The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

RAILWAYS. io" (From Bll,;wooJ.'$ 3fayfM!Me.) The House of Commons have )ate)y had under their consideration a singuhrsvstem of fraud practised in HHing up the subscription tists of the Raihvay Companies. The Pariiamentarv conditions, on which nets are passed for the formation of those companies, demand that at teast ha)f the estimated expense of the raHwav shaft be oona fide first sub-cribcd. Com- p!aints, however, were tateiv made. that some of the Rait way Companies which tnd occasion for more ii.iii)es to their tists, m:lrle them up in the very sum- mary mode of getting any body, with or without money, to sign. Thus paupers ;)ut down their names handsomely for thousands of pounds, and received in return from hatf-a-erown to five shillings for their tibfrat encouragement of the arts and sciences. This has been Lr,)ugllt OLIT largelv in evidence in one of the most popular of the rail waÿs; pruhabiy has been par- sued to a great extent in the majority of those existing. The company, however, at present before the House, deny having had any. thing to do with this furious trafnc as a company, and say, that the whole was the work of private individual for private purposes. Let this be as it will, the puh)ic ci:ti'et. wou!d be, to hoodwink the puhtic and the tegishturc, and to re- present estabtishments as nourishing and poputar when they were cramped and pauperized. The rage for the rait ways has happi)y subsided. Three fourths of them were absolute bubbles, never capable of being finished, and never intended to lead to any thing but the discharge of the subscriber's money into the pockets of the rabbic of soticitors, agents, cterks, engineers, and directors who have started up it) such mushroom abundance all over the kingdom. Some will be completed, which are caHed for by the neces- sities of the country, but we shall be saved from the innnite cuttings up and disfiguringsoftho )and by a succession of huge piles of briea and mortar which coutd never pay for their own repairs, and whicL must, in a few years, break down Mid load the soit with their ruin. The public disappointment has been such, that a reaction has taken piace, and the unpopuiarity of raitways is likely to be as irrationa) as their past favour. If this shall be .so, a targe portion of the bfame must tali on the heads of the men of pretended science, who have been guitty of cither intentional fatsehood in their estimates, or what is scarcely less cuipab)e, of giving in estimates of whose inaccuracy they suffered themselves to remain ignorant. If this is to be all the dependence that the pubtic are to place upon the format reports ofprofessionat engineers, then who can wonder that the public should shrink from having any thing to do with them' A letter which lately appeared in the Timesstates the estimate in the case of the Liverpoo) Raiiwayto be actually but one-third of the rea) expense. The tetter, winch goes minutely into the transaction, says, that the original capital proposed to be raised being £510,000 in ISM. they have since found themse!ves committed to add to the capital in successive years until it amounted to XI,224,37-5.. And by the HtH now before the House, in which it is stated that thts nnjfion and upwards has been expended in the undertaking, the company come for leave to raise fl0'\000 more since addi- tional works are required for the comptction of the raifway. But the estimates present a not less singular resu!t. The entire length of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, inctuding the two tunneis, each a mitetong, is about thirty-two mites. Fhe origina) estimate of the engineers was tl6,000 a-mde. It has atready cost t38,260 a-mite; and by the present estimate will cost £ 12,000 more. or E50,000 a-mi)e. Whatever may be the fautt here, nothing can be plainer than, that a very extraordinary degree of rashness must have pervaded the whofe undertakings. No fraud is aHegcd, nor is there any suspicion of fraud but if science is so stack in its catenations, there must is so 1. be very little use in science. The London and Birmingham Railway is now the prominent object. It has ah-eady cost tnree miUions of money, of which not a shdhng has been returned, the line being only in progress. The original catcu- tation was, that it could be compteted at £22,000 a.mi)e, or X2,500,000 in the whole. But the com- pany are now before Parliament, asking to raise their capital to i'4,500,000, or X40,000 a-mHe. And this, as the letter observes, when the undertaking is onty about half nftishcd. In the course of a year or two this estimate will doubtless be raised to the Liverpool standard of.t'50,000 a-mite. All this should not produce despair; but it should produce caution. What can have become of the states and pencits of the engineers? They have seen raitways in action these twenty years; it is scarcely possibte that every detaif of their expenses should not have been familiar to them. Yet when they come to the guidance of a company they seem to have lost their memories. If they tell us, that unexpected obstacles have arisen, we say that the case must bo indeed an extreme one in which the true engineer is not prepared to encounter and account for obstac!es such as have occurred in the raHways m question. A morass here and there, a sudden inclination of the ground, a change of the soi), a tunne). a nver, what more? Or what is there in those which any man with his eyes open couid not anticipate f The charge of working the Liverpoo) RaHway, seems to have been equally heavy. The charge of working is now found to be Xll,)(ii a-day. The charge of working the London and Birmingham Raitway will be X]600 a-day. Yet these two raHways are two greit tMtiona) instruments, of such obvious nationa) importance, that if they were to be abandoned by the proprietors to morrow, they ought to be adopted by the Government the day after. But those who are eager for embarking in the fifty other xpecu tations of raitways which ted to nothing, and from nothing, running their lines through the moss where scarcctv a solitary stage coach can find a passenger, and where there is neither commerce nor manufac- tures, ahoutd learn from the tesson which those powerfut companies have given, how to look on prospectuses fabricated by mere ad venturers, projects which promise work at a third of its actua) cost, nnd calculations of profits that can never M reahsed. The onty way in which those precipitate foihes can be avoided woutd be, by taking the whote subject into th& bands of ParHameHt, appointing a body of the leading engineers, whose character is above all per- sona! objects, and who should be predged to have no part in the actuat direction of the raHways, and from them to obtain a general system of i,ilatid communi- cation. ForttM raifways wiH go on rashfy, if not prudeutty. They will continue to be driven through lines of country totally uniting for them. if they are not put under guidance, and the resu)t wiH be a con stant succession of bankrupt companies, with all the misery that accrues from individual faiture, and all the disturbance that beiuoga to ruinous public specu. Jatioog.

