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1 PEMBROKE. PEMBROKE PETTY SESSIONS. BOROUGH SESSIONS. [Town Hall, Saturday, March 28th, 1868, before H. P* Jones, mayor, Wm. Hulm, D. A. Reid, M.D., and T. Lewis, Esqrs ] Mr Henry Palmer Thomas, wine and spirit merchant, Pembroke. was charged by Superintendent George Evans with wilfully, on the 13th of March instant, obstructing the free passage of a certain highway, called Main Street, by allowing goods to remain thereon for an unreason- able time without just cause. Offence admitted. Fined 2s 6d and 5s costs Paid. Mr William TVilliamq, chemist and spirit merchant, Pembroke, was charged by same with the same offence, on the 14th of March instant, Offence admitted. Fined 2s 6d and 5s costs. Paid. Mr Robert George, wine and spirit merchant, Main Street, Pembroke, was charged by same with the same offeuce, on the 29th instant. Offence admitted. Fined 2s 6d and 5s costs. Paid. Mr James Beddoe, ironmonger, Pembroke, was charged by same with the same offence, on the lbth instant. The charge was admitted. Fined 2s 6<1 and 58 costs. Paid. Sarah James, of Pembroke Dock, v. Mary Phillips, of the same place. Assault. The defendant did not appear, and a warrant was ordered for her apprehension. Supt. Geo. Evans charged John Griffiths, of Llanreath, Pembroke Dock, with allowing his ass to stray on the highway on the 15th inst. Thu defendant was fined Gd, and 5s costs. Paid. George Banner, seaman, of Haverfordwest, v. Thomas Hurlotv, Queen-street, Pembroke Dock, for refusing to pay X2 3s, wages due as mate of the smack Olive, of Skerries, (defendant heing owner.) The defendant was ordered to pay the amount and costs. Paid. The following gentlemen were appointed Overseers for the ensuing year, viz, for St. Michael's Parish, Mr W. Williams, tailor and grocer; and Mr Richard Burchell, inn., coachbuilder, for St. Mary's Parish. For Pem- broke Ward, Messrs James Beddoe. ironmonger, and Charles Elsdon, jun., decorator. For Pater Ward, Messrs. Henry Barrett, jeweller, and Joseph Hugh Teasdale, draper. SAME DAY.—COUNTY CASE. [Before W. Hulm, Esq, and Rev R. J. H. Thomas] George Thomas, of West Farm, v. Mary Davies, for deserting service. No appearance. Struck out, [Monday, March 3Utb, before H. P. Jones, Esq, Mayor, S. W, Hustler, Esq, and D. A. Reid, Esq, M.D.l Sarah James v. Mary Phillips, both of Pembroke Dock, for an assault. The Bench considered that the assault was a trivial one, and dismissed the case,—each party to pay their own costs. -s- _u.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The House met at four o'clock. A considerable number of petitions were pre- sented, both in favour of, and against, the dis- establishment of the Irish Church. THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION. On the notice of motion for going into committee on the Established Church (Ireland), Mr Gladstone moved that the Acts relating to the Established Church (Ireland) be read. ° Col. Stuart Knox moved that the clauses of the Union Act, relating to the Church of Ireland, be read. 0 Mr H. E. Surtees moved that the clauses of the Act of William and Mary, relating to the Corona- z;1 tion Oath, be read. The Clerk at the table having read the above, Mr Gladstone, who was received with cheers from the opposition side, said that he now rose to move that the House resolve itself into a committee to consider the Acts relating to the Established Church in Ireland. The Acts which had just been read would remind them that they were engaged 'ell on a most important duty. He felt that it was a duty requiring their earnest consideration, and he hoped that it would not be met by any trick or contrivance, but regarded as the most solemn con- sideration which they. could possibly be engaged in. He intended to ask the House to assert that; in its opinion the time was come when the Estab- lished Church should cease to exist as an Estab- lishment. It was not his intention to ask them to go into the vast and complex details by which this resolution was to be carried out. There was no part of his duty as a member of the opposition but be might fairly be expected to suggest the general outline and basis of the measure, by which the object that he had in view was to be effected. It could only he fair and honourable, that every proprietary right and interest should be fairly inquired into, and respected, and that in dealing with these matters, they should have every dis- position to conciliate, and in every doubtful case to consider principles of the largest equity. It would be seen that the first object was to remove a stipendiary and salaried clergy, either in con- nection with the State or maintained by the State out of any property which could be said to belong to it. After having satisfied every just and honour- able claim they would have a residue to deal with, and that residue ought to be treated as an Irish fund, to be