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POETRY.

’ \ i ‘ . (From the Edinburgh Witness.) - - 'THE CHURCH.

A voice on the hillsof Scotland! A voice on thebarren heath! A stirring of the martyr dust 5. - ' ‘ That lieth underneathli V 1 _ The good old cause is owned again, "Asin the days of yore,. . And the Banner of‘th‘e Covenant Sitcoms on the storm once.more!

‘ V‘Ve‘ha'il theel'uncient Banner-— 'Neath which otir fathers fought !-- -Thy very stains are sacred, From their true‘heart-stream caught! .Once'moro we rally round thee, Our holiest andour belt- Nor let a standard benror_faint, ' Until we reach our rest! _ _ ' " ‘Not in'a quiet lt'nven . I The bark must hope tends, That bears the gospel freight of peace O'er the world's adverse tide ! Not to earth’s smile and sunshine The Church of Christ must cling-'— ‘Vhen did the usurper‘s minioynsr10ve. * The children ofa'Kiug? ‘ *

On-through the barren desert ! ' , 0n ’nenth the world's .droad frown ! . , V‘The thorns that straw our pathway o'er, ' i" Tell from'our Master's crown ! Beariu the vessels ofour God, Strivtng beneath His eye-- Our‘beacon be the “Burning Bush Our record in on high '! '

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THE RECENT EXPOSURES 0F ROYALTY. :' “toughen: Europe all Monarchies are playing a‘very. foolish game, but the manner in which the Royal Family 01 xEnglund 'com-mits itself is really most extraordinary. ’

The Duke ot‘Cambridge has demanded a dowry of £3,000 s-yéxr' for his daughter, who is about to marry the Prince of ,Me‘ckle‘iiburg Strelitz. The most vile mind, to which nature ever get/e th‘e p‘ovVers ofa depraved imagination, could not form a couce itiou ol'a demand . more outrageous than this. "Thu little, pa try, dirty principality, has no'trade or manu- factures, and is completely an agricultural country, 'ol' the 'eintillest extent and ofthe meanest poverty. 'I‘hree thousand pounds Sterling a~year would buy up any six of its richest 'nobilit‘y ;‘ andlifour countrymen are to be taxed for the sup- port ofthe Duke of Cambridge’s daughter, as the sovereign Duchess or Princess ot'this little, vile, out-of-the-way, nook

. excspt'one 'big‘rhtspiritcd noble s

' Ffrench presided.

. principal'tbpics’

.-Euglnud, and that therefore they should not have it.

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pension was drained in and with which it literu had with the lust Epsom or

George I}I.,"who were so pro meut, Were are ,verie'st spccunen

lly had nothing more to do 'than it Ascott races. All the sonsoi fusel‘y provided for by Pia lio- s of servility to the Crown, on, who was from first to his useless‘to pursue such

last, provided for tnost‘suautily. a disgusting speech—Dispatch.

O‘CONNELL' AT ATH LONE.

.A gt‘éat AntiLRegteal Demonstration took place on Sunday the 18th June, in the vicinity ofAthlone, \vliich‘was attend- ed by a great . concourse of people, who conducted them- selves in'themost orderly manner durin‘g't’he day." Lord