I hI PER I.A L PAR L 1 A M E .íY 1', (Continited /'ro//{ our last page.) HOUSE OF LORDS-MoNDA Y. The Marquis of WESTMfNSI'ER presented a Petition from certain parishes i)) \Va)es, praying that no individuats shou!d be appointed to tivings if that country who were not conversant with the Welsh ianguage. Mr Bernat and others from the Commons brought up the Pittory Punishment AboUtiou Bi)I, which <vas rend a nrst time. Lord HAVENSWORTH presented a Petition from \ewcast)e-ot)-Tvne in favour of the Great Norther)) Rai)way Hit).' The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a Petition from the freemen of the county of the city of Water- ford, praying that their rights and privileges may be protected ia any measure sanctioned by their Lord- ships for a!teringthe system ofMunicipaf Corporation!! in <re)and. The Marquis of L\NSDOWNE postpone') bhe Committee on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill till to- itiol-row. Lord BROUGIIA-NI, i)) the absence of a Nnb!e Earl (FitzwiHiam,) presented a Peti'iou from Dis- senters of the countv of Nottingham, for the Abolition of Church Rates, and a similar Petition from Stain- drop in thf countv of Durham, in the absence of the Nobte Lord the Lord Lieutenant of that county. The Nob)c;utd Lt'arned Lord ;t!so presented a Petition (which was read at iength) from members of the town council of the borough of tpswich, comptaining of the mode of ejecting certam omcers under the Municipal Reform Hit). Mr Berna), with other members of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar, and stated that the Commons desired a conference with their Lordships on the subject matter of certain amendments made by their Lordships in the Municipal Corporation Act Amendment Bit). On the motion of Viscount MKLBOURNR.thc con- ference was agreed to, and the Members of the House of Commons having been caned in, were informed thereof by the .Lord Chin(-ellor. Shortty afterwards, the Yeoman Usher of the B)ack Rod announced that the managers on the part of the House of Commons were ready to meet their Lordships. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, Plers were nominated to ad as on the part of their Lordships:—The Lord President (the Marquis of Lansdowne), the Lord Privy Sea) (Viscount Duncannon), the Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Ely, Lord Hathertoo, Lord Strau'ord, and Lord Portman. On their return, the Mnrquisof LANSDOWNE stated that he and the other Nobie Lords nominated had attended the conference, which was managed on the part of the Commons by the Chancettor of the Exchequer and other Members, who had communi- cated their reasons for disagreeing to their Lordships' Amendments to the Municipnt Corporations Act Amendment BiH. 'The Nobte Marquis read those reasons at length. They were then, on his motion, otderedtobe printed, in order to their being taken into consideration at a future day. Lord REDESDALE presented a Petition (we did not catch the name of the I)ia(w) for the better obser- vance of the Lord's day. On the motion of the Marquis of DOWNSHtRE, the Beifast Harbour Bi)) was rend a second time. The Duke of RtCHMOND presented a Petition from Lord Tcmptemore ag<linst the Bin—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. The Earl of GLENGALL gave notice that he wou!d, on Thursday next, take an opportunity, on the present.ttio" of a Petition, to cat) the attention of that House, and of his Majesty's Government, to the repeated outrages which had rc.ent)y occurred in tretand, inconsequence of the inemcient state of the taw for reguiating fisheries in that country. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that he woutd, to-morrow, put a question to the \ob)e Viscount opposite rotative to tne state ot the war in Spain. He was aware that this subject had ah-eady been brought before their Lordships, but, considering the new featut-s, the entirely new features, which the war h;td assumed, by the step which had been recentty taken—name)y, the renewa)ofthe order in councit for suspending the Foreign Entistment Act —he felt himself Justified in again introducing the question, and it would depend on theanswer which he should receive from the Nobte Viscount whether he should submit a distinct motion to the bouse on the subject or not. Lord PORTMAN moved for certain returns rotative to ticenses granted to pub!ic houses and beer shops.— Ordered. The Marquis of BUTE presented three Petitions from ScoUand for the better observance of the Lord's day. The Earl of DEVON, in moving !)? appointment of "a Select Committee to inquire into the present state of the laws which ri-gulate the of p.1- senders for hire uponthe riverThames, stated that the subject was one which he apprehended required inves- tigation. The watermen claimed, by virtue of the existing taws, some of which were passed tong prior to the employment of steam navigation, the compfete monopoly of the river Thames from Windsor to Gravcsend; now, he need hardly state, that such a state of things required revision. The London and Birmingham Raitway Amendment Bitt was read a third time And passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MoNDAY. After a variety of Petitions had been presented, Lord J.RUSSELL brought up the report of'the Committee appointed to draw up reasons for disagree- ing to the amendments of the Lords on the Municipal Corporation (Engiand) Amendment Bill. The report was read and agreed to, and a message was sent to the Lords to desire a conference on the subject. Mr BERNAL brought back the answer, that the Lords had agreed to the conference, and would bold it immedintety in committee-room No. 5. A Committee of conference was then appointed, consisting of Lord J. Russet), the ChaneeUor of the Exchequer, Mr Berna), and other Members, who pro. ceeded forthwith to hotd the conference. On their return, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re- ported that they had met the Lords in conference, which was managed on the part of their Lo:dships by the Lord President and others, and had )eft with their Lordships the Bi)), with the ru<tsons for disagreeing to the amendments made in it. MrDlVETT, in adverting to the Boundaries of Boroughs BiH, which stood for a second reading on that d:ty, expressed a hope that the Nob)e