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Y o l . I., No. 455. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1849. C a b l e o f © i n t e n t s . LATEST FROM IR ELAND f # PAGE PAGE DEATH OF THE RIGHT REV. DR latest intelligence... 33 Burdett Coutts—Death of Mr. W, B. Huskisson—Mdlle. Lind— Death of Mrs. John Bannister— The Chief Poor-law Commissioner. Political:— ........................ Meeting of the National Provident at Abbeyleix—Landlords in Co. Clare—The Stations in C o r k Incendiarism in Ulster—Donegal —The Cholera at Belfast—The Assassination of Or. Davis—The Magistracy — The Defaulting M.P.’s - The Wicklow Gold Mines—Monument to Sir Michael O’Loghlen. Gems from the “ Hue and Cry.” Commission of Oyer and Ter­ “ Sacerdos” in the “ Cork Exa- V. MAGINN, BISHOP OF DERRY. Ju s t as we were going to press, we received l the melancholy intelligence of the decease of the illustrious Prelate of Derry. f miner”—Catholic Education in Scotland —“ Notices of the Eng- ' lish Colleges and Convents . Letter of the Rev. F. C. Husenbeth—Protestant Chanty—Cholera Amongst the Pauper Children ; Adjourned Inquest on the Bodies i Report of the Board of Health—Latest from Ireland : 43 nd Dr. . Maginn—Mr. tjtiafy’s Trial, &c. --Address of the Catholics of Belgium to his Holiness Pius IX. Cmibersions,.................. 33 John Malony, Esq., J.P . Cragg, Co. Clare. Miss Braine, Buckfast Abbey, Devon. Conversions in the Diocese of Cam- bray. Conversion of Three Protestants at Lille. i Catljoltc Intelligence:— ... 35 On the Guilds. London:— The Reverend Daniel Hearne. Provincial:— The Bilston Mission; The Conver­ sion of England ; The Cholera— Liverpool: Public Profession of a Nun—Market Rasen: Death of the Rev. F. W. Brewster. Scotland Alloa: Presentation to the Rev. J . Malcolm—Edinburgh. I eeland:— The English Troops Disturbing Catholic Worship; The Very Rev. Dean Coll, P.P., Newcastle —“ Our Dublin Correspondent” —Godless Colleges—The Professorships—Return of the Right Rev. Dr. O’Higgins—Testimonial to Miss M. .1. Moore, ot Belfast— Capuchin Convent, Kilkenny. United Stata».—Dedication of the Church of St. Nicholas, New York. fn lM * 36 UteascKiPTioNs The Brothers of St. Patrick’s, Gal- t -•<■%€ ' w&f:' „'£ ,*.'■ Christian Schools, Cork. State of the Country :— Clifden ¡ Increase of Destitution and Crime—Death by Starvation miner. The Queen r . C. G. Duffy. Writs of Error : Unanimous Judg­ ment for the Crown; W. S. O’Brien and others, in E rro r , v. the Queen. j f o m g n a n b C a l o n t u l I n t e l l i ­ g e n c e :— ................................. The Events of the Week. F rance—Paris.—The Question of the Dissolution—The Bonapartes. Austria— The Capture of Pesth— State of Vienna. Spain. -Debate on the Queen’s Speech—The Dispute with England. I taly—Rome.—New Year’s Day— The Catholics of Rome—Affairs of the Pope—Proposals for Reconciliation-Anecdote of Pius IX .—Affairs of Sicily. Spirit of tfjt $res6 ... Protestant Prophecies. Dollarine : a Tale of California. N o t i c e s to CorresponlrentB . . . H e a d in g a r t i c l e s :— ............. The Supreme Pontiff at Gaeta. Prison Discipline—Mr. Charles Pearson’s Lectures. Rescripts and Appeals to Rome. SRebietos:— ................. Practical Sermons Preached in 1847-8 by th e Rev. F . Oakeley, M.A. “ The Rambler.” Observations on the Contemplated Project of a State Pension to the Irish Priesthood. &c., &c. C t je C o u r t ....................... Departure of Visitors—The Privy Council. Personal:— ................. Sir James Graham—Death of Sir J . Stonhurst—Anecdote olMisa 38 Institution. The First Lord of the Admiralty— The Portsmouth Election—Reported Destruction of Government Works—Revival of Chartist Agitation. Clje Public Ji?ealtf):— ... The Cholera. Mortality in; the Metropolis. Adjourned Inquest on the Cholera Cases a t Tooting. C x f j i h i t u m s ............. The Ninth Wednesday Concerts— The Ancient Concerts—Music of Cambria—Opera “ Comique” at St. James’s—“ Hamlet” at the Haymarketand Windsor Castle— “ Who Speaks First?” at the Lyceum—Novelties. Protestantism:— .......... 39 40 40 “ Working Clergy.” &ato antr police:— .......... The Royal Etchings- Chartist Pri­ soners, &c. Reeitients—Crime:— .......... Destructive Fires, &c. Probittcial:— ................. Lancashire —Yorkshire—Glouces­ tershire—Channel Islands. Seotlanb:— ................. 42 43 43 Base Copper Coin. fttisrcltanea:— ................. Strange Scene—Respect for the Dead. Cfje Hontron ffiazette:—: ... Bankrupts, &c. Moneg fWarfcet:— ......... British Funds. Foreign Funds. Rail way Shares. Bank of England. Ctje fttarftets:— .......... Agriculturists’ Report, &c. abbertisements:— .......... T'wenty-Third Report o f the J - LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. At a GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders, held at the Banking-house of the Company, in Princes-street, Mansionhouse, on Thursday, the 18th of January, 1849. AMBROSE MOORE, Esq., Chairman. WM. J AS/LANCASTER, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Directors. Wm. Blount., Esq. Sir Felix Booth, Bart. Sir George Carroll, Alderman. William Miller Christy, Esq. Wm. Curling, Esq. , George Holgate Foster, Esq. Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. Henry Grace, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. Wm. James Lancaster, Esq Sir J . M'Taggart, Bart., M.P George Meek, Esq. Wm. Mitcalfe, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. John. T. Oxley, Esq. George Scholefield, Esq. Wm. Shadbolt, Esq. George Tayler, Esq. The Manager—George Pollard, Esq. tSolicitors—Messrs. Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morice. The following Report was presented The statement now submitted to the shareholders of the business of the Bank during the half-year ending the 30th of December ¡“ .‘i net Proflt 40 >>e 24,775/. 2s. lOd. This amount added to the 15,490/. 3s. 8d. left at the etedit of the profit and loss account of the preceding half-year, gives the sum of 40,265/. Cs. 6d. to be now disposed of. 1 oe .iAT^ DirfteCt0^ there' orf- have decided to declare the usual di­ vidend, after the rate of 6/. per centum per annum, and also a bonus of 7s. per share, both free from 'income tax. These Dav inents will ieave a balance of 1,265/. 6s. 6d. to be carried t 0Pthe Addid °»bthe,Guarant?? Fund’ which, with the six months’ interest added thereto, according to the provision of the Deed of Settle tnent, will amount to 128,765/. 0s. 6d. 1 °Wo TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the memorial to the Lord Lieutenant of D. Harrington, but have not room for it. I r ish Subscriptions.—-From u J. P . , ” Halifax, 21.— Received. The “ Rev. P. ConwavV ’ the “ Rev. E. O’MalleyV* and ** An Irishman’s ” letters will receive attention next week. Catholic us Brugiensis.—W e are making enquiry. “ F. W.”—Next week. A Convert.—Acknowledged. Delta.—We cannot inform you. A P oor Catholic.—We shall be enabled, next week, to lay before our readers an interesting letter on the subject of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin from the Curé of La Salette himself. B r ight, Son, and L egge.—T he notice has arrived to o la te for in sertio n th is week. E rratum— (To the Editor of the T ablet.)—N o. 68, Lamb’s Conduit-street, 15th Jan., 1849. Sir—In the review of the late Hon. Ed. Petre’s book, T ablet of ¿the 13th ins»., page 19, col. four, and fourth paragraph •from the bottom, there is an error of the press; viz., I named the Abbe Mann, as the author of the Hist, of English Catholic establishments abroad, in the “ Archseologia,” and your compositor has given the “ Abbe Main?.” As the pages of reference are correct, I think it of little consequence, unless it should cause cavil from any quarter.—I remain, your most obedient servant, J oseph Wh it e . 43 44 44 44 46 46 46 47 The seats in the Direction which become vacant on this occasion Me those of Sir Felix Booth, Bart., William Miller Christy, Esa J ™ “ ° r™ by Gore, Esq., M.P., Henry Grace, Esq., a id Si'; Richard Jenkins, G.C.B.; and these gentlemen again offer them selves as candidates for re-election. em" t h ^ h6eth iinstandt . “ ldb0nU3 WU1 be payabbs on and ^ id ay , I^eced|n.SReport having been read to the Meeting bv the t S T S S l ‘he ha. ' f- year’ endin* the 31st December last, after the rate of 6/. per centum per annum, and a further divl we?e°dlckPrTd1 ~ hlilman6*Pr°at °f ‘he e"din* 38 abwefollolW1?* ■D,.r ectors having retired by rotation were unanimously re-elected, viz. :—Sir Felix Booth, Bart., William Millpr Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq M P Henrv r m /40 Esq., and Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.b! * **Henry Grace u^ mously* That the best thanks of the Meetimr be ment of the iS ^ irs^ f th^Bank reCt°1S ^ ‘heir eXCellent «ivEen“ !lo1oUM?i Pon^d T. i at ii10 eehdiai thanks of the Meeting be S J « ™ . '. Pollard*the Manager, for the manner in which thePciL“ meVs *'"U” “ °f the Bank> a,ld the attention he pays to E a t r a c t e d S l U i n u t e s ^ 13110“ M° ° RE' Cbai™ ap__________ (Signed) F. HEWETT Secretary. npbeatre Royal Lyceum—Under tbe Management of MADAME VESTRIS On 0bariea Mathews, Old Brompton. Pet?teComedy,Untied PreMnted ( i° tb “ mc> a New and Original _. . WHO SPEAKS FIRST? s s t . — - — SECOND EDITION. “ S a c erd o s ,” i n t h e “ Co r k E x a m in e r .”— W e r e a l ly think our Reverend friend— i f he w ill allow i is to call him so—displays unnecessary anger against evur unfortunate selves. The remarks on which he ¡omments were written solely to avoid a purely heoretical discussion with a writer between whom rind ourselves we could discern little practical i liiference. Surely we have a right to say without i iffence that our meaning has been misunderstood. 1 Perhaps it hasn’t. B u t in a ll controversies every ] lolem ic thinks h is opponent misunderstands him, s md is in the habit o f saying so without being s upposed to convey an affront. After reading v rhat our Reverend friend has since written re find ourselves bound to repeat that he really has i nistaken our meaning; but that where the main ] joints are agreed upon, the question o f our accuracy ( jr inaccuracy is not worth ten lines. W e are happy t a have received from Ireland the approbation o f atory, entitled Ea Rosette,” and to be called THE KING OP THE PEACOCKS Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve Seibv H Hall ‘ O x » f o T ^ U4 % n S J r y' third,im e) 8 New Afterpiece, by J . . , AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC *25— f e » W s s a r — • tome as distinguished theologians as the Irish Church . am boast, and the intimation o f their opinion that i wo disrespect to authority or undue forwardness was i sbargeable against the article complained of. W e : »gain assure “ Sacerdos” that we had no intention to . »fiend him, or to treat him otherwise than with the . most profound respect; and he w ill judge from our present number whether we “ writhe” under the castigation to which he refers, or shrink from the tautest th a t has been provoked. ' ' £ ' ' ........... ' ' M I t