Mr. O’Conn‘sll’s'addrees embraced to ti large extent the which heha‘dintroduced into his‘rrddresscs at other places. Spénklllg'Oftbe successive steps oftho t_ll Ibeage the-'Irish' people had sufi'ered' at the hands of their ESaxoti‘enemieghe‘ said—Then canto Wellington ol Water- loo upon them; ’(Groa‘ns) ,Was it on 'the 18th oi June they wottld'groau-him in that way? But Wellington wall knew that it wasnot the red-cont that made the soldier daringhbut the nativetbtfivery "of the Irishman, who‘w'as as brave m a frieze" coat as he would-be in a red one. He began by threatening them with civil War. 'I‘lien came'I’eel With the “satneithi‘oat. 'iHonest Bohy, however, told a lie‘ upon the oc- casion. l'lis defiance had caused the Duke to draw in his horns, and Peel to shrink out of the scrape. The \Vhtgs had promised much, and undertaken to do much, but they placed a confidence in them which they did not deserve, rind he. now told them that no change ofthat kind would drive the people o'flrcland from their determination to have .11 Repeal of the Union.. He would ,put =VVhigs and Torres into a bag. shake it well, toss them out, and from first to last I there would be found no friend to Ireland amongr them. be, .land had but one friend, and that was hcrsclii (Cher-rs.) The Morning Chronicle, the organ ol'the \Vhigs, said it was, quite true that it might be useful to Ireland to how; it scpnt'utu Legislature of hcr own, but that it would not be useful to) - \Vould l they abandon their agitation for repeal on that ground ?‘: (Cries of ‘No.’) The same papcr said, ifthe people couti-( nued their struggle, they were likely to obtain all they want- ed in. the moment ofEnglaud’s weakness. He thanked the Chronicle forthe hint. It contained a strong temptation to them to pray of an afternoon ‘ may I‘In’glnnd soon be. weak that we may carry repeal.’ (Cheers and laughter.) He de- nied that his object was Catholic ascendancy, for there did not live a man more decidedly opposed to it. He consider- ed it~would be bad luv the country and much more .worse for the religion. .Hc was‘too well satisfied with his priests as they were to expose them to the danger of Castle visits

and-corner principality oflflnropc, actually one-tenth of the money would have been ainply‘stitflcient., But itis-not to _the amount, butto the principle 01 the grant which theQuecn (claims from the. Commons that wevobject: . , 'I‘Iio'Duke of Cambridge is saitMo he the richestand trienn- “noetsman in Europe. For about 22years lie‘was our Vice- "tfof‘o'f Hanover, enjoying an immense revenue, which ought 'to havb' gone-to the mitigation oFBritish claims on that.i country, Which has ever been a mill-Stone round ournccksd ‘Dnring this very long period h'e‘vkept receiving his immense i 'Englis’li allowances as Duke ofCambridge. Be it 0bsel‘ved,l_ that these enormous sums. of English money were spent or ".hoarilédi in a country where sterling is at least four times .

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and Treasury money.;,, Withxregard , to fixity ()f'lt-Jltltre, he wished to explain that by it bemeant thatno landlord should be entitled to recover reut.unlcss be made rt lease ot'QI yenrsiat..least,. . No lease, no rent.) (Cheers) Then the poor mart would not be afraid of being turned out of his cabin‘ next May. It might be said that the landlord wouldputtoo muclt rent in the lease; ‘ For that he was uot'withouta euro. The Ordnan‘coSin'vcy had made a valuation ot'the |aud,aud he would not a low the re_ntto be any higher than that valua- tion. ' Ifthei'e was no Ordnance Survey, he would give what the tenant required upon registering his votc'—natncly-, what a solvent tenant. would give for the land. He would give power to every occupying tenant who laid out money or In-

, the Vflluelhfillt l3 Pl-ID’ England. The [alike OIiCimlll‘ltlgey ( hour in improvements, to register those improvements in { “0' come“! “’lil' keeP'l‘K “'16 ‘l‘allk of'l’ "9m MHI'Shab' “'"a l the Clerk ofthe Crown’s-office eVery year; so that when the "

made Colonel oftwo otf‘the most profitable ofall the regi-l

rments? in our military service, and though residing in Hano- vor as its Viceroy, and consequently unable ever to set eye upon'eithertof these regiments, he kept’receiving the Colo- nelcy profits. In addition to this, thougb'resident in Hano- ver, be retained the Rangership of Richmond Park, with his apartments in ch Palace. It is impossible to conceive a greater concentration of irnpudence. Can a case be carried to greatervextremes ofguilt? Oh yes, it can, at least when Royalty is concerned. This immensely rich Duke of Catn- bridge has had" but three children to maintain. Hispcldest son, at the age of only 22, has just received the valuable ap- pointment ofCommandsnin-Cliiel'ot‘tbe Ionian ISlaiuls, and now that the Duke’s only marriage-able daughter (the youn- gest beinga‘ child) is to be married to one- ofthe most petty ofitll German mendicaut’Princcs, the Duke has the shame- less avarice, the indecency,‘the profitgacy,vt0'niake his niece, thc‘Queen, fix a! hurtli'euol"£3,000 a; ear upon'our v'vorrk’iri‘g classes as a dowry to this Immenselyficil: hidy‘ on’her mar--