applied in the interest of Ireland. l Having thus sketched out the general basis of his plan, he would deprecate any argument on the fact that the Liberal party, as a wliole, had not attempted to deal with this question. Although it had often been brought under their notice, those motions had been in most cases of a signally in- decisive character. They were chiefly for com- mittees and inquiries, but had never gone to the root of the matter, and declared that the Irish Church as an establishment ought to cease to exist. He could excuse past governments, whether Liberal or not, for not having dealt with this question, as long as public opinion was not ripe for it, and there was no prospect of carrying then- views to a successful issue and he would frankly confess, for his own part, that he had always felt that it was not desirable to deal with such a sub- ject in a partial manner. He repudiated the charge which was very freely bandied about, that he had been guilty of sudden apostacy. In 1845 he had declined to oppose a member of Lord Russell's cabinet, on the ground that he could not do so, because he was not prepared to defend the principle of the Irish Church. In 1849, and again in 1865, he had especially delared the same views to his constituents, and the consequence on the latter occasion, was, that he ceased to represent the University of Oxford. With respect to vested interests, possibly some regard ought to be had to those who had devoted themselves to professional studies, in the hope of enjoying those emoluments and he apprehended that no one would wish to deprive those who had used the sacred fabrics for their religious purposes, of the future use of them if they were xvilling to maintain them. He would deal equally fairly with the residences of the clergy and give ample compensation to the proprietors of advowsons, who were not nearly so numerous a body as in England. In Ireland they were about one-sixth of the whole. He would respect also all recent benefactions out of private property. The result would be that if the property of the Estab- lished Church was dealt with as he suggested, three-fifths, and probably two-thirds, would remain the property of the Anglican community, ir respective of the consideration given to vested interests, and the compensation paid for private rights. The right hon. gentleman then expatiated with great force and eloquence on the advantages which would result from the removal of the hateful principle of Protestant ascendancy, and from put- ting an end to religious jealousies and animosities; nor could he believe that the Anglican Church would suffer in being thrown upon the zeal and energy of her followers, whilst the gain to the state would be incalculable—for, unfortunately, hitherto the English Government had been identified with Protestant ascendancy. He denied that they were to be actuated by any consideration of narrow views that they were infringing the rights of property, or acting in violation of the pledges given by Roman Catholics. What they were bound to consult, and to consult alone, was the cammon good and, con- sulting that, he defied any one to say that it was not for the common good, that the Established Church in Ireland should cease to exist as an establishment. (Cheers.) But it was alleged that such a step would be dangerous to the Church of England. That was only an assertion, and for his part he was pre- pared to maintain the opposite, that the Church of England would gain immeasurably by dissociating herself from a system which in Ireland was politically odious, and even dangerous, and socially, was unjust in the extreme. He would show that the objects for which the Established Church was established in Ireland had miserably failed, with all the influence of the penal laws.. The Protes- tants had never been more than one-third of the population of Ireland; but as soon as the penal laws were relaxed in 1801, they were not more than one-fourth, and in 1861 they had fallen to one-fifth. He then implored the House to disregard the appeals that were being made to its fears and prejudices, as soon as they were asked to meet the claims for equality but rather tojely upon its own energy and sincerity for the maintenance of the Protestant re- ligion, and not allege that it could not be maintained with the State. Since the tithe commutation the Irish clergy had discharged their duties with zeal and piety, as a body; still, with all these, and notwith- standing that the famine had in that period pressed most heavily upou the Catholic population, the increase in the number of Protestants had been imperceptible. His object was not so much to press the final decision upon the present Parliament. That must be left for the Reformed Parliament. But to suspend in the meantime all appointments to vacancies in the higher ranks of the Establishment, with a view to leaving the field clear for the future