Lord (J. Russell) woutd allow time for the due consideration of the objections to it. Lord J. RUSSELL was oot disposed to hurry the BiH, but be hoped tup Hon. Member wou)d take the opportunity of stating his objections to it before the Bill went into Committee. Mr WALLACE wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the House might expect to have the annuat financial statement brought forward? (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he could onty give the same answer that he bad given before to the question—n:uue)y, that he was anxious to bring it forward, but that he was unwitting to in. terfere with the progress of other business in the House. Sir R. PEEL said, that if the Right Hon. GenUe- man had assigned as a reason for the delay the present state of the commercia) wortd, he coutd understand it (hear hear), but he must say that he coutdnotsee why the state of business in the House should prevent the statement of the finances of the country from being brought forward before the present time. (Hear, hear.) He knew of no business more important than the statement of the finances of the country, :uid Ce considered the ground assigned by the Right Hon. Genttcman for the dc)ay as very unsatisfactory. (Hear, bea)'.) Mr WtLKS wished to ask the Nobte Lord (J. Russell) whether it was his intention to introduce any Bitt founded on the report of the commissioners of inquiry into the corporation of London and South- wark. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not his intention to introduce any measure on the subject in the present Session. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved for the appoint- ment of a Se)ect Committee to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing teases of the tanded and other property of the Bishops, Deans and Chapters and other Ecciesiasticaf bodies of Engtand and Wa)es, and into the probabtc amount of any increased value Wdich might be obtained by an improved manage- ment, with a due consideration of the interests of the Established Church, and of the present lessees of such property." Mr HARVEY moved that the foHowing words be added to the resolution:—"And fw.:thelo, that what- ever may he the resuit of the proposed inquiry, it is the opinion of this House that after a time to be fixed, the payment of Church Rates in Engtaud and Wates ought wholly to cease." A debate of great iength ensued; Mr Harvey's motion was negatived by a targe majority of 43). Mr GOULBURN proposed "an addition to the motion of Lord J Russet), for the purpose of limiting the application of the funds which might be pointed out by the inquiry to those objects to which he thought they were stricttvappticable—the increase ofreHgiuus instruction, and the augmentation ot pastoral superin- teadecce." Tuu result was, that Lord J. Russell's motion was carried by a majority of S3, and Mr Goutburn's pro- position was rejected by the very small majority of :la. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TuMDAy. CEMETERtES. The Bishop of LONDON presented a Petition against the Nt'cropo!is Cemetery BHi. The Right Rev. Pretate said these Cemeteries would be most injurious toward" the ell:r¡{y of the tnctt-opoHs, in- asmuch as no compensation was provided for the losses which they must inevitably suffer by loss of fees,&c. The Marquis ofLANSDOWNR, in moving the .qrder of the day for referring to a Committee the PubHc Works u'treland Bi)), exphuned that the object of the present Bill which had been in existence for five years, u'tdfT which advances of public money had, upon certain terms, *becn made for carrying on pubtic works, and by which great re)ief had been a(tbrdedtothe)abouringp(tpu)ationin)retand. Ttie present Bi)), if adopted, would authorise the Lord Lieutenant to advance a further sum of £50 ano out of the Conso!idatcd Fund in cases where an equal sum was a()v:)nced from private sources. Lord EtTXGEHALD did not intend to oppose the Hill going to a Committee, though he should object to some of its provisions, especiaUyto that which gave to magistrates a power ofsuggt-siingwor.ks to be undertaken. lie would rather set; that power placed i" the hands of the Government. After a)), he agreed with the reported'Mr NichcUs to the Poor Law Contmissioners, that notinng but emigration would e{fectua))yre!ievc!re)and. After some observations from Lord Finga!! and Lord Wicktow, the BiH went through a Committee. Report onFriday. The amendments of the Commons to the EI"lish Munic.ipat Corporations ActAmendtnent Bm were, on the motion of the Lord ChanceHo)-, ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday. .1" HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY. Mr G. F. YOUNG was desirous of knowing when the ChanceUorof the Exchequer would be pre- pared to make imy communication reiative to the ncwHousesofParHament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Mid no communication cou!d).e made unti) the miscet- taneous estimates were bi-oxlglit forward; a vote woutd then be proposed, and the subject might be futty discussed. On the motion of Sir S. WHALLEY, the ad- journed debate on the North Mf'tropo!it.an Cemetery 'is c' Bi))wasrcsumed. MrR.SuttonwascaXedtothe bar, and examined bySirStunuet Wha))ey,and several other Members; and after some further conversation the debate w.<s again adjourned. Mr WALLACE tltell rl)8e to call the attention of the House to the existing Excise Laws, and to move certain resolutions thereon. The) ton. Member pro- ceeded at considerab)e)ergth to the review of the existing taws, iuid to point out their inemciency. Amongst other facts which he had to state there was one which would scarcely ,e credited, namety, that a sum of upwards of X2,ooolooo aonu.dfy passed into the hands of Commissioners under these taws, of whichthatHousehadnoihformationwhatc'cr. The Hon. Member conctuded hi. speech by moving "that the report of the Commhsioners of the Board of Excise on the twentieth report of the Commissioners of Excise inquiry, be t'cfo-rcd to the fate Commis- sioners, Sir H. Parnell and .Mr H. Berens, to examine the same, and to report thu'co.n to the House." MriiUMEsecondedthcmotion. An Hon. Member moved that the House be counted, and there not being forty Members present, the Speaker dectared the House adjourned.

