AGAINST. Villiers, Mr. C. Emlyn, Lord Powlet, Lord W. Bagshaw, Mr.

Cogan, Mr.

Seymour, Mr. Danby

Elcho, Lord

Goodman, Sir G.

Henchy, Mr.
Harcourt, Mr.
Sheridan, Mr.
Milner, Sir W.
Wood, Sir C.
Beaumont, Mr.
Pennant, Colonel
Norreys, Sir D.

Meux, Sir H.

Bailey, Sir J. Jones, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Davie, Sir H. T. Boldero, Colonel Jolliffe, Captain Buck, Mr. Burrell, Sir C. Wood, Mr.

Pellatt, Mr.

Duff, Mr. G.

Ebrington, Lord

Dering, Sir E.

Cayley, Mr.

Windham, General Elcho, Lord

Clive, Mr. G.

Norreys, Sir D. J.
Wrightson, Mr.
Cavendish, Lord
Wyvill, Mr.

Heathcote, Sir W.
Stanley, Hon. W. O.
Biddulph, Colonel
Heneage, Mr.

Slaney, Mr.

Denison, Mr.

Coote, Sir C.

Fitzwilliam, Hon. C. Warburton, Mr.

Collins, Mr., jun.

Althorp, Lord
Palmer, Mr.

Horsman, Mr.

Marsh, Mr.

Sykes, Colonel

Smith, Mr. T. Kinglake, Serjeant Codrington, General Ingestrie, Lord

Cairns, Mr.

Trollope, Sir J.

Miles, Mr.

Smith. Sir F.

Lowther, Colonel

Pugh, Mr.

Kingscote, Colonel

Mills, Mr. T.

Johnstone, Sir J.

Ker, Mr. R.

Knox, Major S.

Mangles, Mr. R.

Berkley, Mr. H.

Grosvenor, Lord R.

Euston, Lord
Divett, Mr.

Calcraft, Mr.

Rich, Mr.

Forster, Mr. C.

Crawford, Mr. (London) Gurdon, Mr.

Herbert, Rt. Hon. S.

Milton, Lord

Gregson, Mr.

Locke, Mr. (Honiton)

O'Connell, Captain
Ricardo, Mr. O.

Akroyd, Mr.
Martin, Mr. W.
Baring, Sir F.
Glyn, Mr. G.
Stephenson, Mr.
Jervoise, Sir J.
Pechell, Sir G.
Hankey, Mr.
Vane, Lord H.
Brown, Mr. J.
Thesiger, Sir F.
Pritchard, Mr.
Williams, Sir W.
Stanley, Lord
Gladstone, Mr.
Burke, Sir T.
Greenwood, Mr.
Perry, Sir E.
Glyn, Mr. G. G.
Bathurst, Mr.
Stirling, Mr.
Tottenham, Mr.
Herbert, Colonel
Damer, Captain
Berkeley, Captain
Grosvenor, Lord
The Lord Advocate
Western, Mr. S.
Cavendish, Mr. C.
Peel, Sir R.
Foley, Mr. J. H.
Watkins, Colonel L.

conscience for the Romanist laity, and to provide against those invasions of personal freedom which take place by incarceration in convents, are successfully resisted by the Romanist party in Parliament. On the other hand, by false charges brought against the action of public charities, an impression is given that the Romanists are unfairly treated; and, though these charges are proved to be groundless, they serve their purpose by alarming the timid, and by inducing those who seek a character for liberality to do wrong to the Protestants, in order that they may not be censured by the Romanists. Meanwhile, the property of the Romanist body itself, wherever devoted to charitable and pious uses, is gradually being withdrawn from the administration of the donors, or the Trustees whom they appointed, and is appropriated by the exclusive authority of the cardinal and other functionaries of their Church. One Bill after another is proposed in Parliament to interfere with the conduct of our unions and prisons, our army and navy; to take from the Romanist the liberty which, along with other religionists, he now enjoys, of choosing his own religious teacher, and to hand him over to the priests as their subject. The Committee have felt it their duty to call the attention of their Parliamentary Members to the character and tendency of some of these Bills in the present session.

Abroad the Church of Rome is showing the same evidences of effective organization and influence. Her position throughout Italy, with the single exception of Piedmont, and over the vast empire of Austria, is one of almost complete ascendancy. She has attained great authority in France. Indeed, her authority there is so overbearing as to supersede even legal enactments and the imperial wishes. Churches closed, congregations dispersed, ministers imprisoned-these incidents are attested by the records of trials; and the celebrated French statesman, M. Guizot, has, within the last few weeks, publicly declared that prefects and magistrates close schools and scatter congregations in defiance of law.

Mr. Spooner.-In speaking of Maynooth, the Committee of the National

Club, in their Report, say, they have to acknowledge the valuable services in one department of this great fieldopposition to the endowment of the College of Maynooth which an honoured member of this Club, Mr. Spooner, has so nobly rendered. To him are due the best thanks of the members of the Club and the Protestants of the empire.