Parliament to deal with it, as well as to arrest the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in order to prevent the creation of new vested interests. He trusted that the House would agree with him that the time was come to deal earnestly with the question. If he had not been firmly of that opinion he would not have committed himself to that most weak and unsatisfactory device of political ingenuity, from which during a long experience he had rarely seen anything result, but bitter disappointment from an abstract resolution. In the present case, however, there was no choice, but it was his determination, and he believed it was that of the House, that his abstract resolution should be followed up without delay active and practical steps. All he asked was for them to give an earnest expression of their deter- mination and good faith, to strengthen the hands, and not to fetter the discretion, of the future Parlia- ment by taking the first step in a process, which, if carried out in the just and conciliatory manner that he recommended, would hardly be accomplished during the present generation. He then proceeded to criticise the terms of Lord Stanley'samendment, which would not afford much consolation to the supporters of the Irish Church. He ridiculed the plea for delay, and called upon the House to respond to the appeal which he made to discharge its duty, animated only by a regard for its own position and character, and consideration of the great and important question which it was now called upon to decide. (The right hon. gentleman having spoken one hour and thirty-five minutes, sat down amidst loud cheers.) Lord Stanley, who was received with cheers from the ministerial side, said he was equally sensible of of the gravity of the occasion, but he regretted to see that already every attempt was being made to force the issue upon a false basis. He de- nied that it was the object of the Government to get rid of the resolutions of the right hon gentleman by an indirect artifice and contrivance. The Govern- ment did not decline to meet the issue raised by the right hon. gentleman, but they wished to ask the House to give itself time to consider the importance and gravity of the step which it was invited to take, before it irrevocably committed itself. The resolu- tions were vague and indefinite, and although the hon. gentleman was more detailed, he still really un- folded on plan on which the House should take direct and immediate action. Those who were quite willing to give up the connection of the Church with the State, provided they could retain its endowment, could readily vote for these resolutions but, in so doing, they would not fall in with the views of the right hon. gentleman. Disestablishment was one thing, disendowment was another; and it was pre- posterous to ask the House to adopt a resolution about the principle of which its supporters would quarrel the next morning. Again, the plan sketched by the right hon. gentleman left it doubtful whether he contemplated partial or total disendowment. With respect to the disposal of the residue which he expected to obtain, the right honourable gentleman had left them altogether in the dark. No one would pretend that the present ecclesiastical arrangements of the Irish Church were satisfactory, but on that point they would receive much valuable information from the Commission which was now sitting. Certainly, this was a strange reason wbyt without inquiry, and almost without consideration, they should at once pronounce its condemnation. Tn his opinion, instead of being a reproach to parliament, that it had been for the last 34 years unwilling to deal with the question, it was a proof rather of its cautiol and policy in not taking up a question of such gravity and importance, for which it would have neithe* time nor information to deal with, as its attention was occupied with other matters of more argeijt and more immediate importance; and yet the right honourable gentleman called upon tbem to legislate almost with a day's notice, upon a question which Parliament for thirty-four years had decline<* to take up. But the right hon. gentleman said tbftt he wished them to give a pledge on behalf of Par" liainent. He must deny that they were either morally or constitutionally entitled'to pledge thi future Parliament. According to all constitutÏopa practices, after the changes effected in the rep*e* sentation last year, this parliament could oojf continue as long as was necessary to complete arrangements which those changes required, a was obvious that if the right hon. gentleman now defeated, he would at once repudiate decision of the present House, and announce th»" he would appeal to the enlarged constituencies0 next Parliament. Again, he could hardly belief that the House would pass resolutions which 1 must feel that it was incompetent to carry 00 d which the defeated party would repudiate, which