GREAT PROTESTANT MEETtNG AT BRtS- TOL ON MONDAY. Notwithstanding the extreme wetness of the morn- ing, the Horticuiturat-room, at the fttd of Park Street, was near)y filled wjth some of the most respcctab)eandinnnc:)tiatgent!emcnand)adici}in Clifton and Bristo); t targe body of the c!ergy were present, anxious to hear the statements of the Reverend Gcnt'.emen who were expected to address thcmeeting. A Httk' after twchc o'clock the chair was taken by J. C. Harford, Esq. The Chairman requested that the meeting might be openi'd with prayer, when Mr WIlsti #,as caHcd on, and after the offering of prayers appropnate to the occa- sion, the Chainnan"t thcconctusion of a short prefatory address. called on Ihe Rev. Robert J. M'Ghce, who was received by the meeting with much apptause. The Rev. Gentle.IIHul eOlllmcnc:e(i as folJolVs:- Mr Chairman, -As I do not betievethat there is an occasioft for which a pubiic meeting can he convened within the precincts of the British empire of deeper importance to the temporal and spirituat interests of its inhabitants than that for which we are this day to consider the real princip)es of the Church of Rome, I fee) the tess dimcu)ty in soUciting your deep and earnest attention to the facts and documents to bf: submitted to you. You are not called oil to hear declamatory harangues against the errors of the Church of Rome, hut to give your cahn and deliberate attention to a tissue of evidence on winch you will be catted to pass a verdict. shaft call on you to pass resolutions, which not only deeply involve the character of the Church of Rome, and the spirituat interest of Roman Cathodes, but your own sotemn duties as Protestants; and I trust you wit! so feet the irn'slstlble cogency of the proofs so laid before you, tlnt on reading thosp resolutions at a future day you wiH be each enabled to tayyour hands upon your hearts and say that, however painful it may have been to you to pronounce the sentence you have passed, you did it on the most c)car and conclusive testimony, that canned atongwittt it your oil( understanding, your judgment, and your conscience. (Hear, hear.) i am about to tay before you a state- ment of the principtes of the Church of Rome, in connection with. her utter dtsregard of the solemn obligation of an oath. I shaH not now enter on that partof the subject which i"vo!ve<! the viohtionofthat obligation by the Romish Members of ParHamcnt. (Hear, hear.)' But t shaft extnbtt to you the chamcter and conduct of those mC/J at whose feet they have been brought up, who have inculcated the principles which actuate them in the crime they have committed- who furnish at the s:unc time the iniquitous code of doctrines which tead to its perpetration i,iid the awfu) illustration of their doctrines by their own example —t mean the Roman Cathohc Bishops of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) In the year 1836 these men drew up a declaration and'an oath, by wtnch they professed to lay before the Protestants of this empire their rea) princf- p)es; this oath has been again reprinted and paraded before the nation in the Dubhn Review" for iast Apri!,and if you will now permit melwitt request my Rev. Fru-nd, Mr Tottenham, to read for the meeting that part of their oath winch rotates to the principles they profess in reference to their Protestant Sovereign, and their Protestant fellow-subjects. (Hear.) Here Mr Tottenham read the oath. Mr M Ghee then resumed.-You will observe that there arc here nine distinct heads or principles on which these men profess to give their oath to the Protestants of the empire. 1st. They detestastmp'ous and unchristianthe beHefthat it is )awfu) to murder or destroy .my person on the pretence that they are heretics. 2d. They abhor the doctrine that no faith is to be kept with heretics. 3d. They say that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can be justified, under the pretence that it is done for the good of the Church. 4th. That it isnoarticte of their faith that the PopeisinfaHibte. 5th. They abjure the principte that princes excom- municated by the See of R.omc may be deposed and murdered by their subjects. 6th. They deny that the Pope has any temporal power, directly or indirectly, within the realm. 7th. They dectare that they make their oath in the plain and ordinary sense of the words, without any equivocation or menta) reservation, or expecting any dispensation for it from the Pope. 8th. They renounce aU ciaim and title to forfeited property in fre)a')d, and g-ivo their oath that they wi)) defend the existing settlement of property, as by taw established. 9th. They renounced at) intention of subverting the Church Estab)ishment, and swear they will nevcr take any step to weaken or disturb ft. Now, proceeded the speaker, if t can snow you, to the most conctusive demonstration, that, at the time these men were giving this oath to the Protestants of the British empi'e, and p!edt;in:?themse!vcs to the principtes contained in it, thf'y had been, for eighteen years before this, incilicittillg a system of theology secrcUv ii'to their priests by which every particle of this oath is proved to bo untrue—if I can prove to ou that this theory is adopted by them to this day-that the priests are drifted i" the study ot it, as the instrument whereby they are to instruct the people—if I can show vou that for thirteen years before they gave tins oath a Bibic was printed and so)d privately to subscribers on!y, "it'' ? pretended infaHibte commentary, under the sanction of the most innuentia) of their bishops, which is at war with every tittle of this oath—if I can demonstrate to you that in the very year they were giving this oath (18i6) a code of canon law on the evidence of their own professors was taught at that time in the Cottege of Maynooth, as appears from the Hst of books given in by these professors to his Majesty's Commissioners of Education in that year, which canon )aw embodied the very canons of their church, i" opposition to the principles of the oath which, they were swearing, which these men have since had published, and which is now set up as the canon law for tre)and—U' I can produce the Secret Dtoces&a Statute of Dr. Murray and his coadjutorBishops from the province ot'L-'in- ster, and if by the united evidence of this theo!ogv, this Bible, this canon taw,and these statutes, lean examine, this oath item by item. and prove as I go on,t))atther<'isnotonepartic)eoftruthinoneof ,the!n; that it was only given to blind and to deceive, ithiuklsha))makeoutacasethatwinca))forthe reso)ution)shat) propose respecting the crctHt to be given to the oaths of the Church of Rome. (Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to demonstrate the adoption of Dens' Tht;o!ogy" as the standard for the priests and the guide for the confessiona),from Dr. Murray's Diocesan Statutes, and to prove the f.