appears that his Lordship had for som e time L past been far from well. On Sunday last he was | seized with typhus fever, and died on Wednes-1 dajr afternoon, at St. Columb’s College, D e r ry , , whither he had gone from his country-seat on Saturday. Thursday, the 18th, was the third anniversary of his Lordship’s consecration. Dr. Maginn was a native of tbe county of Tyrone, L and nephew to the celebrated Professor of I Divinity, D r. Slevin. The deceased Bishop was F educated at the Irish College at Paris, where he highly distinguished himself by the brilliancy of his academical career. The funeral takes * place on Tuesday morning next. . W e have not room at present for the very ju s t remarks of our correspondent, on the deceased B ishop’s virtues. i THE STATE TRIALS. D ublin Commission Court—J an. 18. THE QUEEN V. DUFFY. The Court sat at eleven o’clock. The law officers and prisoner’s counsel were in attendance. Amongst the spectators was Major Turner, Master of the Horse to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. PERMISSION TO THE PRISONER TO PLEAD, AND AD­ JOURNMENT OP THE TRIAL TO THE 6TH OP FEBRUARY. The prisoner haying been placed at the bar, Mr. Justice Perrin proceeded to announce the decision of the Court on the point which had stood over for their opinion. He said the Court had already pronounced its judgment upon the demurrer in this ease, the effect of which was that the demurrer to the first count, and to the third count, should be over-ruled; that the demurrer to all the overt acts ’in the other counts, except the first, should be allowed, but as tothe residue of the counts respectively the demurrer should he over-ruled. The Crown had prayed finaljudgment, and the prisoner insisted that he was entitled to plead, and several cases had been cited at both sides. They had looked into them all, and Baron Richards had called his attention to a case which had not been mentioned in_ argument. It' was the latest case on the subject, and had occurred in the year 1845, since the question was under the consideration of the English Judges in Gray’s case, as to whether there was a distinction between capital and other felonies. In the case o f the Queen v. Server, where there was a demurrer to the indictment, i t was over-ruled, and after that the prisoner was permitted to plead over to the felony, and to plead “ Not guilty.” They considered it right to follow that course, and to pursue the precedent to which they had been referred by Mr. Butt in Rastoll. A t the desire o f the prisoner, they should allow him to plead to the felony, and the Clerk of the Crown would ask him whether he was guilty or not. Clerk of the Crown: Charles Gavan Duffy, you have already heard the abstract o f the indictment read, are you guilty or not? Mr. Duffy: Not guilty. Mr. Justice Perrin: We shall adjourn the Commission now to the 6th of February. I t would he quite impossible to have a trial now. There are a great many reasons why we cannot do it. The jury that was summoned for the 12 th of December cannot he considered to be in attendance now. The delay that has occurred puts i t out of our power to have a trial now. Attorney General: I have no objection to the adjournment; and the only matter I have to mention is this, the prisoner has served notice ot trial. Mr. Justice Perrin : But that cannot apply to a case of this sort, where the delay has been caused by the act of the prisoner himself. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : We put in our application under the Habeas Corpus Act. Mr. Justice Perrin : I know that in ordinary cases we should have to consider it. From the end of, or rather from the commencement of, the second week of the cpmmission, we have been engaged entirely in the discussion of matters ( I won’t call themdilatories) which prevented a trial. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : I f your Lordships will not now hear the question argued, will you hear i t discussed in Chamber ? Mr. Justice Perrin : We cannot make any order as to that. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : We submit th e prisoner is now entitled to he admitted to bail, not having been tried. Mr. Justice Perrin : N o t in this case. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : Under the A c t of Parliament. Mr. Justice Perrin : The Act o f Parliament must he held to apply to cases where the thing was possible, and not the delay of the prisoner himself. Sir Colman O'Loghlen: This was the delay of the Crown. Mr. Justice Perrin: No. There was, first, a plea in abatement, which was unfounded, and which took a great deal of time ; then there was a demurrer, which was unfounded, and which also took a good deal of time ; and we must consider the possibility of having a j ^ y , as well as the convenience of juries, and we must also consider that we have duties to discharge in another place. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : But i t is the statutable right of the prisoner. Mr. Justice Perrin : In this case he has not the right, Sir Colman O’Loghlen : Will your Lordships hear the question argued befere you decide upon it. Will you hear i t in Chamber in your ( at this commissioo ? Mr. Justice kerrin: Of course you will make any application you please. Sir Colman O’Loghlen: But without your Lordship’s permission we could only make it to the Queen’s Bench. Baron Richards: Even i f we were the Judges to try the case, we could not take i t up until the day to which the Commission is adjourned. ><r ; T Mr. O Hagan: My Lord, the prisoner thinks that quite apart from the statutable indictment, he has a strong case to be admitted to bail, which your Lordships would see i f the facts came before you. Mr. Justice Perrin: The Court of Queen’s Bench is the proper place to make it. Mr. O Hagan: Will your Lordships hear it in Chamber? Mr. Justice Perrin: It is rather an awkward thing to hear it in Chamber, when the full Court is sitting. Mr. Duffy: I will venture to suggest to your Lordships, before you decide upon the question, that the delay has arisen from the Court postponing longer than was necessary for the prisoner their decisions on the various questions, and that I ought not to be deprived of my right because of a delay I did not occasion. I am now ready for trial, or I am ready to make a case which I think is irresistible, to be admitted to bail, i f you adjourn the Court to to-morrow, and hear the affidavits that can be made in support of my application. The literal fact is, that this inj ury will come to me—that my property will be ruined i f J am not permitted to go out aod arrange my own affairs. I will make that so plain that i t cannot be controverted, i f you will allow me the opportunity of doing so, by affidavit. Their Lordships made no reply, and The Clerk of the Crown announced that the Court stood adjourned to tbe 6th o f February, at eleven fefalobkt • ; . , yjfMitW.IWUtfil unt/t The Crier_repeated the announcement, the prisoner was removed, and tbe Court was adjourned accordingly. INTENDED APPLICATION OP THE PRISONER TO THE ~ . -Qtteasi’ii It is generally understood that an application will be made, either on Friday or Saturday, to the Court of Queen’s Bench, to admit the prisoner to bail. Mr. Duffy’s counsel are of opinion that Mr. Daffy never can be convicted on the shattered indictment which now lies in the arms of the Attorney-General.— Freeman. The Archbishop of Tuam has issued a Pastoral, calling upon his flock to join in public prayer on Sunday, for the purpose of obtaining the graces of the Holy Ghost in regard to the proceedings of the approaching Synod, conferring an indulgence of forty days on all who with the usual conditions shall read the Litanies of Jesus and our Blessed Lady. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Pierce Mahony to he Clerk of the Crown of the Queen’s Bench, in the room of Mr. Bourne, deceased. M ee t in g op th e P r iv y Council.— The LordLieutenant isabout to proclaim another district under the Crime Prevention Act. Crime in some parts of Ulster has been increasing to a material extent.— Morning Chronicle. : ■ > " , ••oiiL’C R umoured R emoval op th e State P r isoners.— There was a general report at Kingstown on Wednesday nfternooB, that Mr. Smith O’Brien and the three other State prisoners were to be sent offfrom that harbour to-day, and that the Dragon war-steamer. Captain HaU, which lies in the harbour, is under order»tQ sail W:s irioHOl»! notice, it is supposed for Spike Island. I oMMrxM trace this rumour to any authentic source.—Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle. D iscrim inating R ate on G rass L ands.—The Right Bight Rev. Dr. Feeny, Bishop of ICillala, and the Eight Rev Dr. Efreneh, Bishop ofKilmacduaghandKilfenora, have written to the Freeman in corroboration of the views of Dr. Cantwell. ; > CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. We are glad to observe, by an advertisement in our paper of to-day. that a step has at length been taken in the right direction by the Clergy of Scotland. In England religion has derived much of its lustre from our Catholic Colleges ; it was even in some instances preserved in important and influential families, where i t would otherwise have perished, by the pious and zealous endeavours of those men, who, guided by the grace of God, establishe our Catholic seminaries. A t present most of our leading 'Catholics owe their-ijWfctlM, their learning, their stability in the faith once delivered to the Saints, to the moral, enlightened and excellent education they, in youth, received in our Catholic Colleges. Nor can anything he more true than that our youth who were entrusted bytheir less provident parents to the care of teachere in Protestant Colleges, ha ve seldom or ever manifested in after-life that energetic devotion towards Catholicism, which their position and talents would give us reason to expect from them. Our readers, who consult their own experience, may see many melancholy examples of this truth amongst the public men of the present day, who call themselves Catholics. In Scotland the Reformation well nigh destroyed the ancient faith. The ricli ones of the world yielded to its baneful influence in order to preserve their estates, whilst the poor, especially those who depended on the rich, fell by imitating the example of the great. A faithful few, however, still clung to the Rock of Peter : these, strengthened by a mighty influx of the faithful sons of St. Patrick driven from their native soil by the tyranny of the most persecuting and barbarous laws, promise to deliver in course of time the kingdom of the sainted and murdered Mary from the curse of Calvinism. The consequence is that in Scotland a middle class of Catholics is rapidly springing into existence, a class of great importance in means as well as influence. The reflecting Catholic will, in these circumstances, see at once that, even as regards religion, it is a matter of infinite importance to give our youth a first-rate education. Without this we can never have our fair portion of importance. In law, in medicine, in litera J e i i s / a a i