the future Parliament might not consider1 was in duty bound or obliged to endorse. No do0" there were very strong party reasons for course so suddenly adopted by the right hon tleman, and not the least, that it afforded l)ilJL convenient but still more unreasonable oppfrtopity for attacking the Government; and if that filile d.11 it would be a good rallying cry for the e party against the next elections. Events in tlie^ IT, days happened very rapidly, but he could not s.e what great difference there was between the01' cumstances of 18S5 and 186S to account for_tlJ3 great change which had taken place in the opin'.0^ of the right hon. gentleman, for surely if the was not then suitable for dealing with this ques«01^ how_ was it more suitable now, in the last year °f moribund Parliament, with the work of reform, 1 more immediate duty to complete ? But the t hon. gentleman denied that his opinions had un rS. gone any change for the last twenty-five yej* How came it then that during those j years therighthon. gentleman had never attei^P to give effect to his opinions, but had only just Q{ covered the extreme urgency and important ed the subject. The noble lord in conclusion that the church question was not so great a g1"1^ ance in the minds of the Irish people as the & question. He pointed out bow the maintenance the Established Church was indentified with Protestant succession and constitution of ^e.c.0 £ jjg .th the try how its disendowment was mixed up eeect most valuable rights of property, and the e" which the passing of the resolution would the north of Ireland. He therefore strongly the House to adopt the amendment of whicPat< had given notice, which would leave the new liament perfectly free and unfettered, anci ,,J prevent the House from rushing into jts premature action, upon a question on information was incomplete, and which it morally and constitutionally incompetent to d by with. (Cheers) The noble lord conclude moving the following amendmentT!jat jjg' House, whilst admitting that considerable j, cations in the temporalities of the United C^o ( in Ireland, may, after the pending inquiry aPPj0u to be expedient, is of opinion, that any prop, tbt for disendowment or disestablishment Of 11 of !I Church ought to be reserved for the decisis11 0 new Parliament.' .0 Mr E. Leatham pointed out the anomalies the Irish Chnrch, and denounced it as a grie ever before the Roman Catholic population* Mr O'Neill defended the Irish Church, vv was condemned by Mr Pollard Urquhart. Mr B. Cochrane contended that the existing in the distribution of the tempoi'^111ft the Irish Church could be redressed W^proteK sorting to resources which revolutionize the tfij tant character and institutions of the coin1.^ ot establish a precedent dangerous to the as a property. He denounced the resolution factious attempt to embarrass the Gove^. # and obtain office by forcing a policy vV f Gladstone had never attempted to carry Oil 5 in power. ti Mr Moncrieff warmly supported the res at IllS af Mr Gladstone, which, he hoped, WoU deter ,,ive Ireland an earnest that Parliament wallestiol1; mined to deal practically with this great ? oO The Prime Minister had raised the cry 01 render; but, after what had happened ,^0^ the public would feel little confidence in especially as the noble lord the For cndet I liad already avowed his readiness to sorf 1 the new Parliament. Sta° e Lord Cranborne complained that had met the sweeping proposals of Mr fnl, del* ivith petty differences and feeble excuse go^ He would frankly declare that he had s J regard for his old and sacred principle c° spite of the levelling tendencies of the a=>e^gt jri ;jj uection between the Church and State belief, the most sacred and important, they could not sacrifice without endano highest integrity oi the country. He vf0^n rest his defence of this connection uP,jtic»l Lt feelings and convictions than mere terests, but he could not believe tha- 0a sacrifice which they were called opoO would realise the object in view. reaCad Pi 0^ they most wanted in Ireland, but inste tbi^hf, they would utterly offend and alienate ^jl M the population—the most high-spiri,e jje t and enterprising portion of the Lfi indulged in the somewhat chimerical .g the dark passages of last year, that 1 would be met by an united party, i11^5 spirit, and an unflinching resolution ot that they had nothing but ]1(,»le (i of more than Delphic mystery. b t of then severely handled the amendm vveak j.ed Stanley, which he denounced as a nre I31 j<j feeble plea for delay, whilst it m°r ^etit jii)^ that in the new Parliament tbe Oove be prepared to repeat the tactics o coO sacrifice the Irish Church. "Wha eIJt? have in the action of the Govern tj,e .f, true that they had had the utteraUfnr!yet 'aS„ tary of State, but he could not too better t t and he feared their pledges were waste paper, and that their influence nothing in restraining the decisio