-dse- hood of all the evasions by which he had sought to getridof the charge. He then proceeded seriatim through every item of the oath, and comparing each ,itemwith the reai principles which the Romish Bishops were proved to teach by their standards, he appeah'd at every step of the demonstration to the meeting whether every tittle of the oath was not clearty proved to be untrue, and each appea) was responded to by cheers from every part of the room then,in conc)usion of this, he read the first reso)ution. It was as "Rf-sotvt-d,—Th.<th:tvmg heard thf; oath and de daration of the trish Roman Catholic Prelates, whinh was given as a p)edge of their rea) principles to the Protestants of this empire, in the vear 1826, and re- pub!tshediastApr'i,a!)d having heard this compared wtthanumber of documents which are conc)usive)y prove)) to be the authoritative standards of the priest- hood, and the practicat guide for them and for the Roman Cathoiics of trefand, set up by the very men who have subscribed that oath, namdy. the Diocesan Statues for the Province ofLeinster; Den's Theology -a coJe of caLon law now Sl't np as the law for L'e!and;aCom!nentary on the Hibie, circulated under the patronage of the Bis))ops; and certain Standards of the CoHege of Maynooth; and having heard this oath compared, not only with these documents, but wtththeactsofcertainindividuatswhohavesignedit, th'smeetit)gi.scof:str;tiNe<t,re)u('tant!y,(oprot)outtcc that the individua)s who have subscribed tnis oath and dechiration are unworthy of the confidence of the Protestants of this empire, and that it affords a painful hut permanent exampteof the disregard of the Church of Rome for the sanctity of att mora) ohtigation." This reso)ution was received with the most unani- mous and continued cheers from every part of the assembly. The Rev. Speaker then proceeded to read the second resolution as Resotved,—That it appears to this meeting that Protestants of all denominations, aud most espcciaHy those of the Hstabtished Church, are called on to unite to maintain the btessings of civit and refigious !iberty ag:unst the growing power and policy of the Church of Rome; ami white they toud!y protest against the principles of that Church, to return good for evi) to at) those who profess them; and thata)). especia))ythec)ergy, are bound to user every faithfu) Christian apostotic exertion to ennghten th?r Roman Catttoiic feHow subjects, and to deliver them from the tyranny,the ignorance, the mora) corruption, the superstition, and ido)atry of the Church of Rome." Thisresoiution wasatso loudty responded to, and the Rev. Speaker entarged, at some tength, on the duties and responsibilities of the Protestant Church inKngiand. lie pointed to the wat)s of a Romish chapet which is in progress of being erected in the vicinity of the town where they were assembted. Beho!d, said he, a specimen of the progress that Popery is making in this country; foreign gojd is flowing in to erect the temples of Rome, not to meet the wantx of your population, but to create facilities for the seduction and corruption of the peopte; agents are actively employed in every department of the nation—tracts and pub)ications are in progress of unlimited circutation, which are filled with sophistries aod fatsehoods to impose upon the creduHty of the poor, white Protestants and those who ofght to be all alive with vigitance and energy at their posts, arc lolling- in )ist)ess.security amidst the dangers that surround them. Wtten Roman Cathotics were kept )') a state of political subjection, and when it was considered politic to keep them so, the Protestant institutions of this empire were preserved; but now, since Roman Catho)ics have been admitted to potiticat power, it is become the poticv of statesmen to sacrifice, not mere)y the institutions,' but the priciplcs of the Protestant Rehgion upon the shrine of poiitica) expediency; yea, to make a holocaust of the very Word of thecterna) God as a propitiatory sacrincf upon the aitar of Papa) superstition. (Cheers.) But that word is the onty beacon and bulwark ofour defem-e, the on)y weapon of our warfare for the satva- tion of our country. (Hear, hear.) it is not by swords, nor by bayonets, nor by h?man laws. that the reHgion of Cnrist is to be propagated, tt was not by these weapons that England was delivered from her spiritua) thratdom. No; it wllis the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of the living God, that hewed asunder Unkby link the manac)es of Papa) darkness and idoiatry. that chained the mind of ElIg- land, and her from and brought her forth into the tight and liberty of Protestant truth and Protestant freedom. ,Loud cheers.) It is thus, too, and thus atone, th'<t!re)aud can be detivered. I care not what may be the rage of those who threaten the KstabHshment of our Church, nor the criminatand contemptibfe poiicy of those who wou!d compromise the Hberties and the religion of their country. Let the Church of Ireland but take her stand with boid fidelity upon her Master's word, and she stands upon a rock that shaH remain immoveab)c when heaven and earth shait pass away. (Cheers.) !fshefa))s,itis but for a moment; for white she has the rock beneath her feet, she springs up again with an elastic vigour that breathes of the indomitable strength and power that sustains her. (Cheers.) If her tempera! provision is to be invaded, let her stand as a witness for her Master's truth, and her Master's word, and her Master's g)orv and she shaH be he]d by a mighty hand, from which no power on earth can pluek Iwr. away, If we are threatened with the sevenfold heattd furnace unless wefaHdownto worship the golden ido) of expediency which poHtica) tyranny has set up (cheers), we know where to find our example and our answer. (Hear, hear.) We shn)! say with those of o)d,—" We are not careful to answer thee in this matter our Hod whom we serve is.ab!etode)ivcrusoutoftttyhand,andHewi!t deHverusoutofthyhand.OKing. (Cheers.) But if not, be it known unto thee that we wiil not fall down and worship the go)dcn image which thou hast set up." (Cheers.) And if the tyrant should carry his decree into effect, and if the Church of tretand be cast into thf midst of the burning fiery furnace, we know that Blessed Deliverer who shntt wa)k with us se, through the name, and carry us out unscathed and unhurt from the connagration. The Rev. Gentteman sat down, having oonctuded a speech of nearly three hours, amidst )ong continued cheering. The Rev. Mortimer O'SuUivan foHowed in a speech of great power and etoquence, fo'' which we cannot nnd roomthisweek. J. Aikeii, Esq., banker, proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev. Gentlemen, Messrs. M'Gbee and O'Su). Hvan. The Rev. Dr. Goodenough seconded the resolution, which passed with acctamations.. Thanks were then moved to the Chairman, who addressed some pertinent observations to the meeting, and the assemhty dispersed at five o'ciock.

