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liberty , an unwarrantable interference with the discipline of our Church , and a departure from the policy recently pursued by the Legislature in- facilitating the voluntary endowment of the Roman Catholic hierarcuy and clergy of this country . " We object to this measure because , by subjecting our religion to special legislation of a vexatious character , it will place the Roman Catholic people of Ireland in a position of inferiority to their fellow-subjects . " We object to the measure because it will create new difficulties in the administration of charitable and religious trnsts connected with the Roman Catholic Church , unduly control the free disposition of property , interfere -with and- endanger settlements made upon the faith of existing laws , and in its results be productive of great embarrassment and irritation .
" Finally , we object to the measure because it has been conceived and framed in a spirit of hostility to the Roman Catholic religion , and because it is calculated to revive animosities which have been so baneful to our country , and which in latter years had been happily subsiding . " There are altogether eighty-eight names attached to the document , including two Queen ' s , sergeants ( Hawley and O'Brien ) , several assistant barristers , and others holding official appointments under the Crown .
The Freemasons of Nottingham held a public meeting on Thursday week to protest against the establishment of nunneries or monasteries in Great Britain . The chairman stated that a female , confined in a nunnery adjoining the Roman Catholic Church , Derby-road , Nottingham , endeavoured to effect her escape the other day , but was caught in the attempt and " again immured within the convent . " It was afterwards resolved that Dr . Mulligan should be summoned before the magistrates to explain why women were incarcerated after they had expressed a wish to be liberated . A resolution was also passed , calling upon Ministers to insert a clause in the Anti-Papal
Bill , providing for the abolition of all nunneries and monasteries now existing in the United Kingdom . The inhabitants of the village of Oldcoates , near Blythe , and also of the surrounding neighboui hood , have been astounded by Edward Chaloner , Esq ., of Goldthorpe , giving upwards of an acre-and-a-half of ground in a field south of Oldcoates , whereon to erect a Roman Catholic church , a house for the priest , a school and a burial-ground . That gentleman has also , we hear , in rested £ 4000 towards its completion . Messrs . Weightman and Hadfield are to be the architects . —Nottingham Guardian .
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PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK . The only business transacted by Parliament this week has . ^ een the discussion and rejection of the Marriages Bill in the House of Lords , on Tuesday evening . The Earl of St . Gebmans , who moved the second reading of the bill , referred to the strong feeling in favour of the measure throughout the country . The facts elicited by the commission appointed to obtain information on the subject were sufficient to convince an } ' one , not prejudiced , of the necessity for
such a measure as the present . The House of Commons had already decided in its favour by a majority of fifty-four . The Archbishop of Cantekbuky opposed the bill , because " the concurrent opinions of the Church of Christ , and for many ages of the religious m « n connected with that Church , was opposed to such marriages "—with a deceased wife ' s sister . He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . The Bishop of Exkteu . seconded the amendment . He considered that marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister " was incestuous and forbidden
by the law of God . " They must remember that if thuy passed the measure they would be called upon to go further . The late Bishop of Llandaff held that it did not . go far enough , and that " there ought to be a thorough revision of the law of marriage . " The Bishop of St . David ' s did not believe that the Bible forbade such marriages , but still he was opposed to the bill , on the ground that one of the evils which it proposed to remedy is of a varying and uncertuin nature , while the other is inherent in human nature . The Bishop of Norwich would not oppose the bill on the ground that it infringed the Scriptural canon , but because it tended to encourage immorality . The question was one which he left to the decision of the women of England , 99 in every 100 of whom , he believed , to be decidedly opposed tq
tho rcmov . il of the existing restrictions . Viscount ( Jack thought the opposition to the measure was inspired by n morbid sensibility . Lord CAMrnui . 1 ., opposed the bill on the ground that it would make a fatal change in tho law . The agitation of this question had been begun by those who had violated the law , and it was now continued in conjunction with those who had entered into engagements that the Jaw forbade . After discussing the legal part of the ' ¦• H'Blioii , he concluded by expressing a hope- that the bill , which he resisted on principle , would bo rejected by a large majority . The Bishop of London argued that if tho principle of tho bill were carried into effect by a positive law , thoy would be offering a positive premium for immorality . Lord Buoihiiiam and tho Biuhop of Ohhoiiy both opposed tho bill , which was rejected by a majority of 34 .