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l_"'§'lte’Ditke of Cambridge himself married'fi‘om Hesse‘Cas- eel, ti'petty Langravnt'e, the whole population ofwbich does not amount to, oneshalfofthat of London. This isthe way our ighol‘ant, cr'edulous, and 's'piritless countrymen sufi‘er.‘ themselves to be victimized by all the paltry pauper-s of‘ Noithern Germany that choose to_call themselves Princes or Dukes. . ' ~l '

Two sources ofreflection arise from these facts :—The first is, that our Royal Family ought to be allowed: to triarry ge- nerally throughout the courts of Europe, and :aumugst our own subjects. Infamous religious prejudices oblige our Roy- al‘Femily to pick up the most beggarly wives and husbands in the rockeries ochrtb Germany—the refuse of Europe. ‘Thg plea is, that of Protestantism, a most expensive ISM; and the,‘efi'ect of this narrow circle of intermarriage is to pro- duce madness and idiocy in our Royal family. During: the middle ages evils arose from Royalty intermarrying with the subjects, :but new no such evils are to he apprehended. Let .the vile Royal Marriage Act be repealed. It was passed by Gefitgc 111., and has proved a disgrace and curse to us;

' 3" second pom! is, that our Royal Family ought, like other people, to pay for the births, educations, marriages, and burialsntftheir own children. Why should they‘turn the, Eucbequer, or Treasury, into a sort ot'nntioual work- house, and palm upon it all their offspring as State paupers?

V 6 give our Princes immense incomes under the most fri- volous pretences. Next we throw into their way, under fic-

' titious systems, and in the plea of old prejudices, largo col- lateral sums. Surely, under these circumstances, each Prince o_r- Princess ought to provide for the birth, education or marriage ofthcir ofi's‘priug. Sir Robert Peel says, that this marriage will incur additional expenses; let the rich parents provide for them. lfthe husband is too poor. which he' unquestionably is, to support a Wilc,'let.the marriage be

prevented; but, certainly do not letour Princes and Prin- cesses be perpetually marrying foreign paupers, and then come on our working classes .tbr incomes, on the plea that they cannot maintain dignity of copper-tr-their children. In every case of an English Royal’marrittge. England always pays'audnever receives. It matters notwhether' the Eng- Itsh marrying person be male or female for, in either case, England always pays for both parties. If‘thcrciso contract. for payment to England, it is never fulfilled: For, half a centtir [it has been held that the inertia e ofthe last Duke onpr was, in point both of morals hn finances, themoet extravagantof all infamous espousals; but, in the present case, it is impossible to dispute lllah'IIle present Royal mar- riage is, ofall others, the most coutetnptible.. . . ‘

The reigning Grand Duke of: Meclt'lénhurgh .Strelitz has had alpcns‘ion'ot’ £2,000 a-year oht’ofour, ta'xss fdr'fOI-ty- five years, merely because he was nephew to Queen Char- Iotte". Itjjwns'gIhntcd by that precious Irishill’arliaihent which MrLOftlonnEII‘ would wish to restore. Sir Robert Peel'declares that this pension wasgivento him for a loss 9f territory in siding _with us inthe‘,revolutionary,vvar. This lean utter falsehood, for Napoleon conquered this wretched territory many years after the Anglo-Irish pension» was gran“- ted, At, that period, (1798, the whole territory. ,vvas' not worth £2,000 sterling 9-year. ' - . r _