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Y o l . I., No. 455.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1849.

C a b l e o f © i n t e n t s .

LATEST FROM IR ELAND f #

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DEATH OF THE RIGHT REV. DR

latest intelligence...

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Burdett Coutts—Death of Mr. W, B. Huskisson—Mdlle. Lind— Death of Mrs. John Bannister— The Chief Poor-law Commissioner. Political:— ........................ Meeting of the National Provident at Abbeyleix—Landlords in Co. Clare—The Stations in C o r k Incendiarism in Ulster—Donegal —The Cholera at Belfast—The Assassination of Or. Davis—The Magistracy — The Defaulting M.P.’s - The Wicklow Gold Mines—Monument to Sir Michael O’Loghlen. Gems from the “ Hue and Cry.” Commission of Oyer and Ter­

“ Sacerdos” in the “ Cork Exa- V.

MAGINN, BISHOP OF DERRY. Ju s t as we were going to press, we received l the melancholy intelligence of the decease of the illustrious Prelate of Derry. f miner”—Catholic Education in Scotland —“ Notices of the Eng- ' lish Colleges and Convents . Letter of the Rev. F. C. Husenbeth—Protestant Chanty—Cholera Amongst the Pauper Children ; Adjourned Inquest on the Bodies i Report of the Board of Health—Latest from Ireland :

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nd Dr. .

Maginn—Mr. tjtiafy’s Trial, &c. --Address of the Catholics of Belgium to his Holiness Pius IX. Cmibersions,.................. 33

John Malony, Esq., J.P . Cragg, Co.

Clare. Miss Braine, Buckfast Abbey,

Devon. Conversions in the Diocese of Cam-

bray. Conversion of Three Protestants at

Lille.

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Catljoltc Intelligence:— ... 35

On the Guilds. London:— The Reverend Daniel Hearne. Provincial:— The Bilston Mission; The Conver­

sion of England ; The Cholera— Liverpool: Public Profession of a Nun—Market Rasen: Death of the Rev. F. W. Brewster. Scotland Alloa: Presentation to the Rev.

J . Malcolm—Edinburgh. I eeland:— The English Troops Disturbing

Catholic Worship; The Very Rev. Dean Coll, P.P., Newcastle —“ Our Dublin Correspondent” —Godless Colleges—The Professorships—Return of the Right Rev. Dr. O’Higgins—Testimonial to Miss M. .1. Moore, ot Belfast— Capuchin Convent, Kilkenny. United Stata».—Dedication of the

Church of St. Nicholas, New York. fn lM * 36 UteascKiPTioNs

The Brothers of St. Patrick’s, Gal- t -•<■%€ ' w&f:' „'£ ,*.'■

Christian Schools, Cork. State of the Country :— Clifden ¡ Increase of Destitution and Crime—Death by Starvation miner. The Queen r . C. G. Duffy. Writs of Error : Unanimous Judg­

ment for the Crown; W. S. O’Brien and others, in E rro r , v. the Queen. j f o m g n a n b C a l o n t u l I n t e l l i ­

g e n c e :— ................................. The Events of the Week. F rance—Paris.—The Question of the Dissolution—The Bonapartes. Austria— The Capture of Pesth—

State of Vienna. Spain. -Debate on the Queen’s

Speech—The Dispute with England. I taly—Rome.—New Year’s Day—

The Catholics of Rome—Affairs of the Pope—Proposals for Reconciliation-Anecdote of Pius IX .—Affairs of Sicily. Spirit of tfjt $res6 ...

Protestant Prophecies. Dollarine : a Tale of California. N o t i c e s to CorresponlrentB . . . H e a d in g a r t i c l e s :— .............

The Supreme Pontiff at Gaeta. Prison Discipline—Mr. Charles

Pearson’s Lectures. Rescripts and Appeals to Rome. SRebietos:— .................

Practical Sermons Preached in

1847-8 by th e Rev. F . Oakeley, M.A. “ The Rambler.” Observations on the Contemplated

Project of a State Pension to the Irish Priesthood. &c., &c. C t je C o u r t .......................

Departure of Visitors—The Privy

Council. Personal:— .................

Sir James Graham—Death of Sir

J . Stonhurst—Anecdote olMisa

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Institution. The First Lord of the Admiralty—

The Portsmouth Election—Reported Destruction of Government Works—Revival of Chartist Agitation. Clje Public Ji?ealtf):— ...

The Cholera. Mortality in; the Metropolis. Adjourned Inquest on the Cholera

Cases a t Tooting. C x f j i h i t u m s .............

The Ninth Wednesday Concerts—

The Ancient Concerts—Music of Cambria—Opera “ Comique” at St. James’s—“ Hamlet” at the Haymarketand Windsor Castle— “ Who Speaks First?” at the Lyceum—Novelties. Protestantism:— ..........

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40 40

“ Working Clergy.” &ato antr police:— ..........

The Royal Etchings- Chartist Pri­

soners, &c. Reeitients—Crime:— ..........

Destructive Fires, &c. Probittcial:— .................

Lancashire —Yorkshire—Glouces­

tershire—Channel Islands. Seotlanb:— .................