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THE SAILORS' STRJKE . Tho strike on the Tyne terminated on Snturday , on tho Wear on the previous evening . There w « 6 a
large demonstration at Shields on Saturday morning . No less than 4000 men , with music and banners , -walked through the principal streets of North and South Shields . The men then went on board their respective vessels . There were altogether from 400 to 600 vessels , for all parts of the world , ready for sea , in the Tyne , on Saturday . The wages agreed to by the men are £ 4 10 s . in winter and £ 3 10 s . in summer . At Yarmouth the disputes between the seamen and the shipowners led to a riot on Saturday in which several persons were injured . The dispute has been
chiefly regarding wages . The regular rate lately has been 60 s . per month in winter and 50 s . in summer . The men formed an association for the purpose of obtaining an equalization of wage * all the year round . They demanded 55 s . a-month for the whole year , which the employers refused to give . If any alteration of the old arrangement was attempted , they said they , would consider all understanding between themselves and the men at an end , and would take men wherever they could get them , on the cheapest terms . The consequence of this declaration was a strike on the part of the seamen , who have since been parading the town with flags and bands of music .
On Saturday a' rather serious not took place in consequence of the sailors endeavouring to prevent any one from going a voyage on the old terms . The mayor and magistrates , accompanied by the police , having started from the Towri-hall with a sailor for the purpose of escorting him to his . vessel , they were attacked bv a crowd of seamen . A regular fight took place , in which the police , though dreadfully beaten , contrived to take twelve of the rioters into custody , and during the engagement the authorities managed to get the man on board . The seamen , exasperated by the seizure of their comrades , assembled in greater force with a firm determination to
rescue them . About 2000 of them proceeded to the station-house , carrying the mast of a ship , which they used as a battering-ram , in order to break down the door and rescue the prisoners . The mayor read the Riot Act , and caused 100 special constables to be sworn in . In addition to this force there were 20 policemen , 9 militia-men , and 30 men from a revenue-cutter lying at Yarmouth . This force , however , was considered not strong enough to cope with so formidable a mob . A telegraphic message was , therefore , sent to Norwich requesting a detachment of- military to be sent by special train . Two troop 9 of the Eleventh Hussars were accordingly sent by railway , who quickly cleared the streets , and in a few hours quiet was completely restored .
A meeting of the sailors of the port of London was held at the Albion Tavern , High-street , Shadwell , on Monday evening , to protest against the unjust restrictions imposed upon them by the Mercantile Marine Act . One of the speakers said the worst evil in the new act was that , while it gave an increased power to the shipping agent and master , it took away what little right the seamen had previously . Another grievance was the infliction of fines , * ' which almost went to the extent that if a man even squinted on board an outward-bound vessel a day ' s pay would be deducted for it . " As for the grievances of which the sailors had always
complained , the bill hardly touched one of them . Sailors were often ill used by unfeeling masters , but it was hardly possible for them to obtain redress . He complained al » o of the present mode of keeping the log-book . Whatever fault any sailor might commit was duly recorded , but the master or the mate might do as they pleased , without a word of it appearing in the log-book . The bill was condemned altogether as tending to destroy the spirit of the British seaman , and a committee was appointed to draw up a petition to Parliament , praying for the modification or repeal of the obnoxious Mercantile Marine Act .
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EXPORTATION OF IRISH PAUPERS TO LONDON . If any proof had been wanting of the evils resulting from the want of a proper poor-law in Ireland , it would be furnished by tho evidence given at an inquest at Itotborhithe , on Wednesday . The subject of the inquest was a child four weeks old , which had died on the deck of an Irish steumer , on its passage from Cork to London . Ann Connell , the mother of the child , snid : — " Her age was twenty-two . She w « 8 a ningle woman , and had been confined in Cork workhouse about four wc * ks since . ' She left London noine time back to seek her
mother , who was dead when nhe reached Ireland . On Thursday morning , at wcven o ' clock , witnctui paid 2 b . an panting e-money oa board the Pelican steamer , which left the harbour that morning for London . They were on deck without any covering , three days nml three nighta , exposed to the wind and weather . There were 750 men , women , and children , all huddled so clone together , that they could » oaro « 'ly move . It rained nevcral times on the pu « flugc . WitncHs had not sufficient clothing fur the child , and she was of opinion that the deceased had died from the cold and expoHiirc . She found th « child dead shortly before they were landed . She pawned some articles of clothing to pay her paanagcmoney . " The Coroner said he had good reason to believe