STEAM-BOAT BURNT.—CIS E HUNDRED AND FIFTY UVES LOST. (FrOM the New York Papers,) All the New Orteans papers bring us the parti- culars of one of the most horribte catastrophes it has ever been oor duty to record. The steamer Ben Sherrod, Captain Castleman, left New Orleans, on Sunday morning. May 7, bound toLo)Hsvi!te;andon the night of the 8th, when about 30 miles below iSatchez, she was found to be enve!oped in names, and out of near 200 persons on board only about 5J or 60 were saved. In a few minutes after the fire was discovered the whote boat was enveloped in names. Being in the stream and her wheel-ropes burnt ott, it was impossible to run her ashore, and no alternative was left to the persons on board bnt to jump into the water and attempt to save themselves by swimming, or floating on such artietes as they could find, or to perish in the names, tn the con- fusion and alarm many who cooid not swim sprang overboard without taking the precaution to provide themselves withaptankorbox.and were drowned; many more, it is feared, were burned to death. Few even of those now living would have survived had not the steamer Co/Mw?. Captain Jones, came to theirassistance. A number were picked up, but a greater number sunk before aid could reach them. The steamer ?a/MMa/! also picked up six or seven. So rapid was the spread of the nre, and so desti- tute were those on board of all means of escape, that nothing coutd be saved, not even the register of the boat, so that it is impossible to say how many were lost or what were their names. The passengers and crew amounted to over 160. The fire is betieved to have originated from the wood used for fuel being pited up near the boHer. The story of the disaster was related to us by a young man who was a cabin passenger; it is awfulty interesting, and his own escape almost miraculous. When he awoke he putonhisctothes leaped into the yawl, which was hanging at the stern, and was fotlowed by about 40 other men, one of whom cut the rope connecting the stern of the steamer to the bow of the yawl, and the latter canted over and hung in a perpendicular position, the bow towards the water. All on board were precipitated into the water, and are believed to !)ave been drowned, with the exception of the nar. ¡ rator, and fie saved himself' by clingin, to the thwarts. In a few minutes about 20 of the crew made their way to the stern of the steamer and placed them<e)ves in the boat, suspended as shewas. Oneofthemimpruftentlytookouthis knife, and cut the rope which attached the steamer to the stern of the yawl, and she plunged, as 'night have been expected, full 20 feet under the I' ateI'. AHthatbadbeenbangingtohcrwere missing, except four and the individuat who rotates the story. Hesayswhenherosetothesurfacehe found himself under the yaw), and she was tying bottom up. Being strong, active, and expert at swimming.he worked his way from underneathand mounted on her bottom, where he was soon joined by the four other men who had savedtbemsetves, and in this situation they floated 12 mites down the river before they 11 ere picked up by the ('olnmbu". There was some powder on board, in what quan- titieswe know not, butthe knowledge thatitwas there seemed to have paratysed the etforts of the crew, and its exptosiou added to the deep horrors of the scene, One gentleman, Mr Cook, noated down the river <!0tnpmi!pst)<?forehe,waspickedup. H'h:ti)eda wretched and despicable character who ha.i plot off in a yawl from the shore, and begged his assi-tance. Theinfamousscoundre!, who was intent onty on picking up boxes, &c,. asked, with the utmost SIWfj fil)id, "How much will you give me?" To the entreaties of others for hetp he replied. c, Oh, y"u are very wetton'there. KeepcooLandyou'it come out comfortable' Whether the Captain of the Alton deserves the censure that has been heaped upon him we know not, nor wi!) we pretend to say positively until we have seen his statement; bxtitdoesappear to us that if theCaptainof the Columbus had acted in a simitar manner to that of the Alton there woutd not have been haif a dozen soutslefttoteHthetateoftbecatamity. PoorDavis, the pilot, who was at the wheel during the tire, was conversing with a friendof Ollrs jlist before he left this cityaboutt'tie burning of the St. 'PI(irtiniii/le, and the btirnitig of Vtet- tiller rope, three or four years since—)feverrmina boat that takes nre,"sayaDavis. "if I don't run her ashore it will be because t shall be burnt ))p in her." Poor tettow! his statement has been verined; he was burnt "p in the Ben Slierrod. Out of nine ladies that were on board only two have been saved, the captain's wife and Mrs Smith, of Mobile. Their husbands threw hencoops into the river, and jumped off the wheel-house; the ladies followed their examp)e and were saved. Ote scene was distressing in the extreme. A yaung and beautiful )<'dy, whose name at present we cannot iearn, heanng the cry of nre. rushed out of the tadies' cabtu, it htr loose dress, in search of her husband, at the Mfne ti.ne liuldint: her infant to her bosom. endeavouring to go forward her dress caught nre, and was torn from her buck to save her life. After witnessing her husband fall into the names in the forward parf of the boat, unabte to reach him ehe leaped with her chitd into the water. seized a plunk, and was carried by the current within eighty yards of the Co/Mw&Hy.' but just as she t.adscizeda'-ope thrown from the steam-boat, both mother audchdd sunk to rise no more. Our Hmits prectudethe possibi)ity of enumerating the various heart rending sights that this ca)amitous affair occasioned. The captam, for in'tance, saved his wife, but s.)W one of his chitdren perish. Mr Smith saved his wife and one ehifd, and saw the nurse rush meadly 'brough the names with his daughter, a"d both pe'ished. Mr Gambte's wife, \ve understand, was burned to death. He escaped, although very badty burned. Oneyoungmnnwho had reached the hlJrncalle deck iu safety, heard the cries of his sister, rushed bjck to the cabin, clasped her in his arms, and both were burned to death. One of the ciei-ks, one of the pitots, and the first mate were hu'ned up A!) the chambermaids and wotnettetnpt?yeJi"'?'