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Base Copper Coin. fttisrcltanea:— .................

Strange Scene—Respect for the

Dead. Cfje Hontron ffiazette:—: ...

Bankrupts, &c. Moneg fWarfcet:— .........

British Funds. Foreign Funds. Rail way Shares. Bank of England. Ctje fttarftets:— ..........

Agriculturists’ Report, &c. abbertisements:— ..........

T'wenty-Third Report o f the J - LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.

At a GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders, held at the Banking-house of the Company, in Princes-street, Mansionhouse, on Thursday, the 18th of January, 1849.

AMBROSE MOORE, Esq., Chairman. WM. J AS/LANCASTER, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

Directors.

Wm. Blount., Esq. Sir Felix Booth, Bart. Sir George Carroll, Alderman. William Miller Christy, Esq. Wm. Curling, Esq. , George Holgate Foster, Esq. Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. Henry Grace, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B.

Wm. James Lancaster, Esq Sir J . M'Taggart, Bart., M.P George Meek, Esq. Wm. Mitcalfe, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. John. T. Oxley, Esq. George Scholefield, Esq. Wm. Shadbolt, Esq. George Tayler, Esq.

The Manager—George Pollard, Esq. tSolicitors—Messrs. Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morice. The following Report was presented The statement now submitted to the shareholders of the business of the Bank during the half-year ending the 30th of December ¡“ .‘i net Proflt 40 >>e 24,775/. 2s. lOd. This amount added to the 15,490/. 3s. 8d. left at the etedit of the profit and loss account of the preceding half-year, gives the sum of 40,265/. Cs. 6d. to be now disposed of. 1 oe .iAT^ DirfteCt0^ there' orf- have decided to declare the usual di­ vidend, after the rate of 6/. per centum per annum, and also a bonus of 7s. per share, both free from 'income tax. These Dav inents will ieave a balance of 1,265/. 6s. 6d. to be carried t 0Pthe Addid °»bthe,Guarant?? Fund’ which, with the six months’ interest added thereto, according to the provision of the Deed of Settle tnent, will amount to 128,765/. 0s. 6d. 1 °Wo

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the memorial to the Lord Lieutenant of

D. Harrington, but have not room for it. I r ish Subscriptions.—-From u J. P . , ” Halifax, 21.—

Received. The “ Rev. P. ConwavV ’ the “ Rev. E. O’MalleyV* and

** An Irishman’s ” letters will receive attention next week. Catholic us Brugiensis.—W e are making enquiry. “ F. W.”—Next week. A Convert.—Acknowledged. Delta.—We cannot inform you. A P oor Catholic.—We shall be enabled, next week, to lay before our readers an interesting letter on the subject of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin from the Curé of La Salette himself. B r ight, Son, and L egge.—T he notice has arrived to o la te for in sertio n th is week. E rratum— (To the Editor of the T ablet.)—N o. 68,

Lamb’s Conduit-street, 15th Jan., 1849. Sir—In the review of the late Hon. Ed. Petre’s book, T ablet of ¿the 13th ins»., page 19, col. four, and fourth paragraph •from the bottom, there is an error of the press; viz., I named the Abbe Mann, as the author of the Hist, of English Catholic establishments abroad, in the “ Archseologia,” and your compositor has given the “ Abbe Main?.” As the pages of reference are correct, I think it of little consequence, unless it should cause cavil from any quarter.—I remain, your most obedient servant, J oseph Wh it e .

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The seats in the Direction which become vacant on this occasion Me those of Sir Felix Booth, Bart., William Miller Christy, Esa J ™ “ ° r™ by Gore, Esq., M.P., Henry Grace, Esq., a id Si'; Richard Jenkins, G.C.B.; and these gentlemen again offer them selves as candidates for re-election. em" t h ^ h6eth iinstandt . “ ldb0nU3 WU1 be payabbs on and ^ id ay ,

I^eced|n.SReport having been read to the Meeting bv the t S T S S l ‘he ha. ' f- year’ endin* the 31st December last, after the rate of 6/. per centum per annum, and a further divl we?e°dlckPrTd1 ~ hlilman6*Pr°at °f ‘he e"din* 38 abwefollolW1?* ■D,.r ectors having retired by rotation were unanimously re-elected, viz. :—Sir Felix Booth, Bart., William Millpr Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq M P Henrv r m /40 Esq., and Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.b! * **Henry Grace u^ mously* That the best thanks of the Meetimr be ment of the iS ^ irs^ f th^Bank reCt°1S ^ ‘heir eXCellent «ivEen“ !lo1oUM?i Pon^d T. i at ii10 eehdiai thanks of the Meeting be S J « ™ . '. Pollard*the Manager, for the manner in which thePciL“ meVs *'"U” “ °f the Bank> a,ld the attention he pays to

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SECOND EDITION. “ S a c erd o s ,” i n t h e “ Co r k E x a m in e r .”— W e r e a l ly think our Reverend friend— i f he w ill allow i is to call him so—displays unnecessary anger against evur unfortunate selves. The remarks on which he