LORD PALMERSTON. THE TABLET'S OPINION OF HIS POLICY.-There never was a Ministry from which less was to be hoped, and more was to be feared, than the Ministry of which Lord Palmerston was the head. We are not ignorant of the evils of which a Tory Administration may be the cause, nor of those bad consequences which necessarily flow from it. But the Ministry of Lord Palmerston involved evils and dangers compared to which they are as nothing. At home and abroad, in questions of principles, and in questions of practice, the Palmerstonian policy was anti-Catholic. In other matters there might be weaknesses, inconsistencies, and blunders; but the hostility to Catholicity was steady, deadly, and successful. It sprang from no vulgar bigotry-it was directed to no petty end. It was the offspring of an enlightened instinct, backed by a great intellect weighing an enormous power. We have never underrated him; and the fanatical hatred of the extreme noPopery faction guided those vile grovellers to a right conclusion when they hailed him as the great Protesttant of England.-Tablet, March 13, 1858.

Review.

Evangelical Meditations. By the late Rev. ALEXANDER VINET, D.D., Professor of Theology in Lausanne, Switzerland. Translated from the French by Professor EDWARD MASSON. Edinburgh: T. T. Clark; London Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1858. 8vo., pp. 238. THE late Professor Vinet was known, and well known, to the Christian world. Various works, monuments of his industry, piety, and talents, survive their author, and bear testimony not only to the erudition, but to the

piety also of that distinguished theologian.

In the course of his short disquisition on "The Centurion's Faith," he asks, p. 197,-"In what respect is the centurion's faith worthy of admiration? Did he thoroughly comprehend the work that Jesus came to do?" And adds, "There is no proof of this, nor any reason to suppose so.

At p. 198 he thus answers his question:-"In what did the faith of the heathen captain consist? In this, that, aware of the miracles Christ had performed, he attributed to Christ's word as much virtue as to his presence, and regarded Him as everywhere present by his Word. He reasoned correctly, and everybody might have reasoned as he did. But everybody had not believed as he had; for, to do so, it was necessary to have faith in an invisible God, a thing very rare with persons given up to the impressions of visible objects, and disposed to believe in anything except in God. A belief in the existence of a God in general is common; but to believe in Him in detail, to believe in Him at all times, to believe in Him in the absence of any special token or sign, to believe in Him when things follow their ordinary course, and when nothing is directly revealed to us but the laws of nature; to perceive God in these laws, and to feel his presence in everything, and through everything; to refer to God whatever happens, whatever one sees, whatever one enjoys, whatever one suffers; to hear his voice in all that takes place; to acknowledge his goodness in all dispensations; this is rare, even in Israel, that is to say, even amongst those who claim to be worshippers of the living and true God; this is where the weakness of the strongest lies-this is what excites our Lord's astonishment. This example is proposed for our imitation -for the Centurion's faith was faith in reality. We must, like the Centurion, believe in the power of our Master's simple word. We must believe that, in the absence of Him who uttered it, that word acts and governs the world. We must, after his having given mankind the consolation to see Him personally in the midst of them, -we must, without seeing Him, acknowledge Him, and feel Him every

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where, and receive all things as from his hand. We must not merely admit the general principle of faith, "God was manifested in the flesh." must, so to speak, multiply that faith by all the moments of existence, and say not once for all, but every instant, and in every new case-"God is here." For He is nowhere, if He is not everywhere. Now, such a faith is not the faith of all. Some keep their faith like a closed cistern which has no outlet, and which does not distribute its contents into life by a thousand small streamlets to fertilize all the parts of it. Nay, it too often happens that the general believer is, in details, an unbeliever." The short meditation is thus concluded (p. 200) :—

"But speak, and all things will serve thy purposes, and at the same time contribute to our happiness and thy glory. Bid disease and health, prosperity and adversity, death and life, men and things fulfil thy intentions in regard to us. Speak, above all, to ourselves, that our hearts may yield Thee true and complete obedience. Make all things agreeable to our desires, not by changing things, but by changing our desires. Speak, -it is thy Word we need; it is by thy Word that Thou art truly present. It is in thy Word that we have Thee in possession; and, in so far as it shall live within us, we shall be neither comfortless nor alone."

Entelligence.

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING will be held (D.v.) on THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1858, in St. JAMES'S HALL, PICCADILLY, and 73, REGENT STREET. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock, by R. SPOONER, Esq., M.P. The Lord Bishop of RIPON; W. LONG, Esq.; JAMES BATEMAN, Esq.; Dr. CowAN, of Reading; Rev. W. CURLING, Rev. C. PREST, Rev. W. M'llwaine, of Belfast, and others, will address the Meeting.

The ANNUAL SERMON will be preached (D.v.) by the Rev. R. J. M'GHEE, Rector of Holywell, Hunts, at REGENT-SQUARE CHURCH, St. PANCRAS, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE Divine service to commence at Seven o'clock.

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