* boat perished. Out of 35 !tegroc-< thai were known )o have been on board, ontytwoe'.capedativc. The Ben he)'Todhad the )arg<-st crew of any boat on the river, and out III 50 saved over?O betougc-dtothe boat; out of the U" or 70 cabin pa'sengera there are hut about 10 or 12 ieft alive. Oneoftueomcersofthebodtnssured 11>1 that, in addition to the cabiu passengers, there were at least flU or more deck passengers, of whom seat-ce six are silved. At'ogethtrthia has been one ofthcmo'.t serious diBdstera that ha- h.'ppened in the annnts of Missis- stppi steam boats,there being at )e;)st 150 famities deprived by it of some dear and beloved member, over 100 beings hurried by it out of time into eter- iiily, %,vitli scarce a it)oiiieiitls,wariii,ig. Andamengst those w))o are saved many are said to be very severetyburnt, so mucit so that their recovery is very doubttu). lVe that eig-ht explosions took ptaceou board the boat whi)s)hurhing;tirat, bart-els of bratidy, &e., then the boilers blew up with a fearful and. lastly, 39 ut gunlHJwder which strewcd the of the river wilh A !arge quantity of specie was iu the boat, on its waytothe'l'ennessee bunks. This was tosL One genUftnan ptaced his pocket book, coutaining 38,()L)U dollars under his piilow, and thou'rh he escaped with tife he lost .)H his tuoney. A great m.tny more peraonthad very targe amounts ofmoupy with (hem, the most or all of which in the confusion wastust.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE. 111 An extraordinary sensation has been created in East Street, Lambeth Watk, under the following circumstances:— For the last 16 years two brother and three s)Sters, named Cunningham, have resided at No. H9, East Street, and procured their living by mend- ing china, &c. About three weeks since one of the sisters died, and was buried by Mr Gawter (the parish clerk of Lambeth,) since which time the survivors have been in an ill state of health, and on Wednesday week one of the brothers died. On Saturday evening Mrs Moss, a next door neighbor.. inquired of the surviving female how her sister was, and when her brother was to he buried; she replied My sister is a little better but I have been so ill that I have not been able to go to the undertakers to order the coHun. Mrs Moss thought the answer a very strange one, and at once proceeded to i\!r Ga\v)er. to whom she stated the case, and he (Mr Gawter), accompanied by a surgeon, at once pro- ceeded to the house. They knocked at the door several times, but not obtaining any answer, the door was forced open, and Mrs Moss having procured a light, they proceeded up stairs, and found the corpse of a man in the back room, and that of a female in the front room, both presenting a most borrib!e spec- tacle, being in a state of putrefaction and. covered withvermin. On descending, a mate and female were discovered in the back room sitting on two chairs, apparently lifete.s. A &edan chair was instantly sent for, in which they were conveyed to Lambeth workhouse. E.'rly on Sunday morning Dunn, oneofthebead)e< ordered two sheets to be taken to the house, into vhici1 the bodies were put. and in doing so the flesh came off by handfuts Monday forenoon, MrTeather, tbereneving-onjcer of Lambeth, assisted by Dunn and Hepburn, the beadles, searched the boxes, when four sovereigns, two ha f-crowns, three shillings, and one sixpence were found wrapped up in different paper parcels; the house presented one of the most wretched scenes ever witnessed—scarcely any furniture, no food (save two small pieces of bacon, and one cruet of bread in a mouldy state), and the floors to all appearance have not been cleaned for years. It is an extraordinary fact, that although the rent has been regutarly paid, the landtord has not been inside the door since the parties have occupied the premises, and although Mrs Moss has frequently offered her services, they have always been re.. fused. The whole of the goods, money, <&c.. are removed to Lambeth poorbouse for the present. Up to the time this report was written the parties were stiH ative.but their recovery is very doubtful Information has been sent to Mr Carter, the coroner, and the bodies will undergo a post iiorlein exa- mination by Mr Wagstaff, the parish surgeon, previous to the inquest being he!d.

It is with deep concern we announce the !oss which the Church has sustained in the lamented death of Dr. Corrie, the Bishop of Madras. His named is associated with the progress of. Chris. tianity in India for many yearg back, and it wiU be regarded with veneration in ages yet to come. THE Iiultj)rit IN THE PoTTER)ES.—\Irs Colley and her boy (Josiah) are gradualty recover- ing, and it is expected that In a very few days the former will be iu such a state as to warrant her removal to the county prison. Mra. CoHey has been permitted to see her husband several times, and al.i!0 the boy George, who so miraculously escaped, almost tinlitirt.Vtaffordshire A(Iterti.,er. A TutBUTE TO GALLANTRY.—The onicera of the Scots G'eys are about to present a handsome si)ver cup and cover, as a mark of their respect and regard, to MrHe-titt, late a sergeant iu thatdia- tinguishedcorps. In onc of th brilliant char!cs of his regiment, at the battle of Watertoo, Sergeant Hewitt made a dush at the standard-bearer of the 45th regiment of trench infantry, whom, together with a t-ergeant who advanced to hia succour he put hors de combat, and carried off hia eagte. The 18th in-t. the anniversary of the battle ht which he, performed this heroicaehievement, is, the day filly chosen for the presentation of the wen-merited tri- bute to the gaiiant scidier, who has been since pro- moted to an ensigncy in a foot regiment.

Church Missionary Society. A PUBLIC' MKET!NG ef thia Society WILL Z? L!KHHf.D.oQthc)':venin?of\\H!)?ESi]AY next. the 21t instant, at.the MA':K)'rH\f.r., in the ,.illa;e of .BEHDA E, at half-past Si" o'c!ock. It is hoped that all who wish we!) to the cause t)f illiqsif)[)s tnuare dcs)ro))!t of mhkine co!tv<-rtx frorn Ht-athefuou to Faith in Christ, will attend on thi.} very inter.-ftttng The Hev. H. AHen ('<h<! is deputed by the Parent S.Ct"ty) will advocate the Can.<p. and ithow [he hfnc6ts &r ong frotn Missionary tabors in tiitrcreut ptrtt of the wott). 't*AC<))icc<ionwi))t)ema<ie. H3UHSUANT to a DECREE? of the HtGH < C()U?rofCHA\Ct!:RY,,na.teiaaCau<e ?btrein I>VID D,\VIES alld auothu a.re the PlailltitTs, and Ej.tXAhETH STANHOI'E CUXRIH anti another are Uetendants.the Creditors of WtLt.I\MSACKLi\G formertyof New Windsor, in the Coun'v cf Herks. and late of Hcrostonc. in the Parish of Coity, in the County of G)amurgan. Esq., a Lieutenant Coionct in the ['ird ttfgimcnt of Dragoon Guards, who died on the 2nd of Apn),JM3,af<f<trthwi'h.to come in and p rove thfir Debts, hetjreNenrythutin. Esq.cue of the Maste.sof 'hesatd Cc,)rt, at his Chambers, in Southampton Buildios,Chr:cery Lane. I.ondon, or.indeiauit thereo; they wd.be e\c!udfd the benefit of titfs.ud Decree WmTH.iudWHU'MOKR. Bedford Row.