¡omments were written solely to avoid a purely heoretical discussion with a writer between whom rind ourselves we could discern little practical i liiference. Surely we have a right to say without i iffence that our meaning has been misunderstood. 1 Perhaps it hasn’t. B u t in a ll controversies every ] lolem ic thinks h is opponent misunderstands him, s md is in the habit o f saying so without being s upposed to convey an affront. After reading v rhat our Reverend friend has since written re find ourselves bound to repeat that he really has i nistaken our meaning; but that where the main ] joints are agreed upon, the question o f our accuracy ( jr inaccuracy is not worth ten lines. W e are happy t a have received from Ireland the approbation o f atory, entitled Ea Rosette,” and to be called

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tome as distinguished theologians as the Irish Church . am boast, and the intimation o f their opinion that i wo disrespect to authority or undue forwardness was i sbargeable against the article complained of. W e : »gain assure “ Sacerdos” that we had no intention to . »fiend him, or to treat him otherwise than with the . most profound respect; and he w ill judge from our present number whether we “ writhe” under the castigation to which he refers, or shrink from the tautest th a t has been provoked.

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I t appears that his Lordship had for som e time L past been far from well. On Sunday last he was | seized with typhus fever, and died on Wednes-1 dajr afternoon, at St. Columb’s College, D e r ry , , whither he had gone from his country-seat on Saturday. Thursday, the 18th, was the third anniversary of his Lordship’s consecration. Dr. Maginn was a native of tbe county of Tyrone, L and nephew to the celebrated Professor of I Divinity, D r. Slevin. The deceased Bishop was F educated at the Irish College at Paris, where he highly distinguished himself by the brilliancy of his academical career. The funeral takes * place on Tuesday morning next. .

W e have not room at present for the very ju s t remarks of our correspondent, on the deceased B ishop’s virtues. i

THE STATE TRIALS. D ublin Commission Court—J an. 18.

THE QUEEN V. DUFFY.

The Court sat at eleven o’clock. The law officers and prisoner’s counsel were in attendance. Amongst the spectators was Major Turner, Master of the Horse to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. PERMISSION TO THE PRISONER TO PLEAD, AND AD­

JOURNMENT OP THE TRIAL TO THE 6TH OP FEBRUARY. The prisoner haying been placed at the bar, Mr. Justice Perrin proceeded to announce the decision of the Court on the point which had stood over for their opinion. He said the Court had already pronounced its judgment upon the demurrer in this ease, the effect of which was that the demurrer to the first count, and to the third count, should be over-ruled; that the demurrer to all the overt acts ’in the other counts, except the first, should be allowed, but as tothe residue of the counts respectively the demurrer should he over-ruled. The Crown had prayed finaljudgment, and the prisoner insisted that he was entitled to plead, and several cases had been cited at both sides. They had looked into them all, and Baron Richards had called his attention to a case which had not been mentioned in_ argument. It' was the latest case on the subject, and had occurred in the year 1845, since the question was under the consideration of the English Judges in Gray’s case, as to whether there was a distinction between capital and other felonies. In the case o f the Queen v. Server, where there was a demurrer to the indictment, i t was over-ruled, and after that the prisoner was permitted to plead over to the felony, and to plead “ Not guilty.” They considered it right to follow that course, and to pursue the precedent to which they had been referred by Mr. Butt in Rastoll. A t the desire o f the prisoner, they should allow him to plead to the felony, and the Clerk of the Crown would ask him whether he was guilty or not.

Clerk of the Crown: Charles Gavan Duffy, you have already heard the abstract o f the indictment read, are you guilty or not?

Mr. Duffy: Not guilty. Mr. Justice Perrin: We shall adjourn the Commission now to the 6th of February. I t would he quite impossible to have a trial now. There are a great many reasons why we cannot do it. The jury that was summoned for the 12 th of December cannot he considered to be in attendance now. The delay that has occurred puts i t out of our power to have a trial now.

Attorney General: I have no objection to the adjournment; and the only matter I have to mention is this, the prisoner has served notice ot trial.

Mr. Justice Perrin : But that cannot apply to a case of this sort, where the delay has been caused by the act of the prisoner himself.

Sir Colman O’Loghlen : We put in our application under the Habeas Corpus Act.

Mr. Justice Perrin : I know that in ordinary cases we should have to consider it. From the end of, or rather from the commencement of, the second week of the cpmmission, we have been engaged entirely in the discussion of matters ( I won’t call themdilatories) which prevented a trial.

Sir Colman O’Loghlen : I f your Lordships will not now hear the question argued, will you hear i t discussed in Chamber ?

Mr. Justice Perrin : We cannot make any order as to that.

Sir Colman O’Loghlen : We submit th e prisoner is now entitled to he admitted to bail, not having been tried.

Mr. Justice Perrin : N o t in this case. Sir Colman O’Loghlen : Under the A c t of Parliament.

Mr. Justice Perrin : The Act o f Parliament must he held to apply to cases where the thing was possible, and not the delay of the prisoner himself.

Sir Colman O'Loghlen: This was the delay of the Crown.

Mr. Justice Perrin: No. There was, first, a plea in abatement, which was unfounded, and which took a great deal of time ; then there was a demurrer, which was unfounded, and which also took a good deal of time ; and we must consider the possibility of having a j ^ y , as well as the convenience of juries, and we must also consider that we have duties to discharge in another place.

Sir Colman O’Loghlen : But i t is the statutable right of the prisoner.

