Church ' s taking " for her own purposes , or for the education of her children , one single shilling of the State money . " Queen's letters also he viewed as an invasion of the Church's system . " As she is ind ependent in her endowment , so is she in her jurisdiction altogether independent of the State . " He rejoiced to see so much sensitiveness exhibited in respect to some recent encroachments on the constitution of the Church , but it was a pity that that sensitiveness had not manifested itself sooner . . The Reverend W . W . Malet ,
vicar of Ardley , called attention to " the serious invasion of the rights of the Church which took place 300 years ago , in the alienation of the tithes , bjr which they were made like any other property . " After dinner the company proceeded to the church , where evening service was performed . At its close the company , consisting of rich and poor , re-assembled in the barn where they had previously dined , and partook of tea ; after which the floor was cleared , and " dancing was kept up with great spirit till nine o ' clock , " the parishioners then retiring to their homes .
A meeting of a new society called the " First Principles Association , " was held at Harlow Vicarage on Tuesday evening , which seems to be another engine of agitation . The Morning Post says , " the general object of this association is to unfold and call into action the social and other practical parts of the system of the Church , to point out a remedy for existing evils , and supply an antidote to the false philosophy which has occassioned and is perpetuating them . " " On dit , " says the Devonport Telegraph , " that the Bishop of Exeter contemplates secession , and that the first free church is to be built under his auspices
at Eldad , in connexion with the proposed establishment of the « Sisters of Mercy . ' " [ Fudge ! ] Information reached town on Monday , which we believe may be depended on , that the Reverend W . Maskell , vicar of Mary Church , Devon , and domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter , had signified his intention of resigning his living this week , preparatory to entering the Church of Rome . — Standard ,
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IMPROVED CONDITION OF IRELAND . The prevailing accounts from Ireland this week are of a cheerful character . The weekly returns relating to the poor show a further diminution in outdoor relief in those unions where that system has not been given up . In the Limerick union , where outdoor relief has been totally abolished , there is accommodation for large numbers in the workhouses . This looks promising . Cork the isthat all concerned
In report , " m agriculture have the fairest prospect of a good season , " and that " farmers are in excellent spirits . " In King ' s County several landlords have been reducing their rents , in some instances to the extent of thirtythree per cent . A general movement in this direction is wanted before any great improvement can take place in the condition of Irish farmers . The tenant movement is making rapid progress in the midland counties . At a meeting held at Mullingar last week , the Roman Catholic vicar-general in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —
" That , alarmed at the gradual annihilation of landholders in this county , owing principally to the continuance of high rents , entirely disproportioned to the price of produce , we hereby pledge ourselves to use every constitutional exertion to secure a reduction of rent , and a fair adjustment of the relations between landlord and tenant . " In Westmoath a central committee hasbeen appointed to make the necessary arrangements for a public meeting on the same subject ; and in the county of Cork the Roman Catholic clergy are said to be taking prominent part in the movement . In speaking of Mr . Poulctt Scropo ' s proposed motion for a committee to inquire into the administration of the poor-law in the Kilrush Union , the Clara
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With reference to Lord John Russell ' s motion , which was to come on last evening , for a committee on public salaries , Mr . Disraeli gave notice , on Monday evening , of his intention to move as an amendment a resolution to the following effect : — " That the House ia in possession of all information regarding public salaries , and that a Parliamentary committee of inquiry would , under these circumstances , only lead to delay . It is , therefore , the opinion of the House that Government ought , upon their own responsibility , forthwith to introduce any measure necessary for effecting any reductions in our national establishments consistent with the efficient discharge of public services . " We shall give the result of last night ' s proceedings in our second edition .
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In answer to a question from Mr . Buck , it was stated by Mr . Baines that the master of the Bideford workhouse , from which Mary Parsons was taken , had resigned his situation , so that no inquiry could now be instituted into his conduct .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 13, 1850, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1840/page/3/
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