THE KING'S HEALTH. The fo))ow;ngr buHetias have been issued durino- theweek.— WtttDsoR CAsTLE, Monday June 12, 1837. "The syn)pton)x of the King's disease reo.air. the same, but hisMajesty has acquired some strength lIince the dale of the last bulletin, and cOlltiuuu to do the bnsiness.of the country. "HENRY HALFORD. "MATTHEW JoHX TtERNEY. "WiLHAM FREnERKK CtfAMBEKS. "DAVID DAVtEs." "Wixo"ORCAST[.E,Tuenday,June!3.!837. "His Majesty has had a good night, and continues, in a!t !espeets, m the (.-ame state as yesterday. (Siloed) "WM. FREDERICK CHAMBERS. "D.V(D D,IES," 11 Winrl.or Cgstle, Wednesday, June 14, !837. The Kit<tr has passed another tranquti'night, and his Majesty appears refreshed thia morning. (Signed) HENRY HAl,FORd. WM. FREDERtCK CHAMBERS. "DAVtD DAVtE! We are bound to state that accounts of a tefa favourabte nature are ci) cutated both iu Wn)d!.or and in London. Our readers wiH perceive that the bulletins give no iutbrmntion. This is easily to be ac- counted for, from the King insisting upuu seeing them. We regret to say, however, that, humanty speaking, there is no hope of his Majesty'a resto- ration, aNd that the event whiGh we dntad lIIav very soon occur. We are happy to state, that the King is perfectly cotJected, and joins with in- teHigence and fervency in the devotional exer- cises suitable to his sittiatioii.-Record.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. HtS MAJESTYS HEALTH. "WINDSOR CAST[.F., Thursday, June t3 t837. I. His Majesty has had a ?ood nij;ht, and is, in some respects, more coa)tbrtab)e this tnornmg. (Signed) %V. F. CHAM.B[tRq. "DAVJD DAVIES." The private accfunts received from Windsor thia morning agree in stating that his Majesty is rather better thau yes terday.-Staticlard. THE UMON STEAM PACKET.—The inqtury,

before the Coroner, into the cause of the lamentable accident which befell this vesset, has not yet closed. The great Conservative meeting, at the

Pavi.ion, in Gray's Injt-road, on Wednesday, presented the most splendid exhibition that it was ever our happtnes to witness, and the most encouraging, It is said that no less than 25()0 persons were coveted; and we can anirm, with perfect truth, that the enormous building was nHed to the utmost extent of its capacity and, notwithstanding the excellent arrangements and activity of a very great number of stewards, nHed to a degree scarcely consistent with con- venience. The view of the company through a per- spective of near!y 200 feet, for so far did the twelve or thirteen longitudinal tables extend, in parattel tines, was trufy majestic; and when the vast assemblage was animated by any more striking appeal, in the addresses of the several speakers, the effect of its sudden uprising covered, as it werf, with a white cloud of waving napkins and handkerchiefs, sets ima- gination at denancp. There were several excellent speeches, but certainly the best—and where woutditnotbw the best?—was the speech of Dr. Cro!y. They who witnessed the effect of that single address, will never forget it; and few who have not witnessed It c<n have an adequate notion of the f"t! power of eloquence.

LONDON 1JIONEY JIARKET. CLOSfNG PRtCES OF BKfTtSM STJCKS-TiuRSDAY. Rank Stock .20.1 31 per ,ent. lte.,illced.. 97¡ Ind¡aStock .260 :3 pftrcent New. J per cent. Consoli 4per cent. 1826 Consols tor Accollnt 91}i India Bonds M ::I per cnt. Reduced 89IE1Cchequer Bills .3Q PRICES OF FOREtGN STOCKS. t:rMnianBonds5pejct ¡1-t'¡Greek Ang.Hd9 nrct.— !Chti;an,5perccnt. 29,Mex..BouJs.6perct. 22 Colomhian llonds,6 pr ct 2:2: Portugnese Bds. 5pcr ct 1J.1. Dantsh)!onds.3perct.7?tPortugnpseRe?.Monds 29 D?tch?ipereent. 5:3?jKussi;mHon't.?5perct t09 Dito5percent. 991!Spauish(W3.J.),5perct 22, French H.clltes 5 ner ct. —

"a4" U' t'II;;õL '-I..VV, The Proprietor respectfully requests that act-6nnis delive¡'j at Christmas, may be settled, either by a remitt(mce, or by payntent to the Agent of te district.

,IIEIITHYR TYDVIL. SATURDAY, Jm¿e 17." La3? The state of the King's health is Rt present the exclusive object of public attention. F&f some months his Majesty has beei& affected with a complaint of the chest, probably brought on by the unusua!ly harsh winds of the season, His advanced age, his inability to take exercise, <fd probably some remains of the Inunenxa, greatly enfeebled his strength, until, on the Thursday before last, he was reduced to an extreme state of debiUty. For some time Oft that day it is said that there were but verv slight hopes of his recovery. At length, a.. violent fit of coughing came on, which it was. for awhi!e supposed would have closed the mortal scene; but from this moment the disease: took a favourable turn, the chest was relieveck by expectoration, and his Majesty has since* continued to improve, yet the improvement is; too feeb!e and fluctuating altogether to relieve- the public fears. '17)0 Physicians are still in. attendance. Buttctins are regularly issued, constant expresses are sent from Windsor, andi the greatest anxiety is exhibited by all rank* from day to day.

The great monetary crfsis is stilt in suspeue over England. It is spreading through the Continent, and seems to be complete in Atnffiea. In France and Germany several great housed have already faHen, more are likely to. fall,- and if the evil be more ifmited there than im this country, the limitation will probab!y arise- from the habitual narrowness of commercfaB credit on the Continent, as the want of fuet puts. out the connagration. In England the natioaat