Mr. Justice Perrin : In this case he has not the right,

Sir Colman O’Loghlen : Will your Lordships hear the question argued befere you decide upon it. Will you hear i t in Chamber in your ( at this commissioo ?

Mr. Justice kerrin: Of course you will make any application you please.

Sir Colman O’Loghlen: But without your Lordship’s permission we could only make it to the Queen’s Bench.

Baron Richards: Even i f we were the Judges to try the case, we could not take i t up until the day to which the Commission is adjourned. >

Mr. O Hagan: My Lord, the prisoner thinks that quite apart from the statutable indictment, he has a strong case to be admitted to bail, which your Lordships would see i f the facts came before you.

Mr. Justice Perrin: The Court of Queen’s Bench is the proper place to make it.

Mr. O Hagan: Will your Lordships hear it in Chamber? Mr. Justice Perrin: It is rather an awkward thing to hear it in Chamber, when the full Court is sitting.

Mr. Duffy: I will venture to suggest to your Lordships, before you decide upon the question, that the delay has arisen from the Court postponing longer than was necessary for the prisoner their decisions on the various questions, and that I ought not to be deprived of my right because of a delay I did not occasion. I am now ready for trial, or I am ready to make a case which I think is irresistible, to be admitted to bail, i f you adjourn the Court to to-morrow, and hear the affidavits that can be made in support of my application. The literal fact is, that this inj ury will come to me—that my property will be ruined i f J am not permitted to go out aod arrange my own affairs. I will make that so plain that i t cannot be controverted, i f you will allow me the opportunity of doing so, by affidavit.

Their Lordships made no reply, and The Clerk of the Crown announced that the Court stood adjourned to tbe 6th o f February, at eleven fefalobkt • ; . , yjfMitW.IWUtfil unt/t

The Crier_repeated the announcement, the prisoner was removed, and tbe Court was adjourned accordingly.

INTENDED APPLICATION OP THE PRISONER TO THE ~ . -Qtteasi’ii

It is generally understood that an application will be made, either on Friday or Saturday, to the Court of Queen’s Bench, to admit the prisoner to bail.

Mr. Duffy’s counsel are of opinion that Mr. Daffy never can be convicted on the shattered indictment which now lies in the arms of the Attorney-General.— Freeman.

The Archbishop of Tuam has issued a Pastoral, calling upon his flock to join in public prayer on Sunday, for the purpose of obtaining the graces of the Holy Ghost in regard to the proceedings of the approaching Synod, conferring an indulgence of forty days on all who with the usual conditions shall read the Litanies of Jesus and our Blessed Lady.

The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Pierce Mahony to he Clerk of the Crown of the Queen’s Bench, in the room of Mr. Bourne, deceased.

M ee t in g op th e P r iv y Council.— The LordLieutenant isabout to proclaim another district under the Crime Prevention Act. Crime in some parts of Ulster has been increasing to a material extent.— Morning Chronicle. : ■ > " , ••oiiL’C

R umoured R emoval op th e State P r isoners.— There was a general report at Kingstown on Wednesday nfternooB, that Mr. Smith O’Brien and the three other State prisoners were to be sent offfrom that harbour to-day, and that the Dragon war-steamer. Captain HaU, which lies in the harbour, is under order»tQ sail W:s irioHOl»! notice, it is supposed for Spike Island. I oMMrxM trace this rumour to any authentic source.—Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.

D iscrim inating R ate on G rass L ands.—The Right Bight Rev. Dr. Feeny, Bishop of ICillala, and the Eight Rev Dr. Efreneh, Bishop ofKilmacduaghandKilfenora, have written to the Freeman in corroboration of the views of Dr. Cantwell. ; >

CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. We are glad to observe, by an advertisement in our paper of to-day. that a step has at length been taken in the right direction by the Clergy of Scotland. In England religion has derived much of its lustre from our Catholic Colleges ; it was even in some instances preserved in important and influential families, where i t would otherwise have perished, by the pious and zealous endeavours of those men, who, guided by the grace of God, establishe our Catholic seminaries. A t present most of our leading 'Catholics owe their-ijWfctlM, their learning, their stability in the faith once delivered to the Saints, to the moral, enlightened and excellent education they, in youth, received in our Catholic Colleges. Nor can anything he more true than that our youth who were entrusted bytheir less provident parents to the care of teachere in Protestant Colleges, ha ve seldom or ever manifested in after-life that energetic devotion towards Catholicism, which their position and talents would give us reason to expect from them. Our readers, who consult their own experience, may see many melancholy examples of this truth amongst the public men of the present day, who call themselves Catholics.

In Scotland the Reformation well nigh destroyed the ancient faith. The ricli ones of the world yielded to its baneful influence in order to preserve their estates, whilst the poor, especially those who depended on the rich, fell by imitating the example of the great. A faithful few, however, still clung to the Rock of Peter : these, strengthened by a mighty influx of the faithful sons of St. Patrick driven from their native soil by the tyranny of the most persecuting and barbarous laws, promise to deliver in course of time the kingdom of the sainted and murdered Mary from the curse of Calvinism. The consequence is that in Scotland a middle class of Catholics is rapidly springing into existence, a class of great importance in means as well as influence.

The reflecting Catholic will, in these circumstances, see at once that, even as regards religion, it is a matter of infinite importance to give our youth a first-rate education. Without this we can never have our fair portion of importance. In law, in medicine, in litera

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