There are. private estates in England larger than this most quICBblfi PI‘Ilwlpality. - The whole revenue ofthis Puddle- dock nursery ot'our Royal Family neiIer exceeded 126,000

' rixedollais, equal'to'about £21,000 sterling‘; and when our infamous pensionwas granted, its revenue Was imxch‘ less. We havefhatgeforcpaid for 45yeirrs a.;ieasi9n equal, annu- ally,.to one-tenth of all the taxes and revenues of this pau- per ton etiy 0f,Bl'.in{',¢-°P.lf'1’be Prince would have gladlysoltl “3 the W119” Of. his territoryfor £2000 ‘e-yenr -,. and yet'Sir R. Peel has the shameless face to tell Pat'liflhmtlfltet‘vihe

21year'slcaso'bad expired, the landlord should toss up and

pa‘yfiiu mover the prime ofliis improvements, or grant him a 4 new lease oftho farm. They might in that case build a bet- l ter house for their pig than they now lived in themselvesl Thcsowerc thesolid autl lastingr fruits be anticipated from

Repeal. He wanted first 3,000.000 of enrolled Repealérsn (Cries of ‘ You’ll get- them.’) VVr-‘lliuuton gave a man a slul-l in;' when drunk to list. His (Mr. O’Connell’si incu listed 3 when sober, and paid a shilling. The contrast was grent.l While prices were broken down in England, and the auri-

cultIu-ists in a state of distress, Ireland was pouring in her“ £2000 (and to-morrow he expected near £3,000) a week, (Loud cheers.) In civilization Ireland exceeded every other 3 country on the face ofthe globe. The virtue of her‘ daugh- ters and the religion of her sons were the highest orders of, civilizmion; and tltcs‘e he claimed for them.» ]t,'thc..ir enemies

attacked them, he knew who would :havc the worst of it.

Why, they were enough to take them in their arms and

throw them intothe Shannon. But he would carry repeal . as he carried emancipation, withoutviolating the low, coon, mining an offence against morality, or shedding: one drop of lmmau blood. Would they not meet him again if he wanted , them? [Loud cheers, and cries of‘ch’ . He might want ' them,again; but he did not think England would be mad

enough to ‘refusn their, demand. 'She was the weakest , Power in the world at the present moment, by reason ot'the dissatisfaction in Ireland, and it'sbe wanted strength she had only to (Injustice. to Ireland. The hon. autl learned gentleman concluded with a glowing eulogy upon the bean- ties of theriver Shannon, to which [he .wound up by saying] , a, Saxon river was no more to be compared than the water 1, ofa dunghill to a living well. He retired amidst several , rounds ol'enthusinstic applause.

Severalspcakcrs then addressed the meeting.

The meeting then separated, giving three cheers for the , Queen, O’Connell, Lord Fli'cncb, and repeal, the traders and inhabitants of Athletic, returning to the town as a pro- cession witthuners and mu tic, Mr. O’Cot’tucll-aurl li‘icnds l bringing up the rear. A number oflhe ofliccrs and soldiers, I and also several ladies, located themselves at variousports of the fortifications and barrack walls to witness‘ the return.’

FRQMIQVNDON TOZBQULOGNE AND B

Ifnny- one had told you a few tr 5, 01' eve" 3‘ lew Weeks. ago, that in this present m ' June you should rise‘ from your bed in London 'a last on the sea-shore in England, lunch in Boulo ., spend a few hours there, and have a good laugh ’at .. apoleon monument, andyet that you should lie/hack in 'Loudon‘at such an hour, that (,ifytnt were a men voffashion and had a patient stomach) your dinner would just be ready for you—ifany' man had told yoit this, proba~ bly you would Ira-ye set him” down 'as n Bedlamite, or the projector of some Joint-Stock AerialShip Company, Ne-

vertheless, on Saturday, June 24th, thisximpossibility Was

convertedintu a fact; thejourney so indicated \vas‘pérform-

ed with so much ease as to render it not a fatigue, but actu-

ally aztrip ofplensure. ' ' ' ' ' y i. H A! 6 o’clock, a special train, containing the IIireCtOrs of