that these unfortunate people were supplied with money to carry them to London by the parochial authorities of Ireland . The summoning officer said he had known as many as 1000 being brought at one time , at from Is . to Is . 6 d . per head . The jury , after a short consultation , returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased child had died of cold and exposure to the weather , by reason o { the mother being a passenger on the deck of the Pelican steamboat , while on its way from Ireland to London ; and the said jury further state that it is to be deeply regretted that Government did not take some steps to prevent persons being brought over from Ireland in such a manner , without sufficient and proper accommodation for the preservation of life' *
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DEATHS OF EMINENT PERSONS . Joanna Baillie , whose literary life stretches back into the last century , and whose early recollections were of the days of Burke , Dr . Johnson , Goldsmith , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the great men who figured before the French Revolution , expired on Sunday evening , aged 89 . She always lived in retirement , and latterly in strict seclusion , in her retreat at Hampstead . The literary fame which she had acquired by her own works , aided in no small degree by the long and loudly expressed admiration of Walter Scott , who always visited her when in London , never succeeded in drawing her generally into society . During the greater part of her life she lived with a maiden sister , Agnes—also a poetess—to whom she addressed her beautiful Birthday poem . They were of a family in which talent and genius were hereditary . Their father was a Sco'tish clergyman , and their mother a sister of the celebrated Dr . William Hunter . They were born at Bothwell , within earshot of the rippling of the broad waters of the Clyde . Joanna ' s child-life and associations are beautifully mirrored in the poem to which we have alluded . Early in life the sisters removed to London , where their brother , the late Sir Matthew Baillie , was settled as a physician , and there her earliest poetical works appeared anonymously . Her first dramatic efforts were published in 1798 , under the title , A Series of Plays , in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger Passions oftht Mind , each Passion being the subject of a Tragedg and a Comedy . A second volume was published in 1802 , and a third in 1812 . During the interval she gave the world a volume of miscellaneous dramas , including the Family Legend , a tragedy founded upon a story of one of the Macleans of Appin , and which , principally through Sir Walter ' s endeavours , was brought out at the Edinburgh Theatre . She visited Scott in Edinburgh in 1808 . In the following year the drama in question was played with great temporary success , and Sir Walter Scott ' s enthusiasm in its favour communicating itself to Edinburgh society , the drama ran fourteen nights . In IS 14 it was played in London . The only " Play of the Passions " ever represented on a stage was De Montfort , brought out by John Kemble , and played for eleven nights . In 1821 it was revived for Edmund Kean , but fruitlessly . Miss O'Neil played the heroine . In fact , like all Joanna ' s dramatic efforts , it was a poem—a poem full of genius and the true spirit of poetry—but not a play . Scott , however , was strongly taken by it ; his lines are well known : — " Till Avon ' s Btranii—while runff the grove With Montfort ' s hate , and Basil ' s love!—Awakening at the umpiring strain Deem'd their own Shakapeate lived again !" In 1836 the authoress published three more volumes of plays . Previous to this , in 1823 , a longpromined collection of Poetic Miscellanies appeared , containing Scott ' s dramatic sketch of Macduff ' s Cross , with , inter alia , some of Mrs . Hcmans' poetry and Miss Catherine Fanshaw ' s jeux d ' esprit . Scott ' s criticism of the former lady ' s productions deserves perpetuation , " Too much flower and too little fruit . " The late Dowager Countess of Charleville died on Monday last , at the advanced age of ninety . Her maiden name was Dawson , and she was nearly connected with the Cremorne family . Her first husband was a gentleman of family and fortune in the county of Louth . He died in 1797 , and in the following year she married the late . Earl of Charleville . Her reminiscences of Dublin in its brilliant days , during the concluding quarter of the eighteenth century , were exceedingly interesting . She wa « with Grattan in his last illness , during the memorable interview with the lttto Lord Ciistlereagh , -when that noble lord announced to him that he wan to bo buried in Westminster Abbey . She was the person to whom Lord Clare communicated tho remarkable fact ( left unnoticed by Mooro ) , . that when Lady Edward Fitzgerald entreated Lord Clare ( then Chancellor ) to give her mi order to mco her husband in prison , Lord ( ! l « re replied : " I have no power to give you an order , but I can take any ono I like with me to vieit any priMoner , and my caniage is at the door . " " Her name , " » ays the Chronicle , " has been popularly flHuoniatcd with literature in a manner which alwuys gave her unmitigated pain . Karly in 1798 , and prior to the marriage , the late earl ( a very clever and accomplished man ) printed for private circulation a translation
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Leader (1850-1860), March 1, 1851, page 195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1872/page/7/
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