thc'South-Eastcru Railway Company'aud their guests, start- ed frOm the London-bridge station, v'vbir-h arrived at Folke- stone temporary station, a distance of 82 miles from town, in two hours and 40 minutes, having stopped at five-stations by the .way. In Fol’kestone harbour the Water Witch steamer, cmnmanded‘by Captain l-layivard, was lying ready. avid as 'so’oh its the different puisscuge‘rs ’could be got (tn hoard, she started for Boulognc. ' At’uong those oiuboard the vessel was Mr. Justice Halibu'rton, the-celebrated “ Sam Slick,” whose presence alone was an augury that all would “go ahead.” . , . ., i‘

'As the day was remarkably fine, the voyagei acrossqu very finc,~andbuta few suffered the horrors of‘being tossed in Neptune’s blanket; to most on board'thc trip was one of enjoyment. Perhapsthc shortness ofthe voyage I'night aitl it: tliisgflfor it, was inwlcss than thrce'hours from the time of starting from 'Foll'tcstone—that is to snv, ut’n quarter past 12—that a confused sound of t‘u'u'ltittulitioiis chatterings, and a startling exhibitionof gestio'tilating figures iu.nnvnl llfliihl‘lnd,,snllpfitttl {its that we, werowithin sight and hearing.r o-ft_he._lt_prbo_ur of Boulogue. By half-past 12 all the. passe'nl

containing'the debatesianarliamcnt ofthe previous night, was presented by the chairuutn (if the directors to the nsto- nishcd a'uthoritics tifthp place who had come down to the pier to meet their Englislt’ visitoi's; '

twist filtrate.

consideration for’a loss ofterritory, ~

provided,

gets had landed, and a copy of’l‘he ' Times of that morning,-

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bonr were crowded-with Spectators—a dense titasaofpeor plc, high and low, rich and poor, will every costuuteand c2}. 10,“. possible evento French imagination—Thine, pink, to , black, brown, green, and pretty faces .wtthout end. ,A'JIII the good lively peeplechattered tintl_.,clzipci~etl so heartily, and g-esticulated in,such,écstacy (of abandomnent tqthetr delight, that the English strangers must wltave‘dost till: the warmth of their countryif‘ they could, doubt fora moment the cordiality ofthe Welcome. The same scene was conti. mind from the harhotir to the shore, where, in a saloonpver the baths, n-collation that] bcjcnw prepared for thejvtsrtore. Thiswas a spléndid room,beautifully decorated, and cap“- ble of. holding perhaps, persons, In addition to those who satdown to' table, the sides-and ends of the saloon were lined with gentlemen and ladies; who took al‘hvelym» terest in the scene, and every aVailable peep-hole from the outside was commanded by a" peering eye. , V

The entertainment did credit to the townbywhom it was The viands and (wines were of the most costly description, ' elegance and. taste for able.

It Was not to be supposed the 'without some speech-making. It was brief and to the pur- pose. . _ _ The eating and drinking returned to the steatn-vesse and cheering multitude... ten minutes at Boulogné..

which the French ,people are remark-

baving subsided, the guests then l, escorted as before by a gazing

The steamer got under way at 210 minutes after 2, and arrived in Eolk,esto_uedrarbour at half-past 6. At 5 minutes past seven the ‘ train started, and at five minutes past 10 it arrived in London,stopplng at

eight stations to. put down passengers.

This trip therefore was perlbriiicd in 16 hours, allowing about two hours and aquartcr at Boulogue. .But ultimately it will be done differently. I, An hour and a quarter . of time was lost in passing to and from the station and the, harbour. This will not occur when the ' arragements are complete, as there will he 'a branch line down to the harbour, and the distance will be done in less than five minutes each way. A Stunnicl' is being constructed by Maudslayaud Field for Captain Hayward, which will dothe distance to Boulogne (27 milcs) iufiuc weather in two hours, so that the whole journey from London to Boulogne may in iiivourable cir- cumstances be Warrant-led in lotit'und a hull: -'I‘htts, persons leaving {It-l6 n. m., undreturning to town ata IO p. m., could (allowing for delays) spend at all events five or six hours at Boulog'ne. ' If we go mint this rate, we nit-typhope to realize Jonathan’s idcayol'perpctual motion—i. c, a rail laid round the glolie,5an cugiiieand tender with air-tad steker put upon it—and then, “go a-hcad eternally!” . .

Cousscaa'rt'otv or The ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Isume- .

Tom—On the 26th June, the ceremony of the consecration oftbe latcly erected RomauHCatholic church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, at'Dnuctinterrace, Islington, was performed with all the pomp and display ol‘tbe Ruiniin ri- tual. The service was commenced at 11 o’clock, by which time al|.the seats in the building: were occupied, and there were many who were glad to obtain standing room to wit- ness the proreedings. 'Many ofthe most influential ofthe Roman Catholics were present. Amongst them were the Earls ot’Arundcl and Survey, the Hon. E. Patric, M;P‘., the Hon. P. Howard, M. P., Lady Catnoys, Lady Bcdingford, Lady Cadell,Lndy Clare, Lady Lovat and=family,-the Hon: Misses O’Farrell, Petre‘, &c. The attendance ofthe'Romish priesthood - was extremely? numerous; there could not have been less than 50 ecclesiastics present, amongst whom were Bishop Grifiith, V. AZ, who officiated as high priest, Dr. Mor- ris, Bishop of 'tho Mauritius, 'Dr \Vilson, Bishop of Hobart Town, and Dr. iViseman, Bishop of Melopotornas, un‘d Prin- cipal ofthe Roinish College at Bath, Dr's. Frere, and Bur-

' 4 I rnl Advocan , Observer gore, and Couors, and Messrs..01C0|tnm-, Mplmo, Doyle, Cot- l M neunmrmm’ New Farmer; Journal, Colonial Gazette, Chart ‘9", “I’ll”: 530-1 lll'leSlSa.Dl'5- Plcqlml, COX; D AIIPYr'ROIIeaNOI" lutelligencer, City Cbronicle,-1llustrated London News, published; ris,&c. The cert-tnouuilwas accompanied With the mustcal (3d. £1 3 0 I,” nnnu,,,_. ,, a.

performances ofM'rsses Lucnmb, Bifield, and Whithurst, who sang respectively the 'Incurnatus and the Gralt'aa flgdmus. Mr. Fitzwilliant was amongst the tenors, and Mr Le Jeuue, sen.-, presided'at the organ. The ce'ebrated imperial mass, composed by Haydn, was selected for the _occaion. The whole Was not tip-in the most imposing manner, and con- ducted with becoming eflisct.’ The Sermon, which was a mom elaborate piece ot‘=e'ociitio'tiar_v d'eclamation, was de- livered by tb’e- Rev. Dr. \Visemun, w_ho took forthe argument ol'Lhis discourse, the 15th verse oftbe 102d Psalm, and in the

course of it pointed outtorhis auditors, the‘ pleasant pros-l

pacts oflthe restoration of what the learned principal called thereligvion ol'thcir fathers. lle lamented the sttfiiiring'l'to which Romaniern badlbcen exposed for300 years in England, but rejoiced to think that the signs ofthepr'escnt times were an augury of better days for its professors. The temples, erected throughout the land by had been desecratcd, and a meagre-form of worship suh'stic

titted for that which was originally performed in them; but‘priups Currem, in which ,helgmflwfl care is mken m g,“ 3,.

1"” “Oil”d Ill"! "t “0 dismnt l’erlOd [he “""iem "fillgl‘m wou‘d llutasl reports of the markets for the various descriptionsbf Ame-- . be restored, and the 'I’aitll‘of which he was a minister bc tri- ’

urn-phant. Towards the conclusion ofbie discourse, DILWISC- m'an advertcd to the saints hnd coufcssors by whom the an-

nals of'Enclaud had been adorned